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  1. stephen said,

    July 15, 2007 at 9:51

    One more!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzhSmxZYLqY

  2. owlbear1 said,

    July 15, 2007 at 10:15

    Yep, it was a much simpler time…

  3. a different brad said,

    July 15, 2007 at 10:42

    I’m not afraid of clowns, but that McDonald’s ad was one of the most frightening things I’ve ever seen. Was that Willard?

  4. Some Guy said,

    July 15, 2007 at 11:58

    Classic
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpTe__qozOk

    There’s a running bet going, with odds 11-1, that Link is played by a chick there.

    And holy crap, the Winston makes me think of
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MPkRMfzzaY

  5. CS Lewis Jr. said,

    July 15, 2007 at 11:58

    Please note that “my magic tray here keeps me well supplied” is flawless iambic pentameter. Can today’s corporate Ronald say as much?

    (h/t Stephen Fry)

  6. celticgirl said,

    July 15, 2007 at 12:03

    So was that John Wayne Gacey’s first gig? God I hate clowns…

  7. M. Bouffant said,

    July 15, 2007 at 14:27

    Yes, that was indeed one of Washington, D. C.’s many contributions to clown culture, Willard Scott. (Not Willard “Mittens” Romney, who is a somewhat different sort of clown.)

  8. kingubu said,

    July 15, 2007 at 14:49

    Another commercial break? So soon? Oy.

    You know, Gav, if the server hamsters’ Strategic Astroglide Reserves are running low and you need us to hit the tipjar again all you have to do is ask. These oblique appeals are totally unnecessary.

    Oh, and I couldn’t find a EweToob clip of the commercials that the Firesign Theatre used to do for a local LA Volkswagon dealership so this will have to do.

  9. LittlePig said,

    July 15, 2007 at 14:58

    ’m not afraid of clowns, but that McDonald’s ad was one of the most frightening things I’ve ever seen. Was that Willard?

    Yes, indeedy – Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald. Kinda a harbinger of his future career…

  10. Marq said,

    July 15, 2007 at 15:20

    Awright! Moo & Oink!!!1!!!11! Duuuude!!1!

    [moo & oink RAWK!! ]

  11. Jim said,

    July 15, 2007 at 17:00

    Is that Ken Nordine doing the voice over for Dungeons & Dragons?

  12. splinterbrain said,

    July 15, 2007 at 17:10

    Ah, the good old days when D&D was responsible for our evil youth.

  13. Smotes Durston said,

    July 15, 2007 at 17:10

    In all my years I’ve never seen a more dishonest advertisement. Girls playing Dungeons and Dragons?

    Plus, a single lightning bolt could never kill a red dragon, sheesh.

  14. FGFM said,

    July 15, 2007 at 17:28

    Indeed, that is Ken Nordine! I have some Golden Age footage with Ken (guy lives a mile and a half from the folks) on camera for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a show they had called Great Music From Chicago that I should upload.

    On another local note, I love Moo and Oink and used to shop at their original location by the old Stockyards, but I’d really like to see one of those old commercials that the late Dick the Bruiser used to do with Bob Luce for One Stop Food & Liquors at 43rd & Lake Park. I do have the one somewhere that Bobo Brazil did that someone was kind enough to quote in an online review.

    I shop in Chicago at One Stop where I buy my beer and chitlins by the case, and One Stop sells them at the lowest price. I love their spare ribs in the 30 pound boxes. That is the way I buy. ONE STOP!

  15. kingubu said,

    July 15, 2007 at 17:37

    Yep, Jim, that’s definitely Nordine doing the voice work on the D&D ad.

    Here’s a nice bit

    Damn, now I’m going to have to dig up my copy of the best of Word Jazz…

  16. Disgruntled Goat said,

    July 15, 2007 at 17:45

    Wow, Some Guy, 11-1 odds? Umm, the fact that Link clearly has BREASTS kind of gives it away at the beginning, doesn’t it? That’s like Jim Gilmore getting 11-1 odds of becoming President.

  17. Gavin M. said,

    July 15, 2007 at 17:47

    I’d really like to see one of those old commercials that the late Dick the Bruiser used to do with Bob Luce for One Stop Food & Liquors at 43rd & Lake Park.

    Alas, this is all that turns up.

  18. tb said,

    July 15, 2007 at 18:26

    This one will blow your miiiiind.

  19. J— said,

    July 15, 2007 at 18:32

    Hey, man, is that Freedom Rock?

  20. mikey said,

    July 15, 2007 at 18:48

    Moo and Oink? Man, spending my time west of denver has really cost me in cultural literacy. Oh sure, I’ve shopped at Piggly Wiggly, but I’ve never been to Moo and Oink, and that makes me more than a little sad…

    mikey

  21. maryc said,

    July 15, 2007 at 18:53

    In all my years I’ve never seen a more dishonest advertisement. Girls playing Dungeons and Dragons?

