1986 tv ads Australia

[@trancepower1205]

I love how almost every add had a jingle! Just a happier time back then!

[@every1665]

You're right. I hadn't really noticed that until you pointed it out - modern ads rarely do have jingles. I guess it's partially a budget constraint and maybe a trend too.

[@trancepower1205]

@@every1665 Vert true 👍

[@jackabubba]

Honestly, looking back on the 80's, how good did we have it in Australia!

[@masterman724]

Life seemed so simple back then

[@beedee9236]

I want to go back

[@TurnMaster]

Was great without the internet !!

[@trancepower1205]

So true!

[@katkylekim]

Life was good but you still had to keep at pace with the times.....

[@murraymclean9072]

The 80's..meet my wife, we got married..had two beautiful kids, and bought a house..had a mullet, drove a falcon on the weekends and a truck on week days..greats days indeed.

[@davemustaki134]

Did you smoke Winfield?

[@murraymclean9072]

@davemustaki134 yeah, smoked reds, then changed down a gear to blues..quite a few years ago.

[@davemustaki134]

@@murraymclean9072 yeah that tops the story off lol had a feeling you did

[@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness.]

Why do people always preface their mentioning of their own offspring with 'beautiful' when firstly most of the time they are not and secondly they can't make a living from their looks so no one cares even if they are? Every parent is biased.

[@smurfylee]

I literally go back to that time watching this, the feeling the memories oh god it was so much fun being 14 in 86, I want to go back 😖

[@lundsweden]

I remember those styrofoam boxes, kept the hamburger nice n warm!

[@mebeme007]

Back in the mid 80's to mid 90's, my dad and eldest bro worked in the factory that made them. Also made egg cartons, paper plates and other things, too.

[@lundsweden]

Its amazing how many of these ads I still remember. I would've been just 12-13 in 1986, almost 50 now!

[@HeartFeltGesture]

Same age here, as Ferris Bueller said, If you dont stop and look around........

[@derekgleeson1353]

When advertisements advertised the things they were advertising.

[@TupacNation]

I used to love that show It's a knockout back then when I was a kid.

[@trancepower1205]

That's the name of the game! 😉👍

[@danmccarthy4700]

Ah, the 1980s... when chocolate bars were advertised as health food.

[@derekjenkins6614]

Truth! And when oil and gas underscored the promise of "a reliable future". Thank you, BP. 😔

[@chef-mj8ns]

I miss when cadburys actually tasted like chocolate

[@gerrym75]

Are you saying they're not healthy??

[@HeartFeltGesture]

Yeah that whole glass and half malarky really is taking the piss overtly misleading.

[@tye595]

accept now well sell fat-free products as a healthier alternative yet its full of sugar. nothings changed

[@aus80srockradio94]

The quality of the video is very high quality for 36 years of age!

[@sofiamiliaressis5403]

Fond memories of Mc D foam packaging. Good times.

[@Seth-v7h]

Hell yeah

[@garycorbin2789]

The price was expensive, at the time I was earning 75 per week, but worth it

[@janeway1111]

so bad for the environment tho. that packaging will still be in landfill !

[@Sept1973]

Wow this was great i grew up watching these ads i remember most of them, how times have changed & Australia too and not for the better unfortunately.

[@freeman10000]

I disagree. Australia is a much better country in 2023 😊

[@BTW...]

I don't recall any of these ads, because I chose to never watch crappy commercial TV.

[@BTW...]

@@freeman10000 Yes, true.

[@danielstockley5631]

This country has gone to absolute shit just like many other great nations.

[@krmt]

It's scary how many of these I remember, and I was only 5 at the time.

[@eaglesquedingo2112]

My first job at Maccas aged 14. No computers back then. We had a note pad to take orders and manually added the order ourselves

[@jamesfrench7299]

Can't believe how vintage 86 looks now. There was still a lot of early 80s feel to it. It's the year I started high school so it felt like a new era then. The late 80s changed rapidly.

[@nickypoundtown9568]

80s Australia was 1978 America

[@jamesfrench7299]

@@nickypoundtown9568 The cars say no.

[@nickypoundtown9568]

@@jamesfrench7299 the band or the actual cars?

[@jamesfrench7299]

@@nickypoundtown9568 cars that were around.

