Today In History - January 22, 1984....Apple Macintosh Introduced In Super Bowl XVIII Commercial

[+ azdr0710]

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It would eventually be selected by both TV Guide and Advertising Age as the greatest commercial of all time

 

https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-1984-super-bowl-20170125-story.html

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-1984-super-bowl-ad-history-2019-2

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-apple-1984-ad-myths-ent-0205-20170201-column.html

Edited January 23, 2022 by azdr0710

[+ pdxleo]

How on Earth did the NFL back then get 21 weeks of regular season, and nine rounds of playoffs, in by the third week of January?  "Dripping sarcasm"

[+ Charlie]

I saw that commercial. I was dumbfounded when my spouse came home with the Mac a few weeks later; I thought it was just an overpriced and complicated device to play games. Of course, there was no Internet then. When he got tired of trying to play with it, I took it to my office and used it as a typewriter/printer for years.

[+ WilliamM]

January 22, 1973

Roe v  Wade decision made public by the Supreme Court.

Former President Lyndon Johnson died in Texas leaving President Richard Nixon as the only living president or former president