@@ITILIIYeah, that's a massive bomb as far as sales go. The Commodore Vic-20 sold 3 million units over its lifetime. The Commodore 64, which came out around the same time as the Apple Lisa; sold something like 17 million units. The Lisa was discontinued in two years, while the Commodore 64 wasn't discontinued until more than 10 years after its release.
The whole Beta/Porn thing is a myth. There were several things that caused Beta not to succeed. First, Sony had exclusive rights to the Betamax VCR and refused to allow any other company to manufacture the units. They held a monopoly on the system and would not allow any other company to make betamax machines. This kept the price inflated and limited consumer choices. While with VHS, numerous companies produced VHS VCRs. RCA, Magnivox, Sanyo, you name it. Thus more VHS machines were built by various manufacturers who were in competition with one another and thus keeping the price lower on their machines. Beta had a higher picture quality, but quality only goes so far and often takes a back seat to price. Early Betamax tapes only held 1 hour of recording time while VHS held something like 3-6 hours? I forget exactly. Sony did not change this until it was too late. Also, video stores where you rented video tapes-they always carried more VHS tapes than Beta tapes. You went in to rent Back To The Future for example, they would have 20 copies of it for rent on VHS and maybe 1-2 copies of it on Beta. Thus giving people another reason to buy VHS over Beta. This kind of ties into the porn legend because it probably was next to impossible to rent a porno on Betamax-but that was not the only reason for it failing. It was hard to rent any movie on Betamax. A friend of mine bought a Beta in the mid 80s when they were phasing them out simply because of the cheap clearance price he got it at. I still rib him about that today. This has been a long, boring and dorky reply for your entertainment.
Yeah the dude who brought that up "heard it" from Boogie Nights. There's a whole plot point about how video revolutionized the porn industry. Not exactly a solid reliable source.
Which is funny because it's similar (although obviously not identical) to what happened with HD DVD and Blu-Ray. HD DVD was more open and in some respects consumer-friendly, and Sony was the main force behind Blu-Ray, which was more locked down. This time they managed to pull it off though.
The last store still carrying them just stopped in West Virginia within the last few months. The pizza was actually really good. It was during the summer of 1995, no one ever remembered it around here but I always remember being like 8 years old and getting some pizza all summer. Good times. I don't think I ever saw a large pie, pretty sure they only served it in personal pan size.
That so brother man? Attack on your account is inevitable now unless you apologize and admit this was a genius ooie riff-bit check out the empties biiiitch
Opie Meter: Speedpump Avoidance: B He rarely does his usual butting in let's the conversational baton get passed, doesnt stop the show to a halt, he's actually fine here Show Contribution: C+ Unfortunately he's also prominently featured in this segment and his contribution is pretty muted, the usual guide of the subject and conversation, but almost every joke or observation he says bombs, and this becomes a subtle example how out of his league he is here. Overall B- Even a more tolerable opie highlights how even on his better than usual segments, he just isn't a good conversationalist and was always out of his element admist the banter. Cuz what these three guys have and Opie doesn't. Chemistry
Mcd's pizza was good. When asked if it was coming back an executive stated "you'll never find out but you will never see it again" Rumour is that pizza hut paid them to get out of the business, made a settlement
How did they not comment on how terrifying the music in the Apple Lisa commercial was? That sounds like it was supposed to be the intro to a slasher film. Or that scene when Paul Kersey's daughter jumped out a window to avoid being gangraped again, only to be impaled on a spiky metal fence.
6:14 An old classmate of mine from undergrad went to high school with those girls. Hit head-on by a tractor-trailer. Don't text while driving, kids : /
Has it been 5 years already gone...? 2015?The day ant was fired I cancelled my XM subscription. Only had Xm for the o and a show. I had prob had xm radio since 2005? Never got to hear the failed opie and jimmy show or the failed opie show...
The Arc deluxe was the attempt of McDonald’s to get ahead of the gourmet burger craze. People going to McDonald’s weren’t interested in paying more for a burger as that is why they are at McDonald’s and the dollar menu soon took off at McDonald’s
What the hell does jimmy say at 3:06? "Im killing ope..Im drinking a god damn cool drink"? , whatever it is its fucking funny the way he does it I would just like to know what he actually says.
No, dopie's problem is he TRIED to be humorous' - but lacking intellect, imagination, humor, wit, and timing....failed miserably.....but how dare you insult The Destroyer ! Even Chip Chipperson would never dare to tangle with his hero, who's been doing radio since he's 18.......apprill fawwlls !!!
i wonder if Anthony and Jim ever told him that, like, “bro you’re good at doing the steering the ship thing. you need to concentrate while you drive, meaning you do your job and let the funny people be funny...and stay off the phone!”
+chaoshallnotfall `cause sitting 4th chair to Ant, Yimmy, and Nikky makes a man realize how un-funny you are and how little you have to contribute to the show overall..........he should be bummed. His name is first on the marquee, and shouldn't be there at all.
god Opie and his stupid lapping up to the callers with the stupid 80 mile an hour feedback, it wasnt funny, and Nick Dipalo tryed vigorously to mine a joke out of it
If this wasn't Anthony's show he would 100 percent still be a regular. Can you imagine if this wasn't opues show. He can't cope in the same room as these boys. Notice he hasn't been on a single other podcast since he got fired. He can not hang in any level with anyone
Sony was making new Betamax tapes up until March 2016, they stop making Betamax players back in 2002: www.cinemablend.com/new/Wait-Why-Was-Sony-Still-Creating-Betamax-Tapes-93637.html No wonder Sony loses so much money every year.
Came here looking for Ant's old timey voice. Never gets old.
Fucking hilarious. The future...
The last 5 minutes of Anthony's 50's bit is the funniest thing ever 😂
Ant's 50's Guy voice cracks me up every time.
Curtos07 The future!!
*30's
It's comedy gold
Always!
@@frozenlicksright, 30-40’s
Anthony's impression of those old '50s commercial voiceovers was priceless.
I wanna know who was the actual guy who did those.
@@jordanrioscreationsevery radio guy sounded the same then. Just like how all newscasters do now.
Old-Timey Ant RULES!
Does anybody else remember the Crystal Pepsi commercials with -=VanHalen=- playing "Right Now" in the background?
I worked at a grocery store then and they pushed it like crazy
I wish this was hours long, what a great subject..
20:27 Jimmy's little "Ugh" made me laugh harder than it probably should.
Raymond Gallant Wow, how did you even hear that? Impressive.
Wow, I have great headphones and that was quiet.
"RAOF rolling all over freeway" jim was so fucking quick
Anthony and Nick & Jimmy are the best.
18:10
Cosby trying to convince his date to drink her spiked drink.
😂 😂 😂
The Apple Lisa also had the wonderful sticker price of 10 grand.
Holy sh*t! That's like 50 million today
And it sold 10,000 units in 2 years...which means it made 100,000,000 in 2 years ! We should all fail like that !
@@ITILIIYeah, that's a massive bomb as far as sales go. The Commodore Vic-20 sold 3 million units over its lifetime.
The Commodore 64, which came out around the same time as the Apple Lisa; sold something like 17 million units. The Lisa was discontinued in two years, while the Commodore 64 wasn't discontinued until more than 10 years after its release.
@@pictureframes7694 $30k actually. Which is still insane.
The last three minutes are fucking gold.
Omg Anthony killed me near end with that commercial parody lmao
"Ahhh, tomato, tomotto, it all equals this!"
Spit out my goddamn drink.
The whole Beta/Porn thing is a myth. There were several things that caused Beta not to succeed. First, Sony had exclusive rights to the Betamax VCR and refused to allow any other company to manufacture the units. They held a monopoly on the system and would not allow any other company to make betamax machines. This kept the price inflated and limited consumer choices. While with VHS, numerous companies produced VHS VCRs. RCA, Magnivox, Sanyo, you name it. Thus more VHS machines were built by various manufacturers who were in competition with one another and thus keeping the price lower on their machines. Beta had a higher picture quality, but quality only goes so far and often takes a back seat to price.
Early Betamax tapes only held 1 hour of recording time while VHS held something like 3-6 hours? I forget exactly. Sony did not change this until it was too late.
Also, video stores where you rented video tapes-they always carried more VHS tapes than Beta tapes. You went in to rent Back To The Future for example, they would have 20 copies of it for rent on VHS and maybe 1-2 copies of it on Beta. Thus giving people another reason to buy VHS over Beta. This kind of ties into the porn legend because it probably was next to impossible to rent a porno on Betamax-but that was not the only reason for it failing. It was hard to rent any movie on Betamax.
A friend of mine bought a Beta in the mid 80s when they were phasing them out simply because of the cheap clearance price he got it at. I still rib him about that today.
This has been a long, boring and dorky reply for your entertainment.
Yeah the dude who brought that up "heard it" from Boogie Nights. There's a whole plot point about how video revolutionized the porn industry. Not exactly a solid reliable source.
I'm starting to think that Opie and Anthony are not a good or reliable source of information.
I know it's 2 years later but that was an interesting bit of Info. Thanks
Which is funny because it's similar (although obviously not identical) to what happened with HD DVD and Blu-Ray. HD DVD was more open and in some respects consumer-friendly, and Sony was the main force behind Blu-Ray, which was more locked down. This time they managed to pull it off though.
Oddly enough, most TV shows are still recorded on Betamax.
I've never had McDonalds pizza, but it must've been pretty bad to fail, considering Little Caesars is still in business.
I actually liked it, but I also loved the terrible square school lunch pizza back then, so that kinda means nothing.
The last store still carrying them just stopped in West Virginia within the last few months. The pizza was actually really good. It was during the summer of 1995, no one ever remembered it around here but I always remember being like 8 years old and getting some pizza all summer. Good times. I don't think I ever saw a large pie, pretty sure they only served it in personal pan size.
Little Caesar's doesn't sell pizza. It sells disappointment.
I remember liking it when I was a little cunt
@@ickyelf9472 it tastes like... failure
Whenever it's an announcer from the 50's it never fails, Ant will follow up and pepper in "neeeegros"
My first haircut as a toddler was filmed on a Polavision. :)
EGarrett01 -God help you for that
@@jamesbruno1519 God is powerless against that atrocity
"RAOF, rolling all over freeway."
He'll be a hell of a swimmer.....with those Flippers!!
Opie is a failed product too
That so brother man? Attack on your account is inevitable now unless you apologize and admit this was a genius ooie riff-bit check out the empties biiiitch
HA HA HOOOLYYYY SHIT
@Dawn of the Dad finally. Somebody had to say this.
2:57 2008 was like 15 years ago, amazing :3
I don't know why the Arch Deluxe failed. I fucking loved that burger.
yea it was delicious.
+Shawn Smith fuck i was just talking about this the other day... i don't even remember everything about it, other than eating two at a time...
Ahhh the days of 'Than's laugh..
Beta had superior video quality to VHS. VHS became more popular because it was cheaper and you could record more on them.
Ant was the most talented member of this show. That bit at the end made lol
Opie Meter:
Speedpump Avoidance: B
He rarely does his usual butting in let's the conversational baton get passed, doesnt stop the show to a halt, he's actually fine here
Show Contribution: C+
Unfortunately he's also prominently featured in this segment and his contribution is pretty muted, the usual guide of the subject and conversation, but almost every joke or observation he says bombs, and this becomes a subtle example how out of his league he is here.
Overall B-
Even a more tolerable opie highlights how even on his better than usual segments, he just isn't a good conversationalist and was always out of his element admist the banter. Cuz what these three guys have and Opie doesn't. Chemistry
ants old time riff is funny as fuck!
29:51 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Anthony is gold!
It starts at 26:00 😂
Mcd's pizza was good. When asked if it was coming back an executive stated "you'll never find out but you will never see it again"
Rumour is that pizza hut paid them to get out of the business, made a settlement
Rip Opie and Anthony show
Gladiator Gaming What happened ?
@@mumbullz3480 all because he said negro??
Anyone know the names of the old-timey songs they were playing as Ant riffed on the Edsel and radiation?
Danny Kaye did the Polarvision commercial
I love how people know Crystal Pepsi now than they did back when this Show was made.
How does that work?
Opie not getting what Jim was going for with “Opie, I’ll read it. Anything, I’ll read it.”
opie saying the mcdonalds polystyrene packaging ruined the ozone layer. jesus christ.
22:11 that is sooo fucking true. now we are going to have sex robots.
2020....where is my fucking jet-pack and flying car!!
Wow! 13:47 Proto-Chip.
How did they not comment on how terrifying the music in the Apple Lisa commercial was? That sounds like it was supposed to be the intro to a slasher film. Or that scene when Paul Kersey's daughter jumped out a window to avoid being gangraped again, only to be impaled on a spiky metal fence.
They ALL had terrifying music
6:14
An old classmate of mine from undergrad went to high school with those girls. Hit head-on by a tractor-trailer. Don't text while driving, kids : /
Did Cosby force himself on anyone involved with the Coke commercial shoots?
Never take a drink offered by the Coz.
The Stoner Guru never forced himself on any one...they were all star fucking coke whores
Has it been 5 years already gone...? 2015?The day ant was fired I cancelled my XM subscription. Only had Xm for the o and a show. I had prob had xm radio since 2005? Never got to hear the failed opie and jimmy show or the failed opie show...
Am I the only dude who loved McDicks pizza?
And was choked when they stopped making it???
The Arc deluxe was the attempt of McDonald’s to get ahead of the gourmet burger craze. People going to McDonald’s weren’t interested in paying more for a burger as that is why they are at McDonald’s and the dollar menu soon took off at McDonald’s
Listening to all these old videos now it's amazing to think Opie and Anthony were not even talking and probably didn't like each other. What a lie!
was burr there too?
LMAO fuckin ant man.....
I never liked Di paolo, but fucking Ant doing his 50's announcer voice is one of the funniest bits I ever heard.
10:49 Smh Opie!
10:55 is some genuine Opie-Jim tension. Same exact tone of voice as "You wanna finish eating your grapes and we'll continue..."
What the hell does jimmy say at 3:06? "Im killing ope..Im drinking a god damn cool drink"? , whatever it is its fucking funny the way he does it I would just like to know what he actually says.
i'm chilly ope, i'm drinking a god damn cool thing/drink
Automatic rolling up windows......
why would you want Junior PC when Senior is available, with more experience. aaahahaha, dont know why it made me laugh so much
Coke's brilliant scheme to lose millions on production and advertising of a product and then scrap it all!
+robotpanda77
Like they give a fuck.
Im sure they made that all back when the dummy's that were complaining went out and bottle a couple of bottles.
And then making it all back and then some after bringing out coke classic with record sales spikes.
It’s more of a 40’s voice than 50’s guys.
13:17
Opie needs to stop trying to be humorous.
It shoulda been "The Jimmy and Anthony show"
No, dopie's problem is he TRIED to be humorous' - but lacking intellect, imagination, humor, wit, and timing....failed miserably.....but how dare you insult The Destroyer ! Even Chip Chipperson would never dare to tangle with his hero, who's been doing radio since he's 18.......apprill fawwlls !!!
i wonder if Anthony and Jim ever told him that, like, “bro you’re good at doing the steering the ship thing. you need to concentrate while you drive, meaning you do your job and let the funny people be funny...and stay off the phone!”
Couldn't take the 3 minutes it would take to include the videos they talked about?
I don’t think you understand video editing
Try Bill Cosby's New Coke.... with roofies!
26:20
Radio art
yeaaaaaaaaaah yeaaaah
The first commercial kinda sounds like rod serling
0:15
24:46 Why does Opie sound so bummed out ??
+chaoshallnotfall `cause sitting 4th chair to Ant, Yimmy, and Nikky makes a man realize how un-funny you are and how little you have to contribute to the show overall..........he should be bummed. His name is first on the marquee, and shouldn't be there at all.
Good to know Polaroid created Snapchat in 1942
I understand people using words like "uh" to stall while speaking, but what the fuck was Norton doing using it while reading?
Polaroid was vine before vine.
Texting while driving is nature's new survival of the fittest.
god Opie and his stupid lapping up to the callers with the stupid 80 mile an hour feedback, it wasnt funny, and Nick Dipalo tryed vigorously to mine a joke out of it
Poor Nick, every time we hear his voice it just reminds us of the time Family Guy was shite!
Crystal Pepsi is got tier
Opie is the most underrated..he’s actually the only funny guy here.People just don’t get him
If this wasn't Anthony's show he would 100 percent still be a regular. Can you imagine if this wasn't opues show. He can't cope in the same room as these boys. Notice he hasn't been on a single other podcast since he got fired. He can not hang in any level with anyone
Sony was making new Betamax tapes up until March 2016, they stop making Betamax players back in 2002:
www.cinemablend.com/new/Wait-Why-Was-Sony-Still-Creating-Betamax-Tapes-93637.html
No wonder Sony loses so much money every year.
Poppycock! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Steve jobs botched the lisa on purpose
It's sad that the most insecure/unfunny person is also incharge
youtube commenter
Nick D is the most unfunny guy
Ken Padgett you know Opie was on this show right?
@@mybestregards I know right
I'd rather listen to Nick D than Opie.