[@nickypoundtown9568]

@@jamesfrench7299 dunno man from memory in 86 I saw alot of XA, XBs, HQ and HZs and a shit tonne of Valiants, rarely did I see any XF or VKs unless they were taxis or cop cars

[@Chuckf66]

"Why Is It So?" with Professor Julius Sumner Miller. That drags me back to watching it in black & white.

[@davemustaki134]

He was a scary fellow lol

[@TheEwanMC]

RIP Greg Hansford -- Mazda RX-7 ad.

[@MrCalman65]

Felicity Kendal did a Flora ad!!!! What a babe

[@Denidrakes69]

I thought she was SOOOO old in the 80s..

[@johnnys8393]

Born in 1982. Not gonna lie, I’m here for the old car ads. My dad and I in the late 90’s used to work on cheap 80’s sports cars we bought from the “trading post” (anyone remember that paper)? Does anyone happen to have any videos of ads for the Mitsubishi Cordia? Or Mitsubishi Starion? Or Honda Prelude? They were all made in the 1980’s.

[@TurnMaster]

Ah the old trading post

[@aus80srockradio94]

An excellent message from Wendy Stapleton @17:40. Those type of ad's need to be played still today.

[@digimbyte]

people fake disabilities all the time for sympathy.

[@oinkooink]

Bust down all those barriers? Sounds a bit communist and revolutionary to me old son.

[@mebeme007]

Communist and revolutionary? Another ridiculous response from the oinker. 🤦‍♀

[@michaelbradley5603]

Its a knockout was a great show 😊

[@glamnesianouveaux2039]

When life and Australia was so much nicer. Get me a time machine out of the HELL of now. Thank f*ck I grew up in the 80s!

[@doctorbohr1585]

Ah, the 80s. When the A-Team was prime time, Macca's came in styrofoam boxes, and everyone thought George Michael was a ladies man.

[@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness.]

And everyone thought Cyndi Lauper would last longer than Madonna.

[@doctorbohr1585]

@@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. yep! 😂

[@Platypus333]

Thank you for this. Memories unlocked. People for decades have been saying I was making up the fact that Crazy Critters were a thing. Now I have proof. Not sure if that's good or just sad. 😅

[@bronnylowke409]

Remember the latest cassette ads. 1982 Out of the Blue, 1982 with a bullet for example. So good.

[@jean-pauljimeno1317]

So nostalgic. Thanks so much for posting this!

[@mercury683]

That Cadbury ad is better than the ones on tv now...

[@johnmoyle4195]

“Glass and a half of milk in every 200g block”. No wonder I’ve got bloody diabetes.

[@davidharvey4433]

200 grams. Yes. The good old days

[@TupacNation]

Yeah no Shit I know how ya feel

[@freeman10000]

😂

[@LegendLength]

Dude was one of the biggest propagandists in history

[@mebeme007]

@@LegendLength Calm down. 😜

[@bradwilliams1691]

Does anybody else remember when McDonalds Big Mac was actually BIG?

[@jvvoid]

6:35 Why did they get a former Premier of SA to do tourism ads for Vic?? Bizarre.

[@tech9803]

He was the Victorian Tourism Minister after SA Premier. Seemed a bit strange at the time.

[@android584]

He basically defected from SA to Victoria.

[@ACDZ123]

Notice how even then Victorians were bragging how good they were ..only Victoria has history lol lol..some things never change 😅

[@Chuckf66]

Oh God. MORE flashbacks! I hadn't even taken acid at that stage.

[@angelal613]

Wow the memories.. Awesome 👍

[@CT-vm4gf]

When burgers came in styrofoam clamshells, we were happily naive in the good old 80’s.

[@rc70ys]

That Bonds add looked like it had the Wiggles and Teletubbies 😂😂😂😂😂 Those Colours.

[@kingporter67]

Excellent 1986 Australian TV ads!!

[@stephenvolkov3436]

Makes me feel a bit sad watching this.Realising how fast my life has flown by without really realising if that makes sense.I was 10 years old when these ads were about.😒

[@freeazfridae]

Notice the easy calm presentation of commercial concepts, from domestic items to business to travel to social concepts, everything seemed almost at a distance & broadly a soft sell. It was a very chill contented time, charm was a given, it felt almost boring. Very middle class overall. We'd trade it for what we have now with in your face shouting glossy high pressure bombastic advertising concepts. The 80s was a different time. Definitely more errr human. Antron carpet commercial at 22 mins sounds like a young Robbie McGregor.

