oh  man....those were the days.

I have watched that before, I found it fascinating and lol worthy when I did.


We had something similar in the UK, the "Club Nintendo Hotline" I remember running up the phone bill severe because of Megaman, I also remember caned by my moms because of it.

hahaha, this is great. A "Game-Play" conselour, I remember calling something similar as  a kid. And that "Fun Club" president sure can dress... fun.

Whoa! Major spoiler Warning if you haven't played Mario Bros.

That was a long time ago. I was still three years away from existing. 

"Can the rescue a princess? Can they save the world? And that's all of us."
You said it! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to ring the hints line to get past that tricky hammerbros section in 3-1.

Dude those plush toys looked bad ass!

I saw this a while ago.

I'm distraught by the fact that the idea their names are Mario Mario and Luigi Mario wasn't part of Nintendo's company line.

wow :|

I must be getting old.

daring-do is the best phrase ever

Holy crap that IS Bill O!

From Mario to tabloid headlines.

"Have you ever been to the mansion that has the eyeball in it?"

Awesome.

I wake up one day and suddenly "canon" is said by a shit ton of people, like someone just invented it the night over. I don't know if its just me, but i guess it must be. But it sounds fucking dumb. And with that out of the way, classic video good old days.

Goddamn I'm old. That brings back sooooooo many memories.

Man....how long has Inside Edition exists lol

Why didn't they ask Howard Phillips about Slalom?

"Have you ever heard of Nintendo?"
"No....who's he?"

But but...  he looks just as insincere now as he did then.  Is he some sort of android?  Isn't one's ability with Lincoln Logs actually a test for humanity if you don't have any dogs around?

"Trial and error": I heard that.

HOLY CRAP!  HOWARD PHILLIPS!!!  That bow tie was actually a growth.  It was tragic.

I wonder when Bill O'Reilly went all crazy because he seemed normal in that video.

What a glorious mullet

Howard Phillips has a top-notch bow tie right there.

There are no words on it!

lol i saw this before. its a classic clip dude. 

I want Ron Leingang's babies.
Edit: Or Howard Phillips. But that mullet was hard to beat.

THESE PEOPLE PLAY VIDEO GAMES FOR A LIVING!

Haha It's hard to imagine a world where people dont know who mario or luigi are. Mario is such a household name now.

They all look offal in the video... and lucky the fashion police weren't around in them days...Lol

HOWARD MUTHAFUCKIN' PHILLIPS IN THE HOUSE! He's DA BOSS.

"They all look offal in the video... and lucky the fashion police weren't around in them days...Lol"

I wish my job was a "Game-Play Counselor" or a "Fun Club President."

Level three dash one with your hammer brothers, curse you!

Did it strike anyone else that Howard Phillips, the 'Fun Club' President has got to be a present day pedophile?

I WANT TO BE A GAMEPLAY COUNSELOR!  WHY DO THEY NO LONGER HAVE THESE POSITIONS!!??

Caps time is over... *sigh*.

This is a puff peace O'Reilly probably got paid for this.

Mario Puzi is the man. I totally used to wear a Mario sweater all the time when I was little, it was my favourite sweater ever.

And sometime between then and now O'Reilly was molested by videogames and thus began his crusade against them.

@ 3:18, look at that hair! Those were the days man!

So... did that Nintendo thing work out? Was it a success?

that is hilarious

Seemed like a marketing video. And the only reason this was positive was because it was a time in video game history when people saw video games as nothing more than toys meant for children. When the early 90s began, and developers started proving that wrong, THAT'S when all these critics came out of their holes. Critics like Jack Thompson.

So...Mario is all of us?

About 80 different games you can plug into the system!

Hahaha! This is great! I remember the good ol' NES days.

"they are us. the best of the nice guys."

Oh man I remember those days. If only I had a time machine and could go back to then. Those were the days....

Also, I had that Mario lunch box, the backpack and the underpants. That's right! I am not ashamed to admit it.