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 oatmeal brand came with a package of jam (or whatever it was...) that could be squeezed on the surface of the oatmeal. Evidently, the producers chose to throw in some 'walk like an Egyptian'...
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June 28, 2007 14:35:49
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This product was simply a bunch of mini cassettes with their own tape player. It was kind of a weird choice, considering most kids already had their own Walkman at the time, which is probably why...
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Pop Tarts always had a lot of very retro commercials, especially in the line of "so cool, they're hot" sloganed television commercials.
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A whole set of these Teddy Grahams commercials were shown throughout the late 1980s, featuring three costumed rockstar teddy bears. They all featured an edited version of Elvis' hit "Teddy B...
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In the same format as the Honeycomb commercial with Jesse the Body Ventura and Andre the Giant, this commercial featuring the "Honeycomb Hideout" shows a monster truck driving punk. The...
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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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This commercial for Star Wars action figures featured characters "Zuckuss" and an AT-AT Commander.
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The show opening of the primetime sitcom, "Nurses." This sitcom was displayed in a similar format to the series "Empty Nest," and even had a crossover episode.
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A mini-series of these commercials for 3 Musketeers told a short story about three college-aged guys and their exploits, and ran throughout the late 1980s.
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A short and simple Children's Television Workshop station ID, that ran throughout the early and mid 1980s.
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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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This commercial for the massive USS FLagg playset displayed scale-modeled aircraft carrier that was designed to fit GI Joe aircraft.
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Chatbot was a remote control robot that could record and play up to 30 seconds of audio. Audio messages could be recorded separately and played as such via remote control buttons.
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A series of PSAs featuring Popeye and his sons were shown in the mid 1980s, each with a different lesson for children. They were nationally syndicated.
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The season 2 closing credits of the live-action kid's video game gameshow, "Video Power."
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