The third part of the CD-I infomercial. Phil finally learns the meaning of life. Yippee. Check out the surprise appearance at the end. No, I don't have the rest of that one.
People don't realize what an amazing look into the future this infomercial was. Ok they were wrong about the CD-i still being around and all that other stuff, but they uncannily predicted how frustrating automated help could be. It's almost spooky how accurate they were.
this infomercial pretty much played non-stop at night in the 90s on late night tv, sadly this brings back both good and bad memories .. staying up late when i should of been going to bed... and .. staying up late and having to see this and the stupid juicer infomercial over and over again
Phil said he was ready for CD-I and when the music got serious Phil hit interact and beamed away to take home his free CD-I system and with that "the great wall" words echoing "good job Phil".. Sadly Phil was not beamed home but was vaporized, He is survived by his wife Margaret and 3 daughters. With that "the great wall" said "red elevator time ! Send down the next one..". Some say if you hold a CD-I system to your ear you can hear Phil, crying for help.
1:41 dance under the moonlight of a cartoon, coconut-shaped moon. how romantic. Luckily, in the 90s, I was still too young to even stay up past 8 without falling asleep.[I was 7 in 2000] so I was spared from this infomercial.
I love how all those customers in the ad from 2:51 to 4:49 were talking about how "fun" and "cool" the CD-i is, even though it was in reality a piece of crap.
Yes, and since the CD-I system is dead the Great Wall now sends them to be AOL cancellation service support agents or Microsoft OS license Suport help line !!! Now thats hell :(
The Great Wall: "Are We Having Fun." Phil "Yeah, and it's about to get better." (Phil Pulls out a Hammer.) Phil "IT'S HAMMER TIME!!!!!" (Phil promptly smashed the Great Wall and the CD-i)
They only got the Mario and Zelda Licences, because Nintendo cancelled a CD Add on for the SNES, they also liked CD-i better then the other guy in the running: the Play Station I.
Of course, they forgot to mention that most of the titles didn't work with the OPTIONAL (and expensive) digital video cartdrige, and that all "feature-length films" are so "length" they required two discs lol
That is absolutely hilarious. It looks like something you had recorded on an old VHS tape that you never got rid of all the way back in the early 90's. $499! That's a lot of money even today! But back then, paying that much for something like that would have been insane! It just show's what people would piss their money away on when economic times are good.
God that wall thing was annoying. If I was that guy and the wall told me to to 'interact' one more time through all of these videos I would have told that wall to do the work for me or else I would make that remote interact with its ass.
that was terrific! great show yeah great stuff! they haven't said much about the meaning of life have they? well they've been building up to it? are they? yeah they'll say something any minute personally I very much doubt they'll say anything about the meaning of life at all. well they gotta say something
i called the number and it transfers you to a telemarketing directory....i didn't proceed because i didn't want my roommate pissed at me at all the phone calls we would get.
The Neo Geo was worse. I think the problem with the CDi is that the games sucked and they leaned on infotainment to avoid the, at the time, violence in video games drama.
Why in the world did i purchase a PS3 instead of investing them in the future with this marvel of a console :D Very funny to watch. But damn is it cheesy :D
$499 was a lot of money when this piece of crap came out. I think it was released some time around 1993 or '94. The average car cost less than $20,000 back then.
I got that thing in a yard sale for 5 bucks, with both Mario and both zelda games the only one id even consider playing is the Super Mario one(its just the original nes game)The Zelda games are terrible.
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People don't realize what an amazing look into the future this infomercial was. Ok they were wrong about the CD-i still being around and all that other stuff, but they uncannily predicted how frustrating automated help could be. It's almost spooky how accurate they were.
this infomercial pretty much played non-stop at night in the 90s on late night tv, sadly this brings back both good and bad memories .. staying up late when i should of been going to bed... and .. staying up late and having to see this and the stupid juicer infomercial over and over again
Phil said he was ready for CD-I and when the music got serious Phil hit interact and beamed away to take home his free CD-I system and with that "the great wall" words echoing "good job Phil".. Sadly Phil was not beamed home but was vaporized, He is survived by his wife Margaret and 3 daughters. With that "the great wall" said "red elevator time ! Send down the next one..". Some say if you hold a CD-I system to your ear you can hear Phil, crying for help.
Over 7000 visual images?! Wow! So much better than those non-visual images...
I had one of these. I bought it so I could play Space Ace and Dragons Lair at that time. It was cool.
1:14 "Are we having fun Phil" God if that was me, i'd feel more scared than ever before. It would feel like a horror movie.
1:41 dance under the moonlight of a cartoon, coconut-shaped moon. how romantic.
Luckily, in the 90s, I was still too young to even stay up past 8 without falling asleep.[I was 7 in 2000] so I was spared from this infomercial.
LOL I loved the Flowbee intro at the end.
I know I seen the light, Sandy's Circus Adventure is my Bible and the world must know !
To quote Nintendo: "Phillip's Technology was superior." and at the time that ment three letters: F M V
The Nerd finally gave this abomination what for.
I love how all those customers in the ad from 2:51 to 4:49 were talking about how "fun" and "cool" the CD-i is, even though it was in reality a piece of crap.
You can't smash the "Great Wall". His power level is over 9000.
Fireworks? Okay. YOU ARE AMAZING, PHIL!
HAHAHAHA!
Yes, and since the CD-I system is dead the Great Wall now sends them to be AOL cancellation service support agents or Microsoft OS license Suport help line !!! Now thats hell :(
I'm starting to get the idea that the meaning of life is: Phillips CD-i
Those adverts were much more exaggerated than today's, and that means they were way too much exaggerated
I'd rather buy a Flowbee than a CD-i. I think my cousin had his hair cut with one once, and apparently it worked really well!
I want to see the Flowbee informercial!
wow, thanks for posting.
The Great Wall: "Are We Having Fun."
Phil "Yeah, and it's about to get better." (Phil Pulls out a Hammer.)
Phil "IT'S HAMMER TIME!!!!!" (Phil promptly smashed the Great Wall and the CD-i)
Thank you, Flowbee International for ending the horror!
They only got the Mario and Zelda Licences, because Nintendo cancelled a CD Add on for the SNES, they also liked CD-i better then the other guy in the running: the Play Station I.
Of course, they forgot to mention that most of the titles didn't work with the OPTIONAL (and expensive) digital video cartdrige, and that all "feature-length films" are so "length" they required two discs lol
That is absolutely hilarious. It looks like something you had recorded on an old VHS tape that you never got rid of all the way back in the early 90's. $499! That's a lot of money even today! But back then, paying that much for something like that would have been insane! It just show's what people would piss their money away on when economic times are good.
WOW THE MEENING OF LIFE IS CD-i!!! Boy was I way off! Im gald to know this now! XD lol
I think the wall devoured Phil.
Invisible Man:R U AVIN FAWN FIL ? ;) * >:S*
Phil: No.
* Phil get zapped to death by the invisible man *
Oh it was originally nearly $1000!
LOL @ Flowbee... I remember that thing
God that wall thing was annoying. If I was that guy and the wall told me to to 'interact' one more time through all of these videos I would have told that wall to do the work for me or else I would make that remote interact with its ass.
4:32 Who's that girl? Or what group was that?
thank you but this is actually pretty cool. i have all the zelda games, hotel mario tetris etc. and its actually pretty fun
better than mental images. would you want this thing actively transmitting mental images to your mind?
that was terrific! great show yeah great stuff!
they haven't said much about the meaning of life have they?
well they've been building up to it?
are they?
yeah they'll say something any minute
personally I very much doubt they'll say anything about the meaning of life at all.
well they gotta say something
The CDi... Seemed like a good idea at the time... If only they never used Mario and Zelda licenses, then maybe it would have been a bit better.
For Nintendo I only have two words: BIG MISTAKE
WOWQ!!! PHIL IS SUCH A TOOL!
You guys have to admit, we would not remember or care about this hunk-o'junk if it weren't for Hotel Mario and those horrible Zelda CD-i titles
hey phill, how about a green turd I have. you want to buy it too??
that's true. I had fun "pooping" that in my Adrian video
u can sell anything to Phil & he'll buy it
Phil (After playing the real CD-i): HURT CD-i, DESTROY CD-i!!!!!
Well my power level is over 10,000! That means I am more powerful than the great wall! Now where's my hammer?
I swear. that wall is satan and that place phill is in, is hell
OVER 9000?!?!
omg i recently watched some poops with OVER 9000?!?!
Gladis
Yes wall?
Send the next one ]:D
i wonder if this number still works.
I guess Planes, Trains and Automobiles was to the CD-i what Spiderman 3 was to the PS3.
ONLY $499?! WOW!!
ITS OVER 7000 !!!!!!!!
@JMaxwell85 oh man, that is so true!
Of course it can.
The meaning of life is buried in Sandy's Circus Adventure people!
i called the number and it transfers you to a telemarketing directory....i didn't proceed because i didn't want my roommate pissed at me at all the phone calls we would get.
LMAO if you look closely when it shows all the titles at the 0:55 you can see Link The Faces of Evil
have an internet fine sir.
i dunno there were those commercials with Phil Hartman. Painful as they are.
Hahaha! Pre-Guitar Hero. :P
CD-I = THE MEANING OF LIFE!
y/n?
XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
NIIICE XDDD
3:01
Link mah boi!
You know you're system is bad, all of it's games make Superman 64 look like Game of the Year Material
Yeah really, "Red elevator time" and "Send down another one"? I sense Satan's gotta do with this :P
And what of GlaDOS? Somehow, she gets villified for years to come out of this awful experience!
Hmm...Phil is destroyed..."red elevator..." this is HELL! The Great Wall is Satan!
Oof. $499 US Dollars in 1995 money. For that?
No wonder it flopped.
The Neo Geo was worse. I think the problem with the CDi is that the games sucked and they leaned on infotainment to avoid the, at the time, violence in video games drama.
Why in the world did i purchase a PS3 instead of investing them in the future with this marvel of a console :D
Very funny to watch. But damn is it cheesy :D
A hot chili pepper this system is not. .
$499 was a lot of money when this piece of crap came out. I think it was released some time around 1993 or '94. The average car cost less than $20,000 back then.
Help is hot though
WTF's a flowbee?
I got that thing in a yard sale for 5 bucks, with both Mario and both zelda games the only one id even consider playing is the Super Mario one(its just the original nes game)The Zelda games are terrible.
Could you watch porn on it?
They keep showing the same 5 people talking about the crap system. $499... HAH!
I can get a PS3, an Xbox or a wii for 500 bucks. Seriously.
I'm really starting to hate "HELP"....
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia = $299
Wikipedia = Free
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia is also free for a limited time offer.
3:53 Bad acting. That guy is obviously a paid actor to support this trash!
yep seems so .. . only the devil could sell a piece of crap system as bad as this. ...
God this thing was a piece of crap. As a 10 year old I could tell that. I wonder how many gullible "dads" of the 90's bought this con-crap-traction.
Is that Steve Martin movie the only movie that they had for CD-i?