80's Commercials Vol. 1055

These commercials aired on ABC on February 27th, 1980
1. Swift Butterball Turkeys (Do Pilgrim ghosts have NOTHING better to do than to try to get people to eat Turkeys?)
2. WOKR Eyewitness News Bumper
3. "Charlie's Angels" Intro
4. Tostitos
5. Vicks Sinex
6. Johnson's Baby Shampoo (With Fran Tarkenton)
7. Total (You can tell that this was before the obsession with fiber later on in the 80's, as there's no mention of it)
8. Promo for "Tenspeed And Brown Shoe" (A short-lived detective/comedy series starring Ben Vereen and Jeff Goldblum. It was cancelled after 14 episodes) and "Attica"
9. ABC Station ID
10. Contac (I've posted this one before, but holy crap...eight pills of anything a day is not healthy. And "They're new?" is not an excuse. It doesn't seem like you even have a cold!)
11. Chun King
12. Promo for "Mork & Mindy" and "Benson"
13. "Charlie's Angels" Commercial Bumper
14. Promo for "Vega$" (Partial, a network promo interrupted by the network it seems?)
15. McDonald's Extra Fry-Day (Neat to post a leap year specific promo in a leap year)
16. Vanderstyne Ford
17. WOKR Eyewitness News Bumper
18. "Charlie's Angels" Commercial Bumper
19. Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn (7:09 Damn, did they really sell it in giant jars like that?)
20. L'Oreal Accents Collection
21. Promo for "Barney Miller", "Soap" and "20/20"
22. "Charlie's Angels" Commercial Bumper
23. Dodge, Chrysler and Plymouth $50 Test Drive
24. Richards Wild Irish Rose Wine
25. Vicks Formula 44D
26. Mennen Millionaire Cologne
27. Next Time on "Charlie's Angels"...
28. "Charlie's Angels" End Credits (WOW, it's amazing to post even an audio promo for "The Andy Kaufman Special". This was a special originally filmed in 1977 as "Andy's Funhouse" but not aired by ABC until 1979 and can be seen here: • Andy Kaufman - 1979 An... This repeat was apparently edited down to fill an hour timeslot)

[@MyMelodyOfTheHeart]

Tostitos- It’s interesting to see that compared to the design of the bags that these chips come in nowadays, the design of the bags in this commercial looks more artistic.
Johnson’s Baby Shampoo- If I recall correctly, the design of the bottle of Johnson’s Baby Shampoo remained mostly unchanged for many years.

[@DanZero77]

That Total commercial looked and sounded like a game show!!!

[@yusakug]

0:13 - Something tells me that little Joey is going to be haunted by that pilgrim ghost from that point on…

[@01FozzyS]

I'm digging that Mennen Millionaire cologne. 🤣

[@aidanconroy966]

That guy taking fistfuls of pills in the Contac commercial may have a bigger problem than a cold.

[@Yo_DynamoJoe]

04:08 Apparently Contac 12-Hour cold medicine was discontinued after a recall of every medicine that contained phenylpropanolamine, which was proven to cause strokes in otherwise healthy, young people. So maybe that guy should just stick to his 8 pill regimen.

[@bryanloveseighties]

5:35-6:05 Not only was 1980 a great year to enjoy everything it had to offer but it was interesting to see that McDonald's wanted to take advantage of it being a leap year where February 29th was on a Friday by making a pun on the day's name as it was an extra Friday and an extra "Fry-day" as well. I wish they would have continued that offer in every leap year that started on a Tuesday, as that's when Feb. 29 is on a Friday. In fact, there won't be another such leap year until 2036. I hope they can bring back that offer then. Also, it was neat that those guys wore sweatshirts with all the dates in February on them. I believe you can make such a sweatshirt or t-shirt at Amazon or Custom Ink.

[@TTrigg]

Swift Butterball Turkeys-"Mayflower Ghosts"..a brand new comedy coming soon to ABC!
Charlie's Angels-show just wasn't the same after Farrah and Kate left IMO
Tenspeed And Brown Shoe-Jeff and Ben should do a reunion movie
Attica-loved this and the HBO telefilm Against The Wall
Chun King-love that jingle
Benson-the old"sworn rivals trapped together" trope
Vega$-Dan is running a bit too slow there
Next time on"Charlie's Angels"-Louis Jordan sighting!

[@jenniferseghers9355]

Doug Barr is the last guy in the Mennan millionaire ad.

[@hopegrimsley3427]

8:47- I feel like they’re totally ripping off Riunite here with the whole “(insert name of wine here) on ice being nice.” I googled it and Richards Wild Rose wines also use Lambrusco grapes…hmmm.

[@hopegrimsley3427]

I feel like this is the epitome of false advertising- 4:50