# Obnoxious Wang computer Ads - 1980's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-wang-computer-ads-1980s/200446 "2003-09-09T02:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-wang-computer-ads-1980s/200446/1 "2003-09-09T02:53:15Z")
Does anyone remember these television commercials from the mid-1980’s? It was during a time when Wang Computer was a “heavy-hitter”. Basically, the commercials would show 2 “yuppie” types talking to each other in extreme high-tech about a Wang solution they found for a customer. These 2 folks had a severe “here’s looking down at you” attitude and acted as if they were so much brighter than the common masses. I was not the only one to feel this way. Anyone I ever talked to about these ads felt that those 2 folks deserved a serious beating. (and rightfully so). I told someone in their 20’s about these commercials, but she obviously would not remember them. I have used Google™ to see if I can find links to video clips for these or even people’s comments on these. Well, I have found nothing. Can anyone else help OR if nothing else, post your comments on these ads - if you remember them. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-wang-computer-ads-1980s/200446/2 "2003-09-09T03:11:07Z")
The only thing that those WANG commercials remind myself of is Gordon Gekko’s philosophy for the era - “Greed is Good”. ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-wang-computer-ads-1980s/200446/3 "2003-09-09T03:43:35Z")
I think I remember this. I listened to it on the radio though. Describing an office without an IBM computer, one guy said,"…no IBM iron anywhere…" He said it in a real “tough guy speak”, cavalier manner. It used to crack me up. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-wang-computer-ads-1980s/200446/4 "2003-09-09T08:01:05Z")
I remember SNL did a cool parody of those ads (yes, SNL was good once). The punchline was, “I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-wang-computer-ads-1980s/200446/5 "2003-09-09T10:41:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wolf\_meister \* > \*\*Does anyone remember these television commercials from the mid-1980’s? \*\* Evidently not. I opened this thread wondering how a wang could be obnoxious, and why anyone would put it in a computer ad if it was. Or possibly that Obnoxious Wang was a rapper. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-wang-computer-ads-1980s/200446/6 "2003-09-09T11:23:50Z")
Buy my Wang! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-wang-computer-ads-1980s/200446/7 "2003-09-09T14:30:16Z")
I was selling computers for a while back then so of course I remember WANG. Don’t remember the commercial though.