It's fun to find out what makes an ocean wave wave!

By adamg - 2/22/09 - 12:32 am

Of course, you can't watch this Museum of Science ad without also watching this New England Aquarium commercial.

Museum of Science

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My name is Karen!

By Karen (not verified) - 2/22/09 - 1:28 am

...my name is karen...

And then Karen ...

By adamg - 2/22/09 - 1:44 am

Played tic-tac-toe against the computer!

Were all girls in 1977 named Karen?

By Neal - 2/22/09 - 12:11 pm

The girl in the New England Aquarium ad is named Karen too...

Not all of them; only 4.524% of them

By eekanotloggedin (not verified) - 2/22/09 - 12:55 pm

http://nametrends.net/top.php?year=1977

And then 15 years later ...

By adamg - 2/22/09 - 1:13 pm

They all had daughters named Olivia.

anyone know...

By lynn - 2/22/09 - 4:32 am

Is it possible anyone knows how late into the 80's that MoS ad played on PBS?

I was born 1978 and I remember that ad, especially the little boy doing the ocean wave and the space vehicle.

The NeAq ad is either older or played longer I think, I can still practically talk along with the ad word for word.

I was also born in 1978 and

By Sarah - 2/22/09 - 1:17 pm

I was also born in 1978 and I *totally* remember that ad!!! "I can walk like a pen-guin" is totally imprinted on my childhood brain.

oh, the Aquarium

By Spatch - 2/23/09 - 2:58 pm

I still find opportunity galore in this day and age to just exclaim out of nowhere "HEY MOM! THE DOLPHIN SHOW!"

I know I'm with a good crowd if someone recognizes it.

I know I was there, but I

By NotWhitey - 2/22/09 - 10:32 am

I know I was there, but I don't remember the 1970s. Is that what it was like?

When Karen grew up

By adamg - 2/22/09 - 11:23 pm

She turned to daddy for car-buying help: