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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Heinz typically advertised their slow pouring ketchup, as displayed in this commercial featuring two teenagers wandering through a funhouse.
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March 5, 2007 19:36:52
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A series of these unusually drawn commercials were seen in the mid 1980s. All of them featured some sort of rivalry or tension between Count Chocula and Frankenberry.
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Sectaurs was an extremely short-lived cartoon series from 1985, that only had five episodes. Its vast toyline, however, was rather large - and each commercial was usually part of a 'soap opera', ...
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February 25, 2007 19:42:58
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The first season closing credits of the animated series, "Rainbow Brite."
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February 22, 2007 22:01:00
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This commercial features the most popular Roboix and leader of the "Terracores" as seen in the animated series: Argus. Robotix sets were modular building sets that had motorized parts a...
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February 21, 2007 22:22:38
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The Trix rabbit disguises himself as a detective, to take some kids' box of Trix as evidence.
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Presenting the "Mummra" and "Lion-O" fighting action figures - whose eyes lit up with the usage of a special power ring.
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February 21, 2007 21:51:41
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This commercial came out before the toyline and cartoon were released, and was meant to be a "teaser" as for what's to come.
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February 20, 2007 22:34:37
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One of the biggest toy fads of the 80's were these tiny, super collectible "M.U.S.C.L.E." alien wrestlers. Only a couple inches tall and strangely pink colored, they featured a host of ...
