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 live-action and stop-motion series, "Land of the Lost."
Land of the Lost originally aired in 1974, but achieved success with its re-ran return to ...
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The original bumpers and closing credits of the live-action and stop-action series, "Land of the Lost."
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This table top easel had a clear plastic face in which you could smudge and press the paint underneath to make patterns.
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The show opening for season 2 of the animated series, "Pound Puppies."
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The introduction of the animated series, "Flintstone Kids."
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These detachable watches transformed into various figures, such as boomboxes, scorpions, robots and rifles.
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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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Chef Boyardee advertised its products "Zooroni," "Pac Man Pasta," and "ABCs & 123s" in this animated commercial.
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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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Another one of CBS's many creative station IDs from 1985, which was used to advertise upcoming shows from the Saturday morning lineup. This one borrowed from the Cyndi Lauper hit.
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This is the complete set of Saturday morning bumpers that aired in 1985 and 1986 on CBS, including the "Jet," "Magic Hat," "Kite" and "Submarine robot" seg...
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These bumpers were modeled in the fashion of the show "CBS Storybreak," and their style was applied toward other network bumpers for Saturday morning programming in 1985 and 1986.
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To the anticipation of Ghostbuster fans everywhere, Kenner released the Real Ghostbuster toyline in 1987. Modeled after the animated series - not the movie, the figures included oddly colored uni...
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March 25, 2007 12:19:30
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Frankenstein is introduced as the original inventor of mixing chocolate and peanut butter in this commercial...a combination that was lost through the ages, until Reese's came along, that is.
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March 25, 2007 12:15:46
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Grimlock, leader of the Dinobots, was one of the most beloved and successful addition to the Transformers action figure line.
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March 25, 2007 12:14:08
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This is the original commercial that introduced what became one of the most iconic stuffed animals of the 1980s - a cassette tape-operated talking bear. This concept was also picked up by simila...
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March 25, 2007 12:12:40
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McGruff the crime fighting dog speaks about how kids who get into strangers' cars may never be seen again, in this stark PSA that ran during Saturday morning cartoons.
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