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 beach-themed Kool Aid commercial, with a slogan that was used throughout the late 80s and early 90s.
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July 13, 2007 14:30:33
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Sunkist's Fun Fruits commercials always included a forest of laughing trees. This one featured a new dinosaur shape.
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In a long-standing line of TV commercials, Cheetos mascot Chester Cheetah attempts to snag a bag of Cheetos and always winds up with some unfortunate circumstance.
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The show opening of the animated series, "X-Men," which appeared as a segment of the Marvel Action Hour. This is an incredibly rare and short lived series that only lasted about a year....
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The closing credits of the animated series, "X-Men," which appeared as a segment of the Marvel Action Universe. This is an incredibly rare and short lived series that only lasted about ...
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Undoubtedly, you've seen this commercial many times in between Saturday morning cartoons in the late 80s. An unpopular kid gets his day in the spotlight after making a big catch in the ballfield....
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June 28, 2007 14:38:24
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A short lived, but well-remembered commercial series from Frosted Mini-Wheats featured people of different professions exclaiming their love for the fiber, whereas the "kid" in them fav...
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June 20, 2007 16:54:29
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A short lived, but well-remembered commercial series from Frosted Mini-Wheats featured people of different professions exclaiming their love for the fiber, whereas the "kid" in them fav...
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Arguably one of the most popular video games for the Sega Master System home console, this ninja/action series was a side-scroller featuring an array of attacks and levels.
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This game involved coiling a long plastic tube around your body, and required you to move a marble through the tube with your body motions, to get it into the container at the bottom of the tube....
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These miniature Transformers, reminiscent of "Micro Machines," made their way into stores well after the Transformers movie.
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This Pee-Wee Herman doll talked when you pulled its string, and said various signature phrases.
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This commercial for the revitalized "Power Master Optimus Prime" brought back the late Autobot hero as a more powerful version of his former self, with a nebulon engine.
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Army Gear was a series of toy weapons that either 'transformed' into action figure bases, or had a dual purpose. The commercial almost seems to be subliminal advertising for the Army!
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The introduction of the animated series, "Robocop."
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