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NFT: M$ - No more Seinfeld ads (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=191960)

NFT: M$ - No more Seinfeld ads

http://valleywag.com/5051455/microso...elled-tomorrow

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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 millions of dollars to waste on hiring a has-been funnyman to keep him company. Update: In a phone call, Waggener Edstrom flack 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." Update: CPB confirms that Seinfeld spots already in the can will not be aired.

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I found them entertaining, but pointless.

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Originally Posted by Claythan (Post 5032446)

I found them entertaining and much better than any Apple ads

FYP

It was definitely better than the pretentious, misleading Apple ads.

I thought the ads were ridiculously pointless and reeruned... To spend that kind of money on a ad that doesn't sell anything... wat?

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Originally Posted by Claythan (Post 5032457)

It was definitely better than the pretentious, misleading Apple ads.

Misleading?

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Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer (Post 5032460)

Misleading?

Very misleading.

They have to run these ads past test audiences. I'm sure tinyevel would agree with me. Then they would have never been aired. Or re-shot a different way.

That ad was confusing and disappointing. Microsoft dropped the egg on that one.

I'm interested, care to explain?

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Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer (Post 5032477)

I'm interested, care to explain?

Yes. The apple ads say untrue things and attempt to pass them off as true.

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Originally Posted by Claythan (Post 5032480)

Yes. The apple ads say untrue things and attempt to pass them off as true.

:spock:

::sigh:: nevermind.... idiot.

I kind of enjoyed them, but I've always had a soft spot for stuff that makes me think 'wtf?'

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Originally Posted by Claythan (Post 5032480)

Yes. The apple ads say untrue things and attempt to pass them off as true.

Microsoft loses some of their ability to complain about that after their Mojave ads...and I ****ing hate Apple.

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 5032495)

Microsoft loses some of their ability to complain about that after their Mojave ads...and I ****ing hate Apple.

Yeah I saw one of those. It was like the computer world version of those stupid pizza hut pasta ads. Hilarious! LOL U USIN VISTA NOT SO BAD EH LOL?

Microsoft Vistas "Hidden Camera" Ad:

Guy in suit: You've been testing this new software for a half-hour now. Did you know that you're actually using Microsoft Vistas?

Test guy: Actually, I haven't started yet. The software is still loading.