And WHAT is WITH that BLUE SCREEN of DEATH? (Seinfeld gets $10 million to pimp Microsoft)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Microsoft Corp., weary of being cast as a stodgy oldster by Apple Inc.'s advertising, is turning for help to Jerry Seinfeld.

The software giant's new $300 million advertising campaign, devised by a newly hired ad agency, has been closely guarded. But Mr. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen, say people close to the situation. He will appear with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in ads and receive about $10 million for the work, they say.


The new ad effort is expected to use some variation of the slogan "Windows, Not Walls," according to several people familiar with the matter. Those people say the point is to stress breaking down barriers that prevent people and ideas from connecting. The campaign, said to debut Sept. 4, is one of the largest in the company's history.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/jerry-seinfeld-microsofts_n_120287.html

[Parche]

1. Jerry Steinfeld........NOT FUNNY

He never was.......his show was crap.....not funny at all

:grr: :puke: :hi:

[NJmaverick]

2. Seinfeld was pretty funny in his day

However he hardly would be my first choice if one wanted to cast aside a "stodgy oldster" image.

[Pierre.Suave]

3. You mean This blue screen of death?

:rofl:

[montanto]

6. Yep, that one.

[montanto]

4. So they're gonna pitch Microsoft with a

BSOD commercial? Fun! Funny!! Seinfeld too? Wow. (EPIC FAIL). I always ROFLMFAO when I see
the BSOD. Its my fuckin favorite thing, and along with Seinfeld, I can't see how they can
go wrong.

[terrya]

5. Yep, ol' Jer really needs the money.

He'll be getting royalties from "Seinfeld" until the end of time.

[deucemagnet]

7. They're sick of being cast as a stodgy oldster,

so they hire a 54 year-old comedian who had a successful sitcom a decade ago to be their spokesman. Good luck with that.

[FloridaJudy]

8. $10 Million!?

What is Microsoft thinking? I hated those ads he did for American Express! They were all over the web, and seriously annoying. Nothing could have made me click the back-button on my browser quicker (unless it was one of those sappy songs some web sites blast you with).