So funny, 58 years old and watching commercials from the 80s! I hated commercials back when I was so much younger and now I wish I could go back and do it all over again! If I only knew then what I know now.
America looked like a whole different country back then - fresher, cleaner, more optimistic. Watch the commercials now and notice the stark contrast. Things have definitely deteriorated.
Optimistic? We all expected global thermonuclear war at any moment. Fresher, cleaner? Los Angeles was just starting to clean up their Shanghai level smog, and acid rain was still in the daily news. In fact, I remember on SNL around this time, on their "news" segment, they were singing parody headlines, and one was "Terrain in Maine is stained by acid rain".
@@ChildovGhad The “people” seemed fresher. And acid rain was BS propaganda. And yes, the air was dirtier in the cities but have you noticed all the air pollution the planes are putting up in the skies lately? Look up and on many days you’ll see rows of pollution pumped out by planes. They look like thin lines and they expand over 10-20 minutes. Those aren’t not mere contrails or water vapor trails. They linger and create a cloud cover if you have the patience to watch them for a while. That air pollution must be falling down on us. What goes up must come down. Remember that when you breathe in the “clean” air.
STATIONS AND AIRDATES 0:00 ABC network feed, March 25, 1982 4:17 WCBS-TV2, New York, April 6, 1981 8:21 ? 8:30 KNXT-TV2, Los Angeles, September 30, 1982 15:39 WSM-TV4, Nashville, October 30, 1981 36:55 WXYZ-TV7 Detroit, April 15, 1982 45:11 KOVR-TV13 Sacramento, December 8, 1981 56:28 KOVR-TV13 Sacramento, March 28, 1982 1:08:01 KNXT-TV2 Los Angeles, September 26, 1982 1:14:36 WTAE-TV4 Pittsburgh, c. December 1983 1:15:46 KDKA-TV2 Pittsburgh, December 24, 1983
my girlfriend and I agree that the commercials from the 70s and 80s were catchy, much more than they are today. Remember Juicy Fruit Twins? Big Red Gum? RC Cola? Mountain Dew? Fritos? :)
The way these commercials were made makes me want to go buy things they advertise now. Companies lost their way when they quit doing jingles. I only associate with products now from the brand recognition jingles I watched on TV 35-40 years ago. Today's commercials suck and I fast forward thru all of them, yet I'm here watching these on purpose from 40 years ago. Product companies and Ad agencies just don't get it and are only screwing themselves with what they call advertising now days.
50:17 the voice of Lester Rawlins for Atari. You'll also know his voice from Dunkin' Donuts ads. 54:05 Peter Thomas on the voice-over for American Express. An all-time great VO announcer. 1:16:01 the unmistakable voice of Karl Weber for Alka-Seltzer. You'll recognize his voice from spots for Castrol GTX motor oil and Boar's Head deli meats.
omg,I love Mash matters.My beagle would watch Mash with me.His favorite was Klinger.Ive always had dogs and when the time right I'm getting a new beagle puppy to love. Of course, I will name him Klinger!!!🐕❤🙂 ps,I collect 1970s to 90s tabloids and magazines, and memorbilia.
The best part of all these commercials are that you don't hear the phrase DOT COM every few seconds like the crap that's on the tv and radio today. Also, the actors who are in these commercials don't act like idiots compaired to the actors who are in today's commercials.
35:49 Red Lobster commercial - voiceover by Michael Bell, best known as the voice of cartoon characters such as Chas Finster, Prowl, Handy Smurf, and Duke.
on the Halloween first time on network television I remember it, and also NBC actually made John Carpenter add two extra scene to the film, basically NBC said it was not long enough, which Carpenter thought it was strange, but, he went ahead and added the two scenes....I was just a small kid in grade school the night it premiered
@@joerichardwad1645I was married to a redhead with big hair from 1983-1992. However, my wife died in 1992, her heart stopped while she was sleeping. Our daughters were 4yrs and 6yrs old at the time of her passing.
More so though, people were happy and life was simple. The world made sense. The tv had wholesome family content that you watched in the evenings with your whole family, sometimes even with tv trays or popcorn and board games! Mom was home to help you and the house was clean because all the kids helped her. Dad only had to work one job and it was enough for a nice house, car, and plenty of food, and you went on family vacations! You could afford it, you didn't owe ten years of your salary for a college education you have to now get to even get a decent job, which is ridiculous. You didn't have to go to college at all if you didn't want to and you could still support your family with one damn job! Your workplace carried family insurance and you didn't have to worry about that either. You didn't have to charge groceries to a credit card because they were affordable and again your one job paid you what you were worth and you had job stability. Everything made sense. Everyone in the family pulled together, knew their role, and life was good. Everyone wasn't on depression meds and people liked other people and were even kind to them..we've definitely traveled in the wrong direction in the last 40 years. I miss this era so much and would gladly go back if it were possible..
