Encyclopedia Brittanica commercial the Sequel

[supermariosunshine64]

Now these sort of books are becoming more and more obsolete with Wikipedia being updated all the time.

[Cubehead666]

He got a B+ on that report.

[TubeofDestiny]

"... a wiki encyclopedia appears !"

Then, Wikipedia was created.

[alexp9999]

woot, my very own "Key to the Information Age" =D

this makes my old Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedias look like....not the key to the Information Age!! lol xD

it's interesting that these companies either had no clue the internet was about to explode onto the public, or they knew Britannica's days were numbered and thus tried to sell as many as possible before that happened, hehe ;) yes, we once used typewriters, mimeograph machines, and encyclopedias. what a time to be alive!! =)

[Dulcimerist]

...and there it is.  LOL

[DiLancreRoyalty]

and then it was google

[RichGilly]

Internet killed the Encyclopedia star

[bretsteinmetz]

at least he's using an Apple II LOL

[PageTurner600]

Is there a recent phone number you can call to purchase this set? Is it even still be offered on toll free as it once was?

[DirtyTrick]

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

[scrapplecheesesteak]

I remember this from high school thinking "sh*t!...Video camera, CD player, home computer (probably a crappy Radio Shack TANDY..haha) Parents must have won the lottery!"

Cutting edge technology was EXPENSIVE back then!

[quiktymevideo]

God, this commercial is soooooo 80s, from the fashions to the technologies.

[alexander92648]

Pfft... just google that shit man! don't need no god damn book!

[imsljr420]

@alexander92648 :google?....or did you mean wikipedia

[typesix]

David Spade

[Nordmunder]

I remember what David Spade said about him after seeing this commercial.

"Boy, did this smart ass kid need to be beaten when he was younger"

[Aeschylus]

Where is he now?

theonion [dot] com/content/node/33526

(P.S. Who the hell uses a computer without internet?)

[masanf]

Who uses a computer without internet? Uh, when these commercials were made pretty much no private citizen had the internet. These are 2 fucking decades old.

[Aeschylus]

o rly?

[pilotingentropy]

He ended up getting a B+ on that report on space.

[Aeschylus]

Too long: he found so much good information.

[whophd]

I'm typing it into the computer so I don't forget.

[briancom]

That's Donovan Freburg as the nerd and his father Stan Freburg as the voice-over.

[elithecat]

Thanks I added it to the keywords