Ronco Mister Microphone TV Spot - 1981

[QUIZFILTER]

what's the name of the fake Mr. Microphone video someone made where they put their own voice over this commercial?

[61Slughi]

I mentioned this as a joke to a co-worker and she didn't know what I was talking about. I'm now officially old.

[Watcher3223]

It's even great for board meetings!

"You're fired!"

[visor109]

"Hey, don't touch my radio, ya jerk!!"

[whitehouse9999]

This partys' getting a little flat...

WHAM busts out a microphone from his blazer.

[djamo1969]

0:30 Misogynistic much?

[EldestSauce]

@djamo1969 you need to look up the meaning

[keyvoice]

I can't decide who is cooler: 0:26 or the guy in the convertible...

[harrisonite]

People were easily amused in the 80's.

[VinylLad]

LOL! Awesome! I love these Ronco ads! I think this was parodied in a Simpsons episode "Radio Bart."

[SouthOCmixdown]

LOL@the guy dancing down the street that looks like Rog from "Whats Happening?" I thought I remembered seeing this commercial in the 70s too. Maybe I was wrong from being so young. Still, AWESOME TIMES!! =-]

[pitbullgirl65]

@SouthOCmixdown I loved that show! Fred Barry (Rerun) passed away a year or so ago. I miss these cheesy commercials. Yea for the Internet!

[SouthOCmixdown]

@pitbullgirl65 Aww..sad. Lots of 80's stars gone now too(Laura Brannigan, John Parr, Corey Haim). Well, time moves on and Mr. Microphone still ROCKS!! LOL

[MrDS67]

I'LL BE BACK TO PICK YOU UP,LATER!!!

[kymarcin]

@MrDS67 BEST PICK-UP LINE, EVER!!!

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

0:27 i remember that so well but dont you think there would be feedback??? Also i think I used one when I was a kid. someone had one. People look at stuff like this now and ANALYZE, and I noticed that there should be FEEDBACK ect... you see how close those people are and the volume???

[GateStudios]

And look how far wireless microphones have come 30 years later!

[saml760]

and who do we have to thank for this,RON POPEIL,THAT'S WHO, THANKS RON,THANKS LOADS!!

[saml760]

And this is how karaoke was born!!!! oh! the HORROR of it all!!

[liamjanin]

I wish i was around for the 80's..

[JohnKillrory]

Dorks and now the dork,uses the same thing and it is called a karaoke machine.Line dancing fools also say hey good looking I will be a dork .I was a kid when the commercial came out and I though he was a dork then.

[mediamadman747]

Radio Shack had something very similar in the early 70s.

[sarahthediva]

these are obviously for the easily amused

[TeamNES1]

That's pretty high-tech stuff for 1981.

[RealDiaz]

"Hey good lookin' we'll be back to pick you up later!", timeless......

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

uh...I remember that. but dont one think that....there would be feedback???

[Vincek88]

@RealDiaz HE's in for some lovin'!

[videomix22]

Mr. Microphone works great at amplifying farts. Makes a great party starter. Fun for the entire family.

[d34u]

I love the stereotyped jive brother 0:21 seconds in!  Hilarious! Right up there with the crows from Dumbo!

[luke1457]

HELP, HELP! I fell down the well!!

[Bieeanda]

I wouldn't be surprised if Radio Shack still stocks these things.

[larrystarstruck]

Actually they do stock something that works the same way. LOL

[ebob1967]

In what way would this product be practical?

[NNNNNNNNNN1515]

I'm a noise musician who specializes in guerrilla performance. Me and others play freely improvised music in public places without permission, on whatever we can find. We prefer battery powered instruments and acoustic instruments because they require no near by outlets, no set up, and if the cops come to kick us out, we can make a clean get away without having to tear down audio equipment. A product like this could help us add amplified vocals. Radios don't need to plug in and they are small.

[bitrex]

Connecting up a small homebrew microphone preamp to a commercial FM transmitter (like those used to play iPods through a car stereo) would be a pretty easy hack.

[vanness5]

We got a truckin convoy aint she a beautiful sight...  CONVOY!!!

[QUIZFILTER]

@vanness5 classic Simpsons

[soundbitesnyc]

I would kill to see the "Inside the Eggshell Egg Scrambler" commercial from the same era.

[gmaletic]

Though they were probably still showing this in 1981, it's from a few years earlier...probably 1979.

[jaysonpan]

Hey good lookin' we'll be back to pick you up later.

[marlarice]

I know! I know! I was always saying that part.

[tapeman576]

i wonder if they have those on ebay...

[rainydaywomann]

too funny!

[christpunchers]

Damn they skipped on the actors and used a crazy black crack addict at 00:25.

[DevilleMusic]

haha

[booba1981]

omg! i so remember this when i was young!

[benwilkins27]

lol

[JoeF8577]

This is great, I think the simpsons did a spoof about this once.

[DazzaM15]

awesome