George Plimpton and Henry Thomas promote Night Stalker and Lock 'N' Chase, 1982. After Atari spent millions to license the movie E.T., Mattel hired Thomas, star of E.T., to appear in Intellivision commercials. Atari threatened to sue Mattel if Thomas was identified in the commercials, explaining the coy reference at the end of this ad.
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