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 commercial introduced one of the more bizarre G.I. Joe toy concepts - a cobra one-man pod that "hopped," and the G.I. Joe S.L.A.M. (Strategic Long-Range Artillery Machine) - which ...
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Another part of the very long line of "Milk: It Does A Body Good" commercials that had airtime between Saturday morning cartoons the mid 1980s.
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Following in the footsteps of the massively popular "Teddy Ruxpin" doll, Worlds of Wonder created this Mickey Mouse version. The doll spoke via a tape cassette that could be inserted in...
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The show opening of the live-action kid's weekday afternoon show, "Xuxa," starring the Brazilian actress of the same name. The show was a variety series of songs, games and contests.
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This popular series of commercials featured a woman with a southern drawl who would advertise Bonkers soft chewy candy. Every time she announced the candy, a gigantic piece of fruit or chocolate ...
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Atari's Megaforce game is based off the 1982 movie of the same name, starring Barry Bostwick, Michael Beck, Persis Khambatta, Edward Mulhare and Jerrold Immel. It is a side-scrolling adventure wh...
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This M&Ms candy commercial combined live action and animation with a Wizard of Oz setting.
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One of the characters during the "Soggies" era of Cap'n Crunch commercials was the large robotic boss known as the Sogmaster.
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This is a partially-animated promotion for the "Wastors" and "Cosmittor" action figures from the short-lived Starriors toy line. There is speculation that the animated introdu...
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A Saturday morning promo for Richie Rich, which aired after Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling on CBS.
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This was a local Boston-area PSA with a "stay in school" message, from channel 7 WNEV-TV.
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The nearly endless line of E.T. merchandise expanded into these character-shaped chewable vitamins for kids, close in similarity to the Flintstone vitamins, which also gained a great deal of popu...
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This very early promo advertised the Playboy Channel. Evidentally, advertising was done much differently then, as model shots took a backseat to corny stock video footage.
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K-tel records featured commercials for their compilation LPs in the early 1980s - this was one of them, featuring tracks from The Kinks, Human League, Musical Youth, A Flock of Seagulls, Culture ...
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Tom Carvel personally narrated all of his company's commercials throughout the late 1970s and 1980s - and introduced the "Fudgie the Whale" ice cream cake. This was one of the company'...
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This cutting edge early 80s commercial advertised the new Quartz crystal watches, which were incepted into the market in 1980, effectively replacing the pin-lever design.
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This commercial featured what was one of the funniest and most ridiculous dramatizations of the decade.The Life Call necklace allowed the disabled to call emergency services, and was later well k...
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April 18, 2007 19:19:29
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Using various music video clips from the Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Police, Hall and Oates, and Davie Bowie - this early MTV spot utilized the slogan, "You'll never look at music the sam...
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These comic book style cartoons featured a team of superheroes with neon aqua colored Crest gel at the end of their oversized toothbrushes, which they used to fight the "cavity creeps" ...
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April 14, 2007 20:14:19
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This 'sneak peek' trailer introduced 1982's "Conan the Barbarian," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a preliminary look at the upcoming 1983 movie, "E.T."
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