You're right, but they were crushed first, so put away the shovel. Still, pretty stupid...There were about 5million Atari 2600s sold at the time, so they make 10million copies of ET, expecting hype to push 5million more.
Also, that ad rubs me the wrong way. Why is the kid in a warehouse? Why does he roll the ball? Why the hell do they keep doing that thing where they show the family smiling and pointing at the game?!
The commercial was paralleling a scene from the E.T. movie, when Elliott first discovers the alien. Game commercials used to always have families smiling and pointing.
I know they do, and it annoys me immensely. The only console even remotely (no pun intended) like that is the Wii, and that's just when they first see it and go "So you actually just swing the racket to make him move? Wow...". Otherwise they just look on in a sort of bored stupor.
“Something’s gumming up the plumbing, poor Luigi’s in a bind!” Since when does Luigi where red with overalls? I always thought it was a joke when they said “mary-o” like in that one Ghostbusters movie…
A series of Indonesian facial cream ads for Smooth-E turn out to be surprisingly watchable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D49C4K1Y1Iw
(It's like Stephen Chow + Scott Pilgrim!)
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Also, that ad rubs me the wrong way. Why is the kid in a warehouse? Why does he roll the ball? Why the hell do they keep doing that thing where they show the family smiling and pointing at the game?!
RL Videogame commercial
ETA: Mama Luigi brings back memories...
Man, the Mario World show sucked balls. Makes me wanna throw in some Super Show DVDs.
2 billion songs
I'm. so. excited. The iphone.
EYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D49C4K1Y1Iw
(It's like Stephen Chow + Scott Pilgrim!)
oh my god. I love MC Chris. (No, his name is not MC Pee Pants, silly punk kids.) He totally serves kingdom hearts.
EDIT: (This version's kinda cool too, it's edited to footage from the games.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5bcBspBt9vA
Like college? Like Final Fantasy 7? LIKE HILARIOUS MASHUPS? You'll love this video!