When Elon Musk busted out some questionable dance moves at a Tesla launch event recently, we couldn’t help but recall what may well the single most infamous onstage product launch dance of all time.
Given that it’s a Thursday, and we haven’t done a Throwback in a while, why not?
You have to go way, way back to August 24, 1995 for the now (in)famous Windows 95 launch, with the memory that really jumps out being the aggressive dance moves on display, especially by Steve Ballmer.
Good music, awful moves:
Look at Bill in the background, awkwardly shuffling around. You love to see it.
We need this to be broken down in greater detail. We’re in luck:
24 years ago Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates celebrated the Windows 95 launch
I broke down the film pic.twitter.com/8qU9Ggr2QC
— Mike Camerlengo (@MCamerlengo) September 24, 2019
I understand everything with perfect clarity now.
For an actual analysis of why the launch was such a massive success, you can read this.
We’re going to watch the breakdown one more time.
Happy Thursday.
