Ridiculous 1978 STAR WARS Ripoff Wine Infomercial

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Over the years, there have been a ton of Star Wars knock-offs that have provided fans with lots of laughter and fury. Today a new ripoff has surfaced from 1978. It's an infomercial for Taylor Wines called “Holiday Race For Space,” and it features a couple of very familiar-looking droids that are referred to as “Metal Man” and “Shorty.” They do a little disco-dancing, talk about how to sell more wine, and how to dominate the mind of the consumer. The video comes from Texas Archive, and they offer the following information:

This marketing film from Dallas Production Company, Bill Stokes Associates, highlights the impact of new ideas and new material for Taylor Wines as they compete in the 1978 “Holiday Race for Space,” a somewhat inexplicable marketing scheme that is described with the aid of “Metal Man” and “Shorty,” an obvious homage to Star Wars characters C-3PO and R2D2. Join the marketing team at Taylor Wines as they look at new packaging and displays, and Metal Man and Shorty dance to groovy 70s tunes and get love from the ladies! Also included are previews of the new Taylor Wine holiday commercials, one of which features jazz pianist Count Basie.

It's amazing that some companies like this got away with this kind of crap. At least it's around to give fans something to laugh at. Check it out!

Via: io9