Apple: Crazy Ones
Aug. 22nd, 2008 03:31 amPeople often forget what a game-changing TV show Seinfeld was. Today it’s just that show that people see re-runs of constantly but in its day it was radical to have a show that was off-the-hook zany, where everything didn’t have to be resolved at the end, occasional comic book references, and topics that were taboo for its day. The “show about nothing” was really something. It gave NBC and others the confidence to try new things when, at the time, TV had become so resistant to anything but bland.
Apple paid homage to the greatness of Seinfeld by purchasing (very expensive) ad time on the final Seinfeld episode. They showed this advert which has never appeared on TV again:
Apple paid homage to the greatness of Seinfeld by purchasing (very expensive) ad time on the final Seinfeld episode. They showed this advert which has never appeared on TV again: