# "I'm ready to go, Z-12!" How's your Perlinger-fu? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-to-go-z-12-hows-your-perlinger-fu/633203 "2012-08-30T23:26:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![bradley.whitney\_gmail.com](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bradley.whitney_gmail.com/32/7212_2.png) [@bradley.whitney\_gmail.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bradley.whitney_gmail.com)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-to-go-z-12-hows-your-perlinger-fu/633203/11 "2018-01-05T23:44:21Z")
> [@bradley.whitney\_gmail.com](#): > > As I recall the announcer ends with “Because a mind is a terrible thing to waste.” The head then says at the end after what sfarist quotes: “Z-12! Is any one there?!?!?” > > I contacted the Ad council about this. They said others had requested information about this ad, but they had nothing in the archives for it. Bulk of message follows. > > Thank you for contacting the Ad Council Archives at the University of Illinois. > > We have received requests for the “Z 12” television PSA before - apparently it is very memorable! However, there is nothing in the Archives related to the spot. Unfortunately, our television holdings from that era are not complete, and not every PSA is issued by the Ad Council, so for the time being this spot has escaped our holdings. > > I have attached a short list of other repositories of television commercials, in hopes that one of them can help you. In fact, if you DO turn up the ad, we would appreciate knowing where. > > Good luck in your research. > > Best Regards, > > Rory Grennan > Ad Council Archives Assistant > University of Illinois Archives > Room 19, Main Library > MC-522 > 1408 W. Gregory Dr. > Urbana, IL 61801 Here it is, uploaded by someone on Oct 16th, 2016: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJXeSkBDiTo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJXeSkBDiTo) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-to-go-z-12-hows-your-perlinger-fu/633203)._