If It's Good Enough for Shatner...
What do Bill Cosby, the cast of 'MASH,' and, yes, Captain James T. Kirk have in common? They all endorsed PCs in the 1980s.
Benj Edwards, PC World
Sarah Purcell and the Tomy Tutor (1983)
If you don't remember Sarah Purcell (and who could blame you), you can think of her as the proto-Kathie Lee Gifford. Purcell cohosted a live morning show in Los Angeles with the ubiquitous Regis Philbin. She also worked on "Real People," a proto-reality show in which she interviewed people like Macale Merton, a 51-year-old bare-knuckles fighter who yearned to fight for the middleweight championship.
Her endorsement of the Tomy Tutor was as quixotic as Merton's campaign. Even the one Web tribute to this cross between a toy and a computer refers to it as "The Little Orphan."
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