Write Inane Blog Entries? You Will!
Andrew Sullivan recently resurrected the AT&T “You Will” ads from 1993. There is more than enough commentary on the ads themselves, as viewed from a 2006 perspective.
However, while in the days to come, parodies may be made of the original ad, it is unlikely that any of them will top a parody my memory vividly recalls from 1993 when the ads were airing. The source? None other than The Late Show with David Letterman. Sadly, it does not (shock horror!) appear to be on YouTube.
“Soon, You Will eat electic corn.”
(cut to scene of Dave sitting in a kitchen set with a red checkered tablecloth. He has a huge goofy grin on his face and is holding an ear of corn with a wire coming out of it plugged into the wall. He takes a bite and a cheesy electrocution effect plays)
“And the company that will bring it to you? AT&T.”
I’m not sure exactly why I found it so hysterical, but I still remember it years later. If only I were a writer for Conan, I had some vicious ideas for those banal Cisco ads from a couple years back…
However, while in the days to come, parodies may be made of the original ad, it is unlikely that any of them will top a parody my memory vividly recalls from 1993 when the ads were airing. The source? None other than The Late Show with David Letterman. Sadly, it does not (shock horror!) appear to be on YouTube.
“Soon, You Will eat electic corn.”
(cut to scene of Dave sitting in a kitchen set with a red checkered tablecloth. He has a huge goofy grin on his face and is holding an ear of corn with a wire coming out of it plugged into the wall. He takes a bite and a cheesy electrocution effect plays)
“And the company that will bring it to you? AT&T.”
I’m not sure exactly why I found it so hysterical, but I still remember it years later. If only I were a writer for Conan, I had some vicious ideas for those banal Cisco ads from a couple years back…
Posted by Nathaniel Trost on
Saturday December 9, 2006 at 10:05am