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A baffling Microsoft advert featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates discussing shoes before the software billionaire shakes his behind as he walks across a car park has disappeared from the air after critics described it as "awful" and a "train wreck". BIll Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. Viewers struggled to fathom what the two men's oblique and unfunny discussion had to do with computers The 90-second spot, one of three adverts for which Seinfeld was paid a reported $10 million, was designed to kick off an ambitious $300 million campaign to relaunch the software company and its troubled Windows Vista operating...

Excerpt - Microsoft Corp., weary of being cast as a stodgy oldster by Apple Inc.'s advertising, is turning for help to Jerry Seinfeld. The software giant's new $300 million advertising campaign, devised by a newly hired ad agency, has been closely guarded. But Mr. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen, say people close to the situation. He will appear with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in ads and receive about $10 million for the work, they say. ~ snip ~

Seinfeld unhurt after Hamptons car wreck 1 hour, 31 minutes ago EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - Jerry Seinfeld was in a harrowing rollover wreck but was unhurt after the brakes on one of his vintage cars failed. Seinfeld was driving alone when the brakes on his 1967 Fiat BTM stopped working Saturday evening, East Hampton Town Police Chief Todd Sarris told the New York Post. Seinfeld tried the emergency brake, to no avail, and then swerved to keep the car from careering into an intersection, Sarris said. The two-door sedan flipped over and came to a stop just yards from the...

Now that my furnace is fixed (and I seem to have another of those blasted ear infections) today is the mental health day I tried to take yesteday. I leave you the gem of the day, Vanderleun taking off from the famous “Salsa/Selter/Show-about-nothing” episode from Seinfeld (clip below) and runs with it, brilliantly. The only trouble is…remember, America loved the “show about nothing.” Obama: You know it must be impossible for a Spanish person to order seltzer and not get salsa. (Angry) “I wanted seltzer, not salsa.”Hillary: “Don’t you know the difference between seltzer and salsa?? You have the seltzer...

Jerry Seinfeld was credited with creating a TV show about nothing. Likewise, Barack Obama really is running the campaign about nothing. Not a bad strategy, really. And one that’s clearly working. It’s a real challenge to fire a gun a hit a mass of hot air without looking like an idiot. And that’s the challenge that both Hillary Clinton and John McCain now face.

On Sunday, millions of Americans will be plopped in front of big screen TV’s watching the Super Bowl — and yes — stuffing their faces with chips, dip and anything else they can get their hands on. So, this brings up the question -– is double dipping really that bad? A new study by Clemson University set out to answer that exact question. According to The New York Times, the study was inspired by an episode of Seinfeld, in which the character George Costanza is confronted at a funeral reception after dipping the same chip twice. Clemson University food microbiologist...

Today's New York Post Page Six gossip column offers readers the following prima facie risible item: Not So Secret HUMA Abedin, the traveling aide who is rarely out of Hillary Rodham Clinton's sight, has been seen with bachelor Rep. Anthony Weiner on the campaign trail. Shortly before Clinton arrived for a fund-raiser Thursday night at the Hiro club in the Meatpacking District, Abedin was spotted going into the Maritime Hotel around the corner with Weiner. If they were trying to keep their affair a secret, you'd think they'd find someplace where political reporters wouldn't be walking by. "If they were...

NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his wife were sued on Monday over her top-selling cookbook for kids by a rival author who complained of plagiarism and accused the the star of defaming her on TV host David Letterman's show. The suit, filed by cookbook author Missy Chase Lapine, claims Jessica Seinfeld copied her own book that explores how to sneak healthy foods into kids' diets. It also accuses the top comedian of embarking on a "slanderous attack" against Lapine on U.S. national television shows. Jessica's Seinfeld's book, "Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Getting Your Kids...

British Airways have suspended a cabin crew steward for eating a muffin that was discarded on a passenger's meal tray, it was reported today.

"What the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for?!" he exclaimed. "He had 30 home runs and over 100 RBIs last year. He's got a rocket for an arm. You don't know what the hell you're doing!"

He's taken on the Soup Nazi, an annoying Chinese maitre d' and even an uncooperative puffy shirt, so when comedian Jerry Seinfeld faced the Israeli media Sunday in Tel Aviv, he was ready - ready with some one-liners and even a promise that the man from the show about nothing could perhaps even do something about terrorism. In Israel to promote his new Bee-Movie, Seinfeld - who worked in a kibbutz banana field when he was last seen in these parts - explained that while "I don't think I can do much about terrorists, a successful movie by [Steven] Spielberg,...

1920s biscuits to be auctioned Nov. 19 - A tin of biscuits from the early 20th century is to go under the hammer -- with original cookies still intact. The toy is one of the main attractions at Bonhams' Toys, Trains, Dolls and Teddy Bears Sale on Tuesday and Wednesday (November 21 and 22).

