The Martinettis Bring a computer home - Part 3

[JosephKnight93]

anti-feminism? masonry?

[nannynicky4life]

8 megs of ram, i knew you where a power user. these days 8 gigs of ram makes you a power user.

[AAA999XYZ]

"I remember one night, I was awake late, and there was pop. I couldn't believe it! He was watching strange videos with naked people kissing and yelling. And he got embarrassed when he saw me. I guess pop just loved the computer that much."

[Baloney1011]

8 MB RAM?????  And he's a POWER USER??? WOW.

[Xalira06]

OMG, thanks Scott Kelby for mentioning this on "Macintos... the naked truth". This goes beyond every word XD

[techyknowsbest]

How many megs of RAM

8

I always knew you were a power user

In the days of over 3TB 12 Core 16GB of RAM that is utter dog shit

[deflinus]

hahaha Frank, the older brother, is the worst fucking actor ever. 4:20 is the best scene in the entire infomercial.

[mongomondomongo]

Is that Squince from The Sandlot? 

[canihaveaquarter]

ATE

[bigjake52]

"gramos had a secret he had to shair"

oh god that person hes talking to on the net is a man!!!

lol

[MasterPrime01]

They had to use a computer to add 97 and 5?

[skoolpie123]

LOL! As if the old people would know how to use a computer! And whats with Rose showing up at their house? Don't the Martinetti family know anything about stranger danger/meeting people on the net?? She could be a psycho for all they know!! lol then again i guess the internet was a lot different back then ;) Also I find it stupid that they've only met the old lady for the first time and she's "always welcome in their home" WTF?? LOL!

Also best part: 8 Megs of RAM, OMG!!! he's a power user!! ;)

[anndizzle13]

in the days that followed we all did work on the new computer...................gra­ndpa downloaded some midget interracial porn and fryed our harddrive. fuck you, gramps.......

[skoolpie123]

@anndizzle13 LOL!!! good one :D

[garciab006]

Damn. If I got a B+, my parents would beat me. Maybe it's because I'm Asian...

[anndizzle13]

@garciab006 that sucks.

[progwrx]

if moms business was really going better, shouldnt the computer pay for itself then? lol

[smedly500]

This would make a hilarious sitcom.

[bluetech7753]

This is my favorite infomercial. I originally started on a mac. 8 megs of ram was a lot back then and a 166 MHz Intel processor was very fast. 20 meg hard drive was plenty of storage the internet was all dial-up no broad band yet ah those were the days.

[meecrob99]

Gramps is a pedo

[Phesath]

Oh Pop. Finally coming around.

[virtualpilot45]

lol, he lost all that money he saved with the mac's finance programs when he gave them the points (losing $1000)

[Akit317]

4:18 "We're keeping the computer." I always remember this commercial with those four words.

[kargaroc386]

8 megs of ram? i have 36 in mine.

[borbos75]

How the Mac has changed. to remind myself of this I used mini V mac and wow what difference between os 7.5, 8, 9 and snow leopard

[zeldajunkielol2]

then, BOOM the computer blows up. the end.

[Heroes4eva]

LOL, I can remember watching these on TV as a kid! They made me go insane bugging my parents for a computer!! OMG this brings back memories! Thanks for posting!

[canihaveaquarter]

I KNEW YOU WERE A POWER USER!!

[nomadcowatbk]

Checking out the price of Enron stock probably

[xdazzillax]

how much ram? EYT!

[reap00004]

HOLY CRAP!

8 megs?

I could play Tetris with no lag on highest settings :O

[Nburnes123]

8 megs of RAM

I knew you were a power user.

Hahaha

[macbook56]

*GASP*

ComPOOTER? Burn the witch

[Jasoco]

It's a Performa 630CD. It cost $1200 in 1994.

[mjnoir1]

this was a deluxe model wasn't it ? cause it had the video capture card which i dont think was a standard feature at the time at least i dont think so.

[demiurge2demiurge]

Its 1996 and gramps is meeting old ladies online...twisted. Doesn't Fletcher remind you of Phil Lamar from MAD tv?

[nomadcowatbk]

maybe it's him

[MightyPhaeton]

@demiurge2demiurge for real.

