The best part of this video was knowing that everyone I loved who passed away were still alive and only a call away....If I could crawl into this video...I would
I think a lot of that comes from the old commercials having been shot on film. Now that everything's digital, it's cleaner and sharper, but there's definitely a trade-off. Then again, I only really remember one or two Christmas commercials... EDIT: Also, a lot of the commercials you remember likely came from smaller, local department stores. Wal-Mart has pretty much razed all of them to the ground, more's the pity.
Yes, but it's been longer than recently. Everything seems stale. A lot of them use pop music instead of jingles. A lot of them aren't memorable and not creative. They cram so many in the breaks. I'd rather watch shot on film.
@majesty10xu1 That's a good one. Nice mention. There is also another one that brings nostalgia when I listen to it. It's only 15 seconds and should be longer. ua-cam.com/video/zbdHVrrKIcM/v-deo.html If you see a comment by a user named Yes, click on the View 3 replies. Someone posted a link to Soundcloud. If you don't see it, let me know and I'll post the link.
I remember Christmas time in the 70's and 80's Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer coming on TV was a national event!!! It seems like Christmas was so much better back then.
The family had no choice but to get together because it only played once or twice during the holidays. On that Friday at school, you would hear “Rudolph” or “Frosty is on tonight” it would always add excitement to our day. We would prepare all of our snacks in advance of the show and sat by the TV five minutes in advance. We would run to the washroom during commercial breaks. So comforting to watch these as they played over and over in our homes.
Even though you can slip a dvd in to watch Christmas specials now, There was something magical about anticipation of when a special came on TV and we all sat down together to watch it. Even the variety Christmas shows were great. I sure miss these times and the great commercials and specials that were on. Nothing like it today, that's for sure.
I used to get so excited when I knew Rudolph the red nose Reindeer was coming on, and A Charlie Browns Christmas!! Here I am, 66 years old, and still get a little excited. I guess I never really grew up😶😶😅😅,,!!
I agree, having those special shows to watch at any time, the magic is gone. I remember the anticipation of knowing that a certain special was going to air.
The excitement of the Sears Wish Book, the JCPenney and Montgomery Wards catalogs could be overwhelming. Looking at the toy and sporting goods sections.
I miss the old Folgers coffee commervial wher Peter comes home from college, the little sister comes downstairs and he brews coffee and the smell brings the rest of the family downstairs and they see their son and brother. And I also miss that Campbells Soup commercial Let It Snow. Where the smowman comes inside and sits down at the table and he turns from a smowman into a little boy.
The late 80's were great , the economy was doing well ,I had a good job and I thought I was just steps away from a great life .I was in my 20's , my mother and father were still alive and things were just going to get better . Oh well .
Knowing my mom and grandparents were alive , being a kid, going to toys r us brings tears to my eyes. Wish I could leave this nightmare world and go back...
Amen!!! These were simpler times band you didn’t see all this crap that’s on tv now and what is out in the world now.. Everything PC and ridiculous! I love watching these, it brings back my childhood..
I miss when Christmas really meant family, traditions and commercials that reflected it. Sadly, so many companies are gone. Online shopping is the norm versus actually going out, which I do. I love grabbing a coffee, heading to the mall and listening to Christmas music. It’s the experience of it all and savoring the moments.
I so agree. I love the lights and decorations and music at the mall, just the Christmas atmosphere. And finding something perfect that you never would have thought to look up online, or couldn't easily find online. It's so much better than sitting on a laptop ordering stuff and waiting for boxes that you open just to re-wrap.
Me too. Remember that Jesus has told us, the stop looking back at our old lives, and to think of Kingdom things. And that's what I've been doing, just imagine what the Kingdom of Heaven would be like. Even though it says that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, the wonderful things that God has in-store for those who love him.
I was a young child in the 70s...great times! The Christmas catalogs were so anticipitory. Thanksgiving was not bombarded upon and life in general was far simpler. Oh I miss those days and my grandmother's floor model TV.
You are so right Deanna. The one thing I really notice about life today, there is no anticipation for anything - all is served instantly via the internet. It may seem silly but there was so much joy in waiting for something to come via mail order...
Back when we got a few simple gifts and we were happy. Nowadays everyone goes out to kill others on black friday to get the latest super expensive electronic gadget. It is no fun anymore.
You got that right. I remember magnetic wheels and slinkees kept me entertained for hours on Christmas morning. Now, kids are too spoiled and get bored too easy, demanding more and more. Greed became the focus and that zaps the fun out of any pastime.
And the prices just keep getting lower as the days get closer to Christmas. Plus I used to work at the fabulous Walmart. What a damn joke! I seen with my own eyes the associates throwing the televisions on the sales floor. I don't go anywhere near Walmart during Christmas time.
@@ScorpioBornIn69 I know how you feel. I may not be a republican or a democrat, but I am no liberal, puritan or conservative. I'm more of a empathetic humanitarian philanthropist. I care for all the people of the world. Rubbish shows and fake news will become a thing of the past, extinct and forgotten. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring pure originality and diversity, real entertainment, true talent, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s.
@@ScorpioBornIn69 the people making commercials want to disturb people not catch their attention. i still heard a few local radio commercials with great music.
I miss the Christmases back in the 80s, today people are so nasty, uptight and just make the holidays miserable! Also the online shopping and technology itself just ruined a lot of the sentiment it once was.
We'll get those back, dear. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, true talent, pure originality and diversity, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s. People will no longer be so nasty, uptight or making holidays miserable anymore and there will be no more ruining a lot of the sentiment it once was. Never say Never, Jami.
I did mostly catalog shopping back then, I hated the crowds at the mall, made meclaustrophobic, I love shopping online, though I agree it'd madeus all a bit more introverted anda less polite and considerate populace, so sad a trade off
Yep. People had to learn how to interact with others, there was no middle man like there is today, the internet and social media. You had to face people, there was nothing to hide behind so your behavior was more honest.
It's really sad. We see no real commercials anymore because the companies were all bought up! There is no competition or need to push a product anymore. Corporations killed traditions and computer geeks are into a bleak godless world.
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I wish my children could know the love and excitement of the old days. I cherish those days. Christmas was something everyone looked forward to, of kindness and lights.
U and I are on the same page this year, I started watching this particular block of commercials after thanksgiving and I just keep coming back to it since, it put me back into that sense of wonder I felt as a kid, it makes me remember the magic feeling I had lost.
Hickory Farms, I miss you..LOVED going to the mall during the holidays, listening to the music, seeing people shopping, friendly customer service, TALKING to each other and getting samples at Hickory Farms
Today's Christmas commercials are mostly young couples buying new cars and other crap for each other and wonder why after the novelty wears off they are in huge debt.
i’m 16 and it seems like these commercials had more of the “Christmas Spirit” today is just entertainment and for the money. i remember when amazon wasn’t a thing when i was about 5 or 6 and being so happy when my mom came home with the Kmart or Wal-mart Catalog
I wish I could just go back to these simpler times, and have all of my family back that have passed. I’d give anything for that warm safe feeling I had as a child surrounded by so much family and love, especially through the holidays. Thinking back hurts, but I cherish the memories. The world just isn’t the same as it was back then. God bless us all. Not me sitting here tearing up………..
