[GreenKeys] Wells Fargo Bank Commercial!

Chris Elmquist chrise at pobox.com
Mon Jun 20 10:50:32 EDT 2011


On Sunday (06/19/2011 at 09:53PM -0400), Steve Ripper wrote:
> Anyone else see the Wells Fargo Bank commercial last night? I was channel
> surfing and not really paying attention, so I don't know the channel or
> network, but it was some sort of nostalgic reflection of banking services
> and days gone by. In one part it featured a Model 32/33 with a rotary
> dialer. Not just a Teletype in the background, but the guy in the commercial
> actually pointed directly to the Teletype and they zoomed in for a full
> screen shot of the machine. I was so surprised by what I was seeing I didn't
> notice if it was a Model 32 or 33. Wish I had a DVR to capture the video!

Yes... have seen the ad on many different channels.  They don't call it
a teletype though...  but instead some kind of "Whiz-something-er-other"
giving the impression that it was a 1970's vintage computer that the
guy invented earlier in his career.

Chris N0JCF
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Chris Elmquist



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