Seattlest: New Microsoft Ads, Seinfeld vs. Mac?

MvB

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:54:20 -0800

Yeah, and Shecky Greene was booked. Seinfeld was all they had left.

Fnarf

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:14:46 -0800

A lot of the younger market they're trying to reach doesn't really have any solid idea who Jerry Seinfeld is. His show's been off the air for a decade. What, is Milton Berle dead or something?

jwhieger

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:28:30 -0800

Macs are great for editing but I've found the marketing to be better than the product.

Simonian

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:28:01 -0800

Just another example of Microsoft being behind the times. Ten years ago Seinfeld went off the air when it was at the top of the ratings and Microsoft was unassailably at the top of the heap in just about everything. Apple wasn't in great shape, google was still in diapers, and aside from the pesky Justice Department Microsoft had little to worry about. But things have changed and in order to zest up their image and answer a very successful ad campaign, which they have ignored for two or three years, they turn to someone who was hot when they were. Umm, did anyone at Microsoft see Bee Movie?

jessejb

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:01:03 -0800

"but i dont wanna be a PC!"

johnnye

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:30:57 -0800

Is the irony that the ads will be on Macs? http://valleywag.com/5039939/microsofts-ad-agency-exists-because-of-the-mac

brad

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:13:30 -0800

Only Microsoft would fail to see the irony in this strategy.