Microsoft To Announce Jerry Seinfeld Ads Cancelled 587
An anonymous reader writes "Valleywag says the Jerry Seinfeld ads are over — In a phone call, Frank Shaw confirms that Microsoft is not going on with Seinfeld, and echoes his underlings' spin that the move was planned. There is the 'potential to do other things' with Seinfeld, which Shaw says is still 'possible.' He adds: 'People would have been happier if everyone loved the ads, but this was not unexpected.'"
Penny Arcade called it (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/9/15/ [penny-arcade.com]
Just as I was getting into it! (Score:5, Funny)
Problem was that the sexual tension between those two guys was too intense - it would never have ended well.
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:4, Funny)
They fucked up, now if I were in charge Bill would have been facing off against the Soup Nazi. Then they could have introduced Ballmer as Bill's heavy. "Ballmer want soup! You give Ballmer soup! Oook ook." Ballmer slowly swivels his head to look semi-intelligently at Jerry and Bill, "Seinfeld want soup! Mr developer guy, he want soup too, you give us soup!"
The Soup Nazi yells "Next!" Ballmer picks up a chair ... (well you knew it was coming).
Re:Just as I was getting into it! (Score:3, Funny)
If someone could see the sexual tension in that, there would be fanfiction about it.
Just imagine -- yaoi-fangirl of those two. Kill it with fire. Kill it with fire!
For comparison -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLiyglcRcCA [youtube.com]
References:
1. http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Sakuya_Izayoi [wikia.com]
2. http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Hong_Meirin [wikia.com]
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbArvIqZzkI [youtube.com]
Microsoft's New Ads Revealed! (Score:5, Funny)
A Chair
VOICEOVER: Vista. Use it. Or Else.
FADE TO BLACK
Re:Just as I was getting into it! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Just as I was getting into it! (Score:5, Funny)
Scariest application of Rule 34 ever.
Until Ballmer gets involved...
We win, you lose! (Score:5, Funny)
Made sense to me .. (Score:5, Funny)
It was an advertisement about nothing.
Haven't you guys ever seen an episode of Seinfeld?
Re:Sadly expected (Score:5, Funny)
Person: "Then I forced the ethernet-cable in the slot, rebooted while tearing out my nosehairs and slapping my dick at the computer in a vain attempt to feel superior...(5 minutes later)...then I did a defragmentation of the hard-drive but the damn things IS STILL TOO DAMN SLOW!".
Talent-agent: " What do you call that?"
Person: "The Vistacrats".
Re:Gates and Seinfeld.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Gates and Seinfeld.... (Score:3, Funny)
it is just an exercise of the cilt
You know, at first I misread that and was extremely amused.
The announcement shoulda said... (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft says Vista is over â" In a phone call, Steve Ballmer, confirms that Microsoft is not going on with Vista, and echoes his underlings' spin that the move was planned. There is the "potential to do other things" with Windows, which Ballmer says is still "possible." He adds: "People would have been happier if everyone loved Vista, but this was not unexpected.""
Re:The ads weren't that great. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:George Orwell and Grammar! (Score:4, Funny)
Pitr, stop teasing the botnets!!
Re:The ads were perfect for Vista (Score:5, Funny)
(Damn Ubuntu fan boys always pointing out how much better they have it;-)
Re:I enjoyed them! (Score:3, Funny)
Fairly amusing and quite a good advert for Seinfeld... what do you mean they were an advert for Microsoft?!
Re:Fail (Score:1, Funny)
Seinfeld plays opposite losers (Score:5, Funny)
The symbolism seems sufficiently obvious. But it leaves me with a major set of questions. How did Steve Jobs manage to bribe the ad agency to come up with the idea? How did they manage to get Microsoft to fall for it? Does the Jobs reality distortion field really extend that far?
I guess, since a lot of creative ad people are still Mac fanboys, the first part might have been easy. But the second part must have been the pitch from hell. Perhaps it only worked because the Gates mansion is so vast that Gates has never found the TV room and so never seen the programme.
Re:We win, you lose! (Score:5, Funny)
Surely Microsoft will just push for all marketing agencies to use Seinfeld in *ALL* TV ads so 'their way' becomes the defacto standard.
Me too (Score:5, Funny)
I saw them too and I enjoyed them. Now give me some karma as well.
Re:People would have been happier? (Score:5, Funny)
I tell them the secret meaning...
"Bill gates is so rich that he's simply showing off to the world that he pays Jerry to hang with him. It's basically a giant hey America you suck sign, as he rubs in your face that you are forced to give him money and there is nothing you can do about it.
He's goading you at the fact you dont have a choice and are forced to pay him money and you cant do anythign about it."
