Bill Gates Not Amused By Hodgman's PC Character

Interviewed by Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield, Bill Gates is not amused by John Hodgman’s personification of the PC in Apple’s ads: GARFIELD: I want to ask you one more thing: Those Mac ads — how do you feel about the John Hodgman character? GATES: I can’t comment on someone else’s ad. GARFIELD: OK … […]

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Interviewed by Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield, Bill Gates is not amused by John Hodgman's personification of the PC in Apple's ads:

GARFIELD: I want to ask you one more thing: Those Mac ads -- how do you feel about the John Hodgman character?

GATES: I can't comment on someone else's ad.

GARFIELD: OK ... but he's you.

GATES: Yeah, I'm not gonna comment on someone else's ad.

GARFIELD: OK, well, Bill Gates, thank you so much for joining us.

(Silence)

GARFIELD: Can I just have a clean goodbye?

(Silence)

GARFIELD: OK, can you just say goodbye? Thank you or goodbye or something like that?

GATES: Goodbye.

Link: Advertising Age - AUDIO: Bob Garfield vs. Bill Gates.