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> Except the glaring mistake of putting “3½” microdisk” in the copy when there are 5¼” floppies on the table. The MF 2-DD box shown is 3.5, I think they just used the bigger disks on the table because they are much better props for the video.
I vaguely remember these but I more clearly remember the Samsung ad which featured a similar looking robot in a dress turning letters on a gameshow, implying that Samsung would still be around even after Vanna White was replaced by a machine. Vanna White sued, claiming a breach of her publicity rights (despite her name, the name "Wheel of Fortune", or her actual likeness not being used) and actually prevailed in cour…
https://paleofuture.com/blog/2013/2/20/robot-vanna-trashy-pr...
It's now 2026 and Vanna White still has not been replaced by robots, but that must have been a successful ad in 1988 for people to remember it decades later.
Why is it referred to as a 'bad' floppy ad. I thought it was cool.
Why is it referred to as a 'bad' floppy ad. I thought it was cool.
I found a Maxwell robot video ad but I think it's just actors in robot outfits https://youtu.be/CKloQVH_72M Honda was more impressive then with Asimo which was a real robot https://youtu.be/DerM1GNtg5A
I found a Maxwell robot video ad but I think it's just actors in robot outfits https://youtu.be/CKloQVH_72M Honda was more impressive then with Asimo which was a real robot https://youtu.be/DerM1GNtg5A
Meanwhile in the UK we had robotic aliens advertising instant mashed potato. https://youtu.be/uKt-KR1TsRg?si=l6KDBOryvtEk6gg2
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Meanwhile in the UK we had robotic aliens advertising instant mashed potato. https://youtu.be/uKt-KR1TsRg?si=l6KDBOryvtEk6gg2
And we had good skeletons - in 1985, Aardman Animations created this advert for VHS cassettes https://youtu.be/ffa1E9k3H4k
Why is it referred to as a 'bad' floppy ad. I thought it was cool.