What if Google was a guy? The questions continue.
March 30, 2014 12:59 AM   Subscribe

 
I wish they'd got Matthew Perry to play Bing.
posted by alby at 1:56 AM on March 30, 2014 [15 favorites]


Nice going, College Humor. You got all those terrier lovers put on a list.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:00 AM on March 30, 2014


DuckDuckGo shouldv'e had a cameo --

PERSON WEARING HARDHAT enters office, carrying a metal detector

PERSON WEARING HARDHAT: Blackbeard-Treasure-Cape-Hatteras.

THE CLERK sits behind desk, mouth agape.

A thin trickle of drool pours out of THE CLERK'S mouth, landing upon the desk.

PERSON WEARING HARDHAT winces in horror, but quickly becomes furious.


PERSON WEARING HARDHAT: You always do this when I'm on my phone!
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:02 AM on March 30, 2014


He should have worn a headset like Google-tan.
posted by needled at 4:37 AM on March 30, 2014


I wish they'd got Matthew Perry to play Bing.

But they got Chung!

I have to wonder what it's like for an actor to get to play a state governor on Veep and still have to turn around and be Guy #2 In Bar in a commercial the next day.
posted by psoas at 5:24 AM on March 30, 2014 [1 favorite]


psoas, good question. A couple of things could've happened. The commercial shoot may've happened around the same time and not run for a while, or it could've been flighted regionally for a while etc. The other thing is, while getting a spot on Veep is awesome, it's not a 'you have arrived' moment quite yet, so you're not going to turn down anything that promises decent pay and/or exposure.

IOW, what it's like is, "holy shit I'm getting paying gigs!"
posted by Mister_A at 6:01 AM on March 30, 2014 [1 favorite]


Totally unrealistic. The old guy behind the desk didn't spend nearly enough time pestering people to join OldGuyBehindADesk+.
posted by mhoye at 6:19 AM on March 30, 2014 [13 favorites]


I have to wonder what it's like for an actor to get to play a state governor on Veep and still have to turn around and be Guy #2 In Bar in a commercial the next day

If it's a national commercial than it probably feels just fine. If the commercial played over the course of many months and on a variety of media he got paid several thousands of dollars and had money contributed to his union healthcare and pension.
posted by brookeb at 6:26 AM on March 30, 2014 [2 favorites]


Bing's cameo should have been ten seconds longer:

WOMAN IN BUSINESS SUIT sits down in Bing's office

WOMAN IN BUSINESS SUIT: Funny kitty pictures.

BING: I got that one!

BING charges around desk, out of office, shoves into the front of the queue for GOOGLE'S desk, drops his ass in the chair.

BING excitedly: Funny kitty pictures!

GOOGLE: C'mon, man. I already reported you for doing this shit.
posted by ardgedee at 6:51 AM on March 30, 2014 [12 favorites]


Google, where's my banjo?
posted by dumbland at 7:30 AM on March 30, 2014


Brian Huskey is SO. DAMNED. FUNNY. He could make a minivan commercial brilliant (and he did).
posted by Potomac Avenue at 7:50 AM on March 30, 2014


Hilarious. And that NSA guy. Hahahahaha!

Poor Bing.

OMG, GEORGE! George Basil is the guy with a beard who smokes a cigar; I had, like, 3 improv classes with him, I think one of them was with TJ and Dave teaching us! He's really good! He's also in the first one asking for "bitcoin market value". Seriously, he was like, the Michael Palin of the improv school I went to, nicest guy in the world and insanely talented.
posted by droplet at 9:35 AM on March 30, 2014 [2 favorites]


also good
posted by es_de_bah at 9:49 AM on March 30, 2014 [1 favorite]


Office worker: [search request]
Bing: Here you go.
Office worker: Oh fucking christ. Google dot com.

...

Google: here you go.
Office worker: how to change IE default search engine.
posted by ctmf at 11:31 AM on March 30, 2014 [1 favorite]


Totally unrealistic. The old guy behind the desk didn't spend nearly enough time pestering people to join OldGuyBehindADesk+.

It's finally happened.

People I look at and think 'that dude's about my age!' are called old guys.
posted by winna at 1:06 PM on March 30, 2014 [4 favorites]


It's distressing, Winna.
posted by Mister_A at 5:34 PM on March 30, 2014 [1 favorite]


sad face
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 8:18 PM on March 30, 2014


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