> > > What I want to locate is the SuperBowl ad from
> > >two years ago... I think it's the one with the
> > >hammer smashing a huge silver screen, an athlete
> > >running from it, and the rows of zombified
> > >workers staring at a Big Brother type of
> > >propaganda projection. Anyone have any idea
> > >what this is?
> >
> > Uh, unless that was parodied or re-run a few years ago, you've got your dates wrong.
>
> Probably. I don't watch much TV; I only saw this ad for the first and last times, twice, within the last two years.
>
>
> > That sounds like the "1984" ad that was run in (of course) 1984 by Apple Computers. It was for the introduction of their new comptuer, the Mac. It only ran once, during the Superbowl, and is considered one of if not the greatest commercial of all time. I didn't think it was really that great.
> >
> > It's actually the commercial that started the whole "Superbowl ads" craze. Before that, Superbowl ads weren't nearly such a big deal.
> >
>
> So this is the great-granddaddy of them all? Huh. Even if it isn't that good, I *still* would like to know if there's a QuickTime movie or some such available somewhere, so I can see what people (like Kiki's Dad) are raving about.
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> Wolf "Never even seen a 'wazzzzzzup' commercial" spirit

If I don't remember terribly wrong, that commercial was originally shown in 1983, because the Mac was introduced in early 1984. However, my brother has a QuckTime (or possibly mpeg) clip of that ad. I think I'll try to put it on my site next weekend.

Juho