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IBM Flying Cars Commercial

Dromlarid · 170.5K views · 2007-07-15 · 0:31

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Overview

A 2000 IBM commercial in which Avery Brooks complains that we still have no flying cars. It plays on the failed futurist promises of the twentieth century.

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HN commenters reference it, sometimes jokingly, in flying-car threads as an ironic sign that culture had written off the idea.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2015–2016

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tracker1 · 2016-10 · Joke / meme

I'm still waiting for my flying car... It's well after the year 2000 and I was promised flying cars! [0] [VIDEO]

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rl3 · 2016-06 · Reference

Every time I see an article on flying cars, I can't help but be reminded of an old IBM commercial[0] from 2000. Deliciously ironic considering it represented the fact that mainstream culture had all but written off the idea entirely. [0] [VIDEO]

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mikehollinger · 2015-12 · Joke / meme

I'll just leave this here. [VIDEO] Anyone remember the IBM "Flying Cars" commercial with Avery Brooks from Star Trek DS9? Watch the whole thing, and wait for the punchline.

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