Xerox Monk Ad

1976 ad broadcast on Super Bowl

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[bja6a]

wow... it puts modern ads to shame. i mean, since when did advertisements actually talk about the product?

[Dan C]

Thinking about it, 2pps is still pretty good by today's standards for a lot of copiers. I mean, it's not often you see 120ppm.

[cvunit]

ohhh the ever advancing technology what would we do without you...

[Carol Jason]

The head monk (is that a Father?) was my uncle Bill, although he went by the name Willie!

[1L6E6VHF]

A great ad in that it does everything an ad should do:

1) It gets and keeps the viewer's attention

2) It brings a story (in this case, with humor) that will make the viewer remember it.

3) It clearly identifies its sponsor

4) It gives the viewer a motive to buy from the sponsor (i.e., the potential of the copier).

[MrKbeezie]

Amazing 2 pages per seconds... :D

[Kelski1998]

That was the Xerox that was featured in 9 to 5

[tcagan]

I also worked for HP. The only printer they ever had that was any good was the Hawk HP LaserJet 9065mfp (Q3632A). It was a warmed over Konika with a different GUI. Carly fumbled the program like everything else she did at HP. HP doesn't have a vision of what they have developed, or a vision of the future.

[tcagan]

Did your dad do the Xerox 4000 Colodny commercial too?  It won lots of awards. I used to work on the 4000 for Xerox and was on the team that turned the 9200 (Ardry) into the 9700 Laser Printer.

[PeteTheSnowDog1]

That absolutely has to go down as the GREATEST commercial ever made. Funny or what !!!???

[Jonny Watts]

I didn't know they had humor in 1976...