rkolker@netxcom.UUCP (rich kolker) (02/29/88)
Okay folks at Atari (I know you're out there) here's an idea for ST advertising. In all of the interminable up-close-and-personal features ABC ran during the Olympics, there was one on Debi Thomas, figure skater and pre-med student using her computer. Well, look at that, it's an Atari ST (looks like a 1040). Now, this would have been better if Debi had won the gold, but she is a role model, not only as a skater but as a student, and if you want to show the ST as a serious computer, maybe sell a few to college students, she sounds like a perfect spokesperson to me...and she already chose the machine! Just an idea. ++rich +--------------------------------------------------------------------^-------+ | Rich Kolker The work goes on... A|W|A | | 8519 White Pine Drive The cause endures... H|T|H | | Manassas Park, VA 22111 The hope still lives... /|||\ | | (703)361-1290 (h) And the dream shall never die. /_|T|_\ | | (703)749-2315 (w) (..uunet!netxcom!rkolker) " W " | +------------------------------------------------------------------V---V-----+
roger_warren_tang@cup.portal.com (03/02/88)
Using Debi Thomas as a spokesperson makes much too much sense (as well as being too expensive, eaven at bronze medal prices) for Atari to ever do. This is aside from the misbegotten perception that the computing world is too lily white in the eyes of the ad executives to accept a person of color as a spokes person (ever wonder why there are no endorsements for the top black tennis players?).
rjung@sal11.usc.edu (Robert Jung) (03/03/88)
In article <690@netxcom.UUCP> rkolker@netxcom.UUCP (rich kolker) writes: >Okay folks at Atari (I know you're out there) here's an idea for ST >advertising. > >In all of the interminable up-close-and-personal features ABC ran during >the Olympics, there was one on Debi Thomas, figure skater and pre-med >student using her computer. Well, look at that, it's an Atari ST >(looks like a 1040). > >Now, this would have been better if Debi had won the gold, but she is >a role model, not only as a skater but as a student, and if you want >to show the ST as a serious computer, maybe sell a few to college >students, she sounds like a perfect spokesperson to me...and she >already chose the machine! > >Just an idea. And a darned good one, too. I didn't see the shot you mentioned, but it sounds good to me. Heck, while we're at it, let's get the Pointer Sisters into the act. If STart magazine is to be bvelieved (why not, they're nice guys), they loved the ST so much that they were willing to do a "free" promotion of the machine -- in exchange for an ST and lots of MIDI software... (Voiceover): "Debi Thomas on computers..." (Debi Thomas): "Training for the Winter Olympics is a dedicated effort. I have to spend a lot of my time training, and what little time is left goes into my school work. That's why my computer of choice is the Atari ST..." --R.J. B-) P.S. My other idea would be a magazine layout; The first page would be a copy of Apple's "And now, a computer for the rest of us..." (same fonts, colors, wording), then you turn the page over and see a Mega... ______________________________________________________________________________ Bitnet: rjung@castor.usc.edu "Who needs an Amiga?" = == = = == = Power WithOUT the Price = == = ===== == ===== Just because it's 8-bits doesn't make it obsolete. ==== == ====
govett@avsd.UUCP (David Govett) (03/04/88)
> > Using Debi Thomas as a spokesperson makes much too much sense (as well as > being too expensive, eaven at bronze medal prices) for Atari to ever do. > > This is aside from the misbegotten perception that the computing world is > too lily white in the eyes of the ad executives to accept a person of color > as a spokes person (ever wonder why there are no endorsements for the top > black tennis players?). Nonsense. Remember when Mr. T was the spokesman for the Imsai 998800 ? That was the one with the massively perpendicular architecture. As I recall, it was for hardcore hackers because it used no monitor. The OS was Unith 0.3 (written in Lithp). Is "Microsoft" a comment on Bill Gates' masculinity?
seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz) (03/04/88)
In article <690@netxcom.UUCP" rkolker@netxcom.UUCP (rich kolker) writes:
"Okay folks at Atari (I know you're out there) here's an idea for ST
"advertising.
