Well, I am just perplexed. The new Microsoft ad from Crispin came out featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld and the blogging world is a-buzz. When I first heard Mac-loving Seinfeld was to star in these upcoming ads, I assumed they would be similar to the Apple Mac vs. PC ads, with Jerry being a Microsoft-convert. However, Windows just took it in a weird direction. I'm not even sure how to put my jumbled thoughts into a cohesive paragraph, so here's a blog-friendly list of my reactions:
1. Is the "Why pay more?" Shoe Circus motto a metaphor for PCs being cheaper but equal in quality or something?
2. Does Microsoft sell shoes now?
3. Does Bill have to buy discounted shoes now because Microsoft is losing business to Mac?
4. I now must find the nearest Taco Johns to get a churro. Thanks, Microsoft, for those extra calories.
5. Play on Seinfeld's "A Show About Nothing" by being "A Commercial About Nothing"
6. Weird on purpose. At least people are talking, myself included.
7. Crispin thinks way too highly of themselves and this was more for them than it is for Microsoft.
8. A cake computer? Really? That's the revelation at the end? And do I need to see Bill Gates shaking it?
Well. That's what I got for now. Maybe I'll let it sit with me and this convoluted attempt at a metaphor for computers will make sense.
What do you guys think?
