Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld go to Shoe Circus - VIDEO
Filed under: Video, Commercials, Celebrities, Reality-Free We talked about this when they announced that Jerry Seinfeld had signed on to promote Windows for Microsoft. If you were watching the big NFL kickoff Thursday night, you might have seen what that looked like. If you missed it, it's embedded after the jump. I've watched the commercial a few times now, and I'm torn. I agreed with Brad's take in the original post, that Seinfeld may be a few years past the point of ideal pitchman. That being said, the

Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Gates & the New Microsoft Ad…Really?!
Microsoft finally revealed it’s new commercial featuring funny-man Jerry Seinfeld.  Yes, the one that is supposed to “rival” the Mac ads with Justin Long.  And I use the word “rival” loosely. One can argue that the commercial is original, but I think the heads at Microsoft tried a bit too hard to connect to the audience with being overly ‘wacky’ and ‘hip.’  That is, if you can call eating a churro in a mall wacky and hip.  Basically, all the jokes m

Video: Bill Gates Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft Commercial “Shoe Circus”
The first of Jerry Seinfeld’s $10 million Microsoft commercial campaigns debuted during Thursday evening’s NFL Kickoff Game between the NY Giants and the Washington Redskins. Get PopCrunch News Updates Email: What's Hot At PopCrunch Related Articles: Microsoft CEO Steve Balmers Reaction to Bill Gates’ RetirementBill O

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

Which of the following two stories has ZERO BASIS in truth? The one about Bill’s popcorn or the one about Britney’s seedcorn?
Bill Gates retires from retirment According to sources close to Bill Gates, the recently retired Microsoft chairman “can’t stand being out of the business world” and while he doesn’t want to work in computers, is determined to once again be an entrepreneur. “Bill sees the futility of trying to solve the problem of [...]

For Just $10 Million, Jerry Seinfeld Gave Microsoft This Shoegazing Stumper [Jerry Seinfeld]
newVideoPlayer("/jsmicro_def.flv", 506, 423,""); In its bid to top the deceptively simple "I"m a Mac/I'm a PC" ad campaign of its rival, Microsoft went big, hiring auteur Michel Gondry to direct a commercial featuring Jerry Seinfeld alongside Bill Gates. For his involvement, Seinfeld was handsomely compensated to the tune of $10 million — a big number, but small potatoes compared to the whole ad campaign's rumored $300 million budget. For that kind of cash, you might expect the end result to be an or

Jerry Seinfeld - Bill Gates Microsoft Ad Premieres (Video)
Last month news broke Jerry Seinfeld would be participating in a $300 million Microsoft ad campaign for a fee of about $10 million. The ad debuted featuring Jerry and Bill Gates during NBC’s NFL broadcast Thursday night of the Giants v. the Redskins game. Older (Possibly) Related Posts: Star studded spoof video of Bill Gate’s Last Day at MicrosoftJerry Seinfeld to make a TV sitcom comeback?Hot Poppa x 3 RSS feed Comments » No comments yet. Click

Seinfeld, Bill Gates Waste 90 Seconds Not Talking About Microsoft [Advertising]
Less than two weeks after Microsoft confirmed that it had picked the Mac-loving Jerry Seinfeld as its new endorser, this ad with Seinfeld and Bill Gates is everywhere. And it is awful. I mean, it's kind of engaging to see this half-billionaire comedian kicking it in a shoe store with the many-billionaire Microsoft nerd-in-chief; but up until the final seconds, I was convinced this was an ad for Payless. And I may be stupid, but I'm still your target audience, Microsoft. Surely Sarah Silverman and Willie Nel

Microsoft Ad: Shoe Circus - Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates
This was a dumb, hacky attempt at trying to be cute and creative as the mac ads. Last I checked, Jerry Seinfeld isn’t that ‘hip’. At least Justin Long was banging Drew Barrymore and has now moved on to Spiderman snaggle-tooth, Kirsten Dunst. Bonus: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video This second ad is much better. Its totaly clear now. Windows - Not walls. $ Share: Permalink Posted in: apple,

Seinfeld, Gates make Microsoft ad debut
Microsoft's first spot in its $US300 million ($A370.14 million) advertising campaign to revamp its stodgy image features comedian Jerry Seinfeld and company founder Bill Gates in a quirky attempt to buy shoes at a discount store. The bizarre ad debuted during the season opening game of the National Football League, and by its effect was being heatedly debated on the Internet. The ad shows Seinfeld advising the world's richest man on how to stretch cheap new shoes that are a little too small. Only at the

Jerry Seinfeld - Microsoft Defends Seinfeld Ads
If viewers were left wondering what the discount shoe store commercial featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates was supposed to be advertising, well, that's what the commercial ...

