# Help remembering a commercial - computer related, 1990s, dorky blonde guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353 "2008-12-22T19:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353/21 "2008-12-23T11:22:39Z")
I don’t remember those ads at all. So, were they in the 1980s, or 1990s? ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353/22 "2008-12-24T00:33:27Z")
He also has a [porno blog](http://babyboyfreberg.typepad.com/) (NSFW). ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353/23 "2008-12-24T04:35:37Z")
> [@PetW](#): > > So much for **Hippy Hollow** ’s “pretty normal” theory. Christ, I want to punch him for that 18 mile-long paragraph. He seems to be pretty proud of his past and his dad. I guess that’s refreshing. You don’t see Eddie Vedder showing his commercials from his childhood, and Jakob Dylan is nearly 40 and just came to terms with the fact that his dad is Bob. He seems to have developed into an adult every bit as weird and nerdy as his teen self. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353/24 "2008-12-24T04:36:42Z")
Huh. I always wondered where my mandibula was. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353/25 "2008-12-24T05:38:35Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Christ, I want to punch him for that 18 mile-long paragraph. He used the word ‘ennui’ two times in that 18 mile-long paragraph. I want to punch myself for reading the whole stupid thing. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353/26 "2008-12-24T05:42:53Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > He used the word ‘ennui’ two times in that 18 mile-long paragraph. I want to punch myself for reading the whole stupid thing. Okay, so now I want to crotch-punch him. You’d think with a set of encyclopedias, he’d have learned some other big words. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353/27 "2008-12-24T05:51:11Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Is that Pat Cashman as the narrator in the linked video? Nope, Stan Freberg. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353/28 "2008-12-24T10:35:20Z")
According to [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donavan_Freberg), his ads ran from 1988-93. I think EB did eventually come out with a computer version that he did ads for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-commercial-computer-related-1990s-dorky-blonde-guy/478353.md?page=1)