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    • Episode 56 - Helen, Bob, James & John (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 55 - Spacewalking is a Game of Kuritsa (2010: The Year We Make Cont
    • Episode 54 - Europa and the Pirate Clipper (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 52 & 53 - Jack Kirby's Space Odyssey with Eli Schwab
    • Episode 51 - Syd Mead & The Art of "2010" (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 50 - Aerobraking (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 49 - A Fan Odyssey with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Cont
    • Episode 48 - HAL & SAL with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 47 - LEONOV: Meet The Crew! (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 46 - The Road to Arecibo (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 45 - Solar Eclipse 2024!
    • Episode 44 - Syd Mead, Visual Futurist (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 43 - SEALAB 2010: At Home with Heywood (2010: The Year We Make Cont
    • Episode 42 - 2024: Odysseus in Space (A Year on the Moon)
    • Episode 41 - The Very Large Array Telescope (2010: The Year We Make Content
    • Episode 40 - The Year We Make Content
    • Episode 39 - Behind The Concierge Desk
    • Episode 38 - In the Orbit of the Odyssey with R.H. Vatcher
    • BONUS SPECIAL: A Clavius Christmas
    • Episode 37 - Beyond The Beyond: 2001 and the Future of VFX
    • Episode 36 - A Super SKYLAB 50th Anniversary!
    • Ridley Scott Birthday Bonus!
    • Episode 35 - SKYLAB Spectacular with NRL's Victor Scherrer
    • Episode 34 - Behind The Beyond: VFX of the Infinite
    • Episode 33 - Jupiter And Beyond
    • Episode 32 - A "Shining" HALLOWEEN with R.H. Vatcher
    • Episode 31 - Through The REDRUM Looking Glass with R.H. Vatcher ("The Shini
    • Episode 30 - Pictures Within Pictures with R.H. Vatcher ("The Shining" and
    • Episode 29 - At The 1964 World's Fair with R.H. Vatcher
    • Episode 28 - The Adventures of Arthur C. Clarke (Vol. II Alive)
    • Episode 27 - The Adventures of Arthur C. Clarke (Vol. I Awake)
    • Episode 26 - "O Deep Thought"
    • Episode 25 - Digital Tears
    • Episode 24 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 4!
    • Episode 23 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 3!
    • ICCC Dispatch 3: John Rhys-Davies on the Dawn of Humanity
    • ICCC Dispatch 2: NASA-JPL Science Ambassador Chuck Schlemm on 2001: A Space
    • ICCC Dispatch 1: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn on Directing, with Steve Blum
    • Episode 22 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 2!
    • Episode 21 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 1!
    • Episode 20 - Judgment Day
    • Episode 19 - The Case For The Defense
    • Episode 18 - Murder!
    • Episode 17 - Paranoia (Part 2)
    • Episode 16 - Paranoia (Part 1)
    • Episode 15 - Discovery
    • Episode 14 - HAL Origins: To the Moon and Back
    • Episode 13 - HAL Origins: Transistor Timez!
    • Episode 12 - HAL Origins: The ENIAC Women and Another Tube Bites The Dust
    • Episode 11 - HAL Origins: Doctor Good and the Singularity
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  • Episode Archive
    • Episode 61 - HAL Resurrection, Act I: The Mystery of Pod G
    • Episode 59 - Marketing An Odyssey with Virginia Smith: Part 2
    • Episode 58 - Marketing An Odyssey with Virginia Smith (Part 1)
    • Episode 57 - Lost in Translation
    • Episode 56 - Helen, Bob, James & John (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 55 - Spacewalking is a Game of Kuritsa (2010: The Year We Make Cont
    • Episode 54 - Europa and the Pirate Clipper (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 52 & 53 - Jack Kirby's Space Odyssey with Eli Schwab
    • Episode 51 - Syd Mead & The Art of "2010" (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 50 - Aerobraking (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 49 - A Fan Odyssey with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Cont
    • Episode 48 - HAL & SAL with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 47 - LEONOV: Meet The Crew! (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 46 - The Road to Arecibo (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 45 - Solar Eclipse 2024!
    • Episode 44 - Syd Mead, Visual Futurist (2010: The Year We Make Content)
    • Episode 43 - SEALAB 2010: At Home with Heywood (2010: The Year We Make Cont
    • Episode 42 - 2024: Odysseus in Space (A Year on the Moon)
    • Episode 41 - The Very Large Array Telescope (2010: The Year We Make Content
    • Episode 40 - The Year We Make Content
    • Episode 39 - Behind The Concierge Desk
    • Episode 38 - In the Orbit of the Odyssey with R.H. Vatcher
    • BONUS SPECIAL: A Clavius Christmas
    • Episode 37 - Beyond The Beyond: 2001 and the Future of VFX
    • Episode 36 - A Super SKYLAB 50th Anniversary!
    • Ridley Scott Birthday Bonus!
    • Episode 35 - SKYLAB Spectacular with NRL's Victor Scherrer
    • Episode 34 - Behind The Beyond: VFX of the Infinite
    • Episode 33 - Jupiter And Beyond
