Back in the day, I didn't realize that George Plimpton, author, actor and humorist was the guy in all the Intellivision commercials. I will qualify that by saying it wasn't so much not knowing as not really caring, being a youngster and all. Well, it seems Henry Thomas (E.T.) didn't know who Mr. Plimpton was either according to this 80's Intellivision ad in which he refers to him as "Mr. Intellivision." This is essentially an ad for Lock n Chase but it's certainly different from other video game commercials of this era in it's strange presentation. And the ending is nothing short of bizarre... "My name?" Flynn De Marco

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