Pete Rose, Pelé, and Don Knotts pitching the Atari game system (1978)

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Oh no! Mr Furley went to jail!

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Don’t just watch television tonight - watch Videdrome.

ETA: That clip showed far more than I realized. If you haven’t seen the movie, I advise stopping after the heaving TV with the Atari controllers on top.

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Wow. And Pelé is still in the video games business these days

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Man, I tried out the new-flesh but my belly was the wrong format.

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Alan Alda pitched the Atari XL back in the early 80s.

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Can Pete Rose still be in the Video Game Commercial Hall of Fame?

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Pete Rose wasn’t a pitcher.
Neither was Don Knotts, of course:


Gary Knotts, on the other hand…

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Fun fact: secretly, Don Knotts was the driving force behind both the Gemini and the Apollo program.

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