    • Episode 32 - A "Shining" HALLOWEEN with R.H. Vatcher
    • Episode 31 - Through The REDRUM Looking Glass with R.H. Vatcher ("The Shini
    • Episode 30 - Pictures Within Pictures with R.H. Vatcher ("The Shining" and
    • Episode 29 - At The 1964 World's Fair with R.H. Vatcher
    • Episode 28 - The Adventures of Arthur C. Clarke (Vol. II Alive)
    • Episode 27 - The Adventures of Arthur C. Clarke (Vol. I Awake)
    • Episode 26 - "O Deep Thought"
    • Episode 25 - Digital Tears
    • Episode 24 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 4!
    • Episode 23 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 3!
    • ICCC Dispatch 3: John Rhys-Davies on the Dawn of Humanity
    • ICCC Dispatch 2: NASA-JPL Science Ambassador Chuck Schlemm on 2001: A Space
    • ICCC Dispatch 1: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn on Directing, with Steve Blum
    • Episode 22 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 2!
    • Episode 21 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 1!
    • Episode 20 - Judgment Day
    • Episode 19 - The Case For The Defense
    • Episode 18 - Murder!
    • Episode 17 - Paranoia (Part 2)
    • Episode 16 - Paranoia (Part 1)
    • Episode 15 - Discovery
    • Episode 14 - HAL Origins: To the Moon and Back
    • Episode 13 - HAL Origins: Transistor Timez!
    • Episode 12 - HAL Origins: The ENIAC Women and Another Tube Bites The Dust
    • Episode 11 - HAL Origins: Doctor Good and the Singularity
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    • Episode Archive
      • Episode 61 - HAL Resurrection, Act I: The Mystery of Pod G
      • Episode 59 - Marketing An Odyssey with Virginia Smith: Part 2
      • Episode 58 - Marketing An Odyssey with Virginia Smith (Part 1)
      • Episode 57 - Lost in Translation
      • Episode 56 - Helen, Bob, James & John (2010: The Year We Make Content)
      • Episode 55 - Spacewalking is a Game of Kuritsa (2010: The Year We Make Cont
      • Episode 54 - Europa and the Pirate Clipper (2010: The Year We Make Content)
      • Episode 52 & 53 - Jack Kirby's Space Odyssey with Eli Schwab
      • Episode 51 - Syd Mead & The Art of "2010" (2010: The Year We Make Content)
      • Episode 50 - Aerobraking (2010: The Year We Make Content)
      • Episode 49 - A Fan Odyssey with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Cont
      • Episode 48 - HAL & SAL with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Content)
      • Episode 47 - LEONOV: Meet The Crew! (2010: The Year We Make Content)
      • Episode 46 - The Road to Arecibo (2010: The Year We Make Content)
      • Episode 45 - Solar Eclipse 2024!
      • Episode 44 - Syd Mead, Visual Futurist (2010: The Year We Make Content)
      • Episode 43 - SEALAB 2010: At Home with Heywood (2010: The Year We Make Cont
      • Episode 42 - 2024: Odysseus in Space (A Year on the Moon)
      • Episode 41 - The Very Large Array Telescope (2010: The Year We Make Content
      • Episode 40 - The Year We Make Content
      • Episode 39 - Behind The Concierge Desk
      • Episode 38 - In the Orbit of the Odyssey with R.H. Vatcher
      • BONUS SPECIAL: A Clavius Christmas
      • Episode 37 - Beyond The Beyond: 2001 and the Future of VFX
      • Episode 36 - A Super SKYLAB 50th Anniversary!
      • Ridley Scott Birthday Bonus!
      • Episode 35 - SKYLAB Spectacular with NRL's Victor Scherrer
      • Episode 34 - Behind The Beyond: VFX of the Infinite
      • Episode 33 - Jupiter And Beyond
      • Episode 32 - A "Shining" HALLOWEEN with R.H. Vatcher
      • Episode 31 - Through The REDRUM Looking Glass with R.H. Vatcher ("The Shini
      • Episode 30 - Pictures Within Pictures with R.H. Vatcher ("The Shining" and
      • Episode 29 - At The 1964 World's Fair with R.H. Vatcher
      • Episode 28 - The Adventures of Arthur C. Clarke (Vol. II Alive)
      • Episode 27 - The Adventures of Arthur C. Clarke (Vol. I Awake)
      • Episode 26 - "O Deep Thought"
      • Episode 25 - Digital Tears
      • Episode 24 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 4!
      • Episode 23 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 3!
      • ICCC Dispatch 3: John Rhys-Davies on the Dawn of Humanity
      • ICCC Dispatch 2: NASA-JPL Science Ambassador Chuck Schlemm on 2001: A Space
      • ICCC Dispatch 1: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn on Directing, with Steve Blum
      • Episode 22 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 2!
      • Episode 21 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 1!
      • Episode 20 - Judgment Day
      • Episode 19 - The Case For The Defense
      • Episode 18 - Murder!
      • Episode 17 - Paranoia (Part 2)
      • Episode 16 - Paranoia (Part 1)
      • Episode 15 - Discovery
      • Episode 14 - HAL Origins: To the Moon and Back
      • Episode 13 - HAL Origins: Transistor Timez!
      • Episode 12 - HAL Origins: The ENIAC Women and Another Tube Bites The Dust
      • Episode 11 - HAL Origins: Doctor Good and the Singularity
    • Articles & Resources
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Episode 59 - Marketing An Odyssey with Virginia Smith: Part 2 (2010: The Year We Make Content)

