This Week in Ridiculous Vintage Ads

Imagine yourself in 1986. You work at Nintendo's marketing, and you have on your hands The Legend of Zelda, one of the best games ever created. Clearly, if you're going to sell this thing, you're going to need to bring out the rapping nerds:

One of the many amazing things about this ad are the rabbit-ear antenna atop their lovely Woolworth's color TV. Also, they're reading a magazine! An actual magazine! That was actually printed on paper and NOT your computer screen!

Even though this ad is pretty incredible, though, it'll never replace my love for Pastamania...