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MC Hammer Takes Time from His Busy Schedule to Play with Microsoft Surface
Posted by Sean Fallon at 8:40 AM on September 12, 2008
MC Hammer was out of commission for a while there but he appears to be back in big way. First we saw him in a full-on parody for Monday Night Football, and now he has been spotted enjoying the Microsoft Surface at the TechCrunch 50 conference. If I were the one wearing Hammer Pants in the '80s, I would try to avoid public scenarios that invite obvious jokes—but he seems to have come to terms with his past. [JacobMullins TwitPic via Microsoft Surface Blog]
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Mr.SithNinja
Posted 9:19 AM 12/9/08
@Antioch18: No it would still be "can't" because no body can afford it yet.
Mr.SithNinja
Mr.SithNinja
Posted 9:18 AM 12/9/08
@Xavoc: You are just all over the hip-hop references today aren't you? :-)
Mr.SithNinja
Xavoc
Posted 9:01 AM 12/9/08
They boot when they want to boot
Crash when they want to crash
Infect when they want to infect
Upgrade when they want to upgrade
Bluescreen when they want to bluescreen
The Microsoft Family
Xavoc
Dinotech
Posted 8:58 AM 12/9/08
too legit to quit
Dinotech
Antioch18
Posted 8:49 AM 12/9/08
Except they'd change the lyrics to "You CAN touch this"
Antioch18
Paradise
Posted 8:49 AM 12/9/08
sean you're not above the "can't touch this jokes"
Paradise
takashimiike 7
Posted 8:49 AM 12/9/08
You can't touch this Apple!
takashimiike 7
USMarty
Posted 8:47 AM 12/9/08
@redwingsmonk: lol, beat me to the punchline.
USMarty
fastm3driver
Posted 8:47 AM 12/9/08
When it blue screens are you now allowed to hammer it?
fastm3driver
redwingsmonk
Posted 8:46 AM 12/9/08
Let's hope he doesn't get hired to sing in a commercial for this Surface with " you can't touch this" :)
redwingsmonk
qbrad
Posted 8:44 AM 12/9/08
Please Hammer, don't hurt that Surface table!
qbrad
shenanigans
Posted 9:44 AM 12/9/08
@Kebie: cause he's dead freakin broke, and he's trying to cash in on the web 2.0 internets crap.
shenanigans
WTF?! Ponies!
Posted 9:41 AM 12/9/08
Glad to see Hammer could take time out from his busy schedule of appearing in credit counseling ads.
WTF?! Ponies!
Kebie
Posted 9:29 AM 12/9/08
What is with Mc Hammer and his interest in new technologies? I remember there was video of him visiting the Youtube offices when they had like 6 employees.
Kebie
Xavoc
Posted 10:03 AM 12/9/08
@Mr.SithNinja: I have a pandora station called "Old School"
I really enjoy 80's rap. Hell, even some more modern stuff.
Plus, I've seen Hammer in concert. (In my defense, Boyz 2 Men was opening for him.) He put on a good show.
Xavoc
anti-hello-kitty
Posted 11:00 AM 12/9/08
@redwingsmonk: No, it will be a remake of "Can't Touch This", the new song is called "But, You can touch this"...lyrics like "You can touch this.." Music video of him dancing on TOP of a surface table!
anti-hello-kitty
Ken_Darrow
Posted 10:55 AM 12/9/08
Proof positive that this thing is a failure already.
Ken_Darrow
MrHaroHaro
Posted 11:07 AM 12/9/08
I was hoping it was Microsoft that had him promoting surface, then they would at least be intentionally ironic.
MrHaroHaro
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 11:07 AM 12/9/08
Will the Surface come with free parachute pants?
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
apeguero
Posted 12:40 PM 12/9/08
Isn't that guy a preacher or something?
apeguero
MrYuk
Posted 1:39 PM 12/9/08
Stop. BSOD time!
MrYuk
Beryllium
Posted 3:40 PM 12/9/08
"You can touch this", if sung with completely different inflection than the original (see: "You can touch this?"), could be effing hilarious.
Wait, wait ... you can touch this?
Beryllium
keysereble
Posted 10:35 PM 12/9/08
i am sorry, i had to... but this commercial is on my dvr and makes me happy when i am sad...
+ Watch video
keysereble
lschofield
Posted 8:48 AM 13/9/08
And Microsoft continues the promotion using long done celebrities from the 80s
lschofield