1988-1989 TV Commercials

[@dominator9677]

Oh if only I could go back. I miss my momma and I miss feeling safe and happy. Snow days at home with her was the best.

[@mywifesboyfriend5741]

I'm sorry for your loss. I miss much of my family too.

[@namelessxdread]

Not a day goes by that I don't think about going back.

[@phoradio1277]

Not being a jerk but you kinda have to see the irony of Michael Myers saying he misses his momma. How's your sister doing, she ok? 😂

[@KirksCORNER1983]

Sounds a bit like a relationship ick

[@andreawhite6585]

I’m 35 now and my mama passed away from colon cancer 5 yrs ago. So at least I was blessed with 30 wonderful years with her. But watching old commercials and movies from the 80s and 90s takes me back and makes me miss my childhood. And I was blessed with a good dad too, he’s still here and I see him every weekend, a good/safe/happy childhood is hard to come by these days unfortunately. Take care everyone.

[@m3trooper]

I'm 50yrs old battling stage IV kidney cancer. Graduated from High School in '89. Watching these old 80s commercials is calming and therapeutic 😌 Thank you for uploading 🙏🏼

[@Laura22_new]

How are you doing? I hope your treatment is going well and that you have many wonderful days. Strength and peace to you!

[@m3trooper]

@@Laura22_new Hi Laura. My first 2 1/2 yrs of being diagnosed with stage IV Renal Cell Carcinoma, other than surgeries and radiation, it didn't even feel like I have cancer. Unfortunately, the last 4 months have been very challenging with numerous metastasis, but I'm fighting! Thank you for your kind words Laura. Wishing you good health and happiness! 🙏🏼

[@Laura22_new]

@@m3trooper Wishing you all good things!

[@sharicarnes8027]

God bless you! I pray for you and your struggles. I'm glad these help calm and strengthen you.

[@m3trooper]

@@sharicarnes8027 Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

[@thejerseygirl7194]

Born in ‘71, graduated high school in ‘89. Have since lost my dad, these take me back to a happier place. Thank you 🙏🏾

[@brandonj8018]

So sorry

[@jeanannsummers8379]

I was born in 1971, and I remember all of these commercials. Sitting here watching them takes me right back to being that kid again wow how things have changed, I wish I could go back for one more day and I could have my mom back with me to watch television together like we used to do!

[@JusticeOuinn420]

I miss my childhood🥺 even if some of it wasn't the greatest ever but I still miss being a kid...

[@regularguy1140]

Me too

[@kevinkelley3906]

Same here. Jan. 1971

[@kevinkelley3906]

@@JusticeOuinn420 Absolutely true. It wasn't perfect but I would gladly relive my childhood.

[@JusticeOuinn420]

@@kevinkelley3906 I totally would relive my childhood...even the part where me and my big brother got caught smoking and we hadda eat an entire cigars, but I'm a juggalo so it only made me vomit once😅🤣😂

[@turquesa_8056]

Never thought I would be sitting here as an adult watching commercials that were playing when I was a kid LOL.

[@bobbym.2130]

Touché. 😆 🤣 😂

[@jacklandon9739]

Like the scene in Demolition Man when the hot thing is listening to radio commercials

[@buffalove9634]

Retro commercials are a trip even if you weren’t alive yet :) this is my favorite past time!

[@owllymannstein7113]

I was alive back then and these still feel like they're from a different dimension.

[@Scrapla1]

I know lol I would walk by the TV as a kid while these were playing and not give a shit and now I'm like aww man take me back I wanna watch these when they were new lol

[@Cindylou_who-rm2yl]

I am so glad I’m not the only one who feels a sense of calmness while watching these. My childhood is something I think of often and these take me right back to the good ol days ☺️❤️

[@alexandernelson647]

I do too. Especially after the past three years... I'm 43, and I remember almost all of these growing up. I feel relaxed ☺️ and a sense of safety, as if I am 9/10 years old again, and my world is safe. The country seemed more polite, calm, relaxed and stable. I was born in 1978. I used to watch these commercials and some of the TV shows in the commercials video. It's nice to be able to go and see things that made us feel good. That made you feel happy and safe. I think I'm going to create a KZbin channel for people to be able to go to for a feeling of calm and safe. So that when they are stressed out or sad or lonely, or just miss a time in their life or someone from it, they can go to my channel and watch or listen to my voice until they fall asleep. I think I will do that soon.

[@christinaanaya4269]

I agree ☺️ and it also calms my anxiety brings me back to feeling calm and comfortable

[@Kerwin-Kendell]

You are not alone Cindylou. Cheers 🍸

[@venom74799]

You know what? Actifed!!

[@BjPompa]

Me too...

