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IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER: HOUSE {IBM PERSONAL
COMPUTER: EIGHT CHARLIE CHAPLIN ADS}

Summary

In this thirty-second commercial for IBM, the announcer explains that IBM put a lot of what it knows about computers into the new IBM PC. Meanwhile, a Charlie Chaplin impersonator shows how easy it is to set one up and use it. "IBM made its personal computer to help a person be more productive, to help a person be more creative," the announcer says. "And those are good reasons for a person to feel good."

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  • CATALOG ID: AT:40387.002
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CREDITS

  • Lovinger, Tardio, Melsky Inc. … Production Statement
  • Robert Dein … Producer
  • Jeff Lovinger … Director
  • Tom Mabley … Copywriter
  • Bob Tore … Art Director
  • Alan Rozek … Editor