    My brother made me play D&D once. I was an elf and I think I got eaten by zombies. I’m not really clear on what happened, exactly.

    I never did get the gist of the whole game, so that was my one and only time playing D&D.

    Give me mmporgs like CoH over D&D any old day.

  22. FGFM said,

    July 15, 2007 at 18:56

    I’ve never been to Moo and Oink, and that makes me more than a little sad…

    But rejoice that you live in the era of the Internets!

    http://www.moo-oink.com

  23. J— said,

    July 15, 2007 at 19:08

    Man, spending my time west of denver has really cost me in cultural literacy.

    The West Coast has It’s-Its. That counts for a lot in my book.

  24. Righteous Bubba said,

    July 15, 2007 at 19:25

    Girls playing Dungeons and Dragons?

    Oh the sweet sweet competition between nerd, dweeb and geek.

  25. Disgruntled Goat said,

    July 15, 2007 at 19:56

    I played D&D as a kid, but I still had girlfriends. How did I do it?
    I had a pair of these.

  26. Disgruntled Goat said,

    July 15, 2007 at 19:56

    Damn preview–
    Here is the link– http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q48t967TGzE

  27. Smotes Durston said,

    July 15, 2007 at 21:09

    Give me mmporgs like CoH over D&D any old day.

    What server(s) you populate most often?

    (And I think I’ve seen elfs get eaten by zombies in CoH, too…)

  28. mikey said,

    July 15, 2007 at 21:52

    I wanna have a smoke with Fred and Barney…

    mikey

  29. mikey said,

    July 15, 2007 at 22:37

    ‘Cause Wilma’s a skank, but that Betty Rubble is Teh Hawt!!!

    mikey

  30. maryc said,

    July 15, 2007 at 23:12

    What server(s) you populate most often?

    Oh lordy. My main character is on Liberty, but it’s been awhile since I played her. Right now, I’m working on leveling a character up on Champion, and I play on Infinity a lot.

    You?

  31. maryc said,

    July 15, 2007 at 23:15

    Oh, and populate is the BEST word for me. I’m a bit of an alt-aholic.

  32. Tak, the Hideous New Girl said,

    July 16, 2007 at 3:57

    In all my years I’ve never seen a more dishonest advertisement. Girls playing Dungeons and Dragons?

    Hey! I got my first D&D box set (the red one) more than 20 years ago!

    Then again, I am hideous…

  33. Smotes Durston said,

    July 16, 2007 at 5:09

    Maryc,

    The choice of “populate” was probably a projection on my part, for the same reason. Filled up Justice, Freedom & Virtue, though, so I suspect we haven’t crossed paths.

  34. Jeff Fecke said,

    July 16, 2007 at 8:49

    Oh, girls play D & D…women make up almost 2.3% of all players, and 57% of all characters. But male or female, that’s the coolest group of gamers I’ve ever seen.

  35. Chan said,

    July 16, 2007 at 16:33

    I dunno. I’m not sure anyone under the age of 30 ever wore sport coats when they were spending time with their friends, like that one girl is doing there.

    And as far as girls playing D&D, maybe I’m just more fortunate than most, but I have known at least a dozen women who play or have played the game.

    And I married one of ‘em.

    So nyeah.

  36. Smotes Durston said,

    July 16, 2007 at 18:32

    First: kudos to Gavin for digging up the clip; I’ve never seen a televised RPG commercial.

    Second: I’d congratulate TSR for its progressiveness if I wasn’t sure that including both sexes as players was merely an effort to enlarge market share. (The commercial actually suggests cross-gender role-playing, though it’s probably just how post-production shook out: it cuts from the non-blazered girl to the only unambiguously male character, the bearded magic-user.)

    Third: My comment was meant to be a joke, though in actuality all the girls I’ve known who played (a cousin, two sisters, a sister’s friend, and a mom’s friend’s friend’s daughter) were one-and-done with the experience, like maryc above. I’ve known a handful of women who played, but the only females who seemed to find pleasure in it were adults.

    Fourth: My wife, too, is a gamer, though not of the D&D sort.

    Fifth: Jeff, where do you get your statistics (I assume 2.3% is a typo for 23%)? How on earth could you actually tally all the players of the game?

    Sixth: (Revealing shameful depth of nerdiness) The commercial kids are playing “Keep on the Borderlands”: there’s no dragon involved in that module!

  37. Jon H said,

    July 19, 2007 at 5:42

    Is that chick in the D&D commercial Jamie Gertz? The one without glasses?

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