[@kinw5648]

Nowadays we pay extra to not have commercials, while I'm here watching 2+ hours of just commercials. Take me back to the 80's please!

[@logical_evidence]

Adds are totally different now.

[@TheDoorWayToHell]

I skip them on KZbin or change the channel on rabbit ear antanas I still use during commercials. 😂

[@paulhightower3357]

We all want to go back to the 80s

[@wolfanaut416]

Watching 2 hours of 80's commercial and being pissed every time a 2021 commercial shows up inbetween. 😝

[@jeffsretrotoys]

😂

[@KidRocker44]

Just think, in 30 years we might be watching 2 hours of 2021 commercials. 🤔 I can't imagine that though but the 80's?, now that was an awesome decade! Or I guess I should say "totally awesome" decade! 😉

[@shades9415]

@@KidRocker44 Never gonna happen. No one will think back fondly on these current years to want to watch the woke commercials on today. You obviously didn’t grow up in the 80’s so you don’t get it.

[@KidRocker44]

@@shades9415 I did grow up in the 80's. I was born in 1971. The 80's were the best times of my life.

[@canadianguy7777]

Get a premium sub to youtube if its sensible for you financially. It makes the experience so much better. Probably the best 10 bucks I spend every month.

[@sophiesanborn2758]

I wasn't even born in the 80s, but watching old commercials is fun. It's like taking a time machine to another period.

[@jeffsretrotoys]

Definitely fun looking back. What a great time.

[@madmikemackas]

It was such a different time, honestly.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Diet Pepsi

[@jaysay7333]

as long as you werent born after 2000 ur safe. otherwise, welp, sorry kid.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Radiation poisoning Chernobyl

[@JackMValentine]

Turn the volume down low, open another tab with indoor rain sounds. Feels like when you're a kid. Staying up later than you should, watching TV even though there is nothing on but staying awake because no one is stopping you.

[@namelessxdread]

Cheers to that.

[@cassielangham3730]

I was just thinking I could totally listen to these and fall asleep 😂

[@sleepy4325]

holy shit I thought I was the only one that did this

[@jeffsretrotoys]

Such good times.

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

Ha! That wasn’t my life

[@luisgallegos2877]

The 80's had the best commercials. They were fun and entertaining. I remember so many. The happiest time in my life.

[@jcb998]

The 80s as a decade was fun and entertaining.

[@trnigyul]

That Johnson& Johnson ad saying " help retarded children out" really put an era stamp on this. It literally shocked me when I heard it lol.

[@KageMaxwell]

I know! It caught me off guard too. I was like 'Wait, what?!' while laughing when he said that.

[@schatzeeone6230]

You were “shocked”? Truly? How very woke of you. 🙄

[@KageMaxwell]

@@schatzeeone6230 Not woke, caught off guard. There's a difference. It actually made me laugh.

[@TRJ2241987]

I've definitely seen a Boston Celtics John Havlicek commercial from the 1970s where he is doing a promo to help "retarded children" , it wasn't until the early 90s that they started rewording those commercials. they used to be a lot more open and truthful about things, now it's considered "hate speech"

[@Marlaina]

Well the definition of the word is to be delayed. So it’s accurate, but when people started using it as a way to insult others then society took it out of the vocab.

[@Johnnyb418]

I wish I could press a button and go back to this time where I still had my parents and my whole life in front of me.

[@sr6061]

Considering I just had two uncle's die (in one week), and my father died in 2001, I could seriously not agree more.

[@erichhitchcock3368]

Funny to hear the music...that post Miami Vice theme sound. Jan Hammer synth with cheesy Edward Van Halen rip off type guitar runs. The Tom Sholz "Rockman" was being used it seemed in every single recording (what am I saying? I used that unit also! haha.) I do wish I could go back though, I was in my 20's; when you're that age you think you have a million years to make decisions, try this city, hang out with this or that group of people...do whatever. That "whatever", after another ten years flies by, has you looking in the mirror at 35 going, "Where in the hell did that decade go?" Now I'm 56, trying to explain to my two teenage girls that it's going to fly by so fast, and to try and make some solid decisions in your youth, stick with them, and build on them. But, alas, I remember how I felt back then, ".....don't worry, I have a million years to figure this out!"

[@undecidedusername9191]

Now is a great time in your life to pass down that experience to your children. That's what I love about this time. I my not be able to go back but I can give it to my children and live it again with them. By their side.

[@tylerbrittain6483]

Sometimes I really think about what it'll be like when I'm old and everyone I know is dead.

[@Lavagirl7337]

@@undecidedusername9191 that's a beautiful way to look at it 💚

[@tonbomohm1]

Amazing how I still remember so many of these commercials, seems like it was yesterday, best decade to be alive.

[@tncowgirl34]

I wish bandaids still came in metal boxes. They made great boxes for taking a few crayons in the car or on a trip.

