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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Remember these ads?

Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :

Not remotely.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

Yup!

But I don't think those comercials were particularly pophetic... I think they were things AT&T was planning to bring to market reasonably soon...

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Yes and no. They were all in the pipeline. But some took 10 years to achieve a commercially marketable form (and a few never made it, unless YOUR atm sells concert tickets).

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

That, and they didn't forsee the demise of pay phones, obviously!

(I don't remember them either, seeing as I was 10 and allowed only minimal tv-watching at the time.)

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

rivka, ATMs don't sell concert tickets, but some theaters have machines that let you buy movie tickets with your ATM card without waiting in line.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I do remember those ads. Wow! We live in the future with all those cool futuristic things.

Jeepers!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
rivka, ATMs don't sell concert tickets, but some theaters have machines that let you buy movie tickets with your ATM card without waiting in line.

*nod* Which is the sort of thing I mean -- not something that AT&T had in the pipeline, but similar enough to what they were predicting to be a tad psychic-like.

Posted by DaisyMae (Member # 9722) on :

Is that Jenna Elfman "tucking her baby in from a payphone?" I'd swear it.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
That, and they didn't forsee the demise of pay phones, obviously!

*laugh* I didn't even think of that. Good point!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by DaisyMae:
Is that Jenna Elfman "tucking her baby in from a payphone?" I'd swear it.

It sure does look like her.

I was too fixated on the voice to notice. [Wink]

Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :

Wow. I don't remember those since I was only 7 and in England at the time, but that's pretty darn cool! We live in the future! (Well, not really, but you know what I mean.)

Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :

Does look like Jenna Elfman!!

And I remember the words more than the visuals...

Can't believe that was 1993...