Laptop Hunters: Homeless Frank - New MS Ad

[Doju]

Yes, pretty much. All I'm left is with the message, "Even a homeless man scoffs at PCs... though he's still the kind of person to end up choosing one." Why is the line "I'm poor, not retarded" viewed as amusing? I'm brown-hair, not blue-eyed. It's not funny because there's no prejudice to play on which assumes that brown-haired people are blue-eyed.

While I'm here, why is the homeless person, usually depicted with mannerisms that reflect mental illness, such a stooge of US comedy? British humour tends to celebrate the qualities of the underdog; American media tends to view "the poor" either with contempt or as a target for patronising charity.

Hey Mr. Cynic. Why is the line I'm poor not retarded amusing? Why wouldn't it be? Heaven forbid someone had a different sense of humor than you. It's implying that only a mentally deficient person would chose a Microsoft-embedded laptop.

How the hell would brown-hair, not blue-eyed be amusing? Thank GOD dry people like you don't write comedies, the industry would go to hell. Oh boo hoo, it poked a bit of fun at the mentally retarded. Lighten up.

It was funny, even if not necessarily to you (GASP!).

The point is, price aside (not all of us are poor bargain hunters) we want the better, sturdier, more reliable and convenient machine. Is that that poor 16" PC with horrid res and encased in flimsy plastic that machine? Yes, if you're a bargain hunter, HELL NO if you're someone willing to pay a bit more for a more reliable and plain out better machine.

Great ad, I laughed really hard. These M$ ads are such crap, let's compliment the other company and then go off and buy the other product only because you're on a budget.

"Microsoft, because you can't afford anything better."

XD

 

[DMC-12]

Yes, l love it all. Very funny.

 

[Eddy Munn]

Suprised he didn't buy an HP

 

[k2spitfire88]

Great ad, I laughed really hard. These M$ ads are such crap, let's compliment the other company and then go off and buy the other product only because you're on a budget.

"Microsoft, because you can't afford anything better."

XD

Isn't that really the point of their ads?

 

[Ade-iMac-177]

Haha!! that was great.

Loved the line, "This motherboard uses second rate Korean components". So funny

 

[alexlovesmacs]

That really made my day thanks MR!

 

[neil1980]

LOL thats awesome...

I think Apple should just give them a **** load of money and air it

 

[iKungFu]

Alternate Laptop Hunter

Here's a variant on the original ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8S1mX4IvEE&feature=player_embedded

 

[Cleverboy]

Yeah, but it also hammers home the point that Apple is smug, aloof, and scoffs at the average joe, which is exactly what Microsoft wants. These guys walked straight into Microsoft's playbook trap.

Did you edit your post to acknowledge it was funny and that you had a sense of humor?

If I were to guess, I'd say you're mad that this runs counter to being a "positive" for Microsoft, because its a successful parody. It's like your brand of humor is Fox's "The 1/2 Hour News Hour", while mine is "The Daily Show". You know... if its funny... its okay to laugh without trying to score a point afterwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-L-0s-7-Z0
http://www.videosift.com/video/Marvel-DC-Im-a-Mac-Parody

To state the obvious, parodies are funny when they ring true. When they don't, its just petty and lame. This one was funny. That's it. It "hammers home" nothing about Apple. It's a comment on format and nature of the PC commercial.

~ CB

 

[Pika]

Why he cough to much?

 

[thisday]

Nice ad. Bad Micro$oft you try to take down the perfect Apple.
Cmon people. We all love macs etc but:

-not long ago (a year?) macbooks were plastic with lots of problems!!!
-you expect a normally payed person who wants internet/music/movies to spend 2000+ dollars for a 15.4? Get serious.
-Quality? I see other companies give to their "worthless" pcs 2 and 3 yers warranty. Here you have to pay extra. Why? Because macs are cheap?

So dont make the smartasses about Apple quality. When it comes to software be my guest. Far better than anything today.
But whether you like it or not macs are pcs with an apple logo and better design.
I buy the mac for software superiority not the hardware.

 

[Pika]

*cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*

 

[Pugpuppydude]

I love this!!

I also love how there the cashier in the pc computer store is using a mac

 

[Cleverboy]

Here's a variant on the original ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8S1mX4IvEE&feature=player_embedded

Well done. Pure comedy.

Mac parodies that made me laugh out loud:

I'm a Mac:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JixbzFjv_cU&feature=PlayList&p=6F38B132A7DDAC5D&index=7
Switcher:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv0PlL-jvuM&NR=1

They're funny because they're true.