[@tracya.]

Altoid mints still come in a neat tin! :)

[@princessmarlena1359]

Right? My older brother used to hide his pot stash in them.

[@alvinjones670]

MEMORIES!!!💯💯💯

[@WaltzwithAI]

I wonder if they are still helping the retarded kids? 😂

[@tncowgirl34]

@Helter 😂 I have 4 kids, so yes we take crayons in the car.

[@beccastyver]

Born in ‘77 and I remember 100% of these commercials 🤣

[@RemoWilliams1227]

'79 and same, literally all of em. Makes sense though my Dad is thankfully still around and he's still a TV guy.

[@sr6061]

Born in 62 I was a senior in college, I remember them too.

[@j_m_b_1914]

Born in Dec '76 and remember all of these. Truly a different time before the internet got popular.

[@samueldavis5895]

I’m too young to remember some being born in 80’ , but definitely remember most.🤣👌🏾

[@marimcge]

79er here too, remember these! It seems just like yesterday!!

[@TheRealBrook1968]

I would rewind the clock and live it again.

[@Gapgirl-yk4sh]

If only …

[@Ltulrich]

Yeah and I'd do a lot of things differently

[@LeafInTheWind88]

So much optimism in these commercials. Oddly, makes you feel like you can do anything and proud to be an American.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Social media killed the country. Now if you are optimistic or positive the Twitter Nazis will attack you.

[@demetrijohnsonssirenvideos3590]

@@JesusChrist2000BC you also can’t have an opinion now without being attacked

[@justbenelson]

@@demetrijohnsonssirenvideos3590 Truth.

[@josefromtexas]

@@JesusChrist2000BC People supporting the destruction of our democracy and undermining elections are not being "optimistic or positive" lmao

[@josefromtexas]

@@JesusChrist2000BC Found the anti-American insurrectionist

[@MyownpersonKeta]

Watching this video fills me with such peace and is so calming. I was 13, I remember all of these commercials and shows. ❤️

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

No, lets keep moving forward...the best is next to come. Even so, come, LORD JESUS.

[@jenniferyowell3381]

I was 9

[@shanegreen268]

I was 12.

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

Oh please... take you back for commercials?! I highly doubt you enjoyed commercial breaks back then. Lol

[@ThouArtOfWar0724]

I was was probably unborn or just born for most of these but I wanted to see what commercials looked like from the year I was born. I watched the 90s I remembered some of them. Makes you wish you could go back.

[@erikazombiewife8448]

I miss theses days. I never realized how much I missed my childhood with my mom and brothers growing up watching these simple commercials

[@jeffsretrotoys]

Same. It’s always cool to find something that takes you back.

[@jennifercheek8317]

We had it made then and didn't know it. 😊

[@kueen7538]

I totally agree!

[@BoozeandNewswithTimandDut]

What's more amazingly is how we remember all of these. They were part of our youth and that's awesome..lol. miss my 80s so much

[@nothenryporter81]

There's such a pleasant sensibility to these commercials, unlike today's ads that seem designed to maliciously torment our ears and our souls. If ads were like this today maybe ad supported streaming would be more viable.

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

Oh give me a break... not a single person in 1989 liked any of these commercials. Nostalgia is blinding you...

[@laserdisc5019]

@@anthonyhutchins2300 Speak for yourself, moron

[@aegisreflector1239]

@@anthonyhutchins2300 Nah ur wrong. These ads were actually aesthetically alot more pleasant, varied and actually to the point of why u should buy their product. Now its all big pharma, big insurance and my political affiliation is right urs is wrong product placement. I mean just look at the current Pollo Loco add going on rn. Its literally a nude elderly man walking around. Wtf. Its not nostalgia its truth

[@Maintenancebay]

@@anthonyhutchins2300 Finally someone said it

[@jeffsretrotoys]

Right on! They don’t make them like they used to.

[@tylergates4075]

The voice overs are very soothing, not only the tone of the person but also the audio itself, especially compared to voice overs of today.

[@EightiesJames]

Very true,, But tell that to Jacko! 😊

[@tylergates4075]

@@EightiesJames i told Jacko. he put in a ticket for my request

[@EightiesJames]

@@tylergates4075 Oi! 😁

[@yellowstreetlight]

Whenever I made a tape as a kid, I always made a point to stop recording when the commercials started. Yet here we are.

[@Pugetwitch]

😭 same here! We could have been making some passive income 😀🤣

[@locke103]

i've been on the hunt for one very elusive capcom commercial from the 80s. and yet, every gamer of my generation or older i brought this up with, no one knows or remembers it. people think i'm crazy, but, par for the course for knowing me. :P

[@aegisreflector1239]

@@locke103 Which capcom commercial?

