1983 Nickelodeon commercials

80s Nickelodeon commercials including Simon, Stratego, You Can't Do That On Television, Standby Lights Camera Action, Reggie Jackson's World of Sports, Honey Smacks

[@Jim_is_Burning]

I really wish someone would have recorded a full day of old school nickelodeon and put it on a VHS tape because I would definitely buy it. It would be a sweet taste of nostalgia

[@pumpkinmaryam5500]

James Curley I’m sure, using what we know if the schedule, along with every bit of nick we can find online, we probably could piece together a broadcast day in at least 2 or 3 nick eras. Someone needs to try that someday, tbh

[@Ene-Chan]

2:14 Rest in peace

[@romulusnr]

I forgot how much the "silver ball" was an icon for Nickelodeon.

[@Dunes]

Man...that was really truly 80's retro,it really took me back. I sure miss the old Nick as well,an awful lot.

[@briancurry6602]

never see that coming

[@sycoraxrock]

There's a great book called Nickelodeon Nation that's full of essays about how Nick took over and rebranded kids TV, and it talks a lot about how the whole network changed in about 1985-86 from the "eat your green vegetables" network to the slime and orange goo fest we know and love.

[@Tornado1994]

Actually it started changing during 1984-85.

[@1dbedfo]

I leared Time Zones from Nickelodeon. Thanks Nick!

[@wakingchild]

The 80's were very fun. I was 'old enough to be aware' in 1984. And I tell you, it was strange, exciting and fun

[@mountainmeowth2991]

3:14 I love the DTMF tones. I wish they still had them on TV.

[@reedrothchild4013]

What was the technical purpose of these tones?

[@Tornado1994]

@@reedrothchild4013 Back in the Satellite days, they were signals to run the Network ID or Indent.

[@paluseata9801]

@@Tornado1994 They also signaled the start and end of ad breaks.

[@dobmaster4412]

I do recall that there are some channels that may still do that but mostly those are like Spanish vintage movies

[@vardenlongraf3406]

man standby lights camera action with leonard nemoy that was such a fun show to watch that and mr wizard man and of course you cant do that on television of course three of my favorite shows

[@SFSEAS]

30 years ago.....wow.

[@Trance88]

Wow. It's pretty wild to see what nickelodeon was like back in the early days.

[@ZexeezTwitch]

this is amazing. never saw any 80s nick stuff till now

[@bitwize]

It just wouldn't be 80s Nickelodeon without the DTMF tones to signal to the cable provider to switch in/out local advertising!

[@soundlemonade]

WOW! I forgot that Nick ever looked like this. Thanks for sharing!

[@plurp7]

thanks for posting this, so so much! brings back so many memories!

[@jfunk513]

Thank you, This brings back memories. I was 6 years old in 1983 and our local cable company had just gotten nickelodeon. I remember watching a lot of these shows at the times they had listed and from this i remembered some that i have forgotten. Thank you again

[@JellicleKat]

OMG OMG OMG!!! Silver City was one of my fave Special Delivery movies!!!! I still have the music on a cassette tape that I taped when it came on Nickelodeon back then!!! AND if that's not cool enought over the weekend I found my "Name the Stars" mini poster!!! Holy crap I wish I had these of DVD/video, both the commercials and the shows!!! Dang thank you SOOOOOOOOOO much for posting these!!!!!!

[@mrtelevision]

The music from 3:23-3:53 was also used as the music for commercials for the ONTV subscription television service.

[@mgs617]

I don't remember Nick until 1986...I guess we didn't get it where I lived then....I still love "you can't do that on T.V."

[@marioTmaggot]

When they stopped showing Pinwheel, ( the show that the station was named after for a while) it was the beginning of the end.

[@morbidsearch]

You kidding? Nickelodeon was at its peak in the 1990s

[@MaxTheOrangeCreator]

@@morbidsearch Yeah

[@The_Remembered]

They weren't named pinwheel at the start, they were called C-3.

[@eringracecazad]

I would've liked Standby Lights Camera Action. R.I.P Leonard Nimoy :(

[@FutureGirl2033]

It was an awesome show!