~ CB

 

[Pika]

"what is this? plastic?"

great stuff!!

Some PC laptops use aluminum imitation paint to the plastic case... just to make you "feel" it's solid and light like the unibody macbooks. But it's not.

This paint job is used to confuse costumers.

 

[luzcool]

i love it

makes me laugh do bad, thanks

 

[Anuba]

Did you edit your post to acknowledge it was funny and that you had a sense of humor?

***bzzzt*** Wrong. I edit 75-80% of my posts because I'm anal about phrasing. And English isn't my native tongue, which makes me doubly anal (that's borderline Borat English right there).

If I were to guess, I'd say you're mad that this runs counter to being a "positive" for Microsoft, because its a successful parody.

Oh hell no. When the parody is good, I don't care who the butt of the joke is. I found most of the "Get a Mac" ads with Hodgman/Long hysterical, especially the one with Vista's UAC manifested as a SS agent, and the one where PC throws all his money into advertising. The reasons I didn't find the "Frank" ad particularly funny are A) It was the most predictable parody on the Laptop Hunter ads imaginable, B) save for one funny line it never rose above the aforementioned predictability, and C) I really can't think of a C, I'm just strangely compelled to always list three things.

It's like your brand of humor is Fox's "The 1/2 Hour News Hour", while mine is "The Daily Show". You know... if its funny... its okay to laugh without trying to score a point afterwards.

I'll let you know what I think about FOX in the year 2036 when my Swedish cable provider picks it up. They do give me a watered-down, localized version of Comedy Central though, but I don't watch it much, I tend to download shows instead. It's 3:10 AM on a Friday morning and I'm staying up just to download all those Thursday night comedies on NBC.

 

[Masquerade]

i think that's retarded. but that is what you get when people just draw their attention to gadgets instead of real people.

Do Mac fools knows that every windows PC laptop have options to optimize the sound of speakers by sensing your habitual enviromnent (and that you can define the sound for every app running)? just one of many options, if you consider that adorable $1500's mac portable have the same <$1 stereo speakers since the powerbook g3..

 

[djgamble]

or the fact that who cares enough to post positives and negatives

Yeah what do the positivies and negatives mean? I can think of a few meanings...
1) It's a good quality movie, I love it.
2) It's good somebody made the movie.
3) The article about the movie is well written.
4) I like the comments with regard to the movie.
5) The "rumour" is true.
6) This will be a popular article.
7) I want to discuss this topic, thanks for bringing it up.

What does it actually mean?

 

[Cleverboy]

The reasons I didn't find the "Frank" ad particularly funny are A) It was the most predictable parody on the Laptop Hunter ads imaginable, B) save for one funny line it never rose above the aforementioned predictability, and C) I really can't think of a C, I'm just strangely compelled to always list three things.

1.) "Predictable" would be because its based off of an ad you already saw, and was structured in the exact same way. I'd have "predicted" that it would end with money being held out too. 2.) Actually, I think the aspect I found funny was the idea that he'd say he didn't know much about computers, and then started getting technical about virus protection and circuit boards. If you felt the parody was "unjust", you'd overlook the obviously disingenuous nature of his PC criticisms and focused on the idea that he's somehow promoting Apple because he spouted positive comments about the Macs. 3.) I think the ad is simply funny, and while its not comedy gold, it made many people in this thread "laugh out loud", me included.

Can't argue with results.

~ CB

 

[MacFly123]

NICE, I liked it, it was very funny.

I would have listen even more cons though, like added cost of software, more on viruses, cost of service etc.

 

[blackhand1001]

"This motherboard uses second rate Korean components"

You know the funny thing is, Samsung is from Korea and manufactures motherboards, and Samsung is FAR from second rate. And i'd trust Korean components more than Chinese ones.

Its a good parody but as everything it has flaws.

 

[criler]

Awesome!!! hahaha

I'm from LA (not Los Angeles) latin america... Ecuador! and I think this is one of those videos that make me laught soooooo much... At last one video that really worth

PS: I'm not too goood writing english... sorry (I'm not really sure if I made a mistake writing this)

 

[baddj]

LOL i love this ad as it shows how bad Windows is he is using it for a head cover so thats what it must be good for LOL.

 

[mikerajchel]

Hate to say it, but i laughed more at this then those lame Microsoft/Bill Gates/Seinfeld Ads...