[@aegisreflector1239]

@@locke103 what game was it for?

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@@locke103 please expound

[@cabronicusmaximuschingonic1062]

The quality is AMAZING! Thank you SO MUCH, for the upload. What a trip down memory lane...

[@B58dr3w]

I remember waking up to some of these commercials during the middle of the night. How time flys 😥😥

[@KatieKanitz-n5y]

These commercials are like a portal to a different dimension. 80s baby here. It is definitely a different world now.

[@lindseysummers5351]

Wow, 900 numbers and "Check your local newspaper for showtimes." It's hard to imagine just how different the times were until you see these old commercials.

[@mywifesboyfriend5741]

Crazy, isn't it? Try telling child you that today we have tiny computers/phones in our pockets!

[@lindseysummers5351]

@@mywifesboyfriend5741 We went through some old items in my patents' attic and found the old Atari 2600. Since my own son is into video games, I showed it to him. It took me a few tries to explain it to him, that the games all were on those big cartridges and that there were no HDMI or AV cables. He didn't understand what that claw was for. Funny thing is, that phone in his pocket is incredibly more powerful a device than that old 2600 or the original NES.

[@rum-ham]

Things have changed so much I had forgotten about having to check the newspaper back then to find the TV guide.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@@rum-ham you bet! We always used the guide in the paper. I feel like it was around this time we suddenly had a guide channel.

[@scottm2998]

The conveniences we have now don't always equate to a better standard of life. I wish we could go back to this.

[@shannonedwards4471]

I remember all these commercials i was 12 years old at the time. How time flies by and now im 47 and a mother of 3 kids... and my oldest one graduated college back in may this year. Sometimes i wish i could back to these years and live my childhood all over again because both my mom and dad would still be here. And 1989 was my last year with my mom because the following year in 1990 she passed away when i was 13. The 80s were the best time to grow up in!

[@phoradio1277]

Christopher Reeves could walk, Bill Cosby was able to sell you something in a cup without fear, Kathleen Turner only sounded not looked like an 80 year smoker and Cybil Shepherd was a thing.......I miss being a kid😭

[@justbenelson]

...and casual use of the word "retarded" when referring to disabled children. 2:26

[@phoradio1277]

@@justbenelson disabled children??? In the 90's we used the word interchangeably for basically everyone 😂 Best friend,...retarded, worst enemy... retarded, family pet....retarded, homework...retarded. But what you never called someone was a Retard..... because feelings😂

[@SleeperInTravel]

Summed it up perfectly!

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

I've found out one thing from these KZbin ad breaks. It seems IMPOSSIBLE to see a late ' 80s or mid ' 80s one more than four minutes long without running into Bill Cosby. That would be pretty annoying even WITHOUT the obvious reason. Of course, WITH the obvious reason it can very be tricky.

[@puppylove3781]

And George Burns was alive and smoking a cigar, while Rodney Dangerfield was telling jokes opposite John Candy and James Beluishi

[@pohlack7410]

Hard to explain the nostalgia unless you were watching these back then. Such a great time, and we had no idea until later in life how great it was

[@kueen7538]

So true!

[@micai.j8920]

The level of carefreeness and the simple way of life in these 80s commercials is intense and literally the whole decade, which is also seen in most 90s commercials too. Today everyone is on edge and worried #Coronavirus #quarantining

[@Emiliapocalypse]

It’s official, I’m living like it’s the 80’s from now on

[@tiasimmons6594]

Such nostalgic times ...much more peaceful than now.

[@lavettaluckett8297]

Even the air was different.

[@nuggie4huggie23pp]

It wasn’t more peaceful…

[@terry9238]

Cosby: “I was asleep on the sofa when I heard....” Viewers everywhere: “NOOOOOO!”

[@harrybryant2691]

Man that AT&T jingle song "Reach out and touch someone" did it for me. The 37:34 minute mark. I"m referring to the one with the two ladies talking. Things back then were so peaceful and relaxing.

[@Kerousmac]

😢💕thank you so very much for taking the time to upload these...and taking US back. Even if just for a little. Its like I'm right back in my Grandparents' living room with not a care in the world 😢

[@tamarasalas274]

Watching these give me such a calming mood love it

[@AckzaTV]

untill i heard "Help us help retarded children by clipping coupons for bill cosby" i cant styop laughing dude wtf this commercial is very suspicious nowadays lol making nfts out of "retarded children" its so offensive they even censored the closed caption which i read and make screenshots of lol

[@MyownpersonKeta]

Me too

[@micai.j8920]

@@AckzaTV “Special needs” may be more appropriate I guess…Ahh times change, language change, We find more things to say more “appropriate” now 🤷🏽‍♂️.. Everything is offensive nowadays 🙄

[@thetshawkeye1035]

I find this calming too, I sleep to videos like this. I also miss infomercials, especially the low budget local dating ones!

