Can Jerry Seinfeld Save Microsoft’s Ad Campaign?
With as much money Microsoft stacks from running businesses to Xbox 360, their advertisements should equate that success, right? Wrong. They haven’t been able to crack the “cool” market because Apple holds it down with straight-forward, minimally-styled clips. But when Steve Jobs recently took another shot at Bill Gates‘ Windows Vista operating system, the software mogul tapped Jerry Seinfeld to clap back.
We’re not sure if the $300-million dollar campaign will actually work, simply because Jerry’s been catching bricks since Seinfeld went off the air. The handful of other ads he did for the geriatric crowd (American Express, Hewlett Packard), and last year’s Bee Movie are, well, straight up B’s. So we figured we could jog Microsoft’s memory (zing!) by compiling five (2 of which ended up being banned) of their greatest hits for a little inspiration.
BILL GATES’ LAST DAY AT MICROSOFT
ZUNE TICKLE PARTY
MICROSOFT XP (BANNED)
XBOX LIVE (BANNED)
MICROSOFT OFFICE LIVE MEETING
yoyo August 22, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I love the BANG-BANG ad.. one of the best EVER.. Up there with with Guy Richi’s TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SUPERB.. cant believe it was banned..
Andanotherone August 22, 2008 at 8:00 pm
You should put a ‘no homo’ photo caption on the lead image of bill gates. just sayin’…
www.nappyheadinc.com August 25, 2008 at 10:04 am
Didn’t watch your clips, but here’s what I think about the Seinfeld campaine; too little, too late. Microsoft needs to make a more aggressive puch toward a younger, more hip demographic. Jerry doing Microsoft commericials, is like having Barbara Bush doing Trojan ads! Bill needs to hire a new marketing team; fast.