[@DEADCHANNELASOFDECEMBER]

what year Leonard died

[@sweetinlover1989]

@@DEADCHANNELASOFDECEMBER 2015 I think

[@Terragen]

i'm 32, we didnt get cable til about 85 but this is great to see the very beginning of Nick that we missed only by a year or so.

[@RushOrbit]

holy shit, that simon says commercial is The Police's DeDooDooDoo!

[@tristan01101]

This is TV Gold

[@ironfists06]

Makes me kind of sad to watch it but then again it brings a smile and fond memories.............

[@Vintageclassiccommercials]

Hi I got this on vhs I guessing it one that had been going around for years nows in the tape trading world. Even down to the channel change Before the Simon game . I love watching old shows with the commercials for that time period .

[@nextg]

Wow. This is some great stuff. I grew up with Nick in the '90s, actually, but it was definitely good then, too. Music check: 4:38 is "Energy II" by Craig Palmer, also from Network Music.

[@toucansam3]

Ah yes, Muppet Magazine. Finally, a magazine by Muppets, for Muppets.

[@fitnessgal1979]

aww good memories i was only a little kid in 83 but today is not the same anymore

[@SybilKibble]

0:00 Glowsticks: OK for safety, great for clubbing

[@JenniferSpengler]

Third Eye used to scare be bejeeeeezus outta me... I loved it!

[@v-town1980]

Awesome stuff, but now I officially feel old. I remember seeing most of these commercials (especially the Honey Smacks). What a sweet trip down memory lane. Being a kid in the early/mid 80's was the best!

[@JediPhoenix1976]

Holy crap, does this all bring back memories....

[@jackmamma2777]

The live ball drop in Times Square only applies to the East Coast but you can see it live in the Midwest also. The West Coast edition is tape-delayed but you might see the ball drop at 12:59 AM in Denver.

[@arclight2012]

Yeah! I loved watching all of those shows!

[@WrestlingHeretic]

Watching Third Eye and Tomorrow People as kid = Lifetime love of science fiction

[@callmemarc]

"Simon says go longer and faster. When you do, you'll be the master" That's what she said, LMAO

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

_Simon, the "do what I do" computer game from MB Electronics_

[@JackRussellTerrier2]

I remember most of these shows from when I was a kid, we got cable around that time (1983) "They had some really good shows back then and I miss the pinball they used to have.

[@eurasian73]

Stratego was the best board game! My friends and I used to play it for hours back in the 1980s when board games were popular. I also had Simon. Awesome system! Nowadays kids just wanna play with their Playstations etc. Pretty sad.

[@NepperCat]

Standby lights Camera Action was hosted by Leonard "Spock" Nimoy. it was a pretty good show although they had a tendancy to play the same episodes over and over. The one I remember they played the most was the behind the scenes of "Return to OZ".

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

That's the same thing today with SpongeBob, but that's because it's AWESOME!!!!!!

[@rockhopper10r]

Now *this* is the Nickelodeon I knew and loved! The Tomorrow People was the best, of course.

[@teetertotter68]

This is SO vague, yet so MEMORABLE. Wow, Return of the Jedi just came out!

[@CrystaJoy]

Aww man, this brings back memories of the good 'ol days. I lived in the Bronx, and back then Cable wasn't accessible to my area, just something called WHT. However, when I'd go to the Poconos on vacation, I'd watch all these shows! Lucky for us, Cablevision was beginning to get offered to our area in 90s, so we didn't need to venture too far to watch it. Nostalgia at its best!

[@ToyotaKudoFan]

Damn... so that's what Nick was like before Rugrats and the other Nicktoons came along.

[@sweetinlover1989]

This was easily 1984 due to the addition of ads such as Simon, Stratego and the futuristic-styled "Nick... NICKELODEON!" campaign.

