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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Post cereal's "Create a Villain" contest gave kids a chance to put their own villain to the test against the Superfriends. Winners win a 1-week trip to Hollywood to meet Superman, Batma...
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August 5, 2007 10:17:10
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This commercial for Ghostbusters 2 cereal featured a record album box prize that promoted the contest where winners could visit Ghostbusters headquarters, and meet a "real Ghostbuster."...
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August 5, 2007 10:09:56
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This "Spring Break Body Snatchers" contest, sponsored by MTV, offered the chance to meet the Beastie Boys and fly to Florida for this event. The prize also included $5,000 and a walk-o...
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April 8, 2007 00:30:02
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This contest, held at participating toy stores, was for the chance to win a party featuring Strawberry Shortcake and a Care Bear.
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February 22, 2007 21:56:09
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This Transformers contest was advertised through the Transformers reflective patches and collectible card packs - where one could win a party featuring the Transformers, or a voice changer.
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February 19, 2007 22:27:12
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This promotion for Robocop II featured a 900-number that kids could call, for a chance to win the Robocop Game Boy game - or the ultimate prize, the official Robocop pinball machine.
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February 10, 2007 14:49:47
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A promotion for "1-800-ROCK-JEM," a contest in 1987 where kids could enter to win a trip to the MTV Music Video Awards by singing the Jem theme song. Additional prizes included a televi...
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February 10, 2007 13:18:50
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Nabisco advertises a mail-out sweepstakes to win select Nintendo cartridges.
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January 28, 2007 19:00:19
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A commercial and jingle that undoubtedly sounds familiar if you've watched Saturday morning programming. The commercial was for a "Win $1000" mail-out mystery contest for Pebbles cereal...
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