One woman called up, really irate, and she said, “My game hums! Do you know why?” And I said, “Cause it doesn’t know the words, lady.”

Jerry Lawson, Creator of the Channel F

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1972 Magnavox ad featuring Odyssey, the new electronic game of the future!

Newspaper ad for the Odyssey, the first home video game console