[@lesliecollins8826]

i miss the 80s so much

[@jackmamma2777]

In its early years Nick showed its programs simultaneously on both coasts; now programs are generally seen in this manner in New York and Chicago on one feed and in Denver and Los Angeles on another. CBS, on the other hand, would begin its primetime lineup simultaneously in NY and Chicago and one hour later in Denver (for example, I saw a Charlie & Company promo that read "8/7 Central & Mountain;" when it's 7 in Central, it's 6 in Mountain).

[@riceboy1701e]

RIP Nickelodeon.

[@aiberlane3390]

I miss Muppet magazine! I was crazy about it. I wish I'd saved all my issues. Unfortunately I was stupid and only saved two, which are both missing pages.

[@ground2airnerd]

What was always with that dail tone effect, I remember that now, and thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[@libbyandsabrina]

3:07-3:23 I

[@dena81]

I agree it was around 95-96 where it went downhill.

[@moccalou]

Do da do! That Simon commercial is ace. XD

[@QuiereTe.]

Wow what happen to the good ol' days when kids used to be happy with a simple toy ..now they want iPods and ipads :( I wish I could go back in time one more time! :(

[@romulusnr]

The four time zone schedule... so retro.

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

Way before Nick even got in touch with JoJo Siwa, the NFL or even _That Girl LayLay_

[@TotallyLincoln-u1x]

Or, in that case, The Loud House.

[@SlamTomatoCartoons]

It's very fascinating that around this time Nickelodeon did pathetically in ratings outside Pinwheel and You Can't Do That on Television and was very close to death. It got lucky, because back then nobody knew it would make a hard rebound.

[@acer3573]

I remember the Honey Smacks ad! The teacher (Beverly Archer) played "Gunny" Bricker on Major Dad!

[@broran_]

This video itself is a decade old now...

[@AnnaMayEyes]

The only commercial I remember is that "My Great Recipes" commercial they played over and over and over. I could recite it from memory.

[@jennyfromtheblock2705]

This taught me about time zones

[@tsukune007]

@newkillergenius in the 80's it was the game show Double Dare with Mark Summers that saved that network. they need to bring back some of the old game shows, the green slime and everything else that made NIck the 1st network for kids.

[@elkinsinboxinc]

Song at 3:23 is High Combustion by Craig Palmer.

[@baliebox4916]

wow Lennard nimoy, the original uncut star wars, petticoat fashion, dr who style sci fi shows, the old universal studios, good r&b and the muppets as depicted by jim henson and all that on a fta satellite network IM HOME

[@jennymarie3645]

This was life was like before I was born.

[@dgwaters]

The other movie review show Nick had was called "Rated K" ("For Kids, By Kids") It was only on for a couple of years in the late 80's.

[@bemoviedirector]

back when the remote could change the TV from 100 feet away and pointing in the wrong derection

[@stevemandl5140]

I used to like those locker jocks on you cant do that on tv

[@riceboy1701e]

@Marbles471 I was 13 in 1983...this is indeed very nostalgic for me! You do have good insight into early 1980's TV. Not to worry...this is why YT was invented!

[@georgikolaroff5574]

The attitude that transformed Nickelodeon into what we have today.

[@stevemandl5140]

hey anyone besides me remember turkey tv on nickelodeon

[@soundlemonade]

"Anywhere they've got t.v., Herman Turkey's there. Bringin' it home to Hollywood and puttin' it on the air on Tur-key Tur-key T V !!!"

[@NJGuy1973]

Do I remember Ivan Tellalie, Dr. Joyce Sisters, Uncle Hogram, Mr. Fuddle, and all sorts of weird comedy clips from around the world? Do I remember seeing the video for Fish Heads and the standup act of an unknown named Dana Carney? It's a possibility.

[@AarHan3]

The Third Eye...Livewire...The Tomorrow People...Standby...LIghts! Camera! Action! with Leonard (MR. SPOCK!!!) Nimoy. Wow. I remember all this from our VERY FIRST year of cable back in May 1983, when COX Cable New Orleans exploded onto the scene. How far we've come since then... :-)

[@sweetinlover1989]

Live long and prosper in Heaven, Spock. 🖖

[@plateshutoverlock]

Control tones used to tell equipment at a TV station or local cable system when a program begins or ends so they can put their own content (usually local commercials) in it's place. Kind of weird to find these tones in the *middle* of a program.

