(Fwd) Packard Bell commercial

[Phil Shirley]

Packard Bell seems very proud of this ad, which is only part of their new ad
campaign.  You can read all about this on their web site

http://www.packardbell.com/

and even download the tv commercial in avi or mov format.

Phil

>>------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
>>Date:          Mon, 28 Oct 1996 11:20:25 -0500 (EST) 
>>From:          Ross Holt <rholt at ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us> 
>>Subject:       * Packard Bell commercial (not a stumper) 
>>To:            stumpers-list at crf.cuis.edu
>>
>>Writing with my keyboard warmed up in hell in hopes that someone who 
>>subscribes to other library lists might cross-post this....
>>
>>Has anyone seen the Packard Bell computer commercial that encourages 
>>people to access information from home rather than venture to the library? 
>>It appears to be VERY anti-library. The library is depicted as a dark, 
>>menacing place full of dusty books with spiders in them, lorded over by 
[etc.]

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