Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft ads scrapped; company says ‘We meant to do that’
The pointless and ire-inducing Microsoft ads featuring Jerry Seinfeld and billionaire founder Bill Gates reminding you how much of your time is wasted using the all too fallible operating system have been withdrawn from the airwaves. The ads featured the two in everyday situations that were meant to show that Microsoft is hip and approachable but just managed to come off as lame. It is widely believed that the ads, which cost Microsoft a reported $30 million, including Seinfeld’s $10 fee, were pulle

Microsoft announcement tomorrow: No more Seinfeld ads! [Breaking]
Remember those awful Microsoft ads with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates? Well, now you can forget them. Microsoft flacks are desperately dialing reporters to spin them about "phase two" of the ad campaign — a phase, due to be announced tomorrow, which will drop the aging comic altogether. Microsoft's version of the story: Redmond had always planned to drop Seinfeld. The awkward reality: The ads only reminded us how out of touch with consumers Microsoft is — and that Bill Gates's company has millio

Very odd Jerry Seinfeld & Bill Gates ad for ... nothing
Can someone please explain to me wtf is going on in this ad?

Microsoft’s new ad: I’m a PC. Also, a douchebag
So after the new ads with Jerry Seinfeld were a catastrophe of the highest order, Microsoft went back to the drawing board for their ad campaign. And made this. Yes, that’s pretty great. You know what’d be just as funny and possibly more poignant? An ad with Pete Townshend saying “I’m a PC”. Because, yes, a man who got busted with kiddie porn on his laptop appeals to me just as much as that piece of crap above. What the fuck does the guy who catches fish use a PC for?

Microsoft Upgrades Itself (Sort Of) [Life Of A Hustler]
In a surprising move, Jerry Seinfeld has been ousted as Microsoft pitchman in favor of a much, much more recognizable face... Pharell Williams of the Neptunes! OK, maybe this is something of a lateral move for Microsoft. Seinfeld got the axe after a series of fairly bizarre ads that I think I liked. Maybe that's part of the problem there. The one where Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld went shoe-shopping really had very little to do with Microsoft, and seemed to be a rather blatant attempt to counter

Gates / Seinfeld Commercial #2
"Jerry Seinfeld convinces Bill Gates to try and connect with everyday people the old fashioned way."Source

Seinfeld, Gates Microsoft Ads Yanked
The poorly received Microsoft ads featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates have disappeared, and the reason why is a matter of dispute.

Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft Commercial (video)
The comedian reportedly got a fee of $10 million. Was it worth it? Were you impressed?

Microsoft Replace Jerry Seinfeld With Pharrell Williams & Eva Longoria.
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Microsoft Replace Jerry Seinfeld With Pharrell Williams & Eva Longoria.
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Jerry Seinfeld’s terrible Microsoft Ad
Jerry Seinfeld is said to have been paid around $10 million to represent Microsoft in a campaign that will cost the company $300 million. There are surely more ridiculous douche-tastic commercials coming, but this one takes the cake. Pretty much literally, considering the ending, which people on The Huffington Post are saying basically means “let them eat cake.” This commercial makes no sense, isn’t funny, and just brings it home how out of touch Microsoft is. Seinfeld isn’t funny or

Jerry Seinfeld is out. Deepak Chopra is in for the Microsoft ads
Microsoft has axed Jerry Seinfeld from its $300 million ad campaign to spruce up Windows Vista's image just two weeks since the first ad aired, and roped in a host of celebrities, including author Deepak Chopra. economictimes.indiatimes.com  &nbs

Microsoft Denies Jerry Seinfeld Ads Were Pulled
Computer giant Microsoft has denied reports they pulled their advertising campaign, starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, off the air early following heavy criticism. The commercials, which only debuted two weeks ago, were reportedly designed to counteract Apple’s ongoing marketing strategy by using the funnyman and the Microsoft chief in two advertisements. Frank Shaw from Microsoft explained, “All along we said we were having a teaser campaign.  We’re getting ready to start the seco

Seinfeld and Gates ads are ending
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 air

Microsoft Picks Another Apple Lover For Its Ad Campaign [Embarrassments]
First Microsoft hired proven Mac lover Jerry Seinfeld to crappily kick off its new $300 million ad campaign. Then the company dropped Seinfeld and brought in a slew of new celebrities to declare their love for PCs. Including hip hop star Pharrell—Another. Proven. Apple. Lover. Research! Payoffs! Do something, Microsoft! Pictured, Pharrell and his beloved golden iPhone. Here's a video where he describes his Mac tendencies. Fiasco! Ridiculous! And here's a brand new Microsoft ad with Pharrell declaring he i

Microsoft Replaces Jerry Seinfeld with Pharrell Williams and Eva Longoria
Hip-hop star Pharrell Williams and actress Eva Longoria are to replace Jerry Seinfeld in a new Microsoft advertising campaign--less than two weeks after the comedian's commercial debuted on TV.