I am 57. Ah, the early 1980s. "Greatest Generation" in charge. No woke, no P.C nonsense. Great times, work to pay your dues. No whining to get your student loan handout, no whining about "climate change" ruse. If you were there in the 1980s, you enjoyed it like most of us who were did. If you were not there, it was a superb time to be a teenager and then a young adult.
Lots of great memories! Loved the 80’s!!
Even the younger generation of today realizes the 80s were awesome.
Watching these commercials brings back memories
Most of my family were alive back then.
How I wish I could turn back the clock because those were the days.
They certainly were. After living through it.
I Say I Am Their With You Pal .
I Also Wish I Could Turn The Hands Of Time Too . Because The 20th Of Century Was Lot Better Than The 21st Century .
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Youcbs
Thank you for the wonderful memories. 💟☮️
So funny, 58 years old and watching commercials from the 80s! I hated commercials back when I was so much younger and now I wish I could go back and do it all over again! If I only knew then what I know now.
America looked like a whole different country back then - fresher, cleaner, more optimistic. Watch the commercials now and notice the stark contrast. Things have definitely deteriorated.
Optimistic? We all expected global thermonuclear war at any moment. Fresher, cleaner? Los Angeles was just starting to clean up their Shanghai level smog, and acid rain was still in the daily news. In fact, I remember on SNL around this time, on their "news" segment, they were singing parody headlines, and one was "Terrain in Maine is stained by acid rain".
@@ChildovGhad The “people” seemed fresher. And acid rain was BS propaganda. And yes, the air was dirtier in the cities but have you noticed all the air pollution the planes are putting up in the skies lately? Look up and on many days you’ll see rows of pollution pumped out by planes. They look like thin lines and they expand over 10-20 minutes. Those aren’t not mere contrails or water vapor trails. They linger and create a cloud cover if you have the patience to watch them for a while. That air pollution must be falling down on us. What goes up must come down. Remember that when you breathe in the “clean” air.
Horseshit. You were just younger and oblivious.
I Say You Are Right It Did Look Much Better Then This 21st Century .
The 20th Century Was Alot Better Especially In The 1980's .
The government and other world powers have always kept us in fear of something.
The square pegs ending , with the Waitresses performing, was epic! Also, the Halloween movie intro. First time on TV!!
Growing up in the 80s we had so many tv shows available to us.
And remember. We only had 3 channels and there was always something to watch. Not like today 1000 channels and nothing to watch.
Melnyk
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@@lestersabados1306 @Lester
I remember a few of the theme songs from the commercials, but not a lot. I was 4 to 6 during these years. I'll be 45 this year.
STATIONS AND AIRDATES
0:00 ABC network feed, March 25, 1982
4:17 WCBS-TV2, New York, April 6, 1981
8:21 ?
8:30 KNXT-TV2, Los Angeles, September 30, 1982
15:39 WSM-TV4, Nashville, October 30, 1981
36:55 WXYZ-TV7 Detroit, April 15, 1982
45:11 KOVR-TV13 Sacramento, December 8, 1981
56:28 KOVR-TV13 Sacramento, March 28, 1982
1:08:01 KNXT-TV2 Los Angeles, September 26, 1982
1:14:36 WTAE-TV4 Pittsburgh, c. December 1983
1:15:46 KDKA-TV2 Pittsburgh, December 24, 1983
Jesse Coffey Do They Include Any “Sponsored By” Bumpers?
I need a Delorean time machine asap!
I Say You Are Absolutely Right .
A Delorean Is The Better Solution For Time Travel .
If only we could turn back time. I would go back to 1985 after High School
For myself. I would take 1984 after High School.
❤❤❤ this so much. Everything seemed to so much better back then
my girlfriend and I agree that the commercials from the 70s and 80s were catchy, much more than they are today. Remember Juicy Fruit Twins? Big Red Gum? RC Cola? Mountain Dew? Fritos? :)
The way these commercials were made makes me want to go buy things they advertise now. Companies lost their way when they quit doing jingles. I only associate with products now from the brand recognition jingles I watched on TV 35-40 years ago. Today's commercials suck and I fast forward thru all of them, yet I'm here watching these on purpose from 40 years ago. Product companies and Ad agencies just don't get it and are only screwing themselves with what they call advertising now days.
50:17 the voice of Lester Rawlins for Atari. You'll also know his voice from Dunkin' Donuts ads.
54:05 Peter Thomas on the voice-over for American Express. An all-time great VO announcer.
1:16:01 the unmistakable voice of Karl Weber for Alka-Seltzer. You'll recognize his voice from spots for Castrol GTX motor oil and Boar's Head deli meats.
I do not recommend eating hotdogs while ballet dancing
New York hotdogs are the best.
MASH Matters brought me here--nice job, Jeff!
omg,I love Mash matters.My beagle would watch Mash with me.His favorite was Klinger.Ive always had dogs and when the time right I'm getting a new beagle puppy to love. Of course, I will name him Klinger!!!🐕❤🙂 ps,I collect 1970s to 90s tabloids and magazines, and memorbilia.
