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Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
We have brought you shows on Hulk Hogan commercials, Ric Flair commercials, and three separate installments of Hometown Commercials. Our early Christmas present to you is a look at ads for something everybody wanted under the tree from 1979 to 1982--the Atari 2600 VCS, and games for the system.
Atari 2600 Commercial (December, 1977) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJNbhekKShI
Atari VCS Commercial with Pete Rose, Pele and Don Knotts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs34_7_kC64
Atari VCS Commercial with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Carol Channing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lexverCcFFk
1978 Atari Commercial with Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs and Jack Palance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ary-G-GYO60
Space Invaders (1980) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct_I2C_9Kf8
Kaboom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkNztWEVxD4
Activision Ice Hockey with Phil Hartman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=celKZ-vwsCc
RealSports Baseball with Billy Martin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SI7zqsVoas
Atari Test Facility commercial with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mario Andretti and Pele - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0cSWi1V_wI
Laser Blast (1981) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SWzv
Atari Toys R Us Asteroids Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFciGLGHiY4
Sears 1981 Christmas Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqBlPdz0G-M
Atari we don’t need a babysitter commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGlnXY4HaY
Atari UK Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMLhvlAxsPw
Beany Bopper (1982) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OK5COuF6xg
Spider-Man (1982) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-usbQDfTIqE
Pac-Man Commercial with Mr. Hooper!!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsUCRSoUrE
Solar Fox with Jane Krakowski - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgUTq5pL3gE
Pole Position - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhRIneQFmHA
Ms. Pac-Man with Don Pardo voiceover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKM5-k8uD7Q
Ms. Pac-Man Australian Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp1CKap2v28
Donkey Kong (1982) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzFCXfjuNjI
Donkey Kong Jr. (1983) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNTpXX43QxY
Dig Dug (1983) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VFjbPlq_nw
Pitfall! with Jack Black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLgSdAAHMA
Moon Patrol - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1fp8g3yimU
Sega Star Trek with Ernie Anderson voiceover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28r4iGf7M98
Atari Sesame Street Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnQrQE4Y6Ow
Atari Christmas 1983 Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z2nyvfJDwk
1984 Atari 2600 Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ZLov8Xne0
Urban General Atari 2600 Commercial (1984) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLryP7IrM1A
1986 Atari 2600 Commercial (The Fun is Back) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp1CbPpaWKw
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