Is this real? Bowie, Vonnegut, Pat Benatar, and Cicely Tyson shilling coffee in 1984? Really? For real? Is it? (Hat tip.)
The Coffee Achievers
May 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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2 responses so far ↓
1 AG // May 28, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Oh it was, it was — I was there and I was soooo excited to see my hero Vonnegut… you know, existing. It’s peculiar looking back, sure, but this was also the era in which Linda Ellerbee, a respected newscaster, was shilling for Prodigy, a not-very-respected-but-VERY-early online service, and Harlan Ellison took an ad for the Geo (cheap compact car) so he could say the word “EVOLUTION!” on national television.
Come to think of it, I think Ellison should do another ad!
2 will // Nov 19, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Vonnegut is ironic in this ad. This ad is like something Vonnegut would make fun of in a criticial way in one of his books.
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