“I Wouldn’t Watch This Commercial” – JOHN CLEESE Compaq Ad
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One of many wonderful commercials John Cleese did for Compaq Computer Corporation in the mid to late ’80s. A very rare find and a treasure for any John Cleese fan, these classic ads were shown only in England.
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Chips, buses and compatibility!… I can imagine that statement would get quite a few odd looks if taken out of context.
da’faq I just watched!!!
ahhh man i had a 386, remember the 486 with a turbo button too
No, why would it be strange?
RIP Joe McNally
Inet (Sweden) Taurus Hardcore Überkill Gamer with 4 GTX600 HDGraphics card, and 5 1920x1080p 24″ BenQ monitors, all this is at least 15000 Times better than the computer in the video, and the price for everything is between 1599.90-3299.90. In Sweden it’s about 15990-32990:- (SEK).
Looking inside my old 486 from 95 is a sad sight, looks sooooo old and crude and nasty. The new ones have fancy,cool printboards with colored chips and stuff. wonder what the a computer will look like in say 50 years??? xD
“I’m only two years old ”
How the heck do you reach the keyboard?
it can’t run cs 1.6. thats for sure
Aah, we had a 386 a long time ago. Maybe at -92. I think computers lasted a bit longer in those days.
cool Im daddys little girl
nice
The Compaq computer I used was nothing more than an overblown typewriter. While it was great for word processing and photoshop, it sucks when it came to video editing.
@steuenschannel Ehm. These were technologies within Computer Engineering, that was developed LATER.
no
Hmm, Dell / Packard Bell (& all the Foreign Made Brands) could learn much from this (they can’t make a catchy Advert [or a Decent PC] for Toffee ; )
“Rule Computannia” i say!
(Laugh ; )
0_0 Must. Buy. Compaq.
John Cleese = Greatness
Me and my friends regularly see who can quote more of these sketches. i’ve found a loot of Cleese’s stuff on the snapsnap channel.
More chips=more POWER
people could say cock-and-balls on public television?
Did Cleese ever make a BAD commercial?
old keyboards are heavy but at least they have real springs under the keys, instead of rubber. Far better than new keyboards. Made for typing speed.
Mouses killed keyboard design, and are also why today’s 20-somethings can’t type their way out of a paper bag.
The keyboard alone weighed about 40lbs so I guess the bus part was right.
There are two systems of enumeration, the short and long scales. In the short scale, a billion is a thousand million, a trillion is a throusand billion, etc. In the long scale, a billion is a million million, with a millard becoming a thousand million.
The long scale is rather archaic, so “MrToiletclogger” up there is more corrrect.