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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This NYC area public service announcement features a young drug dealer stating his intentions, as his true snakelike self shows at the very end.
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July 3, 2007 15:55:58
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This mid-80s PSA taught kids how to act when a drug pusher puts the pressure on them.
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March 25, 2007 12:08:02
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This nationally syndicated commercial featured an anti-drug message with the theme:
"Gettin into drugs and being high, is a stupid thing to do
Be an original! And take ...
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March 18, 2007 17:37:39
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This message from the Poison Control Center was an extremely memorable, yet extremely low budget PSA - featuring singing "pills" next to a cardboard cutout of a bottle. "This is se...
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February 8, 2007 20:31:26
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A popular and attention grabbing PSA that depicts a teen pondering over helping her friend, or just not interfering to be cool, while her friend is about to get struck by an incoming train. This ...
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February 5, 2007 22:18:57
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Hip hop legend Melle Mel and Van Silk rap against crack at a time when abuse was at an all time high.
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January 30, 2007 22:59:23
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This McGruff anti-drug spot featured pop singer Regina, and the new theme "Users are losers," which was used in a series of commercials for the proceeding years.
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January 28, 2007 20:47:22
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles review a clip of a drug pushing bully and ask kids what the right thing to do is, in this PSA that gained a great deal of airtime throughout the early 1990s.
