Comments on: A retro-futuristic Ray Bradbury helps sell prunes

By: earl

earl — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:41:25 +0000

Little did they know then that in 2000 the California Prune Board would spend $10 million to market prunes as "dried plums".

By: Chad Cloman

Chad Cloman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:08:54 +0000

But he was right about the wall-to-wall televisions...

By: Jbot

Jbot — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:37:35 +0000

that was funny he was (sadly) wrong about the tubes though

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:27:04 +0000

I keep missing my chance to meet him. Ray Bradbury was the first science fiction author I read, and he has made me a loyal fan to the genre. Very funny commercial!

By: Lotta

Lotta — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:01:56 +0000

I can't wait for my pneumatic tube to arrive!

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:11:42 +0000

ray bradbury is awesome... i just wish he was right about those tubes...

By: Juan Motaim

Juan Motaim — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:54:11 +0000

If you read Stan's autobiography ("It Only Hurts When I Laugh") he tells how he convinced Bradbury, who refused all commercial endorsements, to make this commercial.

By: Tony LaRocca

Tony LaRocca — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:13:17 +0000

Stan Freberg and Ray Bradbury - two of my favorite creative people - together. Who knew?

By: Don Newbury

Don Newbury — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:30:17 +0000

That commercial was done by Stan Freberg who also narrated it. He was responsible for some the greatest commercials from that era as well as being a wonderful humorist.