[@thetshawkeye1035]

@@AckzaTV the Cosby always makes me laugh and the other comments were normal for the time. Its unrealistic to judge 30+ year old commercials by today's standards.

[@1stltwife]

Cracks me up! I was in the Navy and just got married! Still married...Life was exciting and we thought we were bomb! I remember buying a VCR for $380 for our little TV and 1 bedroom apartment with a $ 350 a month rent.Anyone notice Bill Cosby, the legend? Wow..how different life was. Ahh..the 80s when we had big hair, big earrings and men all had the TomSelleck Mustache! I would go back compared to this screwed up world! Thanks for the nostalgia!🤪😘🤩😍🥰

[@LeafInTheWind88]

You said that right “screwed up world” smh

[@Pugetwitch]

Well at least now Chester the molester isn't given a prominent position on mainstream media. Oh wait.. LOL 2016 election proved me wrong

[@sachagilley2315]

Yes, please dear God, can we just go back to then???!!!

[@honorbluelovelyful]

@@Pugetwitch it was a different time. it was widely accepted at that time. most men in those times adopted the same methods and had no idea they were committing a crime....can you just go head with the crying of today? we came here for a break from the crying...

[@Julia-nl3gq]

I remember when you could RENT a VCR! Crazy! There were a couple videos stores around me where you could do that, because not everyone could afford a VCR, they were new, they were expensive. So some videos stores cashed in on the idea that people would rent their video tapes AND rent a VCR at the same time, and they did! We did it now and then, as a treat. I remember how long it took to hook it up.

[@KidRocker44]

Lots of people in the comments saying how comforting these commercials are but I find them sad and depressing because I want that I've back so bad. I was a teenager in he 80"s and life was so good! I just lost my mom in June and now my dad is dying. I've lost my big sister too. If only I could go back to these happy times when I still had my whole family and much happier times.

[@gspendlove]

I felt that. My dad died in 2015, my mom died last year. All I can tell you is, you heal. Your mom and dad aren't really gone because A part of them lives inside you. You'll catch yourself saying, Mom or dad would've loved this show, and stuff like that. Just let it happen. And don't forget what they taught you.

[@westonmeyer3110]

My grandparents made my childhood in the 90s. I lost them almost 10 years ago.

[@dalemulholland9114]

Both my parents are gone so I can relate..

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Sending love, lost my Mom in May this year.

[@22lilacsky]

I'm with you, so many people gone now. Life feels empty. Hugs to you.

[@davee.9906]

I know these commercials by heart. That's scary because I can't remember to pay my phone bill but a thirty year old commercial I can remember like I just watched it.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

I'm the same bro, can remember what toys the neighbor kid had, but what I did yesterday sometimes..... Not so much

[@LeafInTheWind88]

I hear ya Dave😪

[@stephaniebach__12-24]

It’s easy to forget about something you dread doing sometimes

[@BoozeandNewswithTimandDut]

Same here. Crazy how these are remembered. We just spent more time with the family around the tube than people today. I miss my 80s. Times were simpler and we acted like families more and just enjoyed even the smallest things.( like these commercials)

[@jasontighe9692]

In the Heat of the Night still one of my favorite shows. Cool that the premier was on this night

[@MyownpersonKeta]

Mine too

[@christyb7455]

Still love that show!!

[@milliemusic]

I love how in these days we weren’t bombarded with insurance companies and Big Pharma commercials every 30 seconds

[@kjemradio]

The Ronnie "Raygun" Reagan administration is responsible for that. Add to that cartoons to sell toys, lawyer's could now advertise (sue all the people) on TV. Oh and those direct to consumer "ask your doctor for the drug" ads? That was supposedly thought as the best way to lower costs. Yeah how's that worked out?

[@Julia-nl3gq]

Are you American? I assume so, cause whenever I'm in the States (I'm Canadian), it always kinda blows me away that they allow those commercials on tv....you can't advertise medications and pharma here, it's always weird to see so many - so many! - ad for medication, on tv.

[@JLSEdesigns]

or how whites are inundated with race propaganda and destruction of the nuclear family...

[@TouringBassist]

No big pharma? Every other commercial is for headache pills that "aren't Tylenol"!

[@sachagilley2315]

I absolutely hated commercials back then - well, I still hate commercials, but yet, here I am, watching nothing but commercials - just to take me back. How bizarre.

[@spidermanmj2]

God I miss commercials like these. Very soothing n takes me back. Commercials today are all u got this disease or that or feel like this then take this. So many drugs ads rammed down ur throat. Miss these days of fun jingles n calming voice overs. Commercials have lost all that today. Thanks for uploading these!

