{"id":8470,"date":"2012-02-13T09:53:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=8470"},"modified":"2012-02-21T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T22:34:30","slug":"olde-tyme-techcitement-im-gonna-getcha-with-a-kodak-disc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/entertainment\/tv-film-video\/olde-tyme-techcitement-im-gonna-getcha-with-a-kodak-disc\/","title":{"rendered":"Olde Tyme Techcitement: I’m Gonna Getcha With A Kodak Disc"},"content":{"rendered":"
Time for <\/em>Olde Tyme Techcitement, where we take a look back at <\/em>technology<\/em> relics. It’s basically your grampa talking about the good old days, but sooner and totally more reasonable than dumb boring stories about how all this used to be farmland.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n It’s hard to believe 30 years have passed since Kodak attempted a revolution in photography with their Kodak Disc camera. Sure, it was expensive (Original 1982 list price: $68<\/a> or $159<\/a> in 2011 dollars.) and it took terrible pictures, but with a gold or silver casing and auto-everything technology, Kodak Disc cameras were the definition of 1980s cool. Here’s the introduction commercial Kodak made for the camera in 1982. Keep an eye out for the kid behind the Harlem Globetrotter at 00:40. What the heck is he doing?<\/p>\n [yframe url=’http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jYxBp85lrgk’]<\/p>\n I love the second commercial and not just for the completely unironic Christmas sweater or the shiny purple blouse girlfriend number two is wearing. The ending is splendid, both because they made sure to point out that our hound dog protagonist wasn’t going after a second-generation MILF, and because they tried to redeem the entire ad with the heartwarming nonsense tacked on in the last two seconds. You just know that was a focus-grouped addition to the original concept. This one also has the more familiar “I’m gonna getcha” Kodak Disc jingle.<\/p>\n [yframe url=’http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MYDJr_Z1feQ’]<\/p>\n