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Episode: Episode 334--Atari 2600 Commercials
Description: We have brought you shows on Hulk Hogan commercials, Ric Flair commercials, and three separate installments of Hometown Commercials. Our early Christmas present to you is a look at ads for something everybody wanted under the tree from 1979 to 1982--the Atari 2600 VCS, and games for the system.
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Atari 2600 Commercial (December, 1977) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJNbhekKShI
Atari VCS Commercial with Pete Rose, Pele and Don Knotts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs34_7_kC64
Atari VCS Commercial with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Carol Channing - https://www.youtube.com/wa...