Oddity Archive

Season 0, Episode 91

Episode Title: Ben's Junk: Vtech Socrates Educational Video System

Air Date: 2017-05-04

Overview:

(conversation overheard at VTech, 1988) Boss: What’s a name that sounds good and smart for our quasi-educational video game console? Engineer: Um, Socrates! Boss: Is he smart? Engineer: Yeah. Boss: Perfect! What’s for lunch?