Flash back 40 years to the Spring of 1985, when "2010" fever went worldwide and everyone was making contact!

From cereal to Crunch 'N Munch, from mail-in clothing to calendars, international posters and stickers!

From Ford concept cars to Domino's pizzas, and stickers!

Games, games, games! At the arcade at Aladdin's Castle or at home with Adam, Apple, and Coleco. And stickers!

Plus the holograms, Barry Norman, and Crispy Wheats 'n Raisins. And stickers!

Have your own 2010 merch, ads or stories? Share it with us on BlueSky, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, or email!

Check out Virginia Smith's artwork at http://ginnie-the-nerd.pipertoo.com 

Episodes 59 - Marketing An Odyssey with Virginia Smith: Part 2 (2010: The Year We Make Content)

2010 Official0 Marketing Guide. MGM/UA, 1984.

Entertainment Tonight (December 14, 1984)

TV Spot For "2010: The Year We Make Contact"

2010: The Year We Make Contact TV Spot #2 (1984)

2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984 TV spot #2

1985 General Mills Rocky Road cereal commercial.

1982 General Mills Cereal Contest

1981 General Mills Crispy Wheats 'n Raisins cereal commercial.

1985 General Mills Crispy wheats 'n Raisins Cereal TV Commercial

Crunch 'n Munch commercial 1983

Domino's Pizza Commercial 1985

Lisa Frank - "You Gotta Have It!"

Lazer Blazers 3D Holographic Stickers Commercial Masters of the Universe

JENNIFER CONNELLY sings 'Ai No Monologue' in a 1986 Japanese Technics commercial

Film 85 Location Report on 2010 with Barry Norman

1984 Ford Car Commercial

1984 Ford Truck Commercials YOU WILL LOVE!

Funny 1984 Ford Mustang TV Ad Commercial (1 of 6)

A visit to Aladdin's Castle in 1981

1980s Aladdins Castle video about Arcade games

Aladdin's Castle commercial 1980's / Lakewood California

ColecoVision 1983 TV Commercial

ColecoVision - "Playing In 1984" (Commercial, 1984)

ColecoVision & Adam - "Sorry, Atari" (Commercial, 1983)

Coleco - Adam - "Computer Programming" (Commercial, 1984)

Andy Summers. "2010" (Based On "Also Sprach Zarathustra") A&M, 1984.


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