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A Very Brady Macintosh (6/6/99)
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You know, there aren't many things that could make the AtAT staff give up their traditional Sunday night viewing of The X-Files, even while the show's in summer reruns-- but near the top of that short, short list is the E! network's "True Hollywood Stories" episode featuring the lurid saga of one of the most influential shows in the history of television: The Brady Bunch. That's right; we tuned in for all the dirt on how Greg dated Carol, how Mike tangled with big daddy Sherwood Schwartz, those terrible variety show reunions, and the rest. It should be required pop-culture viewing for anyone between twenty and forty.
And we mention it here not just because we think everyone should watch it for footage of Jan and Marcia in some of their post-Brady projects, but because there's actually a slim tangential connection to the world of the Macintosh. Towards the end of the show, we're filled in on what all of the Bradys are doing these days, and Peter Brady (in the form of his alter-ego known as Christopher Knight) is apparently now into software development for an unnamed San Jose firm; according to an old article in the San Francisco Examiner we managed to find, Knight was instrumental in securing the rights to bringing the Brady clan to the world of educational CD-ROMs. And when E! revealed this little tidbit about Knight's geekish leanings, what should we see on the desk behind him but the unmistakable curves and colors of the new Power Macintosh G3?
See? You knew the Bradys would have had a Mac household. Apparently the two-hour show airs again on E! on Monday the 7th at 4PM EDT-- tune in and expand your mind, baby. And keep your eyes peeled for that Mac.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 6/6/99 episode: June 6, 1999: Somewhere the wires got crossed-- apparently the new date for the official iMac rollout at Sears is June 13th. Meanwhile, Motorola denies rumors that the G4 is six months behind schedule, and Peter Brady reveals his Macness in a tell-all exposé...
Other scenes from that episode: 1583: Forgot To Carry The 1 (6/6/99) So here we were, all concerned and frustrated about how the official debut of the iMac at Sears seemed to have fizzled and died. After hearing that the big kick-off had been moved from Memorial Day weekend to last Friday the 3rd, we were of course very patient and understanding about the less-than-perfect state of affairs a week ago; we decided to wait until the weekend of the 3rd to see how things would improve... 1584: Waiting To Accelerate (6/6/99) For those of you who are looking forward to picking up a brand-new Power Macintosh G4 this fall, you might just have to wait another six months. Or you might not-- it all depends on whom you believe...
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