@@ITILIIYeah, that's a massive bomb as far as sales go. The Commodore Vic-20 sold 3 million units over its lifetime. The Commodore 64, which came out around the same time as the Apple Lisa; sold something like 17 million units. The Lisa was discontinued in two years, while the Commodore 64 wasn't discontinued until more than 10 years after its release.
The last store still carrying them just stopped in West Virginia within the last few months. The pizza was actually really good. It was during the summer of 1995, no one ever remembered it around here but I always remember being like 8 years old and getting some pizza all summer. Good times. I don't think I ever saw a large pie, pretty sure they only served it in personal pan size.
The whole Beta/Porn thing is a myth. There were several things that caused Beta not to succeed. First, Sony had exclusive rights to the Betamax VCR and refused to allow any other company to manufacture the units. They held a monopoly on the system and would not allow any other company to make betamax machines. This kept the price inflated and limited consumer choices. While with VHS, numerous companies produced VHS VCRs. RCA, Magnivox, Sanyo, you name it. Thus more VHS machines were built by various manufacturers who were in competition with one another and thus keeping the price lower on their machines. Beta had a higher picture quality, but quality only goes so far and often takes a back seat to price. Early Betamax tapes only held 1 hour of recording time while VHS held something like 3-6 hours? I forget exactly. Sony did not change this until it was too late. Also, video stores where you rented video tapes-they always carried more VHS tapes than Beta tapes. You went in to rent Back To The Future for example, they would have 20 copies of it for rent on VHS and maybe 1-2 copies of it on Beta. Thus giving people another reason to buy VHS over Beta. This kind of ties into the porn legend because it probably was next to impossible to rent a porno on Betamax-but that was not the only reason for it failing. It was hard to rent any movie on Betamax. A friend of mine bought a Beta in the mid 80s when they were phasing them out simply because of the cheap clearance price he got it at. I still rib him about that today. This has been a long, boring and dorky reply for your entertainment.
Yeah the dude who brought that up "heard it" from Boogie Nights. There's a whole plot point about how video revolutionized the porn industry. Not exactly a solid reliable source.
Which is funny because it's similar (although obviously not identical) to what happened with HD DVD and Blu-Ray. HD DVD was more open and in some respects consumer-friendly, and Sony was the main force behind Blu-Ray, which was more locked down. This time they managed to pull it off though.
That so brother man? Attack on your account is inevitable now unless you apologize and admit this was a genius ooie riff-bit check out the empties biiiitch
Opie Meter: Speedpump Avoidance: B He rarely does his usual butting in let's the conversational baton get passed, doesnt stop the show to a halt, he's actually fine here Show Contribution: C+ Unfortunately he's also prominently featured in this segment and his contribution is pretty muted, the usual guide of the subject and conversation, but almost every joke or observation he says bombs, and this becomes a subtle example how out of his league he is here. Overall B- Even a more tolerable opie highlights how even on his better than usual segments, he just isn't a good conversationalist and was always out of his element admist the banter. Cuz what these three guys have and Opie doesn't. Chemistry
Mcd's pizza was good. When asked if it was coming back an executive stated "you'll never find out but you will never see it again" Rumour is that pizza hut paid them to get out of the business, made a settlement
Has it been 5 years already gone...? 2015?The day ant was fired I cancelled my XM subscription. Only had Xm for the o and a show. I had prob had xm radio since 2005? Never got to hear the failed opie and jimmy show or the failed opie show...
How did they not comment on how terrifying the music in the Apple Lisa commercial was? That sounds like it was supposed to be the intro to a slasher film. Or that scene when Paul Kersey's daughter jumped out a window to avoid being gangraped again, only to be impaled on a spiky metal fence.
6:14 An old classmate of mine from undergrad went to high school with those girls. Hit head-on by a tractor-trailer. Don't text while driving, kids : /
No, dopie's problem is he TRIED to be humorous' - but lacking intellect, imagination, humor, wit, and timing....failed miserably.....but how dare you insult The Destroyer ! Even Chip Chipperson would never dare to tangle with his hero, who's been doing radio since he's 18.......apprill fawwlls !!!
i wonder if Anthony and Jim ever told him that, like, “bro you’re good at doing the steering the ship thing. you need to concentrate while you drive, meaning you do your job and let the funny people be funny...and stay off the phone!”
What the hell does jimmy say at 3:06? "Im killing ope..Im drinking a god damn cool drink"? , whatever it is its fucking funny the way he does it I would just like to know what he actually says.
god Opie and his stupid lapping up to the callers with the stupid 80 mile an hour feedback, it wasnt funny, and Nick Dipalo tryed vigorously to mine a joke out of it
+chaoshallnotfall `cause sitting 4th chair to Ant, Yimmy, and Nikky makes a man realize how un-funny you are and how little you have to contribute to the show overall..........he should be bummed. His name is first on the marquee, and shouldn't be there at all.
Sony was making new Betamax tapes up until March 2016, they stop making Betamax players back in 2002: www.cinemablend.com/new/Wait-Why-Was-Sony-Still-Creating-Betamax-Tapes-93637.html No wonder Sony loses so much money every year.
The Arc deluxe was the attempt of McDonald’s to get ahead of the gourmet burger craze. People going to McDonald’s weren’t interested in paying more for a burger as that is why they are at McDonald’s and the dollar menu soon took off at McDonald’s