@@colleenhoperue5538 My friend guested on MASH in 1979
The best part of all these commercials are that you don't hear the phrase DOT COM every few seconds like the crap that's on the tv and radio today. Also, the actors who are in these commercials don't act like idiots compaired to the actors who are in today's commercials.
For real!!
True
And you don't have to figure out what they are selling!
Jesus… are you like 90 yrs old?
OMG the TWA ad makes you long for the golden days of the airlines bigger seats and class rides. Not the free for all in the skies we have now
Skin Bracer aftershave, alcohol and old men’s cologne😂🤣
SJP in Square Peggs!
Great compilation
35:49 Red Lobster commercial - voiceover by Michael Bell, best known as the voice of cartoon characters such as Chas Finster, Prowl, Handy Smurf, and Duke.
on the Halloween first time on network television I remember it, and also NBC actually made John Carpenter add two extra scene to the film, basically NBC said it was not long enough, which Carpenter thought it was strange, but, he went ahead and added the two scenes....I was just a small kid in grade school the night it premiered
That’s because NBC edited so much of the movie for television, that it greatly shortened the movie
Was there really much to edit out? A book shot, maybe? I don't recall any gore.
snap gone
Well clearly now I have to see that episode of CHiPs where a boy with magical powers puts a hex on Ponch.
Nashville news! This may have been on my television set at the time. Well, I probably didn't see it cause I didn't really watch the news then.
I never new the news channel to move. Channel 4...My grandparents always tuned in to channel 3 & 10 in New Iberia Louisiana❤️
So did mine 😊
Wish we could turn back time too.
I am grateful i got to live during the golden era...I miss everything about the 80's..Now our country is in a massive decline... Rome is falling :(
Ahh, the 80's the era of big hair, fast women, fast cars and fast guns...
And yet you were still lonely and celibate 🤣🤣😂😂
@@joerichardwad1645I was married to a redhead with big hair from 1983-1992. However, my wife died in 1992, her heart stopped while she was sleeping. Our daughters were 4yrs and 6yrs old at the time of her passing.
Are Eveready batteries still a thing?
yeah, i just bought some actually
Makes me sad having been born only in 97 :(
Boy in gravy train commercial was in a Christmas story. Toung frozen on pole.
I bet that little girl on that ballet tutu today says, "AAH, I thought I burned that tape."
That ugly Toyota van tho. Geez.
Some nostalgia, but some I don't mind ever seeing again. Theyre just brainwashing, propaganda commercials.
Lisa Hartman at 39:57.
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@8:22 How do you adjust UA-cam tracking?
40:50 Tug McGraw, the dad of country singer Tim McGraw, and he looks like his dad
Oh wow Missing Link I forgot about that game.
Life so simple back then. Didn't have to put
on masks or qurantine like in 2020!
Note that it was also not a bad thing to advertise products depicting coal as a valid energy resource.
Or in 1918?
More so though, people were happy and life was simple. The world made sense. The tv had wholesome family content that you watched in the evenings with your whole family, sometimes even with tv trays or popcorn and board games! Mom was home to help you and the house was clean because all the kids helped her. Dad only had to work one job and it was enough for a nice house, car, and plenty of food, and you went on family vacations! You could afford it, you didn't owe ten years of your salary for a college education you have to now get to even get a decent job, which is ridiculous. You didn't have to go to college at all if you didn't want to and you could still support your family with one damn job! Your workplace carried family insurance and you didn't have to worry about that either. You didn't have to charge groceries to a credit card because they were affordable and again your one job paid you what you were worth and you had job stability. Everything made sense. Everyone in the family pulled together, knew their role, and life was good. Everyone wasn't on depression meds and people liked other people and were even kind to them..we've definitely traveled in the wrong direction in the last 40 years. I miss this era so much and would gladly go back if it were possible..
@@farnorthwoods5036 ... Very well said. And completely agreed!
Good afternoon 2:57
Scott Schwartz in the Gravy Train commercial 39:27
No hearing impaired here.
Certs has different definitions. I see Certs but it’s not a “MINT”
Hi Ronnie
The beautiful womEn making always the soft moments
time bandits commercial, noyce
How I miss the 80's commercials. The woke commercials today are so nauseating.
Maybe you should hoist yourself off your trailer sofa and stop watching so much tv
I am 57. Ah, the early 1980s. "Greatest Generation" in charge. No woke, no P.C nonsense. Great times, work to pay your dues. No whining to get your student loan handout, no whining about "climate change" ruse. If you were there in the 1980s, you enjoyed it like most of us who were did. If you were not there, it was a superb time to be a teenager and then a young adult.
Miller 😫😫😫
Miller & Company😫😫😫Corruption
Now they all pretend to be your man pretending to be a woman pretending to be a man who knows that the pretending to be a woman that's a man
2:45 LOL WTF 1980s Burt Reynolds was pro transgender made out with a trans "I dont care if you ARE a man" ahahahaah what the fuuuck victor victoria?
That was James Garner not Burt Reynolds, 🤨
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