New Microsoft/Seinfeld commercial
Friday, September 5th, 2008 - 9:28am
It's totally incomprehensible.
I've got no idea what the hell I was supposed to take away from that. Supposedly Microsoft is just trying to revamp their brand? The only thing I can think right now is that it's a commercial about nothing.
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I saw it during the Giant game last night and it made absolutely no sense. I really wanted it to be funny but it just failed.
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I saw it too. I thought it might be another Seinfeld American Express commercial when they started talking about Gates' shoe store reward card. I really don't know what they were going for.
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I liked it.. I sorta got the direction they were going.. I would not be surprised if the campaign was solely aimed to get Microsoft back into the public conscious as a company thats more than just "windows".
Believe it or not.. more than a few people don't even realize that Microsoft makes the Xbox.
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I saw it last night as my poor NFL team got decimated. I thought it was funny and nonsensical, but that's what Seinfeld was always about. I'll agree that it didn't make a lot of sense, though.
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Microsoft and Seinfeld should create their own version of the PC/Apple combo commercials. Just, Instead of the weak and ever retreating pc guy, put Neuman in there... he'd show that young whippersnapper!
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I'm hungry I think I'll eat an apple. (not really, ofc I'm goin for cake) Still though, that was really freaking horrible.
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Maybe now that Bill's no longer working day-to-day at Microsoft, he just feels like starring in bizarre adverts for the hell of it. If I was a multi-billionaire, I would do TV ads where I talk gibberish just to confuse people too.
And what's the deal with the recycling bin? It's not like after you empty it your files actually get recycled.
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I very rarely fail my saving throw vs. TV commercial awareness so I had to go to Youtube.
Wow, I don't know what the product is, who it's for, or why I should buy it. Color me befuddled.
At least Jerry Seinfeld got paid $LOTSOFDOLLARS, I guess. Right?
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I think it's hilarious.
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I liked it. They got their brand across and it wasn't all up your in face. Just a funny commercial about nothing. Well done.
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Caught this as I was skipping through commercials. Fortunately a skip landed on Bill's face as I'd have kept going if it was Jerry.
I think it's amusing and fits with Seinfeld's "nothing" comedy. Certainly it has people taking notice, which is kind of the point.
It will be interesting to see what else they do as this is supposed to be the counterpoint to Mac vs PC - so far it's not even close in my book and I'm not an Apple guy.
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Who are the ad wizards that came up with this one?
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Penny Arcade weighs in (NSFW language):
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There's a new one out now, ends with Bill doing the robot in the middle of the street.
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I like em, guess its to much to ask for a Kramer cameo?
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Maybe if they do a lynching themed one.
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I like them. They are "brand ads" and not even, really apart of the ad campaign they are doing for vista which hits AFTER these air.
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Ouch. But ha.
This commercial reminds me of Comedy Central's "Night Of Too Many Stars" in, I believe, 2006. It was a benefit for Autism or something, and the gimmick was that they had soo many stars that some of them would have to be bumped. Jerry Seinfeld was one of the stars who made it on stage, though he probably shouldn't have. He came on and started doing - no joke - "What's the deal with cell phones?"
I'd like to reiterate that this was in 2006.
He'd say things like "The manual...I can't even get through the manual..." then pause for laughter, and be met with silence.
The reason I bring it up is because then, as now, I could not stop laughing. It was hilarious, but for all the wrong reasons.
...Incidentally, didn't he always have a Mac on the show?
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Fixed.
I heard Seinfeld say that they were trying to connect to real people. I just wish I knew what they were selling.
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I dunno -- they seem more refreshing than "oh boy what's hip trendy nerdy guy going to say to fat nerdy guy about his stupid computer this time" Apple line.
But that could be due to the stonewashed look and feel the Apple commercials have after years of use.
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Nothing.. thats the point.. Microsoft has never really had a "brand" that had anything positive associated with it. My guess is that they are trying to build on some of the good will Bill Gates has...build him into the "spokesperson" for Microsoft. Humanize the company in a way. From what I can tell early on.. its working a bit.. in that its got people talking.
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The second one was a huge improvement over the first one.
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Which is usually how I feel after reading their comics.
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There you go... all Microsoft needs to do is post a blog explaining why the commercials are funny.
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Wow. Bustin' out the SNL quotes from, what, 92/93? Who are you people? I mean I really want to know!
In all seriousness, they're the same ad wizards that came up with the creepy-like-he's-going-to-abduct-you-and-wear-your-skin-like-a-new-dress Burger King King and the Sprocket's ohne die Affe VeeDub guy.
To be fair, I had to google may part. The original quote sounded so familiar I knew I'd heard it somewhere before.
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