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5 of the best computer salesmen in the 80's

The 80's were great for really bad TV ads for computers. With the exception of the Mac/PC ads, you don't see ads much at all for computers and software. I listed 5 of the greatest computer salemen from the 80s on Classics Rock:


http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/classic-tech/?p=200

What ad campaign do you remember and did any of them influence you to pick one computer system over another?

Wow! That was a step back in time!

Hmmm... oddly enough the videos got stripped out of the blog for some reason. I've edited the original post and put them back in, but if it happens again, here they are:

William Shatner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUEI7mm8M7Q

Bill Bixby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhEZhK9byfs

Alan Alda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QJ1idVe-4

Bill Cosby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhsgvW9P7tI

King Kong Bundy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUMzmYobrtg

George Plimpton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9GySeh2t4

Buzz Aldrin, Tommy Lasorda, et al.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFoj6sbDjU