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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To the anticipation of Ghostbuster fans everywhere, Kenner released the Real Ghostbuster toyline in 1987. Modeled after the animated series - not the movie, the figures included oddly colored uni...
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Frankenstein is introduced as the original inventor of mixing chocolate and peanut butter in this commercial...a combination that was lost through the ages, until Reese's came along, that is.
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Grimlock, leader of the Dinobots, was one of the most beloved and successful addition to the Transformers action figure line.
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This is the original commercial that introduced what became one of the most iconic stuffed animals of the 1980s - a cassette tape-operated talking bear. This concept was also picked up by simila...
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McGruff the crime fighting dog speaks about how kids who get into strangers' cars may never be seen again, in this stark PSA that ran during Saturday morning cartoons.
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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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The huge "Snake Mountain" playset for the Masters of the Universe toyline had an echoing microphone and trap compartments for action figures.
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Nerf's "Unidentified Floppy Object" Frisbees were made of soft rubber, and could be folded and taken anywhere without ruining its original shape.
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Beyond having its own cereal brand, Smurfs expanded into Chef Boyardee's canned pasta line.
