Comments on: [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629 The Retrogaming and Retrocomputing Blogazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:43:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: Moondog http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17890 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:25:21 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17890 @Dale: speaking of Atari 2600 games, how about the Pitfall ad starring a 13 year old Jack Black? @Dale: speaking of Atari 2600 games, how about the Pitfall ad starring a 13 year old Jack Black?

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: SirPaul http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17889 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:23:39 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17889 For me, it is either Issac Asimov for the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer, Bill Cosby for the TI-99 4/A, or William Shatner for Commodore. For me, it is either Issac Asimov for the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer, Bill Cosby for the TI-99 4/A, or William Shatner for Commodore.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: Bob http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17888 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:50:36 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17888 My favorite was B.B. King who did print ads for the Amiga! Or the "Stevie" ads for the Amiga where astronauts, the Pointer Sisters and all wanted Stevie to help them via his Amiga. My favorite was B.B. King who did print ads for the Amiga!

Or the "Stevie" ads for the Amiga where astronauts, the Pointer Sisters and all wanted Stevie to help them via his Amiga.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: Matt http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17885 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:06:35 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17885 We still watch the M.A.S.H. IBM ad every year! It's on a taped copy of some Christmas show my parents taped and saved. The eerie thing is, all the cast still looks the same as on the show-maybe the only place they were alls een together after it ended. And dressed up to boot. We still watch the M.A.S.H. IBM ad every year! It's on a taped copy of some Christmas show my parents taped and saved. The eerie thing is, all the cast still looks the same as on the show-maybe the only place they were alls een together after it ended. And dressed up to boot.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: Geoff V. http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17884 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:13:22 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17884 John Cleese for Compaq, hands down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQAxr3eAte0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKJB7yXRi4w John Cleese for Compaq, hands down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQAxr3eAte0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKJB7yXRi4w

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: BDD http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17883 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:04:48 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17883 Issac Azimov hawking the Tandy CoCo was cool in a sci-fi sort of way. Issac Azimov hawking the Tandy CoCo was cool in a sci-fi sort of way.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: Dale http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17882 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:20:33 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17882 I was going to say something about Jeff Goldblum on the iMac, but I didn't really like those commercials. I guess Ellen Feiss doesn't count since she only became a celebrity AFTER doing commercials for Apple. So, I'm going to go with the commercial where Phil Hartman wanders into a video game shop to buy a copy of Hockey for the Atari 2600. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROb1vWNiig Ok, so he wasn't really all that well-known when that commercial aired, but it's still something to see! I was going to say something about Jeff Goldblum on the iMac, but I didn't really like those commercials. I guess Ellen Feiss doesn't count since she only became a celebrity AFTER doing commercials for Apple. So, I'm going to go with the commercial where Phil Hartman wanders into a video game shop to buy a copy of Hockey for the Atari 2600. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROb1vWNiig

Ok, so he wasn't really all that well-known when that commercial aired, but it's still something to see!

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: Moondog http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17881 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:52:15 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17881 I remember IBM ads with the entire cast of M.A.S.H. in an office setting. Second would be William Shatner selling the Vic-20. I remember IBM ads with the entire cast of M.A.S.H. in an office setting.

Second would be William Shatner selling the Vic-20.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Borge Specifies Verbatim by: Zoyous http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17879 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:05:08 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/629#comment-17879 I don't know if this would qualify as 'favorite,' but I remember having a dreadful feeling whenever George Plimpton would haughtily intone the superiority of the Intellivision over the Atari 2600. I don't know if this would qualify as 'favorite,' but I remember having a dreadful feeling whenever George Plimpton would haughtily intone the superiority of the Intellivision over the Atari 2600.

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