The first :60 seconds of Microsoft's new Seinfeld ad, 'Shoe Circus' does a fine job of showcasing ugly dress shoes, nothing more. Bill Gates manages to suck the funny out of the room quicker than Michael Richards tossing around the 'N' word at a comedy club. It's painful watching him read the script from the inside of his forehead.
Jerry Seinfeld naively asks Gates the million dollar question that every Windows zombie has been asking Microsoft for the past several years; "Are they ever gonna come out with something that will make our computers moist and chewy like cake so we can just eat 'em while we're working?" Yeah Jerry, it's called Mac OS X Leopard. Seinfeld may eventually figure out that he's talking to the wrong guy if he wants cake computing. Plus Bill will say anything for a churro.
Microsoft's $300 million dollar "Dumb & Dumber" ad campaign is well on it's way to enjoying a long dirt nap. The Microsofties are already spinning excuses for this lameness, calling the first ad an 'icebreaker'. First impressions are impossible to change. Somebody ought to tell Microsoft that about Vista. The Future, not so delicious.
Seinfeld/Gates are totally dumb and dumber. This ad is so much about nothing it's painful.
Posted by: Carlo | September 04, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Oh my. That hurt by brain.
Posted by: Roamerick | September 05, 2008 at 04:25 AM
It sucked. I am ramping up for a real good rant at the koolaid blog.
I sincerely thank Microsoft for this fodder. It will keep me going for weeks. It's like my birthday! Delicious!!!
Posted by: Dizzle | September 05, 2008 at 04:33 AM
it's great... i like gates better than hodgman. why did they get rid of long?
Posted by: karla | September 05, 2008 at 09:56 AM
Seinfeld: "Is that your toe?"
Gates: "No."
Seinfeld: "What is it?"
Gates: "Leather."
da dump!
I guess the other $290,000,000 didn't go for professional writers.
Posted by: Michael Teuber | September 05, 2008 at 03:12 PM
The word "delicious" should never, I repeat NEVER, follow a scene in which Bill Gates shakes his ass.
But as I observed over at idrankthekoolaid, the ad is much more accurate than I thought. Whenever I think of Vista, I think of ass, so I guess it's spot on.
Posted by: Dizzle | September 06, 2008 at 06:31 PM
So Microsoft wants to be cool.. look cool...have everyone say they are cool?? I remember a kid in high school that tried that.. but no matter how he changed his hair.. changed his clothes.. tried to change the people he hung out with he was always a dork. Poor Microsoft, hiring a has been comedian who hasn't had a show in what..15 years..? and most people in my generation have no connection to.. ( my parents do I think..) Thats NOT COOL... Apple is cool.. they have the ipod.. a guy from the Daily Show thats current and that cool young dude.. doing commercials.. that combined with the dork quality of Microsoft? well its a no brainer..
Posted by: john | September 20, 2008 at 07:05 AM
It shows us that the mac ads talks about nothing relevant to people in the real world.
Posted by: Linus | September 28, 2008 at 01:19 PM