Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife 543
techmuse writes "Fresh from its ad featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld eating churros and discussing shoes, Microsoft has introduced a new advertisement in which the aging former CEO and comedian take up residence with a family, causing infighting and malicious plots by the family members. Although the ad does not mention Microsoft's operating system directly, it does mirror the real world experience of the company's products — appearing where not wanted, hard to remove, causing administration headaches, and finally being forced out in hopes of getting one's living space back."
Re:I want to see one (Score:5, Funny)
I'd rather see him have to admin an MS shop myself.
Re:i'm no MS fan, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Commenting on the video, or Seinfeld's "comedy" in general?
Re:Advertising (Score:5, Funny)
Personally, I don't think people are getting it -- the idea is to tear down the image of Microsoft as a savvy, omnipotent monolith by demonstrating that they can get totally taken by an ad agency.
Re:Advertising (Score:5, Funny)
funny? only slightly, but i still dont want to buy or use vista...
I hate Vista too, but have you tried Mojave? It's awesome!
Re:I want to see one (Score:5, Funny)
RMS using Word,
see which head splodes first.
As long as the Mac is represented (Score:5, Funny)
The family having a son who's into emo music, dresses in women's jeans, is bicurious and self-obsessed in a flood of his own drama should do nicely.
Re:uhm (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, if you wanted "fair and balanced", you should have gone to Fox News [google.com]!
It gets worse (Score:3, Funny)
*facepalm*
How about W.C. Fields [today.com] for the next one?
We can work all the way back to Aristophanes if need be. Never let anyone say Microsoft's "out of touch" with the "hipsters."
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Re:Larry David (Score:2, Funny)
Re:i'm no MS fan, but... (Score:5, Funny)
There is more subtle undertones that i would not have expected. When the delivery guy arrived, Gates took the food without paying. I find it kind of odd that Microsoft would portray their spokesmen as a thief. Is this Microsoft admitting that they take what they want and that they have no morals?
Re:i'm no MS fan, but... (Score:5, Funny)
2) Kid is playing computer and says "This is AWESOME! When are you going to release it?" Bill says "Never, and don't tell anyone where you got it"
Holy Crap it was Linux!
Re:i'm no MS fan, but... (Score:5, Funny)
I remember one commercial that caused me to burst out laughing. Many years ago, there was a commercial by one of the beer companies advertising its new twist off bottle caps. It was set at a pool party. This hunky guy hops onto the diving board, smiles and points at the ladies, and does a spectacular dive into the pool. Everybody oos and ahs in appreciation. He climbs out, smiles and points at the ladies, grabs a beer and starts looking for the opener. Then an ordinary, plain looking guy says "That's nothing". He then proceeds to jog across the water from one end of the pool to the other. Everybody is gasping in astonishment. He then grabs a beer, and twists off the cap. The hunk pointing at the pool, stammers out, "How... How did you do that?"
"Easy", says the plain looking guy. "It's a twist-off".
Re:i'm no MS fan, but... (Score:3, Funny)
What'd you expect, it's supposed to counter the "I'm a Mac" ads.
Re:i'm no MS fan, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:i'm no MS fan, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Bill showed him a beta of Mojave.
Re:The big question... (Score:2, Funny)
So, that said, I think it's enough to create an ad campaign that goes directly to Microsoft's/Vista's image. Cause the OS itself is pretty good.
What's that over there?! Hmmm...a group of people carrying pitchforks and torches. Boy, they sure look angry!
(ps: I agree with you about Vista)
Sitcom pilot? (Score:2, Funny)
Jokes on us, it's not a ad for MS products. It's a new sitcom from the maker's of Seinfeld.
Re:Advertising (Score:4, Funny)
Please tell me that your 11-year old daughter isn't responsible for purchasing decisions in your house. May God have mercy on your soul.
Damn, are they good at wasting money!! (Score:4, Funny)
Subject line says it all.
Re:i'm no MS fan, but... (Score:1, Funny)
I didn't think it was funny but there was a moment I thought was mildly amusing: the pizza boy looking like 70s Gates. Everything else was just kind of 'meh...'
FWIW my prediction for the future ads: a Ricky Gervais guest spot. That is when they will have truly jumped the shark.
Re:Advertising (Score:4, Funny)
You don't have an 11-year old daughter, do you?
Re:I want to see one (Score:5, Funny)
Bill has way more technical skill than most. He certainly has more than Jobs.
And WAAAAAYYY more than Seinfeld.