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Microsoft’s advertising boffins decided to employ the services of one Jerry Seinfeld (he who is famous for creating a sit-com that was ‘about nothing’) and their ex-CEO and one of the world’s wealthiest men, Bill Gates. Makes sense I suppose,- could see them forming a credible comedy pairing… until I saw the ad they created…
Now, to be fair, this ad is just supposed to “set up the characters” and not specifically meant to be amusing… but it’s hard to see how it advertises anything that’s anything to do with Microsoft (unless they ARE actually going to make our PC’s tastier and chewier…)
There’s more of these to come so I guess, ultimately, time will tell whether this pairing works or not. For now, though, Apple have nothing to worry about. Their ads which are shorter and cleverer, still reign supreme.
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2 Responses to “Bill and Jerry on the telly”
Even though I am a raving Mac fan boy, and think Microsoft is the devil’s own brand of software, I quite liked that add.
Possibly its due to the fact that Jerry Seinfeld is extremely funny, but it was a genuinely likable add.
Also i think the Mac v Pc ads are kinda smug.
Still though OS X RULZ!
wow, eh, I’m a bit of a Microsoft fanboy (screw you macie lol, I kid
) and I have no idea what that ad was about. As pointed out, just throwing a windows logo at the end of the ad doesn’t say much, are they implying that Vista is this new “delicious” operating system, or Windows 7 which is in the works? I didn’t find the ad funny either, am I missing something? One thing I do know is, now I want cake.