@Jangler333 I remember mine , I was 13yrs old & able to keep it until 2013 when stolen. Although a gift I had stipulations . That & my small cube transistor radio, I felt I had entered adulthood, haha
Yeah rotary phones party lines as a kid I would pick it up someone was talking my mom would say boy put that phone down someone's using it boy I miss those days 😢
Oh yeah the party lines were big fun for us back in the day. Sometimes we’d have 4 or 5 of us talking over each other. I told my 13 year old son that a few months ago and he was like oh that sounds like fun (sarcastically of course) lol Ah those were great times.
This style of commercial promoted good anticipation. The voice-over quality, images of people enjoying shopping for others, reminders to remember loved ones & friends with cards, get-togethers of all sorts. They weren't entirely focused on ourselves, but others. There is a joyousness in that.
We spent childhood rushing to be older, wanting to do adult stuff, not be "told what to do", getting more privileges, complaining how bad doing a few chores & homework was. Then spend our adult life wanting to slow down the clock, go back & enjoy the 'good old days'. Just remember to cherish today, because someday it WILL become the good old days!
I can remember growing up in the 70s. And even though it was cold outside during the Christmas season, at the same time, the winters were warmer because of the love, the laughter, the smiles and the magic. These memories are a cozy blanket I wrap up in and drown myself in nostalgia.
I wish I had enough gas in my car to get back to the 80's. It's a cliche when people say things were better back when, but when you look at the state of humanity now versus then, you can see society unraveling. You see people rioting, protesting, screaming profanities, and trying to shut down and silence anyone they disagree with in the name of not offending anyone. It's insane the things we're witnessing now.
There was rioting over injustices then too, always has been..no time in history is perfect. I think the decade you were a kid seems the nicest because we were--well, kids. I mean I miss the 70s and look at all that was going on then.
We lived in the last of best decades in America! The 70’s and 80’s were the best times of my life. We did not have the technology like today but we were a more hospitable people and we were more patient because we had to wait for almost everything! Even pictures and pop corn… it was just a better time for all of us who lived it. God Bless our county and everyone have a beautiful and Merry Christmas this year in 2021…
These commercials gave me a bad case of Nostalgia…When life was so much simpler . Gave me memories of my brother & I going out over the holidays with the neighborhood kids playing our pond hockey or Sleding. My brother along with some good friends has since passed so these . But these commercials helped me expand my memories of christmases passed.
@@anthonypalermo8816 ikr, I loved putting on tensile. No one uses it anymore. I thought it made the tree glisten. Even the lights now are mostly white lights, no color
12:10-13:00 that Miller beer commercial should be on every Christmas. It's timeless. Filmed in Vermont in winter of 1976 and first aired on tv for the 1977 Christmas season.
Phone rental is something I forgot about. I remember the fee was added to the phone bill. I share these commercials with my daughter, so she can see how awesome the 70's and 80's were.
It was awesome if you were fortunate enough to grow up in the 70's and/or 80's. Between the toys, decorations, ornaments, music, etc. -- it made x-mas that much more magical and wholesome. I grew up in both decades, and I got to see the advent of such popular toys as Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Go Bots, Shogun Warriors, Smurfs, Cabbage Patch Kids, etc.
I'm so sad now. The one commercial that always let me know that Christmas was coming was the Santa riding the Norelco Triple Head through the snow. I always looked forward to it every year and then it was gone. Sigh.
"And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." -Matthew 24:10-12. These words were written over 2 thousand years ago.
Do you notice how much calmer commercials were back then? In today's world, there's 5 minutes of 20 commercials of hyperactive kids and other people and you don't even remember what they are selling. Oh....and not to mention a third of them are prescription drug commercials. :(
Slower pacing in commercials back then. Its nice to actually pause and take in the whole commercial. Now everything is speeded up, and the music is assaulting to the ears. But, what do I know. Im old. lol
Never say never. The Retro Decade Revival Project will bring the slower pacing in commercials back into the mainstream. Everything won't be speeded up and the music won't be assaulting to the ears anymore.
A lot of these commercials are using symphony music unlike now where creepy sesame Street hip hop music is used.disco music lasted about 8 years but rap. Has lasted 30 years in a rigged marketing system that does not represent what people want
When I was a poor kid growing up, I saw these ads and wanted a nice home in the suburbs with an intact family. Nothing fancy--just a husband who had a decent job and a few kids. As an adult, I was blessed with a wonderful husband and three great kids. We made some great Christmas memories. I worry about kids today. They're shown a bunch of weirdos on "reality" TV. I shudder to think what kids think "normal" is these days.
I want Santa to bring back Michelob and that contoured bottle for Christmas. And I mean real Michelob, not that Ultra Light 90% foam crap that killed the good name of Michelob! In exchange, you can take Coors and Coors Light back west to the Rockies. And while I'm at it, I want to see Charlie Brown kick the football--or Lucy square in the head! I want an Arthur Treacher's on the Berlin Turnpike. I want my Two Guys department store and Hardees (with it's Big Twin) back on the Berlin Turnpike, along with the Hartford Drive-In, and drive-ins in general. I want that Miller High Life horse and sleigh commercial after every quarter of NFL football on the last weekend of football before Christmas. And I want to see those Lowenbrau "Here's to Good Friends"--even if I don't have any--commercials as well as Lowenbrau and it's thick foil-topped bottles in six-packs at all my package stores. I want Nyquil in my medicine cabinet at all times. I want all Christmas cartoon specials to end with the audio and visual of the Rankin-Bass logo. I want my popcorn air-popper back to pop Orville Redenbacher popcorn and I want to douse it with Hickory Farms Popcorn Salt and Popcorn Seasoning (wait, I might still be able to have that). I want to see and hear James Garner once and for all tell Mariette Hartley to "Shut the f**k up" ... and get a One-Step! I want to grow my hair long like Michael Landon and not be laughed at by everybody. You can keep that winter vest, however. I want my paper route money back that I spent on those ColecoVision games...but I also want back my ColecoVision and those games--I think I once played Lady Bug for 36 hours straight! I want to see no blue M&Ms ever and I want tan plain M&Ms to come back. I want to be able to tip my mailman this year--not necessarily with a box of chocolates--except these days I never see the same mail-person twice. I want to see Tony Randall and Jack Klugman via my cable TV--i.e. reruns of classic "The Odd Couple", not Love Sidney or Quincy. And I want Matthew Perry to burn in hell for "creating" and starring himself as Oscar in a 21st century failed and unfunny version of "The Odd Couple". I want to see tire stores and gas stations selling Christmas albums again--and I want to know who that is at 36:45. And I want every Hess truck from each year back when they first came out. I want to be able to again get glassware from Taco Bell, or any fast food place (I still have a Mayor McCheese glass that I wouldn't let Jesus use if he visited my house). I want everyone to help each other like that Eat'n'Park tree helped that struggling star. And finally I want the Minnesota Vikings to win the Super Bowl.. and I want to be able to like the Boston Bruins and forgive all their fans, their fans being the reason I don't want the Hartford Whalers back--only Bruins fans bought tickets to and went to their games. And only to chant "Hartford Sucks", even if the Bruins weren't playing that night! May not always believe in God, but I've always believed in Santa Claus (as a spirit of course, not as a real person who's fat and dresses in red and is old and never shaves and...ah, why spoil it now? Happy Holidays if you read this far.
