I've been waiting for this next item to turn up on YouTube or anywhere else for forever.
In 1985, George "The Animal" Steele (William James Myers) was paired with actor Tony Randall (ex-The Odd Couple, Love, Sidney) in a commercial for Minolta computers. The company, at the time, was better known for making cameras.
What we got here was a mashup of Myers and his alter-ego. Before turning to wrestling full-time, Myers owned degrees from Michigan State & Central Michigan universities, and found the time between tours to coach high school football & track in his native Michigan.
A year earlier, Hulk Hogan, in the unsold pilot for Goldie & The Bears, played an ex-football player who was learning how to use a computer. His character made "The Animal" look more like a genius.
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