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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A woman sings about Right Guard deodorant while sifting through a bar filled with freaks and monsters.
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August 5, 2007 10:19:42
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An animated commercial for Solo detergent that had heavy airtime during weekday morning television in the mid 1980s.
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As retro as it gets, this mid 80s commercial for Dippity Doo hair gel shows off some of the styles you can create.
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August 5, 2007 05:11:54
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A Keebler commercial featuring the Keebler Elves, which introduced the elf-shaped cookies that had a chocolate coated back.
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July 20, 2007 17:38:11
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In this McDonalds commercial, Ronald wheels in the Chicken McNugget Happy Meal on a toy train. The giveaway is the "Happy Pail," a series of pails and tools for the beach.
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July 20, 2007 17:35:49
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This commercial for She-Ra action figures features a transparent Swift Wind horse, and Starburst She-Ra.
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July 20, 2007 17:33:26
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This Inhumanoids action figure placed captives in his hinged ribcage, and was known to turn humans into living zombies [in its cartoon series, featured during Super Sunday].
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June 13, 2007 10:10:32
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This commercial introduced the "Ultra Magnus" Transformer, who changed from robot to car carrier. The action figure itself almost appeared to be an exact replica of Optimus Prime, but i...
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June 3, 2007 00:10:55
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This battery-operated truck rendition of the real life monster truck "Warlord" was part of the "Muscle Machines" collection, made popular by the monster truck "Bigfoot.&q...
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May 31, 2007 18:09:18
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Two sharks attempt to bully Sugar Bear out of his Super Golden Crisp.
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May 27, 2007 21:55:45
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Saturday mornings in the 1980's were so much more than cartoons - as NBC's "One To Grow On" series displayed. These brief clips were presented three times between the 8AM - 12PM Saturda...
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This TV spot announces the program's move with a 3 hour special featuring Bill Cosby, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Boy George, Smokey Robinson, George Michael and many others.
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May 22, 2007 18:05:37
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A mid-80s commercial for hair care product Toni Volumizer.
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May 22, 2007 12:59:23
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This new addition to the Hostess pie line was shown for the first time in this commercial, which was shown frequently between Saturday morning cartoons.
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April 29, 2007 19:26:42
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This commercial featured what was one of the funniest and most ridiculous dramatizations of the decade.The Life Call necklace allowed the disabled to call emergency services, and was later well k...
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