I wish I could go back to the early '80's when I worked at Woolworth's. And it was in the Mall. Right outside their door was The Brown Derby restaurant. All us friends from Woolworth's would stop at the Brown Derby restaurant, their lounge, after work and have a 24 ounce, ice cold Michelob Draft, then another and another and so on. You're right, Michelob was the ultimate champion of beers back then. Good times. Good friends. Good life.
Funny the vcr for 500 bucks and the size of the 19" TV for sale.. I just bought a 17" laptop and an adapter for a TV tuner that you can record like a VCR for less than $400.00 brand new. Technology is good but looking back on these commercials is great.
Am I the only one that feels like it's a whole different world now? I mean everything about it was different back then I can't even describe what I mean but I am so home sick for that world as I watch these,so much more than nostalgia 😔🏠👨👩👧👦🌍📼💟☎️ and time itself is going by faster than then but that's another subject.
Yes, it is truly a very different world now in 2024 compared to those days portrayed in these commercials our world was much better back then and it truly is heartbreaking when you compare the two time periods
0:00 Coca-Cola 0:31 Ben Franklin 1:00 Nabisco Crackers 1:30 Energizer 2:00 Michelob Beer 2:29 Pillsbury 2:59 Gemco 3:29 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 3:49 Sears Before Christmas Sale 4:19 Canada Dry 4:49 Kodak Photo Paper 5:19 Chex Party Mix 5:49 Arthur Treacher's 6:19 Firestone Retailers 6:49 Radio Shack® 7:19 NyQuil 7:49 Alpha Beta 8:18 Hardee's 8:47 Eckerd 8:57 Sears 9:27 Bell Telephone 9:56 Polaroid 10:11 Pizza Hut 10:40 Frederick & Nelson 11:10 How The Grinch Stole Christmas/Frosty The Snowman Promo 11:20 Wendy's 11:50 Milk Bone Dog Biscuits 12:05 Miller High Life 13:05 Radio Shack® 13:35 Gimbels 14:05 Orville Redenbacher 14:31 Bentley's Luggage 15:00 Sears 15:29 Stanley 15:59 A Charlie Brown Christmas/'Twas The Night Before Christmas Promo 16:19 National Lampoons Christmas Vacation Promo 16:49 Red Lobster 17:19 Two Guys Discount 17:48 Sun Bank 18:17 Sprite 18:47 Hickory Farms 19:17 Target 19:47 Sears 20:17 Gemco 20:45 Polaroid 21:14 The First Christmas Promo 21:24 The Year Without A Santa Claus 21:34 Sears 22:04 Mervyn's & TV5 22:13 Kodak Ektralite Camera 22:42 Hallmark Cards 23:12 Michelob Beer 23:42 Hills 24:12 Zales 24:41 Genovese Drug Store 25:11 Texas Instruments 25:40 M&M's 26:10 Scrooged Movie Promo 26:40 Hallmark Store 27:09 Coors 27:39 Ivey's 28:09 Pillsbury 28:37 Radio Shack® 29:07 White Christmas Movie Promo 29:37 Kodak Disk Camera 30:07 Whitman's Chocolate 30:37 McDonald's Gift Certificates 31:37 Safeway Gift Certificates 32:07 Winn-Dixie 32:37 Christmas TV Specials Promo 32:57 Old Spice 33:27 Sears. Roebuck 34:03 Kodak Film 34:33 Skaggs Drug Center 35:00 Herda's Discount 35:30 Olympia Brewing 33:59 JCPenny 36:14 Good Year Service/ Chrisritmas Is... Album 37:14 Toys "Я" Us 37:43 Kodak Tele-Instamatic Camera 38:14 Zody's Department Store 38:44 Taco Bell - Pepsi Glasses 39:10 Frosty's Winter Wonderland/Leprechauns Christmas Gold Promo 39:41 Michelob Beer 40:10 Kroger 40:39 Black & Decker 41:09 American Greetings 41:40 Eat'nPark 42:10 Nester The Long Eared Christmas Donkey Promo 42:40 K-Mart 42:55 Estée Lauder 43:25 André Champagne 43:55 Jeno's Pizza Rolls 44:25 Kodak Disk Camera 44:40 Pizza Hut - Paddington Bear Glasses 45:10 Commodore 64 - 1351 Mouse 45:40 Cinnamon Toast Crunch - Santa Bear
Big Pharma has taken over the airwaves. I count at times 9 to 14 commercials between programs. And most of them are Big Pharma's. Some are over 5 minutes long.
@@rhondabitler2461 I worked in a warehouse recently and they packaged medical supplies for diabetic patients. I sometimes glanced at the prices. A meter, like Dexcom would sell for around $450.00 in one state and in say, New York, same meter was $550.00. That's the same thing, different state and $100.00 more. And the patient's insurance paid for most of them. I saw a lot of that. A lot of crooks in Big Pharma. Stay well.
I thought the same thing yesterday!! Omg, I have a colored string from years ago, certain colors are kind of faded looking. Took me right back to when I was a little kid 😢
I don't know anything about microwave oven prices, but let's say Sears' normal price for a microwave then was $300 (so it was being marked down 40% for the sale). With inflation (since the 80s), that "normal price" figure today would be at least $600 (twice as much), I think. If they cost less than $120 now (say, $100), that means--in "1980s dollars"--microwaves today are only 1/6 as expensive as they were in the 80s--and (apparently) twice as powerful. That's not bad!
@@markfoster1520minimum wage in the 70’s was $1.45 a hr 80’s $3.10 . Unless your parents had money you didn’t go to college . It was just as hard to make it back then as it is now , except people didn’t care as much .
I really love these camercials it's a little ironic though that back then when I was watching show or movie I would be angry at these same camercials and all these years later I look for these and am happy to see them you know wa I mean.
GOD saved me on Christmas Eve in 1972, (according to St John 16:24)! I prayed, "FATHER touch me, in the name of JESUS! Immediately.... (after TWO WHOLE DAYS of my weeping, reading a KJV New Testament, and praying wrongly)...PAPA GOD sent HOLY GHOST down into my heart! The Bible had cleansed my filthy atheistic spirit, and I'd learned how to forgive! GLORY! I woke up Christmas Morning BORN AGAIN! HALLELUJAH!
It's hard to believe the '80s existed at all. A time of warmth, intellect, and camaraderie. Now, there's just pure narcissism, blaming, stupidity and segregation.
I remember Christmas in the 70s at my Grandmas house her Driveway was full with cars and was the street also and I remember walking in her breezeway before entering the house and seeing all the pies cooling and then when you walked in the house the smell of the turkey and all the food smell in the air, boy them were Holidays to remember weren't they.👍🙂
The best part of this video was knowing that everyone I loved who passed away were still alive and only a call away....If I could crawl into this video...I would
Time travel.....on the cheap!
