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A Teenage Jack Black Stars In Pitfall! Ad

Using celebrities in gaming advertisements is always a good way to get your ad viral and bring your game some attention. We have seen this countless times in the last few years with celebrities like Jonah Hill, Kobe Bryant, and Robert Downey Jr. In the early 80’s a game you might have heard of for the Atari 2600, Pitfall!, used a young teenager in their commercial who would eventually become a big comedic actor. That boy was Jack Black. Check it out:

Josh Gilbert

Josh is the Co-founder and a Senior Writer for Controller Crusade, and loves all things related to video games. He is a retro games collector trying to recapture his childhood one game at a time, and he also has a major dude crush on Nathan Drake. You can contact him via email at jgilbert@controllercrusade.com or on Twitter @joshgilbert11.

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