Tag Archives: Time-Life Books

Time-Life Books presents “Understanding Computers”

Posted on June 14, 2010 by The Retroist

I would like to make fun of these commercials, but I remember sitting down in the town library (where they had a few of them) and diving into these books. “What’s a window?” The answer is there!

Vincent Price Commercial for Time-Life Books “The Enchanted World”

Posted on July 9, 2009 by The Retroist

When this commercial premiered in 1985 they would show it on Channel 11 after 11pm during re-runs of Star Trek and it would creep me out, especially with the eye-glow at the end.

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