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September 5, 2008

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 presumably 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.

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mmmikey

Ugh. Painfully unfunny.

Posted by: mmmikey profile link at 09/05/08 9:38 AM | Reply
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I mean "funny for a commercial."

Posted by: Lindsay profile link in reply to mmmikey's comment at 09/05/08 11:31 AM | Reply
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I was expecting more stop-animation for a Gondry-joint...

Posted by: nb3004 at 09/05/08 9:49 AM | Reply
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So the churros were their wieners?

Posted by: TigerMachine profile link at 09/05/08 10:46 AM | Reply
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hard liquor, soft holes

i think it's pretty funny but i like low-level absurdism. (i don't hate they might be giants). also, i think that people who use macs generally don't know how to do long division (sorry all readers of video/stereogum), so i'm pro-this.

Posted by: hard liquor, soft holes profile link at 09/05/08 12:02 PM | Reply
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I like it. Best part was Gates saying, "Leather," for some reason.

Posted by: Sara profile link at 09/05/08 12:09 PM | Reply
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I don't even own a computer. This wasn't funny at all.

Posted by: jnuh at 09/05/08 4:42 PM | Reply
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I thought the ad was incredibly unfunny. Amazingly, all they had to do was add one little sound effect to transform it into a very funny ad (though still stupid) ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSQMg3gc1r4

Frankly, I suspect this ad may be a sign that Bill Gates is going Michael Jackson on us. Has he (Gates) been examined by a competent psychiatrist lately?

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David Blomstrom

Posted by: David Blomstrom at 09/06/08 7:08 AM | Reply
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Michel Gondry had nothing to do with this ad. It was directed by Bryan Buckley.

Posted by: TC at 09/07/08 5:19 PM | Reply
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