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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Sugar Bear was Post's cartoon mascot throughout the decade, and Super Golden Crisp gave him the "vitamin packed punch" to take on whatever came his way...in this case, a buzzard looking...
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A series of PSAs featuring this limerick-speaking cartoon character (of which had its own television series on ABC in the early to mid 1980s), encouraged children to read and limit their TV time....
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A series of PSAs featuring this limerick-speaking cartoon character (of which had its own television series on ABC in the early to mid 1980s), encouraged children to read and limit their TV time....
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A doll that lit up when hugged.
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Hot Wheels released this car wash playset, where a car could be dirtied, then sent through a rinse and scrubdown station.
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A commercial advertising orange, cherry and lemon Starburst candy.
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The show opening of the animated series, "Double Dragon."
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An early Voltron toy commercial, featuring the motorized rolling Voltron lions, which combined to form Voltron.
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Sunkist made a series of commercials for their Fun Fruits products with this talking tree.