Throwback Thursdays – (Thursday Edition)
In today’s tv commercial retrospective we take a look at some “state of the art” technological advancements of the past, including the Atari console, a Radio Shack cell phone, one of the first Macintosh personal computers, and a bonus cell phone ad from all the way back in 2006. 8 years is a near eternity in the technology world, but this Sprint commercial still as brilliant now as it ever was.
[cvg-gallery galleryId=’17’ width=’640′ height=’480′ mode=’showcase’ limit=’4′ /]Why is the Sprint ad so awesome? Instead of focusing on the “cutting edge” technology, which is generally only cutting edge for about a week until the next product advancement, they focused on engaging with the viewer on a personal level. It’s simple, funny, and everyone knows at least 2 guys just like the ones in the commercial they can identify with. This commercial could still work now as a selling tool for Sprint phones.
The other commercials however, are funny in a totally different way.
[separator top=”10″ style=”dotted”] [two_third last=”no”] [separator top=”70″ style=”none”]Can you imagine trying to get on an airplane today with that Radio Shack phone? [/two_third] [one_third last=”yes”]
image courtesy of Oak tree Vintage
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How did anyone ever get anything done on those computers? Between the screen resolution and display size my eyes would hurt by 10am.
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*Coming up next Thursday : some commercials about the “ideal woman” in the 1950s.
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