Calls which could easily be made on a "landline" phone (the traditional kind, or cordless), whenever you're at home at least.
Absolutely agree
I know that exact feeling
Twilight zone reference there.
Is it just me, or are today's Christmas commercials lacking the magic and warmth of the holidays?
haven't watched commercial television in more than five years, but i get the feeling i know what you're talking about.....
I think a lot of that comes from the old commercials having been shot on film. Now that everything's digital, it's cleaner and sharper, but there's definitely a trade-off. Then again, I only really remember one or two Christmas commercials...
EDIT: Also, a lot of the commercials you remember likely came from smaller, local department stores. Wal-Mart has pretty much razed all of them to the ground, more's the pity.
Yes, but it's been longer than recently. Everything seems stale. A lot of them use pop music instead of jingles. A lot of them aren't memorable and not creative. They cram so many in the breaks. I'd rather watch shot on film.
@@JohnnyUtah15 Thank God they at least still bring back every year the old Hershey's kisses "We wish you a merry Christmas." commercial.
@majesty10xu1
That's a good one. Nice mention. There is also another one that brings nostalgia when I listen to it. It's only 15 seconds and should be longer.
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I remember Christmas time in the 70's and 80's Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer coming on TV was a national event!!! It seems like Christmas was so much better back then.
It was much better back then. Nowadays you just get an Amazon or Starbucks gift card.
@@xaimeglez74 True.....so sad.
@@lawnmowerman2199 hey Lawnmowerman, do you remember the movie Lawnmowerman?
The family had no choice but to get together because it only played once or twice during the holidays. On that Friday at school, you would hear “Rudolph” or “Frosty is on tonight” it would always add excitement to our day. We would prepare all of our snacks in advance of the show and sat by the TV five minutes in advance. We would run to the washroom during commercial breaks. So comforting to watch these as they played over and over in our homes.
Rob Hicks, my foster sisters and brothers loved watching them because it meant we go to stay up past our bedtime.
Even though you can slip a dvd in to watch Christmas specials now, There was something magical about anticipation of when a special came on TV and we all sat down together to watch it. Even the variety Christmas shows were great.
I sure miss these times and the great commercials and specials that were on. Nothing like it today, that's for sure.
Agree! Frosty twas the night before christmas! Loved waiting for them
Me too ☹️
I used to get so excited when I knew Rudolph the red nose Reindeer was coming on, and A Charlie Browns Christmas!! Here I am, 66 years old, and still get a little excited. I guess I never really grew up😶😶😅😅,,!!
We live in different times, The Lord said it would be this way. Come to The Cross where there is safety and rest for your soul.
I agree, having those special shows to watch at any time, the magic is gone. I remember the anticipation of knowing that a certain special was going to air.
When I was a kid I couldn’t wait for the Sears Christmas Catalog to come.. I would be so excited.. Good ole days ❤️🎄
I really miss these days
I remember those catalog books
Me too. As a kid I couldn't wait to get the Sears Christmas catalog and make my Christmas list 😊
Those were the best!!! Memories!!! Today’s children don’t have any idea what it was like.
The excitement of the Sears Wish Book, the JCPenney and Montgomery Wards catalogs could be overwhelming. Looking at the toy and sporting goods sections.
Me too. And also the JC Penney Wishbook.
I miss the old Folgers coffee commervial wher Peter comes home from college, the little sister comes downstairs and he brews coffee and the smell brings the rest of the family downstairs and they see their son and brother. And I also miss that Campbells Soup commercial Let It Snow. Where the smowman comes inside and sits down at the table and he turns from a smowman into a little boy.
Yeah, Oh boy that was great! 😊 I remember
That was 1 of my favorite christmas commercial
The Folgers one is in part 1 of this
I miss & remember the old McDonalds commercial with the moon singing about the Bic Mac’s when they first came out
I cried at that commercial every time.
I am crying 😢. It will never be like this again 😢
True that!
Me, too. Darn watery eyes..
I know breaks my heart
America is in decline, it is increasingly obvious every day.
You're crying because your childhood was years and years ago.
Only those who lived back then can appreciate these. I would give anything to go back to those days.
The late 80's were great , the economy was doing well ,I had a good job and I thought I was just steps away from a great life .I was in my 20's , my mother and father were still alive and things were just going to get better . Oh well .
Knowing my mom and grandparents were alive , being a kid, going to toys r us brings tears to my eyes. Wish I could leave this nightmare world and go back...
Amen!!! These were simpler times band you didn’t see all this crap that’s on tv now and what is out in the world now.. Everything PC and ridiculous! I love watching these, it brings back my childhood..
At least you got to experience those wonderful moments with them to remember 💖❤
You can.
Me too I wish I could go back also it was so much better then
Same here. Though t I was the only o e who thinks like that. 😢 I miss my family too..
I miss when Christmas really meant family, traditions and commercials that reflected it. Sadly, so many companies are gone. Online shopping is the norm versus actually going out, which I do. I love grabbing a coffee, heading to the mall and listening to Christmas music. It’s the experience of it all and savoring the moments.
Bobby Brady 110% Agree with you! Merry Christmas to you🎅🏻
I remember going to the mall and Christmas shopping with my mom and sister. Now it's all online and completely souless.
Sprinkle your so right, better days & better Christmas back then.
I so agree. I love the lights and decorations and music at the mall, just the Christmas atmosphere. And finding something perfect that you never would have thought to look up online, or couldn't easily find online. It's so much better than sitting on a laptop ordering stuff and waiting for boxes that you open just to re-wrap.
Yep, you hit it on the nail
The anticipation of getting the Christmas toy catalogs from Sears and Montgomery Wards..
Or Simpson's and Eaton's.
Making lists a page long knowing I wasn't going to get even 3 of the things I put down..but it was still fun. I want to go back!
Yep
@@danaamidei3504 the toy section lol !!!
Don't forget JC Penny.
When you could watch Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, and no one picked out all the things that are politically incorrect.
pacluv A great time when we did not have today’s crybaby pansies who need their Safe Space’s!!!!
hardlines4 blame the parents who never let their kids experience failure growing up.
Absolutely correct! You can watch a show without any problems.
PC was launched to wreck common sense in the West. Mission accomplished. Now it's "BAN ALL THE THINGS"!
@@hardlines4 Well Christmas is the season for snowflakes. :)
The more I watch, it brings tears to my eyes. The memory of a simpler life, gratefulness, appreciation for family...
It's not always easy to watch, is it? We just want to go back. Just for awhile.
@@fododude I agree. Lol and I thought I was the only one who felt this way.
Reagan was the POTUS.
That's why.
Me too. Remember that Jesus has told us, the stop looking back at our old lives, and to think of Kingdom things. And that's what I've been doing, just imagine what the Kingdom of Heaven would be like. Even though it says that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, the wonderful things that God has in-store for those who love him.
Me too. Such sweet memories.
love these older commercials, brings back such memory's. i want to cry. Christmas is not the same.
I feel the same 😞
Yes because you were a child then and now you're an adult.
