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 was a local Boston-area PSA with a "stay in school" message, from channel 7 WNEV-TV.
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The nearly endless line of E.T. merchandise expanded into these character-shaped chewable vitamins for kids, close in similarity to the Flintstone vitamins, which also gained a great deal of popu...
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This very early promo advertised the Playboy Channel. Evidentally, advertising was done much differently then, as model shots took a backseat to corny stock video footage.
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K-tel records featured commercials for their compilation LPs in the early 1980s - this was one of them, featuring tracks from The Kinks, Human League, Musical Youth, A Flock of Seagulls, Culture ...
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April 18, 2007 19:27:35
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Tom Carvel personally narrated all of his company's commercials throughout the late 1970s and 1980s - and introduced the "Fudgie the Whale" ice cream cake. This was one of the company'...
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April 18, 2007 19:24:36
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This cutting edge early 80s commercial advertised the new Quartz crystal watches, which were incepted into the market in 1980, effectively replacing the pin-lever design.
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April 18, 2007 19:22:13
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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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April 18, 2007 19:19:29
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Using various music video clips from the Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Police, Hall and Oates, and Davie Bowie - this early MTV spot utilized the slogan, "You'll never look at music the sam...
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April 14, 2007 20:17:59
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These comic book style cartoons featured a team of superheroes with neon aqua colored Crest gel at the end of their oversized toothbrushes, which they used to fight the "cavity creeps" ...
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April 14, 2007 20:14:19
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This 'sneak peek' trailer introduced 1982's "Conan the Barbarian," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a preliminary look at the upcoming 1983 movie, "E.T."
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The Colecovision home gaming console introduced this trackball-driven "Roller Controller," which was similar in fashion to the trackball used for arcade games such as Centipede.
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This pay-by-the-minute hotline targeted Al B. Sure fans (you might remember him for his big hit, "Night and Day"), and promoted his 1988 Heartbreak Tour.
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This is one of the first promotional spots for the A-Team, from the NBC network.
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During the Empire Strikes Back craze, this commercial advertised Star Wars themed boxes of Puffs tissues with a cameo from R2-D2 and C-3PO
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The popular catchphrase "inquiring minds want to know" promoted this tabloid throughout the 1980s. This particular commercial advertises an early 1982 edition with predictions for the y...
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