A Find For Those Who Grew Up In The 80s'

[MikeandRaph87]

On occasion I find some unique things on Youtube anything from showing employees how to transform Showbiz Pizza into Chuck E. Cheese's to a 1994 Senate committee hearing on domestic violence. On this occasion I found 4 hours 14 minutes worth of 1980s retromercials. While I am a 90s kid I find it interesting I thought all of you 80s' kids might find it interesting to shuffle through the extensive video. It appears to be taped off of CBS from the entire duration of the 80s' in Tusla, Oklahoma. There is also Youtube Channel that has numberous 15 minute clips of retrommercials of the period as it aired. Hope all you enjoy.

[CyberCubed]

Just think, almost all those kids in those commercials are now 30 year old adults. Scary.

[ssjup81]

This was a nice blast to the past. I remembered most of these, too. Didn't recall that Pound Puppies used to air on ABC. I just know I used to watch it. lol

One thing I liked about the commercials back then was the music. Lot's oc commercials used interesting music jingles as well as those prior to the 80s, making them more memorable. In my case while watching this, it's like most came back to me as it was playing, like the Juicy Fruit commercial, for example. I actually remembered the actual commercial. lol

So yeah, this was really nice to see.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Just think, almost all those kids in those commercials are now 30 year old adults. Scary.

What's scarier is your math.

These commercials seem to be from around 1986 to 1987 and they also mentioned the re-release of Song of the South in theaters (quite a few Disney films were re-released in theaters in the 80s) for its 40th anniversary. If anything, most of these kids would probably be around 35 and older. Definitely doubt 30 unless there were some babies in the commercials.

Edit: Never mind. ^^

[Mew]

What an enoyable experience.

10/10 would read thread again.

[Mayhem]

And to bring a little UK perspective, so you can see what was happening over here at about the same time, someone's scanned up some toy listings from the 1985 Argos catalogue (a large wholesaler, still going today).

Ah, the Argos catalogue, laminated pages of dreams

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/12/10/...985-wonderful/

[MikeandRaph87]

You say its from 1986/87? I don't know. I only really remember the winter themed McDonaldland commercial and the Nintendo one that kicks it off. It seemed like some of those would have played long enough for me to be able to remember them. Aside from the Song of The South rerelease the only other movie to help date the sets is the late 1985 Alice In Wonderland production that everyone from Ringo to Stamos to even Lord Zedd.

This is the set I was watching when I stumbled upon the above video.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...C5C0C1521CB80B

[Etsyturtle2]

Was that Barry Gordon
In the Nestlé quick commercial?

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Etsyturtle2

Was that Barry Gordon
In the Nestlé quick commercial?

Yes, he has long been the voice of the NesQuick Bunny. Its always fun to recognize voices behind various characters.

[Etsyturtle2]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Yes, he has long been the voice of the NesQuick Bunny. Its always fun to recognize voices behind various characters.

Cool. I love his voice.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

You say its from 1986/87? I don't know. I only really remember the winter themed McDonaldland commercial and the Nintendo one that kicks it off. It seemed like some of those would have played long enough for me to be able to remember them. Aside from the Song of The South rerelease the only other movie to help date the sets is the late 1985 Alice In Wonderland production that everyone from Ringo to Stamos to even Lord Zedd.

This is the set I was watching when I stumbled upon the above video.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...C5C0C1521CB80B

Some are before that, but like I pointed out, Song of the South was rereleased in theaters in '86 for its 40th anniversary. Anyway, some of these commercials were in circulation for a good long while.

Oh and one of the commercials mentioned the upcoming premiere of Perfect Strangers. The show started in 1986 and I was a huge fan of it. lol

Oh and the video had stuff from all three networks, like the thing with Alf introducing Kissyfur. That was on NBC, as well as Alf, I'm sure.

[MikeandRaph87]

When scrolling through I noticed a lot of "this is CBS" and then a music tone while ABC and NBC were not identified by a network notification. I am just basing it off the 30 minutes I have seen of the clip. Commercials were more watchable back then and nostalgia helps too.

[Utrommaniac]

I wonder if this is where the Doug Walker got some of the content for his commercial specials? There's the Song of the South commercial, and the Giggles cookies one in which the little boy is taking his acting coach's instructions to laugh a little too seriously.

There is a selection that I enjoyed, though

- The Nintendo commercial in which the house blasted off into the sky
- The He-Man slime pit. "I've been slimed!"
- That young lady is enjoying her cheerios a little much there?
- "We've got what Sprite and 7Up missed!" Yeah, that's why you're still in stores today, Slice.
- THERE WAS A NERDS CEREAL!?
-...of course they advertised computer technology with animated woodland animals.

Most of my commercials would have been from Kids WB in the early 2000's, so of course I wouldn't have seen any of these. But boy, are they some special ones. One I very specifically remember was a waffle commercial. "Do you brush your teeth then brush your hair? Now, you can have the hair-brushing toothbrush so you can get to your waffles sooner!"

[MikeandRaph87]

Here are even more commercials from the 1980s'. This set is specifically from Saturday morning. The first one (7Up reminds me of the most ridiculous video game I ever played starting the mascot.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Here are even more commercials from the 1980s'. This set is specifically from Saturday morning. The first one (7Up reminds me of the most ridiculous video game I ever played starting the mascot.

