Computer Commercials From 1984

[SNK038]

The AT&T narrator is Martin Sheen. Father of Warlock Sheen.

[girlstorm09]

its weird how 80s computer commercials the computers were all about graphs and pie charts and thats about it....todays are all about the internet lol:P I dont think people would be awed by tacky boring graphs today!!

[tablemate585]

Thanks for posting the Watson commercial. I've been searching for this for years.

[VintageJunior]

Does somebody here have or know some more PCjr commercials?

[ferociousgumby]

It wasn't the REAL Charlie Chaplin (ho ho).

Those discs look like pizza boxes.

[Rubiglo]

Oh my goodness, how far we've come since the 80's. It has happened so fast we just don't realize just how far. It's so cool to see these old commercials. Thanks for sharing.

[manhatin]

@Rubiglo

Yep, just twenty five years ago, a pie chart in color was a big deal.

[DaveSwinger]

The facts are flawed, sir. He is talking about Dr. John H. Watson, friend of detective Sherlock Holmes. HOWEVER, that is NOT who the AT&T commercial is referring to.

That is Alexander Graham Bell's (Bell Laboratories) assistant Thomas Augustus Watson.

[manhatin]

You are correct, sir. It was late when I posted and I simply "goofed up". I have corrected my error. Thanks !

[VintageJunior]

@manhatin Actually, the answer is not at all "Watson". It is "Bell". Read the formulation of the question carefully, gentlemen.

[cubcadetpuller]

charlie chaplin was the silent movie actor

i dont know about the detectives partner

[manhatin]

As pointed out by Dave Swinger, the character in the AT&T commecial was based on Bell's partner Watson.