Decker

Writer George Plimton died Thursday at age 76. He was best known as a writer and had some memorable roles as an actor as well, usually as a stuffed shirt (ie Good Will Hunting). But for folks of my generation, he'll always be Mr Intellivision. His commercials were running non-stop in the early 80's; showing the "huge" difference of the system over the Atari 2600. I bet the differences are far less noticiable today, but those commercials are still burned in my brain. I never knew what a proper, pompous writer had to do with early console gaming, but in a way, he was a pioneer in the advancement of video games and the broad appeal of gaming. Rest in Peace.

ClarkKentKY

NOOOOOOO!

No more shenanigans No more tom foolery No more ballyhoo

GatorDeb

Oooohhh Clark I know who he is now

for him.

cheapskate

Alternate headline:

Atari 2600 Fans Rejoice as Hate Mongering Intellivision Spokesman Rots in Hell

For those of you who missed these commercials when they originally ran - here's some corporate propaganda for you to enjoy with your morning coffee...

http://www.makingit.com/bluesky/realfiles/baseball.ram

darkside

I loved Intellivision baseball. Sad to hear he died, I like his cameos on Nero Wolfe. Its like every day its a new celebrity dying.

Trigger

Huh... I remember the commercials now, but I wouldn't have associated that guy with the commercials. He's quite famous.

Drexl

I remember him most from "Mouseterpiece Theatre" on the Disney Channel.

ClarkKentKY

Oh man! I had forgotten about that.

Gallant Pig

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