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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The show opening of the animated series, "Monchichis," a part of the Monchichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich hour.
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This promotional commercial advertises ABC's 1983 Saturday morning lineup of Pac Man, Rubik the Amazing Cube & Menudo, and The Littles.
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Time for Timer public service segments had a lot of airtime in the late 1970s to mid 1980s, and displayed minute-long cartoon segments that taught children lessons about proper eating and exercis...
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This is the commercial for one of the strangest Atari games, which had one of the biggest love/hate relationship with Atari owners for years. Some called it a rushed effort to capitalize on the ...
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March 31, 2007 20:02:58
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The original commercial for "Donkey Kong Jr. cereal," which had crunchy fruit-shaped cereal pieces. It also advertised the Ralston baseball card set promotion.
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March 31, 2007 20:00:00
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The original network bumpers and closing credits of the animated series, "The Biskitts."
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March 31, 2007 19:54:07
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Atari introduced this fast-paced shooter as "one of the new games of the century" from 20th Century Fox.
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March 30, 2007 22:18:24
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This commercial featured the Darth Vader, Lando and 4-Lom figures for the Return of the Jedi action figures, along with a special mail-out offer.
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An example of CBS's upcoming promo for the animated series, "Saturday Supercade," from its original airing.
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This commercial introduces one of the original villains of the series, "Trap Jaw," and his interchangeable arm pieces.
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This commercial starts off with a great live-action rendition of the popular Q*Bert arcade game, then shows off the peg hopping board game version.
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In the spirit of "Schoolhouse Rock," these ABC Saturday morning short animated PSAs introduced various lessons to children. "Zack" was a recurring segment that gave kids a pos...
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In the spirit of Schoolhouse Rock segments, ABC showed various segments including this one: a character reminiscent of "The Fonz" who taught kids that chewing rougher foods strengthens ...
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March 18, 2007 17:27:24
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A truly strange commercial from the early 80's, depicting a family whose faces slowly morph into Q*Bert heads as they play the home console game from Atari.
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The closing credits of the animated series, "Alvin and the Chipmunks." These credits are from the show's original airing in 1985, and have commentary about what's coming up next: which ...
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