[mjnoir1]

i seem to remember them doing a 2nd mac infomercial where they used aol instead of the mac online service which i guess meant apple canceled their service. i remember thinking this was very cute when it originally aired and it still retains it's charm especially when the lil mac os cartoon logo made it's way into the photo as another member of the family

[jasonisroxursox]

i like when he is like 8 MB of ram like he is so proud of it. and she calls him a power user. and now like, 2 GB today is the min lol

[ForcheAlex]

Look, when you see the video playing and you scroll down to see the comments, they don't arrange them according to who you are replying to, otherwise they would put me back on top. If you click on view all comments, you will see that they are all where they should be.

So, if you see your comment by itself, don't worry. Everything is correct. I got a message saying you replied.

[elgilicious]

The dad wasn't working on his damn DOS files...he was looking at porno and hitting Alt+Tab (or whatever the Mac version of that is) when he saw his kid walk in.

[Lawnchair8]

ATE

[elgilicious]

And to think...today, the old man would be looking to meet little kids.

[borovnica93]

to 8 megs of ram and internet friends who know you adress :)

[Maxfli82]

I loved this infomercial. They should have made this into a sitcom. lol

[jeremycold]

OK, I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I'm the guy who played the older brother. My wife just found this on YouTube, and I was like, "Noooooooooooooo!" I kinda hoped it would stayed buried forever.

So anyway, sorry to disappoint y'all, but I'm not gay. I may not be the manliest guy in the world, but I do in fact prefer the opposite sex.

As far as this video goes, could my acting have been any worse? Geesh. After this aired, I cut my losses and pretty much gave up on my "acting career" .

[jeremycold]

This was supposed to be a reply to mykwhy. Not sure why it posted on it's own. Oh well.

[peppersbrian77]

awesome if true!

[jeremycold]

Yeah, it's true. I have to admit, I wish it weren't, so if you don't actually believe me (understandable), that's tooootally fine. ;-)

[peppersbrian77]

you should do a reenactment. this video went viral and all that

[jeremycold]

That would be pretty funny. I can do the part where I say, "Fletcher, we're thinkin' about buyin' a compooter."

[MightyPhaeton]

@jeremycold u really are that older brother? prove it.

[ipearx]

4000MB of ram and Word takes longer to start up now than it ever did.

[ForcheAlex]

You're kidding of course

[stephthestar90]

@ipearx yeah i nearly always get the spinning beach ball whenever i try to open word.

[ForcheAlex]

Don't know why Pop is so happy, considering he has to pay for the damn thing.

[anndizzle13]

@ForcheAlex he gets to look at porn now.

[c0deMunkey]

The grandpa is disgusting. I bet Rose never came back after she saw what a freak he was... EIGHT!

Even when this commercial aired 8 megs of ram was no where near what a "power user" would have.  I remember snickering at this commercial because I had 16 MB at the time.

[Xteaphn]

Also screw dating servicing! Get a Mac. Love the part where they say the old man has been making friends online. Thats just great.

[Xteaphn]

WTF? LOL a B+? OMG he got a B+ this is great! He must be a freaking genius! WTF is this? A B+ is nothing if he got a 20 question quiz he missed a significant amount still.

[xdazzillax]

nerd

[arteitle]

Good thing they got Frank's email 30 seconds before he came in the door... He must have sent it from his Blackberry while he was walking up the front walk.

[times9]

omg,really.wot is he doing now days. it seems like i seen him on something before.he did have something about him that i thought he was gay.

[cassettiespagetie]

Before i read about him not coming out of the closet i was about to ask was he gay ! By any chance did he get the piss taken out of him for it ?

[TaciturnGirl]

I wouldn't spend money on her shitty cards.

[skoolpie123]

@TaciturnGirl LOL!!! Neither would I !! XD

[someone2602]

wow 8 megs of ram! A power user!

[cassettiespagetie]

Thats my favorite bit too

[arteitle]

Absolutely.. I've been quoting that for 14 years!

[dashwarts]

I know, it's crazy... I got a 575 that was thrown out with 36 megs. Now if only it had an FPU... Another thing we take for granted that was high-end back then...

[framptonorchablis]

Haha I love this video. The suburban Italian-American ethnic milieu, the non-stereotypical black role, the gay older brother, the horny grandfather, the "liberated" housewife who keeps busy with a home business...

Apple's playing every card!

[elgilicious]

The black guy actually resembles Steve Urkel. I'm surprised he didn't drop a bunch of floppy disks when the Martinetti's came into the store.