@@leegraves8878 Thanks Capt Obvious.
@@ukmedicfrcs Oh ok asshole you can gfy.
@@leegraves8878 *UK DoctorFRCS* or as I like to call her *UK Fraud* is *NOT a "doctor."*
I was a young child in the 70s...great times! The Christmas catalogs were so anticipitory. Thanksgiving was not bombarded upon and life in general was far simpler. Oh I miss those days and my grandmother's floor model TV.
I agree with you! The Christmas catalogs, wow. Before the internet. No Thanksgiving 'black friday' or 'cyber monday' stuff.
@Deanna :She must've been wealthy!
@@Driedtomato My Granny? Noooo not in having money but by way of family. 😀
My grandparents would collect catalogs ("wish books") for me to browse as Christmas approached.
You are so right Deanna. The one thing I really notice about life today, there is no anticipation for anything - all is served instantly via the internet. It may seem silly but there was so much joy in waiting for something to come via mail order...
Commercials had such a warmth to them back then, so nice and relaxing.
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@@mustafa06gk They sure were, hope you're doing well.
Yes Absolutely They Were. Commercials Now Are Just Ok Depends On The Moment.
Back when we got a few simple gifts and we were happy. Nowadays everyone goes out to kill others on black friday to get the latest super expensive electronic gadget. It is no fun anymore.
I never see fights at Wal-Mart or the malls.Maybe I live in a non-violent place.Where there are no fights for the best things nowadays..Lol 😄
You got that right. I remember magnetic wheels and slinkees kept me entertained for hours on Christmas morning. Now, kids are too spoiled and get bored too easy, demanding more and more. Greed became the focus and that zaps the fun out of any pastime.
And the prices just keep getting lower as the days get closer to Christmas. Plus I used to work at the fabulous Walmart. What a damn joke! I seen with my own eyes the associates throwing the televisions on the sales floor. I don't go anywhere near Walmart during Christmas time.
We always had a wonderful Christmas . I'm sure would be looked upon as trival today .
Exactly.
I fondly remember those days. We were better people then. TV is so loud and obnoxious nowadays👎🏻
The Retro Decade Revival Project is gonna bring the good old days back into the mainstream.
Blame liberalism, rubbish shows and fake news for it.
@@ScorpioBornIn69 I know how you feel. I may not be a republican or a democrat, but I am no liberal, puritan or conservative. I'm more of a empathetic humanitarian philanthropist. I care for all the people of the world. Rubbish shows and fake news will become a thing of the past, extinct and forgotten. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring pure originality and diversity, real entertainment, true talent, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s.
@@ScorpioBornIn69 the people making commercials want to disturb people not catch their attention. i still heard a few local radio commercials with great music.
Rene Astle you sound like a smart person. I can't stand both liberals and conservatives.
They missed Santa sliding down the hill on a razor, that was one of my favourite commercials when I was a kid.
I remember that. Norelco. Even our name says Merry Christmas. They spelled it NOELCO
If you look up part 1 of this video compilation it's there! :)
I miss the Christmases back in the 80s, today people are so nasty, uptight and just make the holidays miserable! Also the online shopping and technology itself just ruined a lot of the sentiment it once was.
We'll get those back, dear. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, true talent, pure originality and diversity, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s. People will no longer be so nasty, uptight or making holidays miserable anymore and there will be no more ruining a lot of the sentiment it once was. Never say Never, Jami.
mid 1980s were the best xmases ever.
@@dampergoldenrod4156 As a writer, many of my stories will take place in the 1980s, even the mid 80s.
I did mostly catalog shopping back then, I hated the crowds at the mall, made meclaustrophobic, I love shopping online, though I agree it'd madeus all a bit more introverted anda less polite and considerate populace, so sad a trade off
You're allowed to have your own taste.
I miss the good ol days when life was simpler and people were not so selfish
Or mean
Couldn't agree more
He-Man and Gi Joe were life back then.
Yep. People had to learn how to interact with others, there was no middle man like there is today, the internet and social media. You had to face people, there was nothing to hide behind so your behavior was more honest.
@@dobbins2550 not to mention all the trash on the internet and TV thease days..
Even the “ good” old commercials are better than today’s trash!
I agree on that.
To much corporate manipulated bs ads today. eg. GEICO and auto insurance ads with the ostrich.
It's really sad. We see no real commercials anymore because the companies were all bought up! There is no competition or need to push a product anymore. Corporations killed traditions and computer geeks are into a bleak godless world.
This makes me miss being a kid.
Kara Napier me too.
Me too
Awww, me tooo!!!
Just be glad you have happy memories. I would hate to be a kid in 2019!!!!
No kidding😪😪
These older commercials are my absolute favorite to watch
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Mine too.
I've noticed I only watch these commercials when I'm depressed.
They chill me out .
yeaa. it puts a smile on my face. just watching these on tv. the holidays!;)
James Klement Cheer Up My Friend This Will Bring A Smile To You Even If Today’s Evil World Don’t 70’s Old School Folks Like Myself And People Who Watch These Positive UA-cam Pages Got Your Back😁😁😁
thats nicee!;) i can understand. ;) it puts a smile on my face!;) when i see them. gives memories...
Same. And I grew up in the 2000s.
I wish my children could know the love and excitement of the old days. I cherish those days. Christmas was something everyone looked forward to, of kindness and lights.
Watching this in 2021. In a day and age when I want to SKIP modern commercials, these amazing and nostalgic ones I could watch all day long. 🥰🌲❤🤗
Yep!!!
U and I are on the same page this year, I started watching this particular block of commercials after thanksgiving and I just keep coming back to it since, it put me back into that sense of wonder I felt as a kid, it makes me remember the magic feeling I had lost.
Thank you for putting this together. 🙏🏻
It’s so nice to go back in time. 🎄🍕☎️📸
I Agree. A Time Machine Would Be Nice To Have To Go Back To Visit The 80s Again. I Wouldn't Turn Down A Time Machine. I'll Use It To Relive The 80s.
Commercials were so beautiful then!! Made you feel so comfy being home 🏠
Hickory Farms, I miss you..LOVED going to the mall during the holidays, listening to the music, seeing people shopping, friendly customer service, TALKING to each other and getting samples at Hickory Farms
We have a hickory farms kiosk at our mall for the holidays! I had samples there a few days ago! In Columbus Ohio.
And no stupid masks with no contact. People HUGGED each other.
Yes those were the days all right. I miss this too.
We also have Hickory Farms. My 18 year old lives the mustard and the strawberry candies.
Hickory farms is still around at the malls in my area at Christmastime. We get a bunch of their cheese balls every year. Can't beat em
Born in "59 so glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's. But those 80's was one hell of a decade thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Today's Christmas commercials are mostly young couples buying new cars and other crap for each other and wonder why after the novelty wears off they are in huge debt.
Yep corny freaking ads. Honey look out the window I just got you a new BMW for Christmas. Yeah that will put them in debt for 10 years.
harleymax01
Yeah your so right such as Cadillac & Lexus commercials which is so dumb as well as Kay Jewlers for couples for the rich.
i’m 16 and it seems like these commercials had more of the “Christmas Spirit” today is just entertainment and for the money. i remember when amazon wasn’t a thing when i was about 5 or 6 and being so happy when my mom came home with the Kmart or Wal-mart Catalog
Amazon is cold, heartless and mostly China.
