The decade of excess, the "Me" decade: no matter what you called it, the 80s was a peculiar decade packed with flavor and originality. Cranking out more icons and memories than you can shake a stick at, revisit the 80s here with tons of 80s TV commercials and show intros, from a time when imagination had no limits.
The decade that introduced a whole new generation of slackers and lazy Gen-X'ers: the 90s had attitude; breaking free from New Wave to embrace grunge, hip-hop and techno. See the progression of pop culture and values in the many commercials and TV shows displayed in this section.
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Of all the strange cereal promotions, this one ranks high on the list: it's simply Trix cereal, just 'brighter,' and the commercial features the Trix Rabbit, of course.
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This He-Man toy commercial featured the Bashasaurus vehicle, which had an extending arm that bashed the area directly in front of it.
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The intro of the animated series "Snorks," displayed after season 1.
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He-Man, She-Ra and Orko speak about how kids should be on the lookout for "bad touches" and report them to someone they trust.
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Pac-Man and family, in their Hanna-Barbera drawn form, make an appearance to shill Chef Boyardee's Pac-Man canned pasta in this mid-80s commercial.
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Another commercial featuring the Reese's Pieces-loving alien mistaken for "Cousin Willy."
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This great series of tiny action figures featured mythological beast-like humanoids. They belonged to one of four factions: fire, wood or water - and each faction had an "opposite" that...
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Ronald McDonald and nearly all of the other characters make an appearance in this baseball-themed commercial for McDonalds.
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An elementary school kid reflects upon how he'll be growing while drinking milk, as he spouts off dialog to a beach babe.
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This commercial for the massive USS FLagg playset displayed scale-modeled aircraft carrier that was designed to fit GI Joe aircraft.
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Chatbot was a remote control robot that could record and play up to 30 seconds of audio. Audio messages could be recorded separately and played as such via remote control buttons.
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A series of PSAs featuring Popeye and his sons were shown in the mid 1980s, each with a different lesson for children. They were nationally syndicated.
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A series of these unusually drawn commercials were seen in the mid 1980s. All of them featured some sort of rivalry or tension between Count Chocula and Frankenberry.
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This 'talking' teddy bear made strange electronic buzzing noises when you hugged it.
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This limited time promotion from 1985 advertised a free can of slime with the purchase of two Masters of the Universe action figures. Slime was always the ultimate accessory for any action figure...
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