25th Anniversary of Apple’s 1984 Ad

1. Jake D.
   January 28th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

   Like the football fans got the 1984 reference...

2. Dirty Steve
   January 28th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

   the hooters girls save the world...lol

3. FelixNeatorama
   January 28th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

   The other, Lemmings, commercial was far, far better. But, then, what commercial isn't?

   JD: "Like the football fans got the 1984 reference…"

   Yes, even un-evolved football fans in 1984 were aware of George Orwell. 1984 came up frequently in grunts around tailgate camp fires.

4. Edward
   January 28th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

   I was watching the Superbowl that year with five other young IBM engineers. I was stunned with the evocative power of that ad as well as Apple's arrogance. There was no question in my mind who they thought was the "Big Brother" of the computer business. My co-workers didn't understand a bit of it.

5. hooptycritter
   January 28th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

   This ad is sooo overrated - I didn't like it then and it only looks worse. It's a bad riff on Terry Giliam's Brazil. So What? is what I said then - yawn I say now.

6. WordyGrrl
   January 28th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

   Oh, hoopty... Yer showin' yer age, honey! Brazil is a takeoff of 1984.

   I remember seeing this ad when it first came out, and being thrilled that it was a female athlete. That alone seemed really progressive.

7. Coco
   January 29th, 2009 at 12:58 am

   futurama did a take on this commercial...funny too:
   http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=162976&title=p lanex

8. MarkW
   January 29th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

   The 1984 ad was marketing genius . . . and a huge risk at the time. Well done Apple! For those in my line of work, this ad is famous and a part of advertising history.

9. [R3D]
   January 29th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

   Funny how Apple has become more of a "Big Brother" presence then Windows ever was. I still don't understand how Windows as a open platform is considered as Big Brother in this commercial.

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