Michigan Officials Bust Bottle-Deposit Fraud Ring DETROIT — They did what Kramer and Newman of "Seinfeld" could not. Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with a smuggling ring that collected millions of beverage containers in other states and cashed them in for 10 cents apiece in Michigan as part of a scam straight out of a "Seinfeld" episode, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities seized more than $500,000 in cash and 15 people were named in a 67-count warrant issued as part of Operation Can Scam, Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday. Some suspects were members of two smuggling rings based...

Borrowing from Harry Potter, this video parody titled "Rovemort And The Sorcerer's Stonewall" and starring Jason Alexander was released today by the Campaign For America's Future. I wish I could say it was clever or fun, but it's so heavy-handed about Rush Limbaugh, Brit Hume, Trent Lott, Mitch McConnell, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney and Dubya that even a liberal like me finds it off-putting. (Surely Hollywood can help progressives put together more subtle and arresting footage than this!) The video is part of a national campaign to "expose the right's strategy of obstructing reform while attacking the 'do-nothing [Democrat-controlled]...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

American Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld was ordered by the court to pay a Sabbath-observant realtor her fee, which he withheld due to her not having answered her phone on Saturday. The realtor, Tamara Cohen, was unavailable when Seinfeld tried to reach her on a Saturday in February, 2005, according to the New York Post. The comedian and star of the highly successful sitcom bearing his name wanted to see a luxury apartment on 82nd street but could not get in touch with Cohen. Seinfeld’s estate manager had visited the apartment with Cohen in January 2005, when the listing broker for...

gets me,” David Mandel said of his bride, Dr. Rebecca Whitney. And Mr. Mandel, an executive producer of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” on HBO, is not an easy man to get. “I don’t like human beings,” he said, only half in jest. “I’m bothered by real and perceived slights, and I hold grudges for billions of years.” He lives in a dark Los Angeles apartment with blackout shades covering all of the windows to protect his collection of comic books, toy robots and “Star Wars” stormtrooper helmets. He and Dr. Whitney, an athletic pediatrician who grew up on a farm in...

Festivus just isn't the same this year for self-professed "Seinfeld" fanatic Gov. Jim Doyle. In fact, Doyle said he won't be recognizing the made-up holiday after Michael Richards, aka Kramer, unleashed a string of racial slurs at black patrons during a recent comedy club appearance. "Probably like a lot of people, I'm still sorting out my feelings about it all," Doyle said Friday. "It's pretty hard for me to watch the show right now."That says a lot coming from a governor whose aides are known to watch "Seinfeld" reruns in their spare time so they can keep up with Doyle's...

If you've only read about the Michael Richards rant, you don't know just how bad it was. Check out the full and unedited on Youtube (www.youtube.com) and then get back to me. It really was a "racist tirade." And it wasn't so much his use of the "n" word, as it was the depth of the historical ideas and images Richards invoked. After being heckled by audience members (who happened to be black) during a stand up performance, Michael Richards (who played the character of Kramer on the show Seinfeld) started spewing racist epithets. Then he dejectedly walked offstage as...

November 30, 2006 -- THE K-K-Kramer scandal murdered Michael Richards' career - but it's doing wonders for sales of the latest "Seinfeld" DVD. Season 7 of the popular sitcom is outselling the Season 6 set (released on the same day last year) by more than 75 percent, and more than 90 percent over season 5 at some online DVD retailers, according to TMZ.com.

It seems that there really is no such thing as bad press -- even press generated by racist tirades. Sales of season seven of "Seinfeld" are up 75% over season six and 90% over season five -- after one week of sales, according to website DVD Empire. Meanwhile, DeepDiscountDVD.com reports a staggering 178% increase over season six. Sales are up despite Jesse Jackson calling for a boycott. Seasons five and six were released on the same day last year. TMZ's video of Michael Richards' hideous harangue was first seen on November 20 -- one day before season seven was released....

*In the wake of Michael Richards’ racist rant, Rev. Jesse Jackson and a number of black leaders are calling on the entertainment industry – and rappers in particular – to permanently retire its use of the N-word. "We want to give our ancestors a present," Jackson said at a news conference in Los Angeles Monday. "Dignity over degradation." The press conference was arranged in response to the Nov. 17 racial rant from former “Seinfeld” star Michael Richards, who used the N-word several times and made other racist remarks to African American men who allegedly heckled him during his stand-up routine...

The National Lampoon created a video of Seinfeld clips as they relate to Michael Richards' meltdown at the Laugh Factory. Link to view videoIf you're at work, it would be a good idea to put on your headphones or turn down the volume on your computer speakers.

