America Online is an animation by Edd Gould. It was uploaded to Newgrounds on August 30, 2004 at 12:35 PM EDT. The animation is a remix of an audio clip of a mock advertisement for AOL from www.computerpranks.com.
Trivia[]
Instead of being referred to as "America Online", the characters in the animation refer to it as "American Online"
Advertiser: "Welcome to a new way to communicate. A new source of news, information, and computer software. Introducing American On-Line." Paul Goodman: "Hey, with American On-Line I can just point and click! No, wait." Advertiser: "With American On-Line you can send and receive E-Mail, even across the internet." Paul Goodman: "Hey I've got E-Mail! OK, I open the Mail Box... No that's not it. Maybe I- No. Damn!" Advertiser: "American On-Line puts you in touch with information resources all across the country." Paul Goodman: "HOW DO YOU GET THIS THING OPEN, OPEN! 'Application in use' WHAT APPLICATION, I CAN'T EVEN START ANY APPLICATIONS!" Advertiser: "Call now for your free trial, you'll get free software and 10 hours of free on-line time your first month, which you can spend trying to figure out how to open up your E-Mail box." Paul Goodman: "'Socket timed out'?! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?! JESUS, I HATE THIS THING!" Advertiser: "American On-Line. It's knowledge, It's power." Paul Goodman: "IT SUCKS!"
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