Microsoft Pulls Disgusting “Puke” Ad

Published on July 2nd, 2009

Posted by John C Dvorak in General, Video

Caution: Not terribly gross, but probably in bad taste.

Another example of Microsoft Marketing at its finest. Cripes, what are they thinking? It’s been pulled from distribution but will live forever here and there. We will repost it as necessary.

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# 1 sadtruth said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pm

Still easier to watch than that karaoke music software, what ever it was, commercial.

# 2 Joe said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Normal reaction to Windows Vista.

# 3 Shubee said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 1:36 pm

I disagree. I think it is terribly gross. What else has Microsoft produced that I should be sickened by?

# 4 BigBoyBC said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Was this done by the same ad house that does those weird Burger King ads?

# 5 Hugh Ripper said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 pm

They really have no idea. Shocking ad about a crap product.

# 6 bobbo, watching too much tv said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm

Put this together with the “A-Hole” thread and you have two data points about the direction/location/quality estimates of the American Public by highly paid executives who specialize in these things.

Could they be right? Rap “music?”

# 7 Gasbag said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:12 pm

WTF?

# 8 RTaylor said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:14 pm

#4 That Burger King plastic head has always freaked me out.

# 9 rbitting said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm

Okay, let me guess…they were going to run this on the Food Channel?

# 10 Ah_Yea said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:24 pm

I should go to work for the Microsoft advertising department.

I mean, if this is the kind of stuff they put out, I don’t have any worries.

I could do better in my sleep.

# 11 Dallas said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:24 pm

Throwing up was so cute on the Etrade commercial.

Not so cute with adults..

# 12 FRAGaLOT said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm

OMGYUIE?
Oh My Gawd, you use Internet Explorer?
>PC gets sick from all the spyware and viruses<

# 13 Tippis said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:54 pm

Well, hey! It’s not often you see truth in advertising: that’s the exact reaction people should have to IE8…

# 14 Special Ed said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Wasn’t she in two girls, one cup?

# 15 Jägermeister said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Wow, Microsoft ads are starting to get classy.

# 16 Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm

I’d puke too if I had to use IE8.

# 17 Ron Larson said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm

I could think of a better scenario to illustrate the benefits of a browser’s porn-mode. Like one involving getting fired at work.

# 18 dm said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 3:56 pm

Don’t most browsers now have a “porn mode”? Safari has had it since 2005.

# 19 Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 3:58 pm

#17 – I’ve never seen my boss, he’s kind of like the tooth fairy.

# 20 V. Omit said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:03 pm

Clearly the ad department is addicted to Family Guy and they thought the funny puking on that show would be easily transposed into marketing. Sorry gang, it don’t work that way, duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Where do they get these people? I watched that and thought they were trying to say Microsoft computers are sickening and was expecting to see it be an ad for Apple computers.

# 21 pedro said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:09 pm

#18 What? That lameass latecomer to the browser market? puhleez!

# 22 Jeremiah said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:13 pm

I don’t know, all my roommates thought it was pretty funny. Maybe you guys are just getting old.

# 23 Riker17 said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:15 pm

I recognize Dean Cain, but who are the other two actors in this piece? The “husband” looks familiar…

# 24 MoreGruelPlease said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm

At least it wasn’t Jerry Seinfeld puking on Bill Gates.

# 25 dm said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:36 pm

#21

I’m not hyping Safari. I just meant that it seems strange for Microsoft to base an advertisement around a feature that other browsers have had for years.

# 26 echeola said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:45 pm

This was a clueless ad. What are they thinking? This just solidifies my decision never to use IE8.

# 27 cheapdaddy said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm

I’ve found wites that work fine in all the other browsers that won’t render properly in IE8, including some made by web design houses.
I’d puke too.

# 28 Buzz said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm

I love the ambiguity. “Caution: Not terribly gross, but probably in bad taste.”

Probably? PROBABLY?????

You guys have got to stop cooking steak tartare for breakfast.

# 29 cheapdaddy said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm

I’ve found websites that work fine in all the other browsers that won’t render properly in IE8, even some from web design houses. I’d puke too.

# 30 Nimby said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm

R.I.P.
Career of
Dean Cain

# 31 ridin the short bus said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 6:33 pm

Was that for real?…. Microsoft is on the slide!!!…. We’ll all be using Andriod (XERDSFAE#$#@!) and complaining about it in 5 years!!

# 32 qb said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Here’s all the Microsoft viral net ads in all their glory.

# 33 David said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm

That’s about the same reaction I have when using a Windows PC, so at least they’re honest. That aside, this is the most disgusting advertisement I’ve ever seen. What is going on at that company?

# 34 SRG said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm

Can anyone here lipread?
what was the site @0:40

# 35 Raoul Fenderson said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 pm

Browsers have a “porn mode”???

# 36 somecalmetim said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 8:46 pm

Best Microsoft commercial EVER…
…it’s promoting a feature they ripped off of Google Chrome but a good commercial anyway…

# 37 GregA said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 9:22 pm

Lol the deflection and rationalizations of porn addicts is funny. I guess this add struck a little close to home;)

# 38 pedro said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 pm

#29 I didn’t need this ad to know that.

#32 They just hired Will Ferrell’s ad agency.

# 39 bonker said, on July 2nd, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Brilliant! I love it. The people that will want to use IE8 because of the “security” function will easily get the joke.

# 40 Lou said, on July 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 am

Thats what I did when I found out my new box came with Vista.

# 41 Dave said, on July 3rd, 2009 at 5:39 am

Funniest thing I’ve seen all day. Granted it
s 8:30AM but that is a pretty good start.

# 42 Alex said, on July 3rd, 2009 at 6:00 am

I actually thought it was pretty funny. I mean, crap product, sure, but c’mon.

Also – Dean Cain had a “career”? I don’t think being the star of a second rate television series counts as much of a “career”.

# 43 deowll said, on July 3rd, 2009 at 6:04 am

Say what you want. That feature will no doubt save a lot of relationships and keep a lot of teens out of serious trouble.

Just don’t count on it covering your tracks at work.

# 44 SparkyOne said, on July 3rd, 2009 at 7:22 am

how low can society go?

# 45 X Columbus said, on July 3rd, 2009 at 9:03 am

So she finally crosses paths with what he is and that is her reaction?!

Open dialogue would have been a more suitable approach to an endearing relationship.

# 46 Buzz said, on July 3rd, 2009 at 10:05 am

Keep in mind that this is from the company that produced the world’s richest man—the same guy who bitched and moaned about how his software was being ripped off by pirates and thieves.

He may have billions, but that doesn’t buy you smarts.

# 47 Rich said, on July 3rd, 2009 at 11:20 am

I smell a rat. This has to be a parody.

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