Another curious example of 1950's advertising, in this case a promo for the UNIVAC computer, produced by Remington Rand. This commercial interestingly aired on the CBS Television Network on 5 February 1956, during a light panel show.

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Reviewer: 2muchtv - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 31, 2010

Subject: OK, well anyway, here's an actual review Interesting to see Madison Avenue try to promote computers using the same approach used to sell cars and toothpaste:



"giant, electronic"



"made ONLY by Remington Rand!"



"8,000 checks per hour"



"Careful placement of an ashtray near the right hand of the person reviewing documents in the foreground."



In many ways, effective advertising for computer products still lags way behind effective promotion of other consumer products, even today. The product has evolved but our ability to effectively talk about computers might not have.



In my opinion, mind-numbingly bad management decisions ruined radio, over dependence on computers was just one of many, many, many poor decisions.



The very first bad decision was to not take a moment to understand what made the medium successful in the first place. - January 31, 2010OK, well anyway, here's an actual review

Reviewer: cathyftr - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 11, 2009

Subject: I agree with "Seto" !!! Everything !!! For almost 20 years I worked in radio, talk about a business that had gone down the tubes..thanks to computers !! Take for example the city of Denver, Colorado. Thanks to computers many disc jockies in that market are really out of VIRGINIA BEACH !!! Ok while it may be "cool" for some joker to be siting at the beach watching the waves, speaking into his computer "..right now its 65 in the Mile High City..traffic in Boulder is slow right now along the turnpike entering Denver"..OK how does that really serve Denver? It doesn't !!



Growing up I can remember many of the local rock & roll djs saying such things like "..I knew Carol Burnett" or " I was offered a role in the movie Saturday Night Fever". Back then the listeners enjoyed it even if many of knoew the dj was bullsh*tting with us. LOL.



Today..if a dj says that, kids would log on and check out IMDB, Wikipedia, You Tube or whatever and if it isn't in there..they will scream LIAR !!! Heck some websites now, if you make a claim, any claim about anything and don't supply a link to back you up..BANNED FOR LIFE...YOU ARE A LIAR !!!



..and I am not even going to begin about the large number of good radio people who had lost their jobs in recent years because stations favor Ryan Seacrest and Delilah !!!



BB King was right !! The Thrill is GONE !!

thanks to computers !!! - August 11, 2009I agree with "Seto" !!! Everything !!!

Reviewer: cosmicola - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 15, 2009

Subject: UNIVAC or UNIBLAB? I love old ads (especially for something like UNIVAC), but the previous review is worth 4 stars alone. He writes like I do when I've had too much Cherry Coke! :)



But seriously folks, I'm old enough to remember the era when things like laser beams and Project Apollo and UNIVAC were wonders of the far future. A decade later, these advanced machines ended up as set decoration in sci-fi b-movies. Then, a decade after that, they became rusty scrap metal.



I'm still waiting for my anti-gravity boots... cosmicola -- June 15, 2009UNIVAC or UNIBLAB?