10 Best Celebrity Computer Ads of the 1980s
Most celebrity-backed technology commercials of the 1980s were pretty terrible. These 10 were pretty awesome. Or at least, in some cases, awesomely terrible.
Advertiser: Atari's 'Pitfall'
A comedic legend in the making. And in a pith helmet.
Advertiser: Headstart Computer
You can just picture the pro wrestler putting emphasis on a different word with each take. He obviously settled on "unsuspected."
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