The Second (and extended) Microsoft ad with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld

I have to say I was a big fan of the first of the new Gates/Seinfeld ads for Microsoft (as previously posted here). The thing was ART! It was well made, exceptionally funny, and so off-beat you sat there waiting for it to fall apart, but it didn’t.

Maybe this is just me living in a post Gruen Transfer world, but I really do think these are great ads. The second one (while much longer and containing an actual narrative) is equally amazing.

From what I’ve read, the first spot was “panned” by many, and Microsoft had to release a press release to explain it. I think the main reason the ad got panned is because most people are simply awful. A world where Thank God You’re Here gets repeated into infinity and people give a poop about how well Fifth Graders can memorise pre-planned questions, but you have to wait until the end of the year to see a show (like Chuck) that even my Grandma has downloaded and seen already.

On this note, with the aim of making the world a better TV place, here is the second advert.

Remember to check out the first one.