After I wrote about the Commodore 64 the other day Coach Coco mentioned a piece of trivia I’d never heard. Apparently William Shatner was the spokesperson for Commodore in the 80’s.
Well Coach Coco has tracked down some footage on YouTube which is hilarious.
Watch as the Shat extols the virtues of the Commodore VIC-20, the wonder computer of the 1980’s.
The following list was taken from Cracking the Sleep Code, and was originally published in The Standard newspaper in the UK.
My notes are in bold.
Ten top tips to an improved night’s sleep:
1. Take a hot bath. ***
As a heterosexual male I can not in good conscience take a bath. It goes against the code you see.
2. […]
I was expecting to see an antiquated speech about drugs that I could ridicule. What was delivered was so much better.
I kinda wish the actual movie was more like this.
No matter how many times I watch this it still makes me laugh.
Everyones favourite has-been action star Steven Seagal now has his own energy drink called “Lightening Bolt”. I would have gone with “Bone Smasher” myself.
Who the hell is going to buy this?
Watch for the shot of Captain America limping away from a tough battle. I forgot how bad this was.
