Remember those AT&T "You Will" adverts voiced by Tom Selleck?

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They started airing them about 10 years ago or so, when all the "information superhighway" hype was going strong. Anybody else realize that you can pretty much do everything now that is demonstrated in those commercials?

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't that the point of the ads? (Just not that it would solely be AT&T doing them.)

I know these ads a little too well as they are all over my MST3K tapes from the time.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Oh christ, i forgot about them being on the MST3K broadcasts.

of course, i gave all those tapes away, too, since i wound up never watching them.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

I vaguely remember these. What were some examples of things YOU WILL be able to do?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

Turn on your house lights from your little wireless PDA.

also, i guess we're living in the future. Doesn't it just SUCK?

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

oh yeah, i remember these.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

can you find the ad(s) online anywhere?

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

Remember those AT&T "You Will" adverts voiced by Tom Selleck? Those were cool.

― The Ghost of Chris Farley (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

"Oh, don't worry about him, Mr. Heston, he was like that before."

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

can you find the ad(s) online anywhere

http://ad-rag.com/114815.php

According to that site, the first-ever online banner ad was part of this campaign:

http://danbricklin.com/log/317fa950.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Oops ... looks like you have to register to that ad-rag site before you can view the commercials.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 June 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

"Have you ever clicked your mouse right HERE?" could still be the greatest banner line. "Why, no! I haven't! Best I remedy that problem right NOW."

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 27 June 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

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