I wish I could just go back to these simpler times, and have all of my family back that have passed. I’d give anything for that warm safe feeling I had as a child surrounded by so much family and love, especially through the holidays. Thinking back hurts, but I cherish the memories. The world just isn’t the same as it was back then. God bless us all. Not me sitting here tearing up………..
Back when landline phones were given as Christmas gifts.
Now we get cell phones👍
@Jangler333 I remember mine , I was 13yrs old & able to keep it until 2013 when stolen. Although a gift I had stipulations . That & my small cube transistor radio, I felt I had entered adulthood, haha
Yeah rotary phones party lines as a kid I would pick it up someone was talking my mom would say boy put that phone down someone's using it boy I miss those days 😢
Oh yeah the party lines were big fun for us back in the day. Sometimes we’d have 4 or 5 of us talking over each other. I told my 13 year old son that a few months ago and he was like oh that sounds like fun (sarcastically of course) lol
Ah those were great times.
This style of commercial promoted good anticipation. The voice-over quality, images of people enjoying shopping for others, reminders to remember loved ones & friends with cards, get-togethers of all sorts. They weren't entirely focused on ourselves, but others. There is a joyousness in that.
We spent childhood rushing to be older, wanting to do adult stuff, not be "told what to do", getting more privileges, complaining how bad doing a few chores & homework was.
Then spend our adult life wanting to slow down the clock, go back & enjoy the 'good old days'.
Just remember to cherish today, because someday it WILL become the good old days!
I know that's right.
So true
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I can remember growing up in the 70s. And even though it was cold outside during the Christmas season, at the same time, the winters were warmer because of the love, the laughter, the smiles and the magic. These memories are a cozy blanket I wrap up in and drown myself in nostalgia.
Lol I just watched "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" last night on dvd. Still love that classic movie. 🎅🎁🎄🙂
i love how 28 people actually disliked this - you have no souls!
@Jangler333 40-50 more
Haters everywhere.
Just the mean souls
They're too young to relate, pity them;)
They are kids 15 or younger !! Lol they don’t have a clue !
I wish I had enough gas in my car to get back to the 80's. It's a cliche when people say things were better back when, but when you look at the state of humanity now versus then, you can see society unraveling. You see people rioting, protesting, screaming profanities, and trying to shut down and silence anyone they disagree with in the name of not offending anyone. It's insane the things we're witnessing now.
Me too
Some things were better for sure, but things sucked back then too.
There was rioting over injustices then too, always has been..no time in history is perfect. I think the decade you were a kid seems the nicest because we were--well, kids. I mean I miss the 70s and look at all that was going on then.
I’m with you 100%.. people are freaking stupid now.. and yes they were better back then..
You can never replicate this time . 80s Christmas we’re the Best❤️
We lived in the last of best decades in America! The 70’s and 80’s were the best times of my life. We did not have the technology like today but we were a more hospitable people and we were more patient because we had to wait for almost everything! Even pictures and pop corn… it was just a better time for all of us who lived it. God Bless our county and everyone have a beautiful and Merry Christmas this year in 2021…
Wow, Hardee's...Burger, fries and a drink for a dollar! I miss those days! 🙁
Oh yeah! I remember walking 5 miles with my chums just to grab a Hardees milkshake. Good times.
How about good old Thrifty's triple scoop ice cream for only 35 cents.
I work at Hardee's! Burger, fries and a drink now cost $10,00!
Brought tears to my eyes! Especially the Rudolph commercial!
I couldn't read the dates of some of the commercials...
My eyes we're watering 😢
So this is where GenX is. Awake at 2am on a Thursday watching childhood Christmas commercials ❤
These commercials gave me a bad case of Nostalgia…When life was so much simpler . Gave me memories of my brother & I going out over the holidays with the neighborhood kids playing our pond hockey or Sleding. My brother along with some good friends has since passed so these . But these commercials helped me expand my memories of christmases passed.
Wow miss those days 😢😞 Christmas is not the same for me anymore
I love the lighting and decor. So warm. Modern homes today are too sterile , too spacious, the acoustics are too loud.
curio1020 I thought it was just me. Lol
True, but there was a lot more to dust. And all those drapes and carpeting would get covered in it.
You are right.
I miss tinsel strands and dad in the recliner, smoking a pipe.
@@anthonypalermo8816 ikr, I loved putting on tensile. No one uses it anymore. I thought it made the tree glisten. Even the lights now are mostly white lights, no color
Anyone else remember most of these? LOL-thanks
12:10-13:00 that Miller beer commercial should be on every Christmas. It's timeless. Filmed in Vermont in winter of 1976 and first aired on tv for the 1977 Christmas season.
Not one commercial about embarrassing personal products or drugs and all their side effects!😃
Wow. These bring back a lot of memories! Seeing those Radio Shack and Sears commercials with all of the "new" technology you could buy. Love it! :)
I want to go back in time to the 70s and 80s when my children were young and Christmas was magical.
Jesus is the reason for the Season.✝️📖🎀
I miss the 70s and 80s so much, I wish I could go back and stay awhile
I wish I was a kid in the 80s again! Now, I’m old and grouchy dang it! All Grinchy and things
You've looked at life from both sides now.
Mark Foster - that’s one way to look at it
CR. I can relate, your comment made me smile. Thanks. Wishing you a very Merry 🎄 Christmas.
Shelli Clark - and now yours made me smile. ♥️
Thank you, and wishing you a very Merry Christmas as well.
The 80's were the best decade for so many of us! Sad, I think it's been downhill since.
Phone rental is something I forgot about. I remember the fee was added to the phone bill. I share these commercials with my daughter, so she can see how awesome the 70's and 80's were.
Coke needs to bring back that song!!
It was awesome if you were fortunate enough to grow up in the 70's and/or 80's. Between the toys, decorations, ornaments, music, etc. -- it made x-mas that much more magical and wholesome. I grew up in both decades, and I got to see the advent of such popular toys as Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Go Bots, Shogun Warriors, Smurfs, Cabbage Patch Kids, etc.
I'm so sad now. The one commercial that always let me know that Christmas was coming was the Santa riding the Norelco Triple Head through the snow. I always looked forward to it every year and then it was gone. Sigh.
This is part 2 check out the part 1 compilation it's on there with the infamous Folger's commercial. Merry Christmas.
I can watch this kind of stuff all day long..
Thank you for putting this up for everyone one to see. My kids and I really enjoyed watching.
I miss the good ol days when life was simpler and people were not so selfish
"And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." -Matthew 24:10-12. These words were written over 2 thousand years ago.
Christmas at the mall in the 1980's. Those were the days.
It was great seeing ads for local stores...now there is nothing but Macy's and Wal Mart.
Takes me back to my high school and college years. Miss those days so much. Thanks for these memories!