[@theartandsound]

that is actually the sound of the videotape/satellite equipment used to broadcast television footage to your home. essentially, most television stations (with the exception of live programming) run on a series of videotapes, each carrying a set of commercials, promos, or an episode of a program. I always heard the sounds too in the late 80s and into the early 90s when watching TV. Essentially, those tones indicated to the system what tape to play next....

[@paluseata9801]

It looked as if Nick used the Frankfurter font a lot before using a brush script.

[@AngeliqueSings]

Wow...some interesting programs in the 80s. I would've liked to have seen that "lights, camera, action" one. But I didn't start watching Nickelodeon until the early 90s.

[@jennymarie3645]

I can't believe this is from 30 years.

[@yukiosakakibara1452]

31 now

[@mgs617]

I remember that sound too....

[@JANIQWEST]

I was born in the mid 90s, but I Feel like I was alive around this Time & have seen these commercials! Weird..

[@Ibusers1]

"It's almost over. they should have a Nick rock 80's Block and a Nick rewind channel on a Nick Rewind channel. 6:00 The Smurfs 6:30. DangerMouse 7:00 YCDTOT 7:30 Dusty's Treehouse 8:00 Going Great 8:30 Tomorroe's People 9:00 Mr. Wizard's World 9:30 Third Eye 10:00 Out of Control 10:30 Livewire 11:00 standby."

[@schemer1991]

I would love to see more episodes of pinwheel that hasn’t been on KZbin yet

[@TVwriter23]

You Can't Do That on Television. Wow!!!!

[@SaffronSparrows]

40 yrs ago 😢

[@Civonos]

@crazykidsdad It was a digital code signal thing for commercial switches. The sound is also at the start of some old VHS tapes.

[@riceboy1701e]

In so many words, you're right! ;-)

[@jackmamma2777]

Many cable channels have different feeds for different places, though I think E! Entertainment has only one. News channels are the same way too.

[@SuperAV21]

I have an older sister who was born on Oct. 21 of that year; 1983.

[@cdkreturns]

I won that Blue Nickelodeon tshirt in that contest at the end of the video!

[@SuperKokuJin916]

"Viola" from Mama's Family in a Honey Smacks commercial? She was always funny. She always made the funniest faces.

[@Slobbertooth]

Recorded in Chicago, IL.

[@riceboy1701e]

I remember the Honey Smacks commercial! What kind of grades did you get? "Bs"...LOL! FUNNY!

[@1dbedfo]

you had to be one bored nerd to get Stratego.

[@SonicSwimmer78]

Wow, Nick has changed LOTS.

[@MrJacMac1968]

@acer3573 I was 15 that year in March. I used to watch Nickelodeon because i really liked the Tomorrow People, the rock concerts at night, and You Cant do that on Television.That was the same year that i got into USA networks Night Flight on friday nights. I started watching Nickelodeon in 1982.

[@scottyyz]

Does anyone remember an early Nick show that basically showed comic books set to music and narration? I think it was called Video Comics.

[@chicanalaundry]

wow, thanks

[@averymerrick]

Classic Nickelodeon.

[@pika23]

the teacher in the honey smacks commercial, she played Iola on Mamma's Family

[@snakeguy76]

I remember most of those shows and some of those commercials. Silver City I dont remember. Christopher Makepeace the host of "Going Great, but I saw on IMDB so was Keanu Reeves? Whoah. But I defintely miss "You cant do that on television" that marathon of a show "Pinwheel" even when they showed reruns of the 'Monkees'

[@allenharper2928]

That music that plays in the background during the Going Great segment, does anyone know the name/if it has one? I remember from my childhood only hearing it in two places, Nickelodeon and at COSI in Columbus, Ohio.

[@UNCJerry77]

Does anyone know the music playing @ 3:32? ACC Basketball games during '83 played that same theme. BTW,this clip rocks on so many levels. Long live classic Nick!