Seinfeld and Gates Pair Up for New Microsoft Ads

by Paul Miller — Sep 5th 2008 at 8:56AM

As promised, Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld made their television pair-up debut last night, in an advertisement for something or other. We were sad to see Seinfeld sans-bee suit, and Gates is lacking in Costanza-isms, but we might just be looking at a beautiful friendship here. Video is after the break.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Zoe said 11:10AM on 9-05-2008

Got to see it last night .. it was so funny!!

give me a sign.. adjust your underwear or something..

that will end up being a classic line..

the two of them .. were amazing .. and together.. well
I could see a movie .. in the works.. with the right script.

I want to see more of these.. not just for microsoft.. these two
could sell sand to the arabs..

victoria said 8:16PM on 9-18-2008

I agree with you, but apparently there aren't enough people with a true sense of humor left in the world. It was truly great comedy! Very Seinfeld.

Willy said 8:27PM on 9-06-2008

Yeah, it was kind of funny, but what was it trying to say? Was there a message? If there was, I totally missed it.

Amanda said 8:45PM on 9-06-2008

That was so fricking stupid.
I used to love Seinfeld and I loved the show. Then I saw him on Larry King and I realized how full of himself he is. It really turned me off, now I have trouble finding him funny anymore.

Joy said 9:02PM on 9-06-2008

My theory is that it was an ad for a new version of WIndows (again)

Carmen said 11:38PM on 9-06-2008

that was totally stupid. I can't believe people think that was funny. Sad.

Kevin said 10:37PM on 9-06-2008

what.........the.........hell? Seinfeld is not funny. I repeat, Seinfeld is NOT FUNNY!!! the only funny thing about that so-called commercial is Gates's haircut!

lisa said 11:03PM on 9-06-2008

Stop picking on Bills hair!

Loni said 11:47PM on 9-06-2008

Totally moronic. Funny???? I think not....

mark said 12:12AM on 9-07-2008

i am a HUGE fan of comedy. its funny that they stand ups i find so so are the ones best in sitcoms except for ray ramano. it also was with leno. he was ok but then even JOHNNY sided with letterman and told him to go to cbs. i wonder where all the money went for this gates/seinfeld ad? its good to see men like buffet donating. if all the rich would we wouldnt have poor.

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cherafarms said 12:33AM on 9-07-2008

I've never been a big Seinfeld fan, but this is really stinkin' funny!
Yeah, they don't seem to selling anything, but honestly, who cares?
I've just upped my general opinion of Bill being able to laugh at himself and his company, and maybe that's the point!
How can I get a platinum Clown Club Card?
Mind-melded!?!
Adjust your shorts...I'm never going to be able to see any man wiggle as he walks without bursting out in laughter.

PS. Kudos to Pay-Less-Shoes for letting them film in their store!

Louis said 12:55AM on 9-07-2008

Seinfeld never has been funny. I paid $75 a piece for three tickets to see Jerry Seinfeld live at the Shea's theater in Buffalo, New York.
Seinfeld is definitely not funny! HIs routine is dull and boring.
I'm funnier than Seinfeld and my friends can easily attest to that fact!
I can't for the life of me see what people see in Seinfeld. He has absolutely no sense of humor and no imagination whatsoever.
If I didn't know any better, I would say that he coudln't find his gluteus maximus with a GPS!

mike said 1:32AM on 9-07-2008

"whats the message?" the message is a responce to the mac ads. the old fruppy guy is a pc and the hip cool kid is a mac.

they're tring to say,"yes, were a bit older but we're cool." "we're middle aged like that guy jerry seinfeld, but we're nice guys, now go buy a PC and dont woory about being a 20 something hipster"

jksp1523 said 3:14AM on 9-07-2008

This is really a stupid commercial. I mean...what is the relevance of Jerry Seinfield? Why spend all that money on a commercial that doesn't sell anything? Just to prove that they have money to burn- money they got from US buying their expensive a** software? What a waste of our time.
And BY THE WAY- Jerry Seinfield is a egomaniac. Have you ever SEEN his show? The idiot can't even deliver his lines cause he's always about to crack up laughing at himself over things that ARE NOT FUNNY.

mwr said 4:00AM on 9-07-2008

So Stupid, I'm buying a Mac.

Nicole said 5:02AM on 9-07-2008

This commercial was beyond lame. And face it, if Gates hadn't been in it, no one would have even known it was a commercial for Microsoft. Seinfeld hasn't done anything funny since his show. Remember when the show went off the air at the peak of its popularity and Jerry said it was because he wanted to go out while the show was still on top? Yeah, Jerry, it was time to retire then. You're already going out on a low note as a comedian. It's time to retire. I'll give him the occasional appearance on the late night talk shows, but other than that, Jerry, your time is up.

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