VIDEO: Jerry Seinfeld’s Microsoft Ad
During Giants v. the Redskins game, the new Microsoft ad featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates debuted. This is part of the $10 million agreement Seinfeld inked with Microsoft. Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Email this article

Idle Chatter: 'Project Runway,' Seinfeld, Googlehoo
-Lifetime is pushing back season six of Project Runway -- the first since its jump from Bravo -- to a January 2009 start date. [EW] -Microsoft's ads for Vista starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates are getting savaged by critics. [WSJ] -The Association of National Advertisers has come out against the search partnership between Google and Yahoo. [NYP] -Good magazine is producing a weekly one-sheet on election topics to be distributed at Starbucks. [NYT] -ABC's Charles Gibson will conduct the first te

Backlash against Seinfeld ad proves it's working, claims Microsoft
VIDEO: Microsoft's first spot in its $370 million advertising campaign to revamp its stodgy image features comedian Jerry Seinfeld and company founder Bill Gates in a quirky attempt to buy shoes at a discount store.

Insiders Hate Seinfeld's Microsoft Ad, But That Doesn't Matter
Microsoft spent $10 million lure Jerry Seinfeld away from his Macintosh-using television character to star in an advertisement with the company's most well-known face, Bill Gates. The ad showed the pair squishing shoes together and walking in a parking lot. It did not mention Windows Vista, the software giant's very expensive fuck up to get the world's business and consumers to keep dumping money into their pockets. The point of the ad was to reverse the tide of negative feelings toward Micro

Can Microsoft Top The Mac Guy With Jerry Seinfeld?
Washington (ChattahBox) - Microsoft has launched their $300 million ad campaign starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, but is it enough to top Apple and the Mac Guy? Microsoft launched this big new ad campaign to try and improve upon the perception of the public in regards to the Windows Vista platform. Microsoft is hopeful that they will be able to use this team to beat out the Apple Mac Guy campaign, which has been a big success to date. Critics though are not buying it, as the belief is that the team

IBM Wants To Shove You Off A Bike! [Advertising]
NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly appeared in an IBM ad for free, and now "watchdog groups" are upset because IBM "reaps untold benefits from the reputations of Kelly and the NYPD." Uh, the price is probably right. [NYP] Read More: 1 2 3 4 Magazine Ads Explained: They Sell Things! WWD Staff In Uproar Over Being Made To Wr

Retro Reviewing: "Trapped"
This week, the Retro Reviewers were a bit understaffed as both Rina and Katie were on vacation. So, Danielle and Denae decided to hold off on Bound until next time, and reviewed Trapped from here! TV instead. Both ladies got quite a kick out of the cheesy flick starring Alexandra Paul and Michelle Wolff. They welcomed the return of the watching scenes in order to properly make fun of it. Episode highlights include copious re-creation scenes and a conspiracy theory discussion about the main bad guy (evil

New Seinfeld TV ad for Microsoft draws negative reviews online
The software giant's new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online, after premiering Thursday night during NBC's broadcast of the National Football League's season kickoff game. The ad was the start of a highly anticipated US$300 million advertising campaign that Microsoft is launching in attempt to rebuff Apple's popular TV commercials, which have portrayed Microsoft and PCs as uncool. In the commercial - which can be found at Microsoft.com and on video sharing sites - Seinfe

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Bill Gates And Jerry Seinfeld Go To Shoe Circus
Gabe probably doesn't think it's funny, but the first of the Microsoft ads starring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld and directed by Michel Gondry aired last night. It's one of those little short film vignette commercials that seem to have nothing to do with the product being advertised. I think it's funny: It's as if Michel Gondry directed part of a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode. Posted by Lindsay at 9:00 AM in Commercials Tags: Bill Gates | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Jerry Seinfeld

Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld Walk Into a Shoe Store
Though Bill Gates doesn't much work for them anymore, and Jerry Seinfeld is mostly associated with American Express these days, Microsoft enlisted the pair of them to convince America that despite its troubles getting documents to print or iTunes to function, Windows is the cat's growl. The spot they put together is, sigh, pretty clever, as you would expect from the Seinfeldian school of thought. And Gates, despite his billions, comes across as relatable, cute, and our dad. Will it make us ditch X

Seattle man who helped launch Microsoft left $65M for gay rights
Ric Weiland, who helped his friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen launch Microsoft, was a quiet philanthropist. But his final gift has provided one of the most powerful financial boosts ever to the gay-rights movement. Weiland has left $65 million to the Pride Foundation in Seattle and 10 nonprofit organizations, believed to be the largest estate gift ever given to the gay and lesbian community in the U.S. His generosity didn't stop there.

New Seinfeld Microsoft ad draws negative reviews online
The software giant’s new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online after premiering Thursday night during NBC’s broadcast of the National Football League’s season kickoff game. The ad was the start of a highly anticipated $300 million advertising campaign that Microsoft is launching in attempt to rebuff Apple’s popular TV commercials, which have portrayed Microsoft and PCs as uncool. In the commercial — which can be found at Microsoft.com and on video s

Bill Gates uses 10,000 times the energy of the average American
Time to start the finger-pointing again. A class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has begun to track the carbon footprint of different lifestyle in different nations. And the picture painted for the U.S. isn’t pretty: Even the most power conscious people in this country use more than twice the energy of the average person around the world. If you are looking for people with the worst carbon footprint, look among the super-rich such as Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, MIT says. It is comm