Jerry Seinfeld shills Microsoft and time wasters
I’m still not buying a Mac no matter how much this commercial sucks. Celebitchy: Jerry Seinfeld made a terrible Microsoft ad Bossip: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett caught giving each other tongue action Drunken Stepfather: Brody Jenner’s mom is in a bikini Celebslam: Caroline D’Amore went to the beach Asylum: Playboy Playmates - Where are they now? Lainey: Ghetto tits and ...

Microsoft Dumps Jerry Seinfeld
Crispin Porter, from the ad agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky, said Microsoft currently has no plans to air a third commercial featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, amid criticism that the ads made Microsoft look even more out of touch with consumers. Instead, Microsoft will accept the $10 million loss paid to Seinfeld, and go with anti-mac ads for the remainder of their $300 million ad campaign budget. Why didn’t they do anti-mac ads in the first place? We think Bill is trying to get past his ge

Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates Commercials Are Finished
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz6amk3P-hY    Microsoft is pulling ads featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates. The corporation denies that the commercial failure has anything to do with the decision to discontinue the campaign. “All along we said we were having a teaser campaign,” Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw said in a statement Thursday. “We’re getting ready to [...]

Microsoft Drops Seinfeld
 In what has turned out to be an odd marketing ploy with a lifespan of a mere two weeks, Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the ads featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates “relating to average people”. This is clearly a case where Microsoft just felt the need to grab some headlines for a few weeks. In that effort, I offer up a big congrats to the standard oil-esque software omnipus (that’s octopus with infinite legs). But was this originally inteded to be a short-run two week campa

Microsoft vs. Apple Fight Enters New Round
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- After only two weeks, Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates' rambling conversations about nothing have been jettisoned for a new campaign in which Microsoft tries to rebuild an image that has long been battered by rival Apple. A new spot for Microsoft features a dead ringer for actor John Hodgman. A new 60-second spot breaking today for Microsoft from agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky opens with a dead ringer for actor John Hodgman, who plays PC in A

BWE Alarm Clock for Friday, September 19
Definitely a better tactic than the bizarro Jerry Seinfeld / Bill Gates mess they were running... ...it's Microsoft's new ad campaign! I feel like someone should make a spoof of this called "I'm a peepee!"

Move Over Jerry Seinfeld And Hello Eva Longoria And Pharrell Williams
I LOVE Jerry Seinfeld! Isn't Bebe enough for Eva? Eva Longoria and Pharrell Williams have bumped Jerry out of his commercial spot with Microsoft despite the $10 million payout the computer giant paid the comedian. It's been less than two weeks after the comedian’s ad debuted on TV.  But the ads are to be pulled in favor of a new campaign fronted by Williams, Longoria and author Deepak Chopra. Is Jerry losing his touch? Microsoft doesn't want you to think so. A rep put out a statement that the line

I Love A Condiment With Booze In It!
There's a second Microsoft commercial starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. This time, the two are staying with a "real" American family to learn about how they live. Neither Seinfeld nor Gates can act, per se, and they don't make me want to use Microsoft's products, but I find these commercials to be really charming: "It's a leather giraffe from Cabo San Lucas. That's all you there is to know." Posted by Lindsay at 9:00 AM in Commercials Tags: Bill Gates | Jerry Seinfeld &laqu

Micorosoft dumped Seinfeld
Microsoft recently signed Jerry Seinfeld for a reported $10 million as a part of their $300 million campaign to battle the image of an uptight, uncool, un-hip, un-everything beige-box-loving businessman that Apple cast upon them. The commercials were met with tepid response and further cemented how out of touch Microsoft truly is. This afternoon, Valleywag broke the news that Microsoft is dropping Seinfeld and spinning a story that the Seinfeld commercial was only phase one of their genius campaign and tha