These were nice. Some were from the early 90s, like the Atari Lynx commercial and the commercial for the upcoming Gremlins 2 movie. Also, I'm sure quite few of these commercials weren't Saturday morning ones. Some weren't aimed towards a kids' demographic. The beginning with the old CBS Special Presentation thing was only used for special presentations, like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Peanuts specials, Wizard of Oz, etc., and those things were shown in prime time. There were also commercials for the Cosby Show and Family Ties going on about the shows airing that night. I'm 100% positive they aired on Thursday nights. I watched them back then. Same with Gimmie a Break and Facts of Life. For the life of me, I don't remember which day those shows aired (I want to say Tuesday or Wednesday), but I don't think it was Saturday nights and I doubt it was on Friday nights (I'm sure Dallas would've killed it lol).

[MikeandRaph87]

You would know better than I would. I wa5ched bits after I posted it and saw Cosby/Night Court advertised and couple of others would not fit Saturday mornings. Gremlins 2: The New Batch was released New Years 1990 so technically the ad was from Christmas season 1989.

[ssjup81]

Wow, it was 1990? Wow, I thought it was released in 1991. lol I didn't see it in theaters. Thinking about it, I could've been wrong about the Atari Lynx commercial. That could've been about 1989. The encyclopedia Britanica commercial I'm pretty sure was about 1991.

Anywho, seems commercials aired during Saturday mornings back then were for toys, games, dolls, candy, snacks, cereals, PSAs, fast food, etc.

[MikeandRaph87]

There were some prime-time shows advertised during the Saturday morning segments. I remember seeing Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman and In The Heat of The Night during Ninja Turtles tenure on CBS's Sat AM lineup. Full House reruns on Fox were advertised during Mighty Morphin 's Sat AM slot so I guess Cosby/ Night Court could have advertised, but the later seems a bit risqué for kids eyes.

I don't remember when the movie came out as my earliest memories are from mid 1990. However my DVD copy of the film and the teailer confirm the first quarter 1990 release.

What is it about pre-2000 commercials that make us go out of our way to see, but cannot tolerate watching commercial now. It cannot be nostalgia and that is it.

[JakeSully]

Those commercials bring back great days of growing up in the 80s and even the 90s for me was a great time to be a teenager.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

There were some prime-time shows advertised during the Saturday morning segments. I remember seeing Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman and In The Heat of The Night during Ninja Turtles tenure on CBS's Sat AM lineup. Full House reruns on Fox were advertised during Mighty Morphin 's Sat AM slot so I guess Cosby/ Night Court could have advertised, but the later seems a bit risqué for kids eyes.

In the commercials, they said specifically that they were airing that night. Cosby Show and Family Ties used to air on Thursday nights on NBC Night Court and Gimme a Break (also NBC shows) didn't air on Saturday nights and aired on a weeknight...I just don't remember which day. I didn't watch Night Court much during its original run because of the time it came on...past my bed time and would only see it if I were off from school. Gimme a Break I used to watch it during its original run all the time.

Dr. Quinn commercials being promo'd Saturday mornings (and I do recall this) wouldn't be a problem because it aired on Saturday nights on CBS anyway at 8:00 and it was a family show. In the Heat of the Night aired on NBC and rerun on Fox. A show like that being promo'd during a Saturday morning block would be pretty strange since it was a more adult-oriented show....which I could never see being advertised, during those times, on the big 3 (ABC, CBS, NBC). Fox was the "Sonic" of networks back then, seemingly. lol Now that I think about it, I don't think I ever really watched Fox at all on Saturday mornings when it started doing its own cartoon block. I always watched ABC, CBS, and NBC on Saturday mornings. I'd watch stuff like Fox (Disney Afternoon used to air on our Fox affiliate up to a point; back in like 88 or so, it used to also air the OT when it was still in syndication for my area), USA (USA Cartoon Express), TBS (Tom & Jerry Funhouse), and TNT (Warner Bros stuff and the Pink Panther) on weekday mornings/afternoons/evenings.

Doesn't matter either way, it just shows that some of these commercials weren't all from Saturday morning blocks.

I don't remember when the movie came out as my earliest memories are from mid 1990. However my DVD copy of the film and the teailer confirm the first quarter 1990 release.

I was just confusing it. I didn't see the film until it came to video and I recall seeing it back sometime in 1991. As some may remember, it took a long time for movies to get put onto video back then.

What is it about pre-2000 commercials that make us go out of our way to see, but cannot tolerate watching commercial now. It cannot be nostalgia and that is it.

Yeah. They were more catchy back then.

[MikeandRaph87]

Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me. Perhaps it was aired during the 2pm airings of TMNT circa 1992-1993 when it was on Fox. I have a few of those on tape and the same goes for CBS and Dr. Quinn.

There was one commercial that sticks out as late 1990. The TMNT toy commercial focused on Panda Khan, Ray Fillet, Napoleon Bonafrog, and Mutagen Man. Go to the 1 hour 6 minutes mark.