[@adamfaggouseh7336]

80s best time of my life

[@Lovejazz01]

Same here!

[@deborah10ism]

Commercials was so much better back then …I feel like I just fell back into my teenage years 😊🙃

[@jeffsretrotoys]

They were. It’s like they’ve run out of ideas now.

[@chazcov08]

I can't love this video enough. Thanks so much for this slice of my youth!

[@jacklandon9739]

Not gonna lie, I was born in 78 and this video basically was a trip down memory lane. Since 2021 is so trashy this video was so refreshing.

[@baiwatch1]

That's strange, because all I see in this video is trash.

[@lisabrown6280]

I agree 100%. I was born in 1969. Today's TV is disgrace.

[@SKaspszak]

84 over here and it's a wonderful sense of safety to watch

[@tamaralaber5010]

You have me by two years, but I definitely agree. I caught myself singing along a few times. Although I have to admit, the milk commercial got me a little.

[@crazymommadramalife3498]

I was born in 1980, I miss those days..life was so much easier then. I agree, trip down memory lane!

[@ebonylamb4871]

It's weird seeing these commercials after all these years and when you hear the beginning of a song, you immediately start singing along even though you don't get all the words right the melody comes back to you. lol

[@jennifercheek8317]

The commercials were different back then for sure! Now we have commercials about medicines for HIV and we never seen 2 big muscle men kissing on commercials back then, it would have been banned!

[@erickenglish1579]

If I had a time machine I'd go back to the 80's right Now!

[@jeffsretrotoys]

That would be awesome!

[@shawnstravelandlife1790]

Absolutely!!! I’d take my wife , kids and dogs with me. Much better times then that’s for sure.

[@MsBee]

I once commented how I felt some sadness along with the nostalgia, and someone said that it was because my life must currently be shit for me to miss the past so much. And while my life is not perfect, and far different than what I expected it to be when I first saw these commercials, I am happy and satisfied, and would not change a thing. I think that those of us that feel sad when we get nostalgic, feel that way because we loved our childhoods and appreciate how lucky we were to have positive memories of our childhood and our family and friends that are now gone or estranged, or lost to addiction. I don't know about any other of you that are Gen X, but I am feeling my mortality more and more every day as I see my youth fading away faster and faster. I'm young at heart, but that doesn't help my bad knee, carpal tunnel, and increasing other health problems.

[@KelleyBroussardMackaig]

"I am feeling my mortality more and more every day as I see my youth fading away faster and faster." As someone who was born in 1980; I felt every word of that... It is astounding how fast time really does go by.

[@MsBee]

@@KelleyBroussardMackaig My dad is basically dying in hospice right now, he's 79. I'm telling him that I feel like we're lucky to survive long enough to even miss being young to begin with. Look at how many of our friends and loved ones are gone, yet we are still here...For now. Life is a gift.

[@XXX_xxxxxxxx]

Me too, bruh. I'm 42 and still feel 18...until I look in the mirror...I feel so crushed and devastated. The fact that I have yet to marry makes it even more painful. I feel like I'm running out of years. Felt like I had plenty of time as long as I wasn't 40 yet! At 18 I had all my cards but played all of them wrong. Now I have chronic pain issues too, and feel so lonely. Nice to see someone I can commiserate with;)

[@lavettaluckett8297]

That someone is an A class idiot, they must have a miserable life.

[@sublime8956]

1989 was the greatest year of my childhood

[@RemoWilliams1227]

I was 10 and it was awesome

[@sublime8956]

@@RemoWilliams1227 I was 7, and I wish I could go back for a week or a couple of days lol

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@@sublime8956 I think that all the time brother

[@Fhill4801]

Shout out to the Announcers. They really carry the commercials

[@gspendlove]

It's a cliche, but it really was a simpler time.

[@HLl564]

Does not matter, humans move on from everything, even paradise.

[@planetschlock]

The Kmart ads from this era really hit me in the feels. I mean, I know Kmart isn't dead yet...but they might as well be.

[@getout116]

They are now. 😕

[@reneastle8447]

@@getout116 Not if the Retro Decade Revival Project will bring back to life.

[@camerondavila5881]

I haven't been to a K-Mart in almost 20 years I thought they were out of business

[@MyownpersonKeta]

I agree

[@michaelsteele4587]

Although Kmart isn't dead...the Kmart we knew from these commercials officially died in the late 90's/early 2000's when Eddie Lampert stuck his hand in the cookie jar. Sadly, a lot of people will put full blame on Eddie Lampert (Current owner) of the company for its current state of demise but honestly, Kmart was starting to struggle badly in the mid 90's when Walmart, Target and Meijer started creeping in on the territories only Kmart once operated in. Kinda hard to compete with stores twice their size and although Kmart made a short lived attempt at opening a few "Super Center" style stores to compete...it was a bit too late in the game.

