Video: Microsoft's Seinfeld ad

commentary When Microsoft revealed it would pay comedian Jerry Seinfeld US$10 million to star in a series of advertisements, a few eyebrows were raised. See the first results of the collaboration below.

Our opinion? Not even the added star power of Bill Gates could help save this partnership: with the first results of the partnership being decidedly lukewarm. Reports suggest that this is merely a teaser for the follow up ads; however, if this is the pick of the bunch, we do not hold much hope for the remainder.

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Talkback 7 comments

    Pathetic...... Anonymous -- 08/09/08

    ...they just can't get anything right these days, can they ?
    Maybe they should just steal the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads instead ?

    Laughable for all the wrong reasons.

    HUH? Anonymous -- 08/09/08

    OMG ! nuff said!

    Subtle ad Anonymous -- 08/09/08

    Interesting that the shop name is 'Shoe Circus', because hasta la Vista is one circus that should be given the boot!

    Seriously, if Microsoft ever makes a product that doesn't suck, it will probably be a vacuum cleaner.

    MS Ad Anonymous -- 08/09/08 (in reply to #320111515)

    ROFLMAO, WTF was that all about??
    The ad goes for a minute and a half, and they spend 10 or 15 seconds actually talking about MS.
    Oh, I get it the whole ad was the joke!!

    I'm confused ... R.H. (Rick) Mason -- 09/09/08

    Who's the comedian? The guy looking in the window??

    Hey, here's a thought - let Gruen Transfer give it the once-over. Should be good for a _real_ laugh!

    Funny Anonymous -- 10/09/08

    It was good. You haters don't have a clue about ads, comedy or operating systems, seemingly.

    I toldja David Gerard -- 11/09/08

    They shoulda gotten a *real* comedian: http://tinyurl.com/5c3r6y

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