[@RhysMorganpewpew]

Mind blown about the bean bag beans. I've never owned one and never will, but still.

[@joannehocking4121]

Does anyone remember the ad for Pioneer sound systems? I absolutely loved the theme song to it... "Put Pioneer in ya car & run ya car on music" I remember a couple in a convertible driving around & playing with the tape deck. I can't find a copy of it anywhere.

[@OofusTwillip]

17:10 - Mainland Colby - with Nell Campbell (Columbia in "Rocky Horror Picture Show").

[@gdawwg1125]

No way I instantly remembered ‘the painter from Spain whos at it again’ I was 10

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

I am a qualified lesbian

[@Vpmatt]

16:06 "I'll pay zero for that fucking despicable lounge room furniture." "SOLD!"

[@Vpmatt]

23:19 "100% meat. 100% fish." That's 200%. Geez 80s Aussie ads were full of fake news and misinformation.

[@tylerdurden5122]

200% awesome!!😂

[@garycorbin2789]

Got a brain ? Back then we were much more astute than the brain dead generations to come , figure this : fish is meat , thus 100% ad was correct . Not all muscle mass ( aka meat)for consumption is ovine or bovine meat . Fake News ? You mean Bullshit ? That's been around since the Roman Times it's just we were better at laughing the delusional idiots off .

[@gemfyre855]

It was always so ridiculous how they ate chocolate bars - at a really awkward angle so the label is facing the camera.

[@hieudang3511]

These ads bring me back to when I was just a kid, those were the good old days

[@chezzachezza7325]

I would only go back but want at least my Nokia 😂

[@glamnesianouveaux2039]

Smiths ad is TOO DIE FOR!

[@nickypoundtown9568]

Aussie voice overs sounded so sophisticated

[@russelllindsay2702]

Miss the older style voices

[@nickypoundtown9568]

@@russelllindsay2702 I had relatives from America visiting, we were watching the news and they couldn't stop laughing at today's news reporters, they were in hysterics crying laughing saying 'why do they talk like that?? And they're from Boston of all places lol

[@Vpmatt]

8:40 "10 out of 10 Simon. And 11 out of 10 for that skin tight hair helmet!"

[@laustinspeiss]

I remember a lot of these, but i’m guessing the reel was compiled in Melbourne ??

[@Nozinbonsai]

Thanks British petroleum and big multis you really have australia in mind don't you.😅

[@andrewthornhill7042]

Oh God...beanbags!

[@zackhogan4376]

I remeber this professor guy from the Cadbury adds, I dont know why..

[@OofusTwillip]

He's Julius Sumner Miller, from Massachusetts, USA. He's beloved in Canada, for his role as The Professor on the cult classic kids' show "Hilarious House of Frightenstein". Made in 1971, it aired continuously ever since, and has now spawned an award-winning show for pre-schoolers, "Happy House of Frightenstein".

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

[@rmoz2729]

He had a TV show called, ‘Why is it so?’ Shows such as, ‘Curiosity Show’ followed the tradition. His chair at Sydney University is now occupied by Dr Karl Kruzselnicki’ who is the Sumner Miller fellow title holder. Essentially the job is to promote the sciences in mainstream and pop culture.

[@benji274]

He was an institution, the Dr Karl of his day. Sadly, he passed away the following year

[@briansweetman1732]

I remember that Smarties ad😂😂😂

[@myalla88]

I remember when maccas came in polystyrene containers. Then was banned.

[@poppawhoppaoz2480]

actually remember “campaigning” for changeover from polystyrene containers for Macca’s burgers to cardboard & paper … much to the huge embarrassment of my pre-school aged daughter 🍔

[@Vpmatt]

23:05 "This is Leopold. You probably think he's a 2 year old Russian Blue." Actually lady, I thought he was a fucking cat.

[@Vpmatt]

17:40 "When we meet on the street / I don't know what to say / I want to show respect / But my 80s 'do gets in the way."

[@pgbangarang8394]

That ad just blew my mind 😵

[@rossdtool]

I was 11 years old in 1986 and lived in Melbourne Australia, I guess I was outside most of the time or playing with my Commodore 64. Because I don’t remember 90% of them

[@fergussaint-john2535]

werk Prof. JS Miller! 👏👏👏

[@EdenFoxx7]

Thankyou for compiling these ads.. I was only little when we arrived in the 80's but I remember so many of these..🤍✨✨

[@evoexpress99]

Was that Deborah Hutton in the Silkience As at 25.05?

