Celebrity endorsement have been around for a tenacious metre , but it ’s usually thespian , wrestlers , or athlete who are enduring a photoshoot with a random production . That said , every now and again , it ’s a skill fable author who ’s promoting something .
By the 1980s , some science fable authors had become bona fide household name : Isaac Asimov , Arthur C. Clarke , and others . This made them perfect spokesmen for a bunch of merchandise outside of the usual science fabrication fandom circles , but in market where their name had some meaning to consumers .
Isaac Asimov was the face of Radioshack for a while , putting his science fiction credentials to play with the Tandy computer – it was part of anexclusive dealthat would see him vacate his typewriter for a computer , something he was n’t tickle about . He appeared in a variety of print ads for the society :
That ’s not the only clock time that Clarke appeared in an advertising : a couple of years ago , BMW used the late generator ’s voice to tattle about the BMW i8 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgxsUiY_n0w
Frank Herbert ’s novel Dune was a major hit with readers in the sixties , propelling him into the public spotlight in the following year . This prompt Pacific Bell to put him before a camera and have him talk about the future and the upcoming net :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNISOviXWqM
He also appeared alongside Kirk Douglas in this Nipponese commercial for Maxim Coffee :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGO0nVCsUUw
Stephen King is belike the best - known speculative fiction author in the United States , and has appeared in a number of commercial over the years . In this one from SportsCenter , they make light of his work as a horror author and Red Sox fan :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ovxSkaR5AY
King also also appeared in an ad for American Express in 1985 :
More recently , he ’s appear with IBM ’s Watson :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0glSaIGRrhI
Finally , there ’s Harlan Ellison , who was inexplicably bring on to shill for the Geo Metro as a ‘ mark fantast ’ in 1988 :
Update:99Telep ☺ dpr ☹ blemspointed out the time fancy author Neil Gaiman was part of a Blackberry ad campaign :
[ h / t to Tobias Buckell ]
Harlan EllisonStephen King
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