"
"In all of the interminable up-close-and-personal features ABC ran during
"the Olympics, there was one on Debi Thomas, figure skater and pre-med
"student using her computer. Well, look at that, it's an Atari ST
"(looks like a 1040).
"
"Now, this would have been better if Debi had won the gold, but she is
"a role model, not only as a skater but as a student, and if you want
"to show the ST as a serious computer, maybe sell a few to college
"students, she sounds like a perfect spokesperson to me...and she
"already chose the machine!
"
"Just an idea.
"
"++rich
" +--------------------------------------------------------------------^-------+
" | Rich Kolker The work goes on... A|W|A |
" | 8519 White Pine Drive The cause endures... H|T|H |
" | Manassas Park, VA 22111 The hope still lives... /|||\ |
" | (703)361-1290 (h) And the dream shall never die. /_|T|_\ |
" | (703)749-2315 (w) (..uunet!netxcom!rkolker) " W " |
" +------------------------------------------------------------------V---V-----+
Debi's brother teaches math at the same high school where my Mom is
librarian. He likes Debi's ST so much, he's planning on getting one himself.
How about a team ad? Sounds like a perfect match.
While we're at it, Debi's Mom could be in there to. I met her once at
the computer store I work for. She is a very pleasant, articulate person.
Besides, she gave Debi some ST software for Christmas!
Matthew Seitzkimes@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Kit Kimes) (03/04/88)
In article <3623@cup.portal.com>, roger_warren_tang@cup.portal.com writes: > > Using Debi Thomas as a spokesperson makes much too much sense (as well as > being too expensive, eaven at bronze medal prices) for Atari to ever do. > I don't believe that it would be anywhere as expensive as an actor or top professional sports personality. I think this idea has a lot of merit and I hope Atari considers it seriously. > This is aside from the misbegotten perception that the computing world is > too lily white in the eyes of the ad executives to accept a person of color > as a spokes person (ever wonder why there are no endorsements for the top > black tennis players?). Someone must have forgotten to tell the ad executives that Bill Cosby is black ( :-) ). Actually, I also see Arthur Ash is an ad for an aspirin product even today. I think the main problem with black tennis players is that there isn't anyone with name recognition that the majority of the public will instantly say 'oh, that's (substitute any name you can think of here)'. Kit Kimes AT&T--Information Systems Labs ...ihnp4!ihlpe!kimes
farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) (03/05/88)
In article <3623@cup.portal.com> roger_warren_tang@cup.portal.com writes: > This is aside from the misbegotten perception that the computing world is >too lily white in the eyes of the ad executives to accept a person of color >as a spokes person (ever wonder why there are no endorsements for the top >black tennis players?). Didn't seem to bother Texas Instruments too much when they got Bill Cosby as their spokesman. -- Michael J. Farren | "INVESTIGATE your point of view, don't just {ucbvax, uunet, hoptoad}! | dogmatize it! Reflect on it and re-evaluate unisoft!gethen!farren | it. You may want to change your mind someday." gethen!farren@lll-winken.llnl.gov ----- Tom Reingold, from alt.flame
roger_warren_tang@cup.portal.com (03/08/88)
Of course, a 40 share on Thursdays can do a LOT of mind changing..... The truth is, of course, a black has be a bigger star with bigger clout than an equivalent white. Superstars are superstars; it's the next rung down that has the problems.
ugthomps@sunybcs.uucp (Gregory Thompson) (03/09/88)
Recently on a cabled episode of AIRWOLF they showed a "computer center"
oof sorts in the mountain where they keep airwolf. Lo and behold the
keyboard to this computer center was an ST. Looked like a 1040 too.
Maybe if atari sold more computers to the movie business *wink* *grin*
- greg