It has the same charm the movie did.

Such a great spot. Just perfect... an instant classic.

BTW, the actor who played the dad was Henry Thomas, who played Elliot in the movie. That makes the ad more special.

Mr Magic wrote :

BTW, the actor who played the dad was Henry Thomas, who played Elliot in the movie. That makes the ad more special.

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Didn't he get arrested last month? Because before I shut down my Fascistbook Account, I remember seeing him in some scandal on the news posts

RetroSnob88 wrote :

 

Mr Magic wrote :

 

BTW, the actor who played the dad was Henry Thomas, who played Elliot in the movie. That makes the ad more special.

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Didn't he get arrested last month? Because before I shut down my Fascistbook Account, I remember seeing him in some scandal on the news posts

Just Googled it. Turns out he was arrested for DUI in my home state of Oregon

RetroSnob88 wrote :

 

RetroSnob88 wrote :

 

 

 

Mr Magic wrote :



 

BTW, the actor who played the dad was Henry Thomas, who played Elliot in the movie. That makes the ad more special.

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Didn't he get arrested last month? Because before I shut down my Fascistbook Account, I remember seeing him in some scandal on the news posts

Just Googled it. Turns out he was arrested for DUI in my home state of Oregon

 

 

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Speaking of Henry Thomas, I recently saw him in, remember a console called The Mattel Electronics Intellivision? It was a video game console from back in the late 1970's and early 1980's. In spite of its awkward phone looking controller, the console was great for its time with such cult classics like Snafu, Astrosmash and Tower of Doom. The console was the first of its kind to use a 16-bit chip (as 16-bit as it would get back then anyway. The new graphics for the time had to start somewhere). Anyway, in one of a bajillion ads starring one George Plimpton (whom was Intellivision's spokesman. He would often compare the then most recent sports titles to what was on the Atari VCS (later renamed Atari 2600 aka Atari's only successful console and one of only 3 the original company Atari Inc did. They did two more after Warner liquidated half the company to Commodore Computers founder Jack Tramiel) often saying how better Intellivision's graphics were. It was pretty much the original Genesis Does What Nintendon't so to speak), Henry Thomas comes across him in some random neighborhood as George talks to him about the newest games of the time for the console. Harmless commercial for 1982, but it has not aged well. If that commercial were to air today, ot would automatically be deemed stranger danger. How crazy is that, am I right?