Do you notice how much calmer commercials were back then? In today's world, there's 5 minutes of 20 commercials of hyperactive kids and other people and you don't even remember what they are selling. Oh....and not to mention a third of them are prescription drug commercials.
:(
This is so awesome; for once I love seeing commercials. I miss the good old days and great commercials. Thanks for posting this
Slower pacing in commercials back then. Its nice to actually pause and take in the whole commercial. Now everything is speeded up, and the music is assaulting to the ears. But, what do I know. Im old. lol
Never say never. The Retro Decade Revival Project will bring the slower pacing in commercials back into the mainstream. Everything won't be speeded up and the music won't be assaulting to the ears anymore.
I guess I'm old, too, 'cause I totally agree, thanks so much;(
You're never too old to appreciate the good old days.
LB M No, you are wise and correct!!
A lot of these commercials are using symphony music unlike now where creepy sesame Street hip hop music is used.disco music lasted about 8 years but rap. Has lasted 30 years in a rigged marketing system that does not represent what people want
When I was a poor kid growing up, I saw these ads and wanted a nice home in the suburbs with an intact family. Nothing fancy--just a husband who had a decent job and a few kids. As an adult, I was blessed with a wonderful husband and three great kids. We made some great Christmas memories. I worry about kids today. They're shown a bunch of weirdos on "reality" TV. I shudder to think what kids think "normal" is these days.
Me too my dear.
Your story brought me a tear of joy God bless You😊
@@kevinkelley3906 agreed, it is beyond tiring
Suburban life is hell to grow up in. Any suburb, any income. TV was never a good influence.
@@CIorox_BIeach it all depends what you want from life
I want Santa to bring back Michelob and that contoured bottle for Christmas. And I mean real Michelob, not that Ultra Light 90% foam crap that killed the good name of Michelob! In exchange, you can take Coors and Coors Light back west to the Rockies.
And while I'm at it, I want to see Charlie Brown kick the football--or Lucy square in the head!
I want an Arthur Treacher's on the Berlin Turnpike. I want my Two Guys department store and Hardees (with it's Big Twin) back on the Berlin Turnpike, along with the Hartford Drive-In, and drive-ins in general.
I want that Miller High Life horse and sleigh commercial after every quarter of NFL football on the last weekend of football before Christmas. And I want to see those Lowenbrau "Here's to Good Friends"--even if I don't have any--commercials as well as Lowenbrau and it's thick foil-topped bottles in six-packs at all my package stores.
I want Nyquil in my medicine cabinet at all times.
I want all Christmas cartoon specials to end with the audio and visual of the Rankin-Bass logo.
I want my popcorn air-popper back to pop Orville Redenbacher popcorn and I want to douse it with Hickory Farms Popcorn Salt and Popcorn Seasoning (wait, I might still be able to have that).
I want to see and hear James Garner once and for all tell Mariette Hartley to "Shut the f**k up" ... and get a One-Step!
I want to grow my hair long like Michael Landon and not be laughed at by everybody. You can keep that winter vest, however.
I want my paper route money back that I spent on those ColecoVision games...but I also want back my ColecoVision and those games--I think I once played Lady Bug for 36 hours straight!
I want to see no blue M&Ms ever and I want tan plain M&Ms to come back.
I want to be able to tip my mailman this year--not necessarily with a box of chocolates--except these days I never see the same mail-person twice.
I want to see Tony Randall and Jack Klugman via my cable TV--i.e. reruns of classic "The Odd Couple", not Love Sidney or Quincy. And I want Matthew Perry to burn in hell for "creating" and starring himself as Oscar in a 21st century failed and unfunny version of "The Odd Couple".
I want to see tire stores and gas stations selling Christmas albums again--and I want to know who that is at 36:45. And I want every Hess truck from each year back when they first came out.
I want to be able to again get glassware from Taco Bell, or any fast food place (I still have a Mayor McCheese glass that I wouldn't let Jesus use if he visited my house).
I want everyone to help each other like that Eat'n'Park tree helped that struggling star.
And finally I want the Minnesota Vikings to win the Super Bowl.. and I want to be able to like the Boston Bruins and forgive all their fans, their fans being the reason I don't want the Hartford Whalers back--only Bruins fans bought tickets to and went to their games. And only to chant "Hartford Sucks", even if the Bruins weren't playing that night!
May not always believe in God, but I've always believed in Santa Claus (as a spirit of course, not as a real person who's fat and dresses in red and is old and never shaves and...ah, why spoil it now? Happy Holidays if you read this far.
I wish I could go back to the early '80's when I worked at Woolworth's. And it was in the Mall. Right outside their door was The Brown Derby restaurant. All us friends from Woolworth's would stop at the Brown Derby restaurant, their lounge, after work and have a 24 ounce, ice cold Michelob Draft, then another and another and so on. You're right, Michelob was the ultimate champion of beers back then. Good times. Good friends. Good life.
That was great.. " The Rankin -Bass" logo.. Thought I was the only one who loved that!!! Also from the Hartford area!!
I miss the 70s and 80s
Me too.
The Toys 'R' Us commercial is my favorite. Seeing it every year was almost as much a tradition as many classic Christmas films and specials.
If only the 70s and 80s prices were the same now!
Funny the vcr for 500 bucks and the size of the 19" TV for sale.. I just bought a 17" laptop and an adapter for a TV tuner that you can record like a VCR for less than $400.00 brand new. Technology is good but looking back on these commercials is great.
Technology was much more expensive back then
I don’t know why these commercials make me feel so good, because I wasn’t even born back then.
Am I the only one that feels like it's a whole different world now? I mean everything about it was different back then I can't even describe what I mean but I am so home sick for that world as I watch these,so much more than nostalgia 😔🏠👨👩👧👦🌍📼💟☎️ and time itself is going by faster than then but that's another subject.
