My second Flashbak contribution this week remembered the era of George Plimpton as spokesman for Mattel's Intellivision:
Here's a snippet and the url; (http://flashbak.com/george-plimpton-voice-mattels-intellivision-45868/ )
George
Plimpton (1927-2003) was a Renaissance Man in the truest sense of that word. He
was an accomplished athlete, a journalist, a literary critic, a musician and even,
on occasion, a comedian.
But
my generation probably remembers him best for his spell as TV pitch-man for
Mattel’s Intellivision.
Starting
in 1980, Plimpton appeared in a series of commercials for the brand new game
system, Atari’s biggest rival, and his name became synonymous with
Intellivision to Gen X kids. He starred
in nearly a dozen such commercials, and in the process compared Atari and
Intellivision head-to-head, preached the value of “Intellivoice,” and even shot
a commercial with E.T.’s buddy, Elliott (actor Henry Thomas)."
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