[@christiansleepvideos]

So much optimism in these ads.

[@blurgle9185]

The old Kill them with kindness-approach.

[@westonmeyer3110]

Clinton and Obama destroyed all of that.

[@michaelesx9757]

@@westonmeyer3110 people like you did, actually.

[@westonmeyer3110]

@@michaelesx9757 Definitely not

[@quikslvrx]

This reminds me of the last time I was truly happy in life. I was 9 or 10 years old. Miss these days.

[@MyownpersonKeta]

Me Too

[@mywifesboyfriend5741]

I hope you find happiness or at least contentment, friend.

[@dboydboy1000]

Damn, that’s depressing

[@567dirt8910]

Nothing compares to being truly carefree and full of enthusiasm and optimism. Not to mention full of energy, free from pain, and resilient. I'm 48 now and am none of those things. It happened so fast, too. Youth is truly wasted on the young... that idiom becomes so poignant when you get old.

[@quikslvrx]

@@567dirt8910 great post!

[@latronwilliams7578]

I really need to stop watching...I got happy and sad all at once.the world was so much better back then..

[@MyMomDrank]

I love that this is here… not just for nostalgia, it’s somehow soothing…

[@alishaklee6978]

these commercials are very relaxing also laid back and it is like remembering those days when it was in your time as a childhood....

[@jeffsretrotoys]

Definitely some good memories.

[@ZakkHung]

I'm 47 yrs old and I watched WAY too much TV as a kid. I remember every single one of these commercials. Lol. Great collection. Thank you!! 😊

[@22lilacsky]

With everything going on today. I truly miss the 80s. I miss them regardless but more now then ever. It wasn't always great but compared to now, it was a different world.

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

KZbin is a technological marvel. Here I am as a grown ass man watching commercials that played on the year I was born!

[@AnittaBrazil-l6x]

🎉🎉

[@mikenoyb5466]

Skipped over 2021 ads to see 1988 ads. That's enough KZbin for today.

[@josephnoto3648]

Today I learned that '88-'89 was apparently saturated with a demand for raisins and Buicks of which I was, at the time, completely unaware...

[@charlesjnbjbnbngb8518]

Lol

[@LeafInTheWind88]

Lol

[@chardear5824]

An excellent title for a book, Buicks and Raisins 😉

[@Hanbindesign]

it annoys me that I have to skip commercials to watch commercials

[@VinnieRattolle]

Sorry, some entity must've claimed ownership of a song or commercial in there, which gives them the annoying right to post ads. KZbin kinda sucks.

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

30 years from now we will be watching those KZbin ads in nostalgia.

[@honorbluelovelyful]

@@anthonyhutchins2300 yea I don't think so lol....I believe nostalgia will end with the 2000s.....we don't really have anything to define this era because any nd everything is available on the net....

[@conzmoleman]

The only “streaming” service I pay for now is KZbin Premium. i’ll never go back to watching an ad on here again!

[@Unsolvedfanatic]

The sheer amount of time I spend watching 80's commercial compilations is so, so sad. Probably 10-12 hours each week.

[@schechter01]

Is it because so little of modern news & entertainment media interests you? I understand...

[@jscountrygirl85_326]

Not sad to me! It's understandable. I hate most modern ads, and I even prefer watching these vintage commercials over much of what Hollywood shoves down our throats these days.

[@justbenelson]

Time well spent.

[@mizzbee1477]

Crazy that I can't remember what I did this week but I can remember these commercials from when I was 8 years old.

[@jeffsretrotoys]

Lol funny how that works.

[@midnightrocker7]

Even the McDonald's sausage biscuit and egg mcmuffin looked good back then

[@jonathanryan2915]

They were good back then

[@AlexChecho]

Fun fact : they’ve been using the same egg mcmuffin in commercials for the pas 35 years. That thing doesn’t age!

[@lowcountryantiques3696]

@@AlexChecho Fun Fact : They are not madenthe same now..

[@mywifesboyfriend5741]

Now they're made of inedible ingredients.

[@robertbouldin7978]

wendys used to have the old newspaper tables back in the 80s

[@commanderc.l.i.t5772]

Does the damn show EVER start??

[@brianc11388]

In 2 hours and 13 minutes

[@thameekstaninjahman8337]

Nope

[@caligastiainfernus3877]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@shaygraham6925]

Hahaha

[@dboydboy1000]

damn commercials

[@domodomo421]

I play this to put me to sleep at night.

[@dgontar]

You can go to sleep and then stay asleep, permanently.

[@lefthandedsophiethepop-wit503]

Daniel Gontar I don't think they meant that as an insult.

