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NEW - Why Nobody Remembers the 1984 Super Bowl Score But Everyone Remembers the Mac Commercial
You're watching a woman sprint down an aisle toward a massive screen. She's holding a sledgehammer. You have no idea what you're watching until she throws it. The screen explodes. Cut to Apple logo. That's the 1984 Apple commercial, and it's more famous than the Super Bowl game it aired during.
Oakland Raiders 38, Washington 9. John Madden on the call. One of the largest championship blowouts ever. Can you name a single play from that game? The commercial cost $368,000 for 30 seconds and created permanent cultural memory. The game created nothing. The "we are the rebel" positioning worked…
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