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what's the deal?! with? microsoft?!

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I'm going to take an unpopular position: I liked Microsoft's ads. I don't even like Jerry Seinfeld, but I liked the idea of Bill Gates as a warped Dave Thomas. I liked the idea of two out-of-touch dudes trying to reconnect with America in the most awkward way possible. They weren't funny. They weren't supposed to be funny. They were weird, but I guess weird doesn't sell.



Here's an even more unpopular position: I kind of like Bill Gates. He's really chilled out since Steve Ballmer took over. He no longer sounds like some college sophomore who's just discovered Ayn Rand. Now he's just some dude you might find hanging out at a bridge tournament in grungy jeans. [True story: my brother-in-law played him at bridge, and won.]



But of course people hated the campaign so they're scrapping it for something that's clever but predictable: a bunch of people who are not John Hodgman, with not-combovers and wearing not-business suits, being not-pathetic, and holding up signs that say "I'm a PC." Lame.

- Z

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ps. Yes, I'm famous for being lazy. I think that's worse than being famous for being fat.
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💬 6 comments

  1. carolinian ·

    When I first saw it, I thought it was a campaign relating to Bill Gates' charity foundation, and at any moment I expected to hear Seinfeld say something cute like "Hey Bill, what's up with that malaria thing?".

  2. metalpeter ·

    On Tv this was two adds it ended around the Theft and said to be continued. I liked the ads because they where different but they aren't funny. I think that what they need to do is some how come up with a parody of those MAC ads but it would be tough those ads are awesome and funny all at once. Who they need to get is who ever did the beer ads that mock out other beer ads. Like when the Budweiser dog jumps off the truck to another beer truck as an example. Like maybe they could show some guy who thinks he is hip taking his computer into an apple store so he can have all his files switched to the New Mac he is going to buy and there are little things that shows he isn't as hip as he thinks he is. Then as they switch files he loses documents and it doesn't work or something along those lines, the tag line could be something about. Windows Isn't hip it just works and does what it is supposed to do. Even though you can use Windows on Mac's from what I have read most people don't.

  3. tinypliny ·

    I think the keyword is Famous. Who cares what your famous for. Collective memories are so fickle. Public memories don't exist. So yeah! You are famous!!! :D


    PS: The second ad was slightly more funnier than the earlier one. :)

  4. paul ·

    I like Bill Gates too. I named one of my favorite server's Billy after him. Not that I like microsoft or windows. Just him, as an icon. I actually prefer him 100,000,000 to 1 over Steve "I am a stuck up shit head" Jobs - whose products I prefer (minus the cut, copy, paste missing in my iphone) - oh the irony.

  5. morgan ·

    I just saw the one about the shoe store not more than a week ago. It's like a mini Seinfeld about nothing that includes Bill Gates. I find it hilarious!

    This is the first time I saw the one with the family, and holy crap is it long! I'm glad I stayed with it though, I cracked up when Bill Gates did the robot dance.

  6. metalpeter ·

    Just an update they have come out with a couple "I'm a PC" ads, by the way that idea of everyone going around saying that was used in another ad and was taken (i think) from the Movie Malcolm X there is a part in it where all sorts of people go around saying "I am Malcolm X". I myself was hoping for better but it isn't bad. In on add He does say something about not being hip.

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