This scandalous ad for Parker Brother’s video games was the first 900 phone service ad I remember seeing. It was an odd concept at the time: you call a number and they bill fifty cents to your phone account, just for calling the number. I remember calling this number like 20 times one day after school and never getting through. Once I got through and it was a voice ad for the Popeye video game with someone talking like Popeye. I remember feeling really jipped.I guess I should have known with great lines like:
- Roses are red
Violets are blue
Q-BERT’S A HOPPER
And this place is too! - JEFF IS A WIMP
I am not wimpy!
I play Popeye! - COILY’s A SNAKE!
- I got 700 in English
BIG DEAL! I GOT 007 FOR MY BIRTHDAY - GYRUSS IS COMING
- I AM NOT SHORT!
- Super Cobra’s the … think you’re good …the squeeze!
And speaking of hopper. The other day I told one of my kids to throw something in the hopper, and they looked at me like I had three heads. I told them, back in my day, we used to call toilets hoppers. I felt really old. Be sure to teach your kids this word, or it will be lost forever.
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