encyclopedia britannica

[drummerguy1956]

This is Stan Freberg and his son Donovan.

[CokneyStudios]

Wtf

[OneEyedJack1970]

Ah, back in the days when an encycopedia volume wouldn't fit on a CD or two. Actually, there were a few, but CD-ROMs were too expensive for most people back in those days. It was probably cheaper to just buy the Encyclopedia Brittanica set.

[jcopen]

I remember these well and always wondered what was up with the whole "nerd appeal", but I gotta say it's the comments below that have me ROTFLMFAO!

[MyNameIsBucket]

I never knew John Carmack did commercials when he was younger!

[PageTurner600]

Does anyone know how much a set as this would cost?

Is there a recent telephone number that you can call for information?

[StefanoFan27]

wow.

[DirtyTrick]

I just called the number. There was uncomfortable sobbing, then a gun shot on the other end of the line.

[CopyrightPropaganda]

@DirtyTrick

Really?

[DirtyTrick]

@CopyrightPropaganda

Ya rly.

[Malocosa]

David Letterman ragged on this kid plenty of times back when these ads ran on TV. He always incorporated him into this Top Ten list.

[Aeschylus]

Where is he now?

theonion [dot] com/content/node/33526

[BrattyLilSis27]

LOL I remember all of these commercials!

[riverplate0101]

This guy was dissing fodder when he came on. Wow the hair an clothes are truly makes this a period piece.

[StefanoFan27]

Wow.

[ccg1171]

I remember this faggot.

[dogdidit]

I remember him. He had a report due on space.

[weezerrock89]

holy shit. your comment made fall out of my chair laughing.

[butterpoop]

"I always wanted to be a top secret agent code name GOAT FART you know get through Checkpoint Charlie by the STINK OF MY SHIT" That's what he meant to say, please post the unedited commercial!

[mrwoods22]

You FAIL at comedy.

[AllThisThen]

Holy crap I want to see the rest of that next commercial with the guy chopping that meat.

[lilambygirl]

Go fuck yourself! Donavan is wonderful, I'm rooting for his comeback!

[eight6sevenfive3oh9]

This guy looks like he couldn't get over not getting picked to play ben seaver on growing pains. He only wishes his encyclopaedia britannica contained an entire volume on Tracey Gold.

[suspekt29]

LMAO. That is funny.

[busymartian]

I couldn't figure out this commercial. What were they going for? In their minds, they they think this guy was cool or funny? This ad was written by someone and was approved by others. Amazing.

[Lesrevesdhiver]

I was a teenager when these commercials were aired. I always thought "Jebus! This guy actually sits down and reads encyclopedias?"

What is up with that?

[chefcolonel]

what a fuckin douchelord

[kodiakfred140]

What a 'buttlick', to use a term from the late '80s. Always wanted to shave his mullet and make him eat it.

[dena81]

wikipedia pwned Britannica

[dazada]

Wikipedia > Britannica

[dena81]

but of course!

[Cellblock1138]

Too bad wikipedia is often wrong or incomplete... but you get what you pay for.

[dena81]

But it's entertaining!

[rahulisgayfag]

the Encyclopedia (which they spell with ash or æ cuz they think they're so special) Britannica has more errors than Wikipedia. It also is for rich people who are too ignorant to understand anything.

[oscar881]

I think we would all win that fight....

[PERILOUSRIDE]

Who would win in a fight between him and Screetch from Saved By The Bell?

A fight to the death.

[bentnosewp]

ahhh remember looking at pictures before google image search?

[LifterOn]

Haw Haw Delightful! So Disarming, So Innocent Yet So Effective!

[LincolnHeightsrocks]

Eh Piss Fucker Ass One Line. Piss fucker ass.

[LincolnHeightsrocks]

They did 3 Encyclopedia Britannica commercials featuring this guy. The first one was in 1988, the second one in 1989. And This one was in either 1990 or 1991. It brings back a lot of memories seeing this and hearing the voiceover.

[OneLineNowMan]

I that is amazing and yet very, very, very sad that you would know the dates that guy did these T.V. spots to pedel them books.

[VaultMasterDBT]

Why, since when is it sad to have an excellent memory?

[robaralis]

well the berlin wall was down when this came out, so it probably is the 90s

[foppa123]

woulda swore this was the 80's

[mrwoods22]

Says 1992 at the very end underneath the phone number.