Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!

[ginoscope]

This thread is full of awesomeness

Agreed Arsenio looks so creepy in that video lol.

[esteban]

If you look at the bottom-right corner of this advertisement, you'll see that NEC did very little to build on McCallister's endorsement:

"...his primary goal in life is to get his own TurboGrafx-16 Video Game System."

http://archives.tg-16.com/archive-two/TP-06-31.gif

From:
http://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0006.htm#p30

If anyone can find the original New York Times Newswire article the the blurb is allegedly from, I will hug you.

Macaulay is such a turncoat:

Well, he says he like rap music, but lists Vanilla Ice as his favorite rapper, so we have to question his taste.

Of course, even I couldn't resist the charm of Vanilla Ice back then.

Found this little snippet and thought I'd share it.  Pretty cool.  Hit Movie and a TG-16, probably his best year ever.

This is the greatest thing you have ever done. Thank you.

I use to watch Arsenio Hall all the time, but I never ever ever never knew that TG-16 made an appearance. Damn.

[Jason_dicarlo85]

That was fun to watch.. Thank you guys.
In a few short years he would be home alone with herion

[esteban]

"I never did get a chance to play Timeball on my TurboGrafx. I try not to think about it. But...it is one of the few regrets I have to this day."

—New Yorker Magazine (2004 interview)

[grolt]

I love seeing stuff like this.  I wonder if his best friend Solomon is still a Turbo fan?  Is he on these message boards?  Has he found his key yet?

[Sparky]

Never thought i would say this to you, but... thanks for sharing!

I guess all those searches for 10 y/o boys finally paid off!

Haha. But yes a cool share.

[NightWolve]

Never thought i would say this to you, but... thanks for sharing!

I guess all those searches for 10 y/o boys finally paid off!

Heh-heh. But purty cool find, didn't know the system got a plug by him and the show.

Well, he says he like rap music, but lists Vanilla Ice as his favorite rapper, so we have to question his taste.

I smirked at that too.



AND he lost Mila Kunis who put up with him for years...

EDIT: Pretty funny cameo he appeared in courtesy of Tats' OBEY FB channel.

[johnnykonami]

I wonder what he thinks of it now?  It's interesting that he was into SFC imports too, makes me wonder if he sampled any PC Engine stuff or even got the TG-CD attachment.  His life is a bit of trainwreck, but it's really cool that he at least had one for a while.  What other celeb endorsements do we have?

1. McCauley
2. Matthew Sweet
3.

[esteban]

I wonder what he thinks of it now?  It's interesting that he was into SFC imports too, makes me wonder if he sampled any PC Engine stuff or even got the TG-CD attachment.  His life is a bit of trainwreck, but it's really cool that he at least had one for a while.  What other celeb endorsements do we have?

1. McCauley
2. Matthew Sweet
3.

Yeah, it's a short list of "celebrities"...to add to your list...

Green Jelly
http://archives.tg-16.com/duo_world_0003.htm#p06


LA Kings
http://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0010.htm#p08

[johnnykonami]

Yeah, it's a short list of "celebrities"...to add to your list...

Green Jelly
http://archives.tg-16.com/duo_world_0003.htm#p06


LA Kings
http://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0010.htm#p08

Ah, right, I have those two mags too.  I forgot about those ones, unsurprisingly.  I wasn't even sure what kind of sportsball the LA Kings played, honestly!  Turns out its hockey, not something I know a lot about anyway.  I remember Green Jelly from MTV back in the day but the one song I remember (something about the big bad wolf) didn't make it into my continuous Turbo Party Hits playlist.  Though now it should.

[lukester]

Impractical jokers played Turbografx as teens

http://m.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Cast-of-Impractical-Jokers-brings-6702778.php

[Sennachereb]

This was very cool! Thanks for sharing. I will torture my wife with it before she subjects me to the anniversary edition of Home Alone that she got for Christmas.

[grolt]

Haha, I used to love GREEN JELLY as a kid back in the day.  Pretty hurting endorsement, though, really.  That was the best they could do?  At least the Turbo Express showed up in ENEMY OF THE STATE.

[esteban]

Impractical jokers played Turbografx as teens

http://m.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Cast-of-Impractical-Jokers-brings-6702778.php

That's great. I know it is only one line, but it is precious. Ha!


"Q: What else did you do as kids?

A: Sal: We also played video games like “Bonk.” “Bonk” (featuring a bald caveman) had a huge head and would smash bananas. I recently bought (the game system) on ebay for $52 so we could play again. It was called something like TurboGrafx-16."

I wonder if Bonk's Adventure and/or Bonk's Revenge was the top-seller for TG-16...