"Forget All Our Earlier Commercials"- JOHN CLEESE Compaq Ad
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- One of many wonderful commercials John Cleese did for Compaq Computer Corporation in the mid to late '80s.
A very rare find and a treasure for any John Cleese fan, these classic ads were shown only in England.
I love the line "its so heavy nobody could POSSIBLY tell you to take it home with you.. and it comes in a VERY NICE BOX!"
I wish commercials were funny again. :(
Cleese is legend. LOL
Commercials used to be so much cooler. Now they are condescending and so pack with effects that they are boring.
This was a great series of commercials!
I think the Harry Enfield 'Dime Bar' series give this a run for it money - 'Armadillos! Smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside!' ua-cam.com/video/bqeGxMgVOHI/v-deo.html
See, why do we only get commercials this amazing around the time of the superbowl these days? This is genius; all commercials lately are nothing but stupid, and filled with awful actors.
our commercials today are politically motivated
As a relatively young old commercial affecianado who's not motivated or moved by sentimentality but by sheer curiousity of changing cultures as time progress, all commercials have been exceedingly stupid since they were invented. Once or twice every one or two years, a nice one comes along, but rest assured, they're all accompanied by an astronomically large plethora of artistic and intellectual travesties that would make every generation blush out of shame of having been the target audience of such talentless coercion to buy stupid products.
This commercial isn't very genius either. It's just starring John Cleese, who is a genius indeed, but the commercial is slightly better than mediocre.
Well, you should consider that portable computers weren't very common in that time. Only making clear that their computer was portable, was enough to make it stand out from the crowd. (Plus having John Cleese in the commercial makes the product automatically more awesome)
I had one of those, and they did want me to take it home with me.
@BunnaySango its called " portalble" because you can hold in a few seconds in your hads (before you break your back) and you dont have to borow a lorry to transport it somewhere
Yeah, I used to have one of those Compaq portable PCs... As big as a suitcase, very small green monochrome screen, 286. I used to play Zyll and Executive Suite and program .bat files on that sucker in XTreePro. That thing was heavy as hell; probably 30 awkwardly balanced pounds.
How the hell did he manage to kick that thing off? You'd need a bloody forklift to carry it.
If you remove the innards from any desktop computer, they are just a thin, metal, shell. Or, it could have been a cleverly sculpted cardboard box. A big one. Painted to look like a computer. Or, at least, just the thin, metal, shell. And, now, for something completely different: A phone that fits in your pocket.
Actually, it's more like the PC industrial revolution. This is when things really started to get "amazing". I mean, and entire computer that can fit on your kitchen table? Incredable!
I used to repair the monitors seen in this add .
I'm on a compaq laptop right now, one of the best computer companies ever.
THey are funny commercials. It shows how does days were so different.
And in 20 years we will all be laughing about how that is nothing compared to what we are using now.
LOVE WHEN HE KICKS THE COMPUTER OFF!!!!
Brilliant
all those old computers made around 1985 looked the same like the ibm pc
Any colour you want, as long as it's Beige
@rerevisionist
(re. "I wonder if these adverts actually worked? Did people buy these things because of the ads????)
Absolutely! These (John Cleese) commercials put them on the map. They soon became the fastest company to make a billion dollars in revenue, in US History.
Decent Product + Great Commercials = Major Success.
@abrelosojo Holy goodness, I've never seen anyone reference that game in all the years since I first got it. You my friend win everything!
The best MF commercial I ever saw.. :)
"Well, I made a mastake-ka!"
HAHAHA! John Cleese commercials are awesome. I really wonder why Compaq funded this commercial themselves? You aren't going to sell computers with this!
THAT was what they considered portable. Jesus christ, it's like the computer stone age.
@BunnaySango Neolithic actually. When they got lighter, they became know as luggables.
it's called an EMPTY SHELL. they probibly had a shell of a compaq portable up on there so he could just kick the thing off.
It's so heavy no one could tell you to take it home with you, isnt that true
I remember my first Pc Back in 88 i owned IBM of at least 50pounds my father used to tell me Dont play near the computer if it falls over it's heavier than yoh
Actually a very cleve and effective ad for the portable, but would seem to undercut the sales of the Deskpro.
Lol hillarious
@BunnaySango Those were the times, that was the technology. That was portable in comparison to what existed at that point. How is that strange?
I had my eyes on an Amiga, never got it....
I guess that makes sense, yeah.
I'm disappointed that the PC doesn't land with a crash when he kicks it off at 0:10 :)
Theres just no future in portable computers. Who in their right mind would want to take their work with them? I mean, its not like you get overtime for that.
amazing how when i went on youtube, i saw a monty python vid and clicked it. then i realized i watched over 100 vids of the same thing and "wasted" two hours of my day.
@BunnaySango It IS the PC stone age
sigh @ the days when people who bought and used computers had a sense of humor. And the companies who sold them were appreciative of the fact.
What the fuck happened to the world.
who feels guilty watching this video right now.
@BunnaySango They used the stones to prevent people from stealing
Look its portable it has a handle it on......LOL
WTF!!! I would pay to even have 80's commercials. 2010's TV fucking suck compared to 80's commercials.
Sad Thing Is, it probably took him days to come up with.
John is chuck norris's father
:)
it's kuh
MISTAKKKKHUH!
By being funny.
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