Alan Alda Atari Commercial Pt 1

[UberMan5000]

Playing with Alan Alda must be really annoying. "Shoot the R, shoot the R! NO, DO IT NOW!! GAAH!"

[MattTheSaiyan]

Atari's range of 8-bit home computers are very underrated!

[Luigi84289]

This is why it sold. Who isn't gonna buy something with Alda sitting there telling you how awesome it is in his prime? Be like the Rock promoting a 360. Sales would go through the roof.

[xHAZELRAHx]

Screw you Alan Alda video games aren't about learning

[kidd912thomas]

I can't stand him

[uzuhl2]

@kidd912thomas I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but the Academy doesn't deny that he is a wonderful actor, and his philanthropic work proves he's a better human being than most.

[belangerist]

Mash was a great show but too left-wingish!

[timbo177]

@belangerist The book was very right-wing. So I suppose it didn't help that the TV series was made around the time of the Vietnam war.

[pardyhardly]

@belangerist I didn't mind the shows politics, but i didn't like how preachy and self rightously heavy handed it became.

[Sailorracer27]

This kid's probably a CEO of some software company now...

[fjccommish]

Atari aimed its commercials at parents and grandparents, rather than the commercial and product at kids.

[cchanderson]

@fjccommish That was before kids got 100 bucks a week allowances.

[fjccommish]

@cchanderson Sure, but when kids want something they nag the parents.

[liwowoli]

Girl: Wanna try?

Alan Alda: I thought she'd never ask.

Wow! Just by playing this game, Alan Alda could become a real typist!

(PS -- I love how at the end, the girl is telling Alan Alda to get the R and he says, "Where is it?")

[SuperSkilledGamer]

lol snl spoofing alan with the back 2 the future was so spot on! hahahaha

[MrAsrgr]

She sounds like she's getting really pissed off with it towards the end of the clip. I hope she started punching the keyboard and eventually picked the thing up and flung it across the room

[toocuteluke]

I can't watch this.

[KHayes666]

Why is it I can't watch anything of Alan Aldaa outside of M*A*S*H* and NOT think of Hawkeye?

I half expected him to scold the girl and say something like "You're worse than Hot Lips"

[alexp9999]

@KHayes666 "....cmon, cmon, damn it! you're worse at typing than Klinger!!" lol  ;)

[fjccommish]

Just after the commercial she hung herself. You would too if you had to play a game like this with Alan Alda hovering over your shoulder.

[Hootshot112]

@fjccommish no. I know I wouldn't. I would play any Atari games for hours just to see Alan Alda talk over my shoulder.

I guess everybody's different!

[fjccommish]

@Hootshot112 What about Mike Farrel?

[Hootshot112]

@fjccommish I wouldn't hung myself either. Did you like MASH?

[fjccommish]

@Hootshot112 I love MASH. Alan Alda, outside of MASH, is annoying. Mike Farrel is even more annoying.

[Hootshot112]

@fjccommish Ok, that's why you said that! No, I even admire Alan Alda. I love his work, and I think he's a good person. He's a terrific writer and he hosted The Human Spark, which I loved very much. He's been married for 50 years, and some of his grandchildren are actors. But there's not many people that I don't like...

[therareone1]

It would have been awesome is the sound coming from the atari was Suicide is Painless

[TheGreatAtario]

You people are forgetting -- back then, it was not a common skill to be able to type, much less as a profession.

[Swiss846]

Classic. "She could become a real Typist."

[anje9306]

- You wanna try?

- I thought she'll never ask.

[lchenao]

I completely forgot this game existed! I'm going to see if I can find it online somewhere :)

[cs512tr]

as i am watching this, i am expecting to hear "incoming wounded"... lol

good on him! awesome guy

[NoMercyJustCruelty]

Stacey is now a webcam "actress". She got the "I" all right.

[WynterSoldier]

Is that Fergie from The Black Eyed Peas?

[cs512tr]

lol

[Dstorm20xx]

i usually never give into indorsments, but wow now i want an Atari

[AndrewDeLong]

Well, I'd say that if you only give into them once every 30 years or so (or give in 30 years after the original commercial aired) then you're doing pretty damn well.

Bahhhh, go on, indulge a little! I hears the Atari is an excellent system to own! =P

[mixxitupforme]

That just so cool. I;m about to piss my pants with happiness.

[Jiltedin2007]

I loved Pierce!

[disiskurt]

Get the, get the, get the i, GET THE I, GET THE I! I! I!

[rainssilver]

This brings back memories - we used to have one of these!

[FRANKIESHANOWSKIY2K0]

hawkey pierce in an advert i never

see the day come M*A*S*H*T*A*S*T*I*C

or what atari was the devinative

computer games system of it's age

an even today it never gone out of style.

frankie smales

(retro tv advert fan)

[FasterThanYou321]

I wonder.... did she ever become a typist?

[MIKESOWELL]

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[fmix10]

Mabey they'll play "Oregon Trail" next!

[333tarynsxe333]

i remember playin oregon trail 2 in school

[CJ076]

I played that one in school way back in the late 80s.

[YAGRS]

She could become a real typist . . .

I hope he didn't set the bar too high for that girl.

[mm575]

oh god..thats funny..I m going to puke i am laughing so hard..

[DrPhilMusic]

Hawkeye plays Atari, Beee-otch!

[einsteinwithagun]

Only Alan Alda could make that actually funny instead of just cheesy!

[HawkeyeBigFan]

GO ALAN ALDA!!!!

[MikeSorice]

This rox! Yay Atari Home Computers!