classic vw beetle commercial ft. Edwin Buzz Aldrin

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Classic 1972 commercial featuring a young Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin of the Apollo XI (he was on the moon with Neil Armstrong).

In august 2008 I contacted Buzz through email. His assistent Christina Rasch replied: Thank you for the link to the VW commercial. Buzz said he remembers making the commercial well. As a matter of fact he said it didn't run very long because the computer that did the data to analyze the car wasn't really ready for the public and then a new version of the VW Bug came out.

It's great that he took the time to comment on this commercial after so many years!

The way the beetle in this commercial is displayed, clearly is a reference to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001 - a space odyssey.

I feel this commercial is a little technical, but it's funny to see the new high tech vw computer which analizes the beetle. Remember seeing a computer like this must have been an quit impressive sight those days!


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[chekkitProductions]

and now you can do thatame job with a netbook and a USB cable

[beetlejuice150]

You're right! The world didn't change that much in 40 years...

[Jukka Piironen]

USB cable dit mot exist but supersonic commercial flight dit and some of us visited moon..without USB;)

Mr. Armstrong, I remember You, sweet dreams.

[ostne]

My Good!!!!

[Mike Pickard]

Now if only I could get my bug to make that cool computer noise...

[PimpLenin]

Clunka clunka clunka clunka clunka. I'm impressed, too!

[fishdeschois]

Great ad. Buzz Aldrin was 42 then.

[shelle1even]

WOW! How young Buzz Was there& was still old enough! Thanks for this Vid! 5*Stars