Funny Microsoft Live Search TV Ads That Should Be Aired
May 13, 2008 at 6:40am ET by Danny Sullivan
Two weeks ago, I attended a Microsoft event in London to talk about its progress in search. One of the highlights were these fake, hokey TV ads they showed us in between breaks. I loved them. They’re especially funny if you know Britain, but anyone should get a chuckle out of them. Videos are below, via Microsoft’s Mel Carson. If Microsoft were brave, they’d actually get aired.
Video: Live Search 4 – The hunt for saucy hotel snaps
An inside look at the machinery of how Live Search works. Lots of gears and gadgets, heh. And the request? "Oh look. A Mr. G. Swanson from Hemel Hempstead has just requested an image of the Hilton Hotel in Paris without any clothes on."
Video: Live Search 2 – Meet Malcolm Dewsbury
Video: Live Search 3 – The gossip jockeys
How you never imagined Live’s celebrity xRank search works.
Video: Live Search 5 – Fancy a picnic darling?
How Live Search can help you find a place to eat and save you from tinned food killing you off instead during a picnic. "Was that tin labeled potato or … poison?" and "Having realized they’re just about to die, there’s time for one last cigarette."
Video: Live Search 6 – A terrible secret!
"I’ve tried, but I keep using the same old lousy search engine." To his father’s despair.
Video: Live Search 7 – DJ Snizzle and his baby moma Ethel
Video: Live Search 1 – Plucky powered skates
I love the part in this when the narrator explains how this man’s eco-friendly scooter is powered by "his wife’s disappointment."
You can also find all the videos listed on this page.
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