Desperate Businessman Needs a Dip in His Coleco Swimming Pool, 1972

Coleco was the largest maker of above-ground swimming pools before they made the powerhouse ColecoVision game console. Read, watch, listen and even play the history of ColecoVision here: thedoteaters.c...
At the end of the 60's Coleco was the largest manufacturer of above-ground swimming pools. In 1982 Coleco would shake up the video game industry with the graphically advanced ColecoVision video game console, unfortunately right before the Great Videogame Crash that would wipe out the entire North American video game industry.

[@Matthew-wi5si]

was that narrator Casey Casem?

[@doteaters]

If I close my eyes, it sounds like a pitched-up Rod Serling.

[@shannonjaensch3705]

This clown world we are having a physical consciousness experience is so incredibly F'ed

[@Milesco]

Coleco -- wasn't that a video game company?

[@Cyko..]

Yeah, I read the video description too. I'm smart like you.

[@censorshipsucks9493]

They made a lot of handheld games, and released Colecovision to compete with the Atari 2600, but that wasn't all they made.

[@Milesco]

​@@Cyko.. I obviously didn't read the description before posting my comment. Probably should have. 🥴

[@eddiehimself]

They did make video games but they started out producing leather products. That's why they were called the Connecticut Leather Company.

[@censorshipsucks9493]

Don't forget that they are responsible for the Cabbage Patch Kids.

[@pray4mojo35]

So he was drunk??

[@Milesco]

Burned out and exhausted from a long day at the office.

[@keaton718]

Probably should have bought a car with AC instead.

[@Cyko..]

Probably should realize AC was a luxury back then and very expensive, especially for cars. This pool was only $299 with a filter, skimmer, ladder, and footbath.

[@keaton718]

@@Cyko.. Wikipedia says "By 1969, 54% of domestic automobiles were equipped with air conditioning", and this ad was released in 1972 according to the title.

[@Cyko..]

@@keaton718 And like I said, it was still a luxury and very expensive. As the mighty Wikipedia also says, "Air-conditioning for automobiles came into widespread use in the United States starting from the 1980s. ", and this ad was released in 1972 according to the title.

[@keaton718]

@@Cyko.. I see a bit more space dust on that Wikipedia article. It says an early air conditioner for cars, the "Bishop and Babcock Weather Conditioner", was only $274, and even the later Weather Eye was just $345. And in 1968 all Ambassadors had air conditioning as standard and that sure looks like an Ambassador the guy in the ad is driving.

[@Cyko..]

@@keaton718 That is not an Ambassador car. 🤣
This is an American commercial. It's an American car much like the Plymouth Satellite Regent in the background.

[@dancooper5234]

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