Posts Tagged ‘80’s’
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
These commercials aired on USA in 1988. Thanks to my cousin David for recording these.
1. USA Movie Commercial Bumper
2. Ambervision (Incredible sunglasses, and amazing music)
3. TV Guide
4. USA Movie Commercial Bumpers
5. Reebok (Finally, a commercial that uses the word “Hobgoblin”)
6. Philadelphia Cream Cheese (For bagels only, please)
7. Encyclopedia Britannica (I remember these commercials airing ALL THE TIME on Nickelodeon in the 80’s)
8. Promo for “Street Hawk” (Who cares about plot or story? If it’s a guy riding a motorcycle at night, count me in!)
9. Promo for “The Brood” (Terrifying. I must watch it.)
10. Promo for “USA’s Thursday Night Fights”
12. USA Movie Commercial Bumper
13. “Planet Of Dinosaurs” End Credits (Except for the kid, all of these people look like 70’s stars)
14. USA Movie Commercial Bumper
Duration : 0:7:36
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
These commercials aired on CBS on October 19th, 1986 and on NBC on December 22nd, 1986. Thanks to my Uncle for recording these.
1. Radio Shack
2. Promo for “Of Pure Blood” (I looked this up on IMDB and it apparently involves some sort of crazy Nazi experiment, which means I MUST watch it now)
3. McDonald’s McDLT (I sincerely apologize for the lack of Jason Alexander)
4. Miller Lite
5. Phillips (The fact that the cat was even in the same room as a vaccuum shows what a complete fantasy that scenario is)
6. State Farm (State Farm Agent John Monson holds the door open for old ladies. Yeah, that’s the kind of guy he is)
7. Promo for CBS Sports Football
8. Honda Accord
9. Miller High Life
10. Tandy Computers at Radio Shack Computer Centers (Tandy LOL)
11. United (It would’ve been funnier if he were still wearing the Umpire uniform on the plane)
12. McDonald’s McDLT
13. Prestone (So I guess if you don’t use Prestone…you’ll get eaten by wolves?)
14. GTE
15. Allstate
16. “ALF” Commercial Bumper
17. Levi’s 501
18. Miracle Whip (With some annoying football player I don’t know the name of)
Duration : 0:7:38
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
These commercials aired on CBS on October 12th, 1986 and November 9th, 1986. Thanks to my Uncle for recording these.
1. Contel (With Charlton Heston)
2. Wild Irish Rose
3. Mitsubishi Montero
4. IBM
5. JVC (I have no idea if this commercial was silent, or if it was an on-air audio glitch. The “senses” tagline makes me think it might have been silent)
6. Honda CRX HF
7. Promo for “Downtown” (With Robert Englund, aka Freddy Krueger!)
8. Gallo Wines
9. Honda (Partial)
10. Chevrolet Spectrum
11. Rolaids (With Mets manager/terrible actor Davy Johnson)
12. Radio Shack (I wish my mom communicated via remote control robot)
13. Chevrolet Sprint
Duration : 0:7:9
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
These commercials aired on local ABC affiliate KGO on November 11th, 1985. Thanks to my Uncle for recording these.
1. Bud Light
2. Nissan
3. DP Gympac (”MmmHmm”)
4. Promo for “Shadow Chasers”
5. Nissan Sentra (Not even my mom’s freaking huge 80’s glasses were as big as these monstrosities)
6. NFL Super Pro Club (With John Elway, Eric Dickerson and a kid who can apparently materialize out of thin air)
7. ABC Station ID
8. Gallo Wines
9. Nissan 300ZX
10. Honda Fourtrax 4X4 (What a twist!)
11. Canon Copier (Now I want a color photocopy of Jack Klugman!)
12. Nuprin
13. Promo for “Monday Night Football”
Duration : 0:6:23
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
These commercials aired on local ABC affiliate KGO on January 20th, 1985 during Super Bowl XIX. Thanks to my Uncle for recording these.
1. KFYI 1310 AM
2. Eastern Airlines (From my experience, airports are terrible everywhere)
3. Chrysler (I always go car shopping with my giant sheepdog)
4. Hormel Chili
5. Buick
6. Parents United PSA (So creepy…)
7. United (I think this United stewardess is the same actress in the Mervyn’s commercials I’ve posted)
8. Promo for “Police Story” (I love these short, random clips KGO used for their promo bumpers)
9. Okidata
10. Almost Home Cookies (I think these were soft like Chewy Chips Ahoy…in other words, delicious as )
11. Diet Coke (Because nothing says football like diet soda, amirite?)
12. Promo for “Inauguration ‘85″ presented by ABC News
13. IBM istant Series (Why is Charlie Chaplin herding ducks? I don’t understand…)
14. Goodyear Vector (With the voice of James Earl Jones)
15. Classic Lite
16. Promo for “Good Morning America”
17. Promo for “Hardcastle & McCormick” and “Scandal Sheet”
18. Wesson Oil (With Florence Henderson!)
19. United
20. Toyota
21. Promo for “Cruise Into Terror” (Based on this short clip, I MUST see this)
22. Toyota and Burger King Commercial Bumpers
Duration : 0:8:41
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
These commercials aired on local ABC affiliate KGO on January 20th, 1985 during Super Bowl XIX. Thanks to my Uncle for recording these.
1. Super Bowl XIX Commercial Bumper (Presented by IBM, Miller Lite, Volkswagen and The National Dairy Board)
2. Promo for “Scandal Sheet” (Robert Urich getting some action and Ernie Anderson’s voice makes this the manliest promo ever)
3. PSA Airlines
4. Ford
5. Promo for “Defiance” (Looks good LOL)
6. Super Bowl XIX Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by Ford, Computerland, Minolta and Northwestern Mutual Life)
7. Ford Thunderbird (With Joe Montana!)
8. Computerland
9. Pacific Bell
10. Toyota (With John Madden!)
11. Round Table Pizza
12. Volkswagen Jetta
13. Tylenol (This ad campaign was designed to regain public trust after the Tylenol murders in 1982)
14. IBM (Old men talking about computers? Not likely)
15. Promo for “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings”
16. Andes Creme de Menthe (OMG everything rhymes)
17. KGO Super Bowl Victory Bumper
Duration : 0:7:26
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
These commercials aired on KTVU on December 21st, 1984. Thanks to my Aunt & Uncle for recording these.
1. Michelob Classic Dark (All of these beer commercials are making me thirsty)
2. Zact Toothpaste
3. Kragen
4. Union 76 (Awesome)
5. BART (What)
6. Promo for “My Side Of The Mountain”
7. AirCal
8. Scoundrel (With Joan Collins)
9. Nostrilla (I really don’t like the word ‘nostril’)
10. Mervyn’s (I love the elevator music in the background)
11. TV Spot for “Johnny Dangerously”
12. People Magazine Year End Double Issue (Featuring the 25 most intriguing people of 1984 that aren’t me. RIP Michael Jackson)
13. Helm of Sun Valley (There’s gotta be a hot place in for the guy who decided to rip off “The Twilight Zone” to hawk a ski resort)
14. Tina Turner “Private Dancer”
15. Seasons Greetings from KTVU
16. Promo for “Meet Me In St. Louis” (:sigh: I miss the days when TV was almost universally great and diverse. What station would play this movie around Christmastime besides TCM these days?)
Duration : 0:6:43
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
1980’s McDonalds Happy Meal Guys Commercial, aired 1987, along with Disney books happy meal promo.
Duration : 0:0:30
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