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 commercial introduction of the Thundercats Cats Lair playset - showing off its hidden features and compartments.
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This PSA ran across the nation in the mid 1980s, and was spoken by characters Lion-O and Snarf, teaching kids that they are forbidden to drink alcohol.
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This commercial introduces the Monstarr action figure - the main villain of the cartoon series, "Silverhawks."
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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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January 28, 2007 18:56:37
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A commercial advertising orange, cherry and lemon Starburst candy.
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January 28, 2007 18:30:24
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This set of bizarre station bumpers ran on CBS from 1986-1987, between cartoons such as Galaxy High, Muppet Babies, Wildfire, CBS Storybreak, Teen Wolf, and Pee-Wee's Playhouse.
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This handheld electronic animation game was made by the Etch-A-Sketch company, and allowed you to make pixellated animations by drawing successive frames.
Due to the master copy, t...
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Hi-C had a multitude of 1950's do-wop themed commercials for their drink box line - this was one of them. Look closely, as one of the child actors appears to be Alyssa Milano.
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A commercial and jingle that undoubtedly sounds familiar if you've watched Saturday morning programming. The commercial was for a "Win $1000" mail-out mystery contest for Pebbles cereal...
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This commercial was released during one of Nintendo's prime years, as the R.O.B. and the Zapper were packaged along with the system and two games.
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The militaristic tagline shouted "The look...the feel...the sound...so real", these battery operated guns would machine-gun water at the pull of a trigger, and came in various styles, i...
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Infamous for being seen between episodes of the Real Ghostbusters, and other ABC Saturday morning cartoons like Wuzzles, Care Bears, Flintstone Kids and Jem - these variations showed Claymation c...
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The show opening for "Pee Wee's Playhouse."
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December 10, 2006 18:14:45
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The ending credits for the live-action kid's show, "Pee Wee's Playhouse."
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The show opening for the animated series, "Teen Wolf."
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