Excuse me while I laugh my narrow a$$ off...
<-----Original Message-----> >From: Tracey de Morsella >Sent: 9/19/2008 2:05:23 AM >To: >[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];cinqu [EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];duv [EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED] om;[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];go [EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];everythin [EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];sonofafi [EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Jerry Seinfeld And Bill Gates' Microsoft Ads Being Pulled > > >Microsoft is preparing to pull its TV ads featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld and >Microsoft's co-founder and chairman Bill Gates. >Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw said the end of the Seinfeld ads was planned well >in advance, and wasn't coming in response to any criticism of the spots. "All >along we said we were having a teaser campaign," he said. "We're getting ready >to start the second phase. This was the plan all along." >The news, broken this afternoon by Valleywag, comes just days after Microsoft >aired the latest in the series of commercials, produced by Crispin Porter + >Bogusky, featuring the two men in comic situations. The ads have been largely >panned as a strained effort on the software giant's part to not only promote >Windows but also portray Microsoft as cool and in touch with regular consumers >-- basically, to counter the stodgy image painted in Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a >PC" ads. >Seinfeld, who reportedly received $10 million for his efforts, was a superstar >in the 1990s with his hit show. Using him now, in 2008, only added to >Microsoft's image as being behind the times, critics said. Some viewers, such as >the writers on Ars Technica, said the ads just left them scratching their heads. >(If you can't easily find the ads on YouTube, Microsoft provides them on its site). >In the first ad, the two meet each other in a mall and pick out new shoes. In >the next ad, which is in two parts, Gates and Seinfeld stay with a so-called >normal family so they can work on a shared problem: To break out of their elite >bubbles and connect with real people. >But the stay with the family doesn't go well, culminating with Bill Gates >telling a little girl, "You're not so real." (I actually howled.) >Just unleash Gates, without the cardigan and avuncular image, sticking it to the >smug "I'm a Mac" guy. >-- Michelle Quinn >Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld in a TV ad by Microsoft >http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/09/no-more-bill-ga.html > >Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic >Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar > >Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) >Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to >Traditional >Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | > >=== message truncated === Find low fares with great travel agency services. Click now! <http://www.relevantads.biz/fc/Ioyw36bkCb1TBmbVygpDzas6hwZMoDMkajwQM6FmQ KOxe8tQM9FlYw/> <P><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">_______________________________________________________________<BR><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">ICQ - You get the message, anywhere!<br>Get it @ <a href="http://www.icq.com"; target=new>http://www.icq.com</a></font><br><br> </font></font>
