One more!

Yep, it was a much simpler time…

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?

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

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)

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

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.)

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.

’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…

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

[moo & oink RAWK!! ]

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

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

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.

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!

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…

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.

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.

This one will blow your miiiiind.

Hey, man, is that Freedom Rock?

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

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.

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

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.

Girls playing Dungeons and Dragons?

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

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

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

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…)

I wanna have a smoke with Fred and Barney…

mikey

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

mikey

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?

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

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!

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