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From: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom SALES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga and Advertising are mutually exclusive terms, but...
Message-ID: <2463@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 08:59:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2463
Posted: Mon Oct 12 08:59:55 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 14-Oct-87 01:08:48 EDT
References: <3070@ames.arpa>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <3070@ames.arpa>, mike@ames.arpa (Mike Smithwick) says:
> Back to reality, I just saw the new A500 ads last night running on KTVU, an
> independent station (on Saturday nite?? Who are you kidding guys!). They
> weren't too bad, but still never really told me why I'd want to buy an Amy
> over a PeeCee Klone. What would've been alot better would be to have
> testimonials from users, such as the guy who does the Max Headroom graphics,
> to people doing MTV videos, to researchers at NASA. Or how 'bout mimicking
> those California Almond commercials. Instead we have Amiga developers 
> standing hip-deep in Kickstart disks saying "Hi there, were developers, you know
> the guys who bring you all that neato software. Well, Porches are expensive 
> these days, and how 'bout them hard-disks? (in unison, the others say, "yeah"
> or "you bet" looking around at each other). (some other inane comments) And
> the ad ends. . .
> -- 
> 				   *** mike (powered by M&Ms) smithwick ***
> "ever felt like life was a game, and 
> someone gave you the wrong instruction book?"
> [discalimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]

This (from your description) was NOT a Commodore commercial.  Probably
put on by local dealer[s].

The A500 commercial begins with monitors coming out of the "primordial
soup" (i.e., mist and murky backdrop).

	Paul.