Yes, it is truly a very different world now in 2024 compared to those days portrayed in these commercials our world was much better back then and it truly is heartbreaking when you compare the two time periods
0:00 Coca-Cola
0:31 Ben Franklin
1:00 Nabisco Crackers
1:30 Energizer
2:00 Michelob Beer
2:29 Pillsbury
2:59 Gemco
3:29 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
3:49 Sears Before Christmas Sale
4:19 Canada Dry
4:49 Kodak Photo Paper
5:19 Chex Party Mix
5:49 Arthur Treacher's
6:19 Firestone Retailers
6:49 Radio Shack®
7:19 NyQuil
7:49 Alpha Beta
8:18 Hardee's
8:47 Eckerd
8:57 Sears
9:27 Bell Telephone
9:56 Polaroid
10:11 Pizza Hut
10:40 Frederick & Nelson
11:10 How The Grinch Stole Christmas/Frosty The Snowman Promo
11:20 Wendy's
11:50 Milk Bone Dog Biscuits
12:05 Miller High Life
13:05 Radio Shack®
13:35 Gimbels
14:05 Orville Redenbacher
14:31 Bentley's Luggage
15:00 Sears
15:29 Stanley
15:59 A Charlie Brown Christmas/'Twas The Night Before Christmas Promo
16:19 National Lampoons Christmas Vacation Promo
16:49 Red Lobster
17:19 Two Guys Discount
17:48 Sun Bank
18:17 Sprite
18:47 Hickory Farms
19:17 Target
19:47 Sears
20:17 Gemco
20:45 Polaroid
21:14 The First Christmas Promo
21:24 The Year Without A Santa Claus
21:34 Sears
22:04 Mervyn's & TV5
22:13 Kodak Ektralite Camera
22:42 Hallmark Cards
23:12 Michelob Beer
23:42 Hills
24:12 Zales
24:41 Genovese Drug Store
25:11 Texas Instruments
25:40 M&M's
26:10 Scrooged Movie Promo
26:40 Hallmark Store
27:09 Coors
27:39 Ivey's
28:09 Pillsbury
28:37 Radio Shack®
29:07 White Christmas Movie Promo
29:37 Kodak Disk Camera
30:07 Whitman's Chocolate
30:37 McDonald's Gift Certificates
31:37 Safeway Gift Certificates
32:07 Winn-Dixie
32:37 Christmas TV Specials Promo
32:57 Old Spice
33:27 Sears. Roebuck
34:03 Kodak Film
34:33 Skaggs Drug Center
35:00 Herda's Discount
35:30 Olympia Brewing
33:59 JCPenny
36:14 Good Year Service/ Chrisritmas Is... Album
37:14 Toys "Я" Us
37:43 Kodak Tele-Instamatic Camera
38:14 Zody's Department Store
38:44 Taco Bell - Pepsi Glasses
39:10 Frosty's Winter Wonderland/Leprechauns Christmas Gold Promo
39:41 Michelob Beer
40:10 Kroger
40:39 Black & Decker
41:09 American Greetings
41:40 Eat'nPark
42:10 Nester The Long Eared Christmas Donkey Promo
42:40 K-Mart
42:55 Estée Lauder
43:25 André Champagne
43:55 Jeno's Pizza Rolls
44:25 Kodak Disk Camera
44:40 Pizza Hut - Paddington Bear Glasses
45:10 Commodore 64 - 1351 Mouse
45:40 Cinnamon Toast Crunch - Santa Bear
Thank you!!!
Every other commercial nowadays is for a pill. Even at Christmastime.
After hearing all the side effects who would want to take them lol
Big Pharma has taken over the airwaves. I count at times 9 to 14 commercials between programs. And most of them are Big Pharma's. Some are over 5 minutes long.
@@b.k.r.doggielover5449 How about it. UGH
@@rhondabitler2461
I worked in a warehouse recently and they packaged medical supplies for diabetic patients. I sometimes glanced at the prices.
A meter, like Dexcom would sell for around $450.00 in one state and in say, New York, same meter was $550.00. That's the same thing, different state and $100.00 more.
And the patient's insurance paid for most of them.
I saw a lot of that. A lot of crooks in Big Pharma.
Stay well.
@@b.k.r.doggielover5449 Thanks for the information. Unbelievable
Gee no prescription drug commercials, lawyer hot lines, or addiction counseling commercials
Or constant pointless and destructive protest and no aggressive, pushing of the rainbow culture and every freaking commercial or television show
Some of these remote controlled televisions and VSH were so pricey back then. Only the well off could afford it.
and the remotes had cords LOL
And the food was dirt cheap.
I paid $425 for my first vcr bought December 1986.
@@dampergoldenrod4156 Damn! That's alot of money.
I can remember when a VCR cost $600. I sure am getting old.
The Christmas tree lights just looked better back then.
I thought the same thing yesterday!! Omg, I have a colored string from years ago, certain colors are kind of faded looking. Took me right back to when I was a little kid 😢
@@Scottocaster6668 Everything is L.E.D. now.I think the more natural light of the old bulbs had a more comforting feel to them
Coca cola, possibly the best Christmas commercial of all.
4:07 “Save $120 on a microwave oven.” Now they COST less than that and are twice as powerful.
Yes, but the money in those days was three times as more so......well, ....a price-and-a-half, I'd say!
I don't know anything about microwave oven prices, but let's say Sears' normal price for a microwave then was $300 (so it was being marked down 40% for the sale). With inflation (since the 80s), that "normal price" figure today would be at least $600 (twice as much), I think. If they cost less than $120 now (say, $100), that means--in "1980s dollars"--microwaves today are only 1/6 as expensive as they were in the 80s--and (apparently) twice as powerful. That's not bad!
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 Or tv's I have a 50 inch television in my bedroom that was the cost of a 13" tv from back then.
@@leegraves8878
I still have my 13"TV and it has a VCR built in. And it still works. 😊
@@markfoster1520minimum wage in the 70’s was $1.45 a hr
80’s $3.10 . Unless your parents had money you didn’t go to college . It was just as hard to make it back then as it is now , except people didn’t care as much .
Brings back memories. Gen X here. Child of the 70's and teen and 20 something of the 80s. Thanks for posting this.
Back when life was so much better!
I remember back in the 70s my mom loved to eat Nabisco snack crackers . Wheat Thins were her fav
My mom's favorite was Ritz.😊
And now, mine.😊
@@b.k.r.doggielover5449 the great good ol days 😊
I need a time machine to take me back here again !😊
Yes
It’s nice to see commercials for things other than pharmaceutical drugs
I really love these camercials it's a little ironic though that back then when I was watching show or movie I would be angry at these same camercials and all these years later I look for these and am happy to see them you know wa I mean.
I was thinking the same thing! How much I appreciate these now!! Wish I had a bell landline phone and the Spectra Polaroid camera!!
GOD saved me on Christmas Eve in 1972, (according to St John 16:24)! I prayed, "FATHER touch me, in the name of JESUS! Immediately.... (after TWO WHOLE DAYS of my weeping, reading a KJV New Testament, and praying wrongly)...PAPA GOD sent HOLY GHOST down into my heart! The Bible had cleansed my filthy atheistic spirit, and I'd learned how to forgive! GLORY! I woke up Christmas Morning BORN AGAIN! HALLELUJAH!
Amen, my brother (or sister)!
It's hard to believe the '80s existed at all. A time of warmth, intellect, and camaraderie. Now, there's just pure narcissism, blaming, stupidity and segregation.
Merry Christmas to all of you guys, God bless. 😘❤️🍷🎄🎉🙏🎊🍒🍉🍰🎂🥂🍻🧁🍬🙏☃️🎄☃️❤️😘❤️❤️❤️🎉🎄🎊🎂☃️🍬
I miss these days when the world was a better place. These are the good old days.💜
I remember Christmas in the 70s at my Grandmas house her Driveway was full with cars and was the street also and I remember walking in her breezeway before entering the house and seeing all the pies cooling and then when you walked in the house the smell of the turkey and all the food smell in the air, boy them were Holidays to remember weren't they.👍🙂
thet waited til after halloween to air them back then, too!
3:16 I miss those days when a VCR cost $500.00
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Best time when Christmas meant not all these gifts but having so much fun today all rushing black Friday the worst was great then miss that time.
$1000. is more like it
yes and made here too
I was shocked at the cost of a TV and VCR
There's nothing like the good old days. I just love it !!!
Wow. Radio Shack computers