BATTLESHIP Game-At the Opera

This is a classic commercial for the Milton Bradley game, BATTLESHIP. The players are at an opera, which I believe is Wagner's Tristan and Isolde and are constantly being shushed by their wives and then by the singers themselves. Very funny stuff from 1981.

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Entertainment

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• Battleship
• Opera
• Milton
• Bradley
• Games
• 1981
• Commercial
• Wagner
• Toys

[bearpaw72]

The music from this commercial totally sounded to me like music that could be played at the pearly gates during one's judgement.

[TerryT1976]

That's Wagner's Love-Death theme from "Tristan and Isolde" for you, lol!

[pika23]

OMG! I totally remember this commercial!

[jjohn2k]

Somebody's sleeping on the couch tonight.

[Gulftastic]

'You sank my battleship!'

I have always said it exactly like the bloke in this ad.

[Thorgin84]

Well while that is basically the truth, there is also a certain strategy to decide where to put your shots(Search patterns). It is also good to analyze your opponents placing of his/her ships and find a pattern.

Anyway... We used to play alot of battleship at school though we did it the old way with pen and paper.

[lasange]

that commercial was always on. Back in the days when tv ads didn't make you want to jump off a roof because they were so irritating like todays.

[ritt75]

my sister was born the year this commercial came out. When we play battleship and I tell she sank my battleship she'll go shhhhhhhhhhh.

[LuvBugLuvver]

Imagine making a similar commercial now, except one of the guys guesses "C-4" in a rather loud voice and causes a bomb scare?

[Green18600]

The following advertisement for the game was back from January 1978 ... to the best of my recollection. I hope the year would be of some help for you. This advertisement would be my all-time favorites from Milton Bradley. Good Luck!!