80's Commercials Vol. 547
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2025
- These commercials aired on WLVI on October 25th, 1988. I realize the quality here is kind of garbage, but I did what I could considering the original source. Viewer beware!
1. "Halloween II" Intro
2. J&S Smoke Shop (Bring the kids down to the smoke shop to buy Nixon masks!)
3. The Golden Voice of Frank Patterson
4. Era Plus
5. Wendy's Bacon Swiss Burger
6. 8 O'Clock Movie Commercial Bumpers
7. Mazda
8. Pizza Hut
9. TV Spot for "Child's Play"
10. Head & Shoulders
11. Lens Crafters
12. WLVI News Update
13. Newpro Windows
14. Promo for "Lifeforce" (I have no idea how they managed to air this one on TV, given that one of the characters is a space vampire chick who stays naked nearly the entire movie)
15. Loan Depot
16. 8 O'Clock Movie Commercial Bumpers
17. Coors Extra Gold
18. Promo for "Child Care: Everybody's Baby"
19. No on Question 2 ("It's not just bad for you, it's awwwwful...it's terrrrrible")
20. Store 24 Halloween Headquarters (Amazing)
21. McDonald's McChicken Sandwich
22. WLVI News Update
23. Hair Club For Men
24. Easy Glider
25. 8 O'Clock Movie Commercial Bumper
26. Bank Of Boston
27. Kleenex
28. Newbury College
29. Reynolds Oven Cooking Bags
30. WLVI Weather Update
31. Coors Extra Gold
32. Promo for "American Expose: Who Murdered JFK" (SPOILER: It was Lee Harvey Oswald)
33. Cal Ban 2000 (WOW Free fake pearls!)
34. 8 O'Clock Movie Commercial Bumper
35. TV Spot for "They Live"
36. Promo for "Night Court"
37. Boston Herald Massachusetts State Lottery Giveaway (It's kind of weird they feature the more obscure large currency bills with Woodrow Wilson and William McKinley that haven't been in circulation for decades)
38. Coast
39. Piedmont Airlines
40. WLVI News Promo
41. Syms
42. Toyota
43. Norwegian Cruise Line
44. Advil
45. Joseph Foley Attorney
46. 8 O'Clock Movie Commercial Bumper
47. Time Life Music "Rock 'n' Roll Era 1961"
48. We The People (All the info you ever wanted to know about Noah Webster)
49. 8 O'Clock Movie Commercial Bumper
Lifeforce! Holy cow I love that movie. I wonder how they got around all the nudity on cable...
God I'm addicted to these commercial videos, thank you so much for all the effort you put into posting these.
I bet they just "pan'n'scan" zoomed around the shots ...back then a movie on tv meant cropped/zoomed/edited, no full frame widescreen unless you went to the theaters
Omg I grew up watching WLVI! This is full of gems. I remember that JB’s Smokeshop commercial. I always wondered if the inside of the smoke shop was the same as the commercial and it terrified me. Jack Hynes, question 2, changing area codes-such simpler times! I remember this was the same channel that “Creature Double Feature” was on on Saturday afternoons.
Yet another great channel to binge! Dinosaur Dracula brought me here and I can't be happier.
5:14 - I kind of miss it how movie commercials used to show audience reaction after the film was over. Sure it was cheesy, and I'm sure they were largely scripted (I highly doubt anyone was THIS scared by Child's Play as the woman hiding her face appears to be), but it was usually fun.
I only very recently watched Child's Play for the first time and it is one of the best slashers of the 1980's. It's fantastic! As for Lifeforce, I think this TV station might have made some edits to the movie to remove the nudity, possibly blurring the picture.
These are awesome. Great work!
These are from Tuesday, 10/25/88. "Halloween II" aired at 8 PM.
Night Court was just entering first run syndication at this point.
I dunno about the rest of this volume, but I'm up to the commercial for that Frank Patterson album and I can safely say this is the spookiest upload of them all!
EDIT: Actually, this may sound dumb but I think the combination of weird, subtle video/audio quirks throughout and the intentionally/unintentionally ominous commercials along with the spots and promos for real horror movies actually DOES produce a nice, slow-burn creepiness so hell, maybe I wasn't too far off. x) Very good, interesting upload though. I kinda wanna check out "Lifeforce" now from that promo alone.
"Lifeforce" is a pretty amazing slice of 80's sci-fi/horror and the gore/practical effects in it are top notch.
😂😂😂😬😂lol yes that Frank Roberts ad😂❤😂
I understand the area code frustration. Az assigned new area codes about 10 years ago. We went from 2 to 5 of them. It was frustrating at first, but we got used to it.
This poor vhs. I swear people always think they are like this now. They Live is one the highlights. Time Life music offers... classic ads that make you shake your head.
I really had no idea changing area codes was such a big deal!
It's just *3* digits! (which we never needed to enter back then, anyway.)
Store 24..... WHUT?
I also had no idea the Syms clothing chain was also in New England, they were an institution in the New York area for years.
Don't know the name, but the music in the WLVI bumper is the same as Norfolk CW (then independent) station WGNT used for their bumpers the first year or so after switching to those calls from WYAH after Pat Robertson sold the station.
now i have to search about question 2 and why should i not vote for it ;-)
People got mad they changed the area code, there are 5 of them in South Florida, 305 786 954 754 561.