From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!wgg
Newsgroups: net.general
Title: Re: Old Timex TV blooper
Article-I.D.: floyd.756
Posted: Tue Nov  2 10:52:59 1982
Received: Wed Nov  3 02:46:14 1982

The famous Timex blooper didn't happen quite that way.
I happened to be watching that night -- the commercial
occurred during one of the Timex-sponsored jazz specials.
What really happened was this:
The outboard motor was mounted in a large barrel full of
water. Swayze (or sombody else - I forget which) tipped up
the motor, slipped the watch over a propeller blade, then
tipped the motor down and started it.  After a few seconds,
Swayze stopped the motor, tipped it up and discovered that
centrifugal force had done its thing and the watch was gone.
His line was something like, "Well, I'm sure that wherever
that watch is, it's running perfectly."
                          Bill Graves
                          floyd!wgg