Bill Gates is the guest on The Daily Show tonight. John Hodgman, aka "the PC guy" in those Apple commercials, is a correspondent for the show. Will the two meet?
It's hard to say. Maybe as a visual, but I wonder if Apple would allow Hodgman to actually be on the show when Gates is there and interact with him in a way that would spoof the commercials? Not that it wouldn't be great advertising for Apple, but they probably want to control these things a bit more. This appearance is just a commercial for the new Windows Vista, so maybe they don't want any competition from Apple, even if it is "implied."
Besides, would Gates even find it funny? Even though Hodgman is "the PC guy," the ads are still ads that say Macs are better. I'll be watching though, just in case something does happen.
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1-29-2007 @ 7:51PM
Kiko said...
A fistfight between the two of them would be interesting.
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1-29-2007 @ 7:52PM
TomB said...
Didn't Microsoft buy Apple a few year back? Does it really matter?
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1-29-2007 @ 8:05PM
Joey Geraci said...
I don't know, if Apple hasn't forbidden it, I wouldn't be surprised if they would set something like this up.
Kind of a Papa Bear meets O'Reilly sort of thing.
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1-29-2007 @ 8:40PM
Noel Murray said...
According to Hodgman:
http://areasofmyexpertise.blogspot.com/2007/01/have-you-seen-these-crazy-ads-for.html
He will not be on tonight.
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1-29-2007 @ 8:48PM
sean tubbs said...
This is the second post today on these ads, and I restrained myself from answering the first one. I'd like to see Gates politely say that they're cute ads, but they're incredibly misleading and untrue.
(ducks out before PC v Mac flame war begins)
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1-30-2007 @ 10:10AM
RSL said...
@Noel Murray, You got it wrong. Hodgman makes it quite clear: MEANWHILE, I might note that, as of this writing, on MONDAY MORNING, I am scheduled to be on television TOMORROW, TUESDAY NIGHT, and not today.
Oh, PLEASE, mother and father and granny of god! Let PC meet his maker! Hehehehehehehehehehe [Sorry.]
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1-30-2007 @ 2:44PM
RSL said...
My bad. I must have missed this story YESTERDAY. I thought it was today's. :(
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