Hey Mac Hammer Girl, Take a Bow

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 25, 2009

“Interesting guerilla marketing note courtesty of Wikipedia):
The ad agency Chiat/Day ran the commercial (directed by Ridley
Scott) one other time, December 15, 1983 on KMVT in Twin Falls,
Idaho, so that it could be submitted to award ceremonies for that
year.

“Unnamed at the time, Anya Major was the actress who
rebelliously throws the hammer at the screen of a “Big Brother”
authority figure as the narrator intones: “On January 24th, Apple
Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you’ll see why 1984
won’t be like 1984.””


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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