Kramer's career in freefall after fresh claims of racism 23.11.06 Outburst: Richards allegedly lashed out at Jews during performance earlier this year, yelling at one audience member: "You're a f***ing Jew The career of actor Michael Richards, famed as Seinfeld's wacky neighbour Kramer, took a further nosedive today as fresh details of his racist comments came to light. Shocking racist rant from Seinfeld sidekick Richards launched a furious rant at two black hecklers during a standup show in Los Angeles last weekend. At the request of pal Jerry Seinfeld, Richards later appeared via satellite on the David Letterman Show to...

RUSH: This Michael Richards thing. What was his name? Kramer on Seinfeld, which was "a show about nothing." You know, it is fascinating. (Actually it's not fascinating. I've got to stop saying that.) I have read a bunch of reviews of Michael Richards and what he did at the comedy club in LA and his "apology" last night on Letterman. While there is a slew of outrage out there, in the entertainment community there is, "Well, we have to understand comedians," and, "You know, comedians can get away with anything if it's funny, and I suspect that what Michael was...

Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.

Very funny Seinfeld video

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I am curious why none of the media covers the most important aspect of the Malvo shootings. If you look at Newspapers on the dates when the shootings are underway you discover something I find quite interesting. The shootings begin to dominate the news the day before the debate on the Iraq war starts and they catch them the day after the declaration of war??? If you ask most people "do you remember the debate about starting the second Iraq war", they will all answer "yes of course". But if you followup with the question "name one point in the...

I recently received a reply to a post that stated: "This should be beneath a "freeper". Sad." So I asked.. what is it that makes a FReeper? My reply (and I will admit was tasteless) was also questioning. It stirred controversy and was removed? Why Moderators? Can you not tell me? Did it not meet with your "FReeper" mentality? According to all posted guidelines it should be listed but no, you chose to delete it. Yes.. I'm the first one IBTZ, I'm sure you'll nick me for speaking up..

An Encino man pleaded guilty to running a recycling scheme straight out of a "Seinfeld" episode - one that bilked California out of $2.5 million, authorities said Wednesday. Errol Segal, 61, president of Active Recycling, trucked more than 50 million cans and bottles into California from neighboring states and Mexico, then falsified records to bill the state for the California Redemption Value. The company also billed the state for more than 10 million bogus bottles. "This is the largest (recycling scheme) my office has done in a long, long time, if ever," Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Garringer said. "We're talking...

Fellow Americans, there comes a time every mans life when we must give up ourselves before we are worthy to recieve. There comes a time in this war on terror when in order to protect liberty, we have to give it up in the mean time for safty. That's right folks. Today, Americans have forsaken the creator for the creation and have decided that they would value our "civil liberties" than protecting western civilization and rich white people from the tender mercies of radical Islamic terrorists. Selfish liberals insist and whine that Bush has no right to spy on Americans...

After reading all of the crap that people have been saying regarding Adult Private Social Clubs, I felt that I had to post an article and give my opinion. I am sick and tired of all the religous groups that are saying that there are drugs, prostitution, minors, non-consenting people, and just immoral people at these clubs! First of all, who do these people think they are to decide what is morally right or wrong for me? I believe that I have a good set of morals. I am a law abiding, tax paying citizen, I work full time and...

Many know him from “Seinfeld” as the oddball catalogue publisher whose gibberish and affection for The English Patient added stress to Elaine Benice’s life. Unbeknownst to many, J. Peterman has left the jungles of Burma to support the Republican Party. John O’Hurley, the actor who played the television character, is an open conservative whose views have been known among his colleagues throughout his acting career. O’Hurley addressed students at the 2005 College Republican Convention in Sacramento last month, evoking the eloquent and eccentric humor many know him for. With self-deprecation for both himself and his “Seinfeld” character, O’Hurley filled the...

ALTERNATIVE CELEBRATIONS: Pole for the holidays Celebrating the holidays with a diverse group of friends can get tricky. That's where Festivus, the "holiday for the rest of us," comes in. Invented in 1966 by a Reader's Digest editor but made popular through a 1997 "Seinfeld" episode, the fictional celebration has been brought to life by fervent supporters across the country - including Clarkston native Blake Coe. According to the "Seinfeld" episode, Festivus is celebrated on Dec. 23 and is marked by a tinsel-free aluminum pole, feats of strength - like wrestling - and the airing of grievances, during which followers...

Well, it's a show about nothing. MIDI - IT'S MY PARTY Nobody knows what their party believes No one can figure it out But we know they hate George Bush That's something each day they shout Time to join in mocking their Seinfeld Party Their Seinfeld Party...their Seinfeld Party It's simply nothing that they are about Once they believed that our country was great We'd not hear them whine and pout But losing's driven them nuts Of that do not have a doubt Time to join in mocking their Seinfeld Party Their Seinfeld Party...their Seinfeld Party It's simply nothing that...

