Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 6:30AM Jeff Goldblum had quite a ride in the 90's with Apple. Heck he even saved the world (spoiler alert!) with the help of a Powerbook in Independence Day. His voiceovers were part of several Apple ads. And although we know its juvenile, there's something about this slowed down Goldblum clip to make him seem "drunk," that we just can't get enough of:
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 7:02AM Sure, you may have played some of those LCD/LED football emulators on the iPod Touch or iPhone, but nothing can compare to the thrill of excitement (and the tension of having your heads inches apart) that came with Coleco's Head-To-Head football. I'm not sure why they didn't use the obvious "Two heads are better than one" marketing tagline, but they have a point: "Why settle for less?"
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 7:03AM The commercial says it's "Destined to Become a Legend In Its Own Time," and who are we to argue. Rather than being a legend though, for me, this is one of those things that now that I've seen it again, I can completely remember seeing it almost daily on TV growing up. If you don't remember anything else from this ad, remember "Electronic! Pulses! of Light!"
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 7:07AM Before Kevin Costner danced with wolves, he was playing a workaholic, dog-loving, bicycling tech master in this Apple Lisa ad. I've got to wonder if it wasn't just the price of the Lisa, but also this ad's implication that you'd have to work all night if you bought one. Both Costner and Apple went on to do okay:
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 6:03AM And here you thought the iPad was overpriced... Granted, the Sharp LC-8 did give you "all the calculator know-how you'll probably ever need," but at $345 it was definitely a rich man's (or accountant's) best friend only. Now does that 99-cent calculator app seemed overpriced?