They usually stand their open mouthed and then say.... "you're right! you cant buy a pc without windows! OMG! OMG!!" and they run off to tell others.
I love their new advertising arm. they help me screw with people daily.
Re:I enjoyed them! (Score:3, Funny)
you're just waiting for the next one where they walk around a corner and bump into a guy in a giant penguin suit.
Jerry and bill stand back staring as the penguin turns around and all you see is a closeup of Jerry's face....
NEWMAN!
black screen... Why hello jerry....
Re:George Orwell and Grammar! (Score:2, Funny)
Are you the kind of person who says "I feel badly?" Go ahead. Admit it. You are.
I have a badly feeling about the way this is goingly.
Re:People would have been happier? (Score:2, Funny)
at which point I hand them a churro and tell them:
"I know it doesn't make sense now, but as soon as you finish it, you'll fell right as rain."
We've been selling a lot of churros.
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Give me a sign if you think this ad is crap (Score:2, Funny)
(Bill shakes his ass)
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:People would have been happier? (Score:5, Funny)
Truly, the Seinfeld ads were the MS Bob of marketing.
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, Sir! Stop hiring yes-men for commercial committees. Yes, sir. Consider it done, sir.
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:5, Funny)
Kinda makes you wish the CEO's of the world would take the Evil Overlord Checklist to heart, especially the part of having all plans spot checked by a 5 year old child.
BILL: Timmy, is this funny?
TIMMY: This sucks! Can I watch Power Rangers now?
BILL: Sure, Timmy. Alice, get me Mr. Seinfeld's agent on the phone...
Re:Gates and Seinfeld.... (Score:3, Funny)
Dude. We're talking about Bill Gates here...
Oog.
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:4, Funny)
3. New Slurm didn't work out so well so we'll market old Slurm as Slurm Classic and we'll make billions!
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:3, Funny)
They fucked up, now if I were in charge Bill would have been facing off against the Soup Nazi. Then they could have introduced Ballmer as Bill's heavy. "Ballmer want soup! You give Ballmer soup! Oook ook." Ballmer slowly swivels his head to look semi-intelligently at Jerry and Bill, "Seinfeld want soup! Mr developer guy, he want soup too, you give us soup!"
The Soup Nazi yells "Next!" Ballmer picks up a chair ... (well you knew it was coming).
Shit, I'm already getting my wallet to go pick up a copy of Office 2007 now...
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:5, Funny)
what raging idiot at Microsoft green lighted this ad campaign?
DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:3, Funny)
See, that's why Sienfeld was never funny - they should have followed the patented slashdot humor method:
1. State joke
2. Repeat joke 4 million times
3. ???
4. Funny!
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:5, Funny)
Apple's response... (Score:5, Funny)
Mac: Hello, I'm a Mac.
PC: An I'm a PC.
Mac: What's wrong PC you look a little down?
PC: Well, Mac's got this slick advertising campaign-thing going, so...
Mac: You mean like how the benefits and ease of using a Mac is explained in contrast to the competition?
PC: Yeah, and--
Mac: And your new ads don't represent any of that?
PC: Well, yeah, but--
Mac: In fact, the only thing your ads really did have was a shoe-squeezing, churro-munching, butt-wiggling figurehead and a worn-out comedy act that's staler than month old toast.
PC: Well, it's not all bad. It got people talking--
Mac: Yeah, "WTF" maybe, that's not good talking.
PC: But, those ads did do wonders to show off the capabilities of the Mac, y'know?
Mac: Wait, what?
PC: Yeah, the ad agency uses Macs for all of their productions.
Mac: Gimme a break.
PC: I will not. I'll have you know the entire campaign was done in iMovie.
Mac: That's bull--
PC: Oh yeah. That horrible ad campaign? We wouldn't have been able to get it done without the ease of use of a brand new iMac. I guess it's really your fault.
Mac: Oh jesus--
PC: Do you feel it, Mac? The darkness wriggling inside of you?
Mac: I'm gonna be sick--
PC: This is your fault, Mac!
*Mac doubles-over and throws up on the floor.*
PC: Yeah, that's it. Now bend over and take your Vista install like a good little--
The future. Deceitful.
So, "getting people talking" isn't success? (Score:3, Funny)
Guess that settles it. The defenders of these ads kept claiming "If the ad itself is being talked about, then it has been successful [slashdot.org]". (and apparently a few moderators agreed)
Apparently the people paying the bills don't agree. Getting slashdot to talk about Jerry Seinfeld isn't worth hundreds of thousands of dollars after all. Who knew?
Firings! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Penny Arcade called it (Score:4, Funny)
I wish Drew Barrymore was an emperor.