Seinfeld was a television marvel. Perhaps the most successful situation comedy series of all time, it ran from 1989 to 1998, and has become an omnipresent aspect of our lives as it continually runs in syndication and lives on in best-selling DVD box sets, making fortunes in the hundred millions for both of its co-creators. But there is yet another facet of Seinfeld at which we can marvel: the cast of characters on the show weirdly foreshadowed the rise to prominence of a large component of the dominant urban liberal wing of the Democratic Party. With a nod to Brian...

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The soup chef famous for inspiring a "Seinfeld" episode character isn't saying "No soup for you" anymore. In fact, he's trying to bring his creations into homes across America. Soup Kitchen International Inc. and the "Original SoupMan," Al Yeganeh, announced Friday that a retail line of "heat-n-serve" soups will be available next month in select grocery stores. National roll-out is slated for September. The 15-ounce packages of turkey chili, jambalaya and seafood bisque, among other offerings, will cost $3.50-$5.50. Soup Kitchen International said Yeganeh will supervise the production of the soup that caused people to wait...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The food retailer who inspired Seinfeld's super-strict "Soup Nazi" character is expanding into Canada. Soup Kitchen International Inc., which operates The Original Soup Man outlets in the United States, has signed an agreement with a development group to open 100 franchise units in Canada over the next seven years. The group, Original SoupMan Canada, is made up of Canadian investors and led by CEO, Brian McAsey, an Ottawa-based lawyer. Fans of the Seinfeld TV show are familiar with the bossy soup store chef, a character based on Al Yeganeh, founder of the original Soup Kitchen International restaurant...

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

Actor Who Played Jerry Seinfeld's Dad Dies Barney Martin was one of three actors who played the part of Jerry's dad on 'Seinfeld.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOS ANGELES (March 24) - Barney Martin, a former New York City detective who went into show business and became best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's father Morty on the comedian's hit television series, has died. He was 82. Martin died of cancer Monday at his Studio City home, according to his publicist, Jennifer Glassman. Born March 3, 1923, in the New York City borough of Queens, Martin served as a navigator in the Air Force...

'Festivus' Shares Space With Fla. Nativity December 22, 2004 11:59 PM EST BARTOW, Fla. - When a church group put a nativity scene on public property, officials warned it might open the door to other religious - and not-so-religious - displays. They were right. Since the nativity was erected in Polk County, displays have gone up honoring Zoroastrianism and the fake holiday Festivus, featured on the TV show "Seinfeld." The Polk County Commission voted 4-1 Wednesday to permit the nativity scene to remain across the street from the courthouse, as well as to make that area a "public forum" open...

why do people keep banning me everytime I put up interesting articles? I work for a website I think some of you are familiar with called phantirath weekly world news and each time we put somthing up on FR no matter how conservative it is it keeps getting banned. Whats the matter with it?! Damn man what are you marxist socialists communists? I just got a call this mroning from a Juwish friend of mine who said that you banned an important article about Zionism and Noam Federman and about how we were to support israel. I thought you guys...

Festivis episode of Seinfeld ("The Break") on TBS Thursday night, 9:00PM EST.

For a good start to the weekend, please post opinions and thoughts on your favorite Seinfeld episode.

I look around me everyday and I see beautiful women. It could be very tempting to go out and date them. Going out every weekend to the clubs and picking up an assortment of chicks like so many kinds of chocolates in a Valentine's Day gift. But I will not! It has taken me years, but I am finally getting over the lasting effects of "Seinfeld." Yes, "Seinfeld." What is considered the greatest show/sitcom of all time has also been the biggest plague/curse on my life. Students currently attending the University are part of the "Seinfeld" generation. Society has branded...

Gotta love the 'Sein...

The Center for Consumer Freedom warns in our latest ad -- featuring the actor who played the "Soup Nazi" on Seinfeld -- that if calorie cops have their way, you could be forced into the Salad Line! (To see the ad, click here.) While this fictional food cop measures each customer's weight to determine what, if anything, restaurant-goers can enjoy, there is actually a real-world food "Czarina" taking away treats from Texas schoolchildren. She's just one of the food fascists who think you're too dumb to make your own choices. If these diet scolds have their way, we may all...

LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. is planning a management shake-up at its fourth-place ABC network to stem a ratings slide and placate dissatisfied investors. The moves include the departure of Lloyd Braun, who has served as chairman of the ABC Entertainment Television Group since 2002, according to company sources familiar with the matter. Meanwhile, Anne Sweeney, a rising star credited with expanding the reach of Disney's non-sports cable networks, will likely be given a more prominent role at the struggling network, sources said. The changes are seen as an effort to buy more time for a Disney recovery...