[@dogonthebox]

yes.

[@effkay3691]

Yep

[@TheAxelay]

Star Search?! Like a old version of Australian Idol...Telecom were fantastic, Hey Day!!!......Always wanted a real bean bag. B.P. and Wonder World.

[@robertcalvin2643]

Ah the eighties - I had lots of well paid / fun gigs.

[@Vpmatt]

5:19 "It's amazing the things that you see / When you're out of your fucking tree."

[@samuelday4318]

Take me back please

[@Elitist20]

11:25 - Sounds like Geoffrey Rush? 16:33 - Most annoying ad ever - in a later Saba ad comedian Elliot Goblet even referenced it, gritting his teeth when he referred to 'that little kid'. (The only time his deadpan delivery ever broke.) But he still ended with: 'Don't say "baba", say "Saba." Sorry.'

[@iggytse]

So a McDonald’s Double double now renamed as a double cheeseburger

[@rebeccaflowerbeck9894]

is that Wednesday Kennedy the late Edith Bliss from Simon Townsends’s Wonderworld in the advertisement for Hey Day biscuits? 🤔😃

[@gremics-gallery]

double cheeser burger - $1-45.

[@davemustaki134]

Kidz biz whatever happened to that was a big name back in the day wow

[@pepshaven6520]

Handy Andy clean in a ktichen without a single thing on the counters, not eeven a kettle. Sure. Looks legit.

[@ronlucock3702]

I did my HSC in 1986. Now I wont even watch commercial TV!

[@robfinlay8058]

Why are there ads in Australia with people skating on snow and ice?

[@RandomPsychic]

before the advent of ad blockers....

[@MW-cx3sb]

I WANT TO GO HOME. I WAS ONLY 7 BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 80'S IN AUSTRALIA IT WAS SO GREAT. We are no different to any other 3rd world immigrant hell hole now with all the crime and statistics to match. I am old now but I hate it, I never voted for it even though other boomers did.

[@android584]

No one voted for it, it happened without a referendum under Whitlam (replacing the White Australia Policy with the Brown Australia Policy)

[@Denidrakes69]

Crime rates are down from the 80s. The 80s were known as the deadliest decade. The highest recorded crime rates in Australia were between the 70s and 90s. It's ok to be scared of things that are new to you - just make sure that your fear is logical.

[@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness.]

Anita Cobby - 1986. Those animals were all descended from white Aussies brought here in chains..

[@mreddieau]

I remember that little Saba kid

[@luchilds]

Me too, when he laughs at the end

[@effkay3691]

British Petroleum is a dinky dy Aussie company it seems.

[@freeman10000]

I liked the iconic BP logo rather than the stupid green, leafy thing they have now.

[@BTW...]

Big Pillage

[@OofusTwillip]

​@@freeman10000It's pure greenwashing, trying to fool people into thinking they're a green company, instead of what they are: a petroleum company that's been destroying the planet since its founding, and continuing to do so.

[@ray.shoesmith]

I started year 7 in 1981. I hated the 80's. Looking back, I've seen worse.

[@Vpmatt]

0:33 Didn't keep him safe from the nasty hairdresser though did it.

[@Vpmatt]

16:36 Jesus H Christ 🥺

[@Vpmatt]

@@jamiestuart7249 I was busy watching 80s ads.

[@jsakajj]

24:06

[@brandon5012]

I used to think smarties tasted like ass, M&Ms were better

[@Vpmatt]

9:56 Who the fuck is Howard Jalike?

[@Vpmatt]

23:00 "The American Express Card." "You're a western capitalist swine!!" "Haha!"

[@LegendLength]

flora woman always annoyed me

[@OofusTwillip]

She's Felicity Kendal, a Pommie.

[@TheEwanMC]

A Pommie? I never would have guessed! 😂

[@JohnJalas]

Good old days before the turd world invaded

[@briansweetman1732]

Bean Bags were a standard living room piece of furniture in the 80's!!!

[@luchilds]

I had a smurfs one

[@brandon5012]

I miss bean bags, I'm gonna get a new one

[@briansweetman1732]

Love the Aim ad😂😂!!

[@OofusTwillip]

NOT brushing your teeth would give you a far more powerful weapon against bullies.