Microsoft - its enough to make you puke!
Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/microsoft-withdraws-offending-puke-ad-20090703-d73n.html
Microsoft has yanked a controversial ad for its Internet Explorer 8 browser -
which features a woman vomiting several times - after an outcry among users.
The ad, starring former Superman actor Dean Cain, depicts a woman spewing
uncontrollably after apparently finding hardcore pornography on her husband's
computer. The man then slips over on the mess before his wife continues to vomit
on top of him.
Cain then steps into the foreground telling viewers that none of this would have
happened if the man had used Internet Explorer 8, which includes a feature
called "InPrivate Browsing" that lets users browse without leaving a trace.
Cain diagnoses the woman's problem as "Oh My God, I'm Gonna Puke" (O.M.G.I.G.P)
syndrome.
The type of content on the computer is not detailed but, due to the nature of
the woman's reaction, some have interpreted the ad as alluding to child
pornography. Taken to the extreme, the ad could be seen by some as Microsoft
offering tips on how to browse such material without getting caught by a spouse.
The ad, which only ran online and was described by one veteran technology
commentator as the "worst tech commercial ever", was directed by comedian Bob
Goldthwait, who starred in the Police Academy series of films.
Goldthwait made three other IE8 commercials for Microsoft, all featuring Cain as
public service announcer, including "S.H.Y.N.E.S.S." (Sharing Heavily Yet Not
Enough Sharing Still), "F.O.M.S" (Fear Of Missing Something) and "G.R.I.P.E.S"
(Gripping Rage Internet Pathetically Extra Slow').
In an interview with the TechFlash website, Goldthwait said the series of ads
were the first commercials he had ever directed.
"I think they were trying to do something that was a little less mainstream, and
I think that's (what led to) my involvement," Goldthwait said.
In a statement, Microsoft said the OMGIGP ad was intended to be a
"tongue-in-cheek" look at IE8's InPrivate Browsing feature using "irreverent
humour".
"While much of the feedback to this particular piece of creative was positive,
some of our customers found it offensive, so we have removed it," the company said.
Microsoft has removed the ad from its official YouTube channel, its own website
and its ad agency's website, but it has already been re-published by other
YouTube users.
Microsoft, after incurring significant damage to its brand from Apple's "I'm a
Mac, I'm a PC" ad campaign, has attempted to retaliate in recent months with
edgy but bizarre commercials.
Last last year it launched a $US300 million ad campaign to spruce up Windows
Vista's image, which featured comedian Jerry Seinfeld, actress Eva Longoria,
singer Pharrell Williams and even the author Deepak Chopra.
Those ads received significant media coverage but they were heavily criticised
for being too abstract and not funny enough.
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son of a bitch
stupid Microsnot Ads
I dunno about O.M.G.I.G.P but more like O.M.G.W.W.T.T
Mike Dee
wrote:
> Microsoft withdraws offending 'puke ad'
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/microsoft-withdraws-offen
> ding-puke-ad-20090703-d73n.html
>
> Microsoft has yanked a controversial ad for its Internet Explorer
> 8 browser - which features a woman vomiting several times - after
> an outcry among users.
Doesn't quite have the offensiveness of a Sydney Morning Herald,
Saturday (GW) edition of a few years back (2000?). A full two-page
spread ad depicting a "well heeled" woman with her arm embedded up to
her armpits up a cow's quoit, including the cow's twat (with her arm
right up it) in full view. Can't recall what the ad was meant to be for
here, only the despicable crassness and exploitation and abuse of the
cow.
Yes, I did (and others did) complain about it at the time and I
received an emailed apology from SMH, + ad was withdrawn (it was not
run again).
Why they ran it in the first place... ?????
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dee
terryc
> Doesn't quite have the offensiveness of a Sydney Morning Herald,
> Saturday (GW) edition of a few years back (2000?). A full two-page
> spread ad depicting a "well heeled" woman with her arm embedded up to
> her armpits up a cow's quoit, including the cow's twat (with her arm
> right up it) in full view. Can't recall what the ad was meant to be for
> here, only the despicable crassness and exploitation and abuse of the
> cow.
Well, a great many farming people would not have been the least
concerted, but had a great laugh at the attire of the person involved..
Vets and others do that all the time where cows are concerned. Apart from
medical examination method, a deep hand job (artificial insemination) is
what a cow gets instead of a encounter with a bull.
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> Why they ran it in the first place... ?????
Because it makes money.
They care not for complaints, because if it complies with the advertising
standards, the only other concern is does it make the advertiser money?
If the media isn't otherwise legally required to remove it, and the
advertiser is making money, then generally, very few ads are changed or
removed at the whim of Joe Blow on the street.
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keithr
> Mike Dee wrote:
>
>> Why they ran it in the first place... ?????
>
> Because it makes money.
>
> They care not for complaints, because if it complies with the
> advertising standards, the only other concern is does it make the
> advertiser money?
>
> If the media isn't otherwise legally required to remove it, and the
> advertiser is making money, then generally, very few ads are changed or
> removed at the whim of Joe Blow on the street.
Microsoft has pulled it. It was never in the media, only on you tube and
the IE8 web site.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/02/microsoft_ie_puke_win7_family_pack/