So Microsoft has pulled the plug in no time at all on the Bill Gates / Jerry Seinfeld team up of spots. The $300 million “let’s make Microsoft look cool” campaign so far has been a bust. Jerry’s commercials weren’t funny, much like Bee Movie. As much as I grew up ADORING Seinfeld, the two spots they made just aren’t funny. 

The ad below is weird. It’s not quite funny. It’s also not cool. Above all, it’s just weird. But the grandmother is kinda funny. I’ll give Jerry that! The whole ad is cluncky. It in no way competes with the Mac vs. PC ads that Apple has been producing. CNET News.com wrote a great blog about this.

Below is the “Shoe Circus” spot. It’s the official Windows YouTube account. Notice how the audio sync is off
 

(Aside: I recently upgraded to Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. Half my webpages basically don’t load now. So as a longtime microsoft supporter, I’ve basically given up on IE now and migrated to Safari. Everything’s much better. I’m quite dumb though: I should know Microsoft products on Vista are buggy and there is no way a beta version of a Microsoft product is a smart idea. I have got to get it together!)

The new iPod Nano that debuted yesterday is sexy! If i actually used my Nano more, I would toss it and grab one of these in a heartbeat, but I think i might hold off and get a new iPod Touch instead. It seems like most of the benefits of the iPhone without the annoyance of paying AT&T an extra $30 per month.

As soon as they find a way to get a Skype app for the iPod Touch, then I’m sold! www.ipod.comfor more info. The new nano’s are basically the same price at $149 and $199 respectively depending on storage capacity.