[@nothenryporter81]

@@dgontar That was a slightly ... disproportionate response. lol

[@phoradio1277]

Dad is that you? Make sure you hit the clicker before the test screen after the National Anthem and the stupid hum wakes the entire house!!!

[@cherrylove770]

Omg I feel all warm inside 😍😍😍 watching these bring back so many feelings

[@thomaslucignano5188]

By 1987, everyone wanted to see Brosnan as Bond. This commercial clearly hints at it too. After all, his turn in Remington Steele was quite popular. He'd finally get his chance a few years later in Goldeneye (1995). It's one of my favorite movies from my school days. 😄

[@reiterated]

The days of tan M&Ms. I could swear the shell had a very slight coffe flavor, which made it my favorite.

[@phoradio1277]

That's Racist!!!!! 😂 OMG remember when they wanted you to vote on which color would remain permanent? The life altering decisions we had as children of the 80's😂

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@@phoradio1277 hell yeah I do, it was blue!

[@missylou725]

I don't recall the coffee flavor to it but I loved the tan ones and I really miss them. I wish they'd bring them back.

[@simon5005]

You can clearly see how much better life was then. I miss those carefree days.

[@ThePanicPuppet]

Well, for a certain population.

[@ThePanicPuppet]

@Night Mare Doomicorn I'm not dogwhistling-- in the late 80s/early 90s drug use was more rampant, counseling for addiction less available, crime was sky-high, murder rates were peaking, AIDS was decimating the gay and Haitian communities, sexual harassment and assault-- as well as rape --went unanswered to an unspeakable degree, and any one of us could lose health insurance if we hit an arbitrary payout maximum or developed a chronic disease. Let's not forget that apartheid was still going on and the quality of life in the USSR was bottoming out, not to mention Nicaragua, Grenada, and everywhere else in Latin America. Life wasn't better back then unless you were very, very privileged. Applying today's standards to the past helps us make sure we learn the lessons of the past, otherwise change isn't possible. That's part of why we record, teach, and learn history.

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

@@ThePanicPuppet life was better

[@hai_itsmeee]

@@FUCKINGENIOUS nah you were just younger. that’s why everyone thinks when they were growing up things were “better”. Literally every generation thinks that about their formative years

[@kenhur9800]

I think life is better now

[@rachelgreene2036]

I love playing this in the background when I’m at work in my office. When I turn it on I am magically transported back to my childhood home where I too, as noted by others feel safe and secure it was just a more simple error it seems. I am a child of the 80s and I had a wonderful childhood. I love being able to listen to this and smell and see, feel and hear the sounds of my youth. I have since lost my father however I am blessed to still have my mom and my brother . How I wish we could have the simplicity of this time back. I feel so overwhelmed by our current world with so much technology, politics, wokeness , anger, hatred in our society it’s just overwhelming. I just want simplicity for my own children.

[@slappy10524]

I wasn't even born yet, and I could watch this stuff all day.

[@zmw711]

They don't fuck with network made-for-TV movies like they used to.

[@zzzzxxxx341]

Loved my younger years, 1980's let's go!

[@sandratucker4461]

These were the best days ever!! I miss them!! Weekends were my favorites watching cartoons while having honeycomb cereal

[@andrewbradford8686]

Thank you so much for uploading commercial from back in the day. I'm 49 years old. These bring back great memories of simple times. I wish I could turn time back and stay in the 80's. Watching classic Tv shows and movies from the 80's makes me fee happy. Thank you again. Please keep uploading more awesome commercials.

[@Unsolvedfanatic]

I've never seen a fella so jazzed about a stick of gum in all my life...

[@missylou725]

That's what I was thinking lol way too jazzed about that

[@Detroit_Eggy79]

The good old days.

[@veronicarivero2711]

Thank You for putting out these Great commercials!!...I'm in my twenties all over again 😋😎

[@felix121984]

This makes me want to smell all those guy's stinky sperry boat shoes and feet.

[@el-kiote]

2:26 woooo! good luck getting this commercial to air today!

[@rickperry3165]

Memories........ I remember some of these. They played constantly.

[@avenger1212]

Oh my god, the commercials never seem to end and get back to the show. I can't even remember what I was watching.

[@2179summerbreeze]

Cybill shepherd ♡ I loved her in Moonlighting! 79 here but I remember every single one of these lol... maybe because we had 6 tv channels lol

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Same age but I was lucky the old man loves TV so we had cable pretty early.

[@ThePwig]

I am in awe at the picture quality. so many people upload these with terrible quality or copies of copies of copies. these are great

[@butchvito]

I honestly like watching these old commercials over watching any show Netflix shits out.

[@jonathanryan2915]

I would pay for KZbin if they played 80's and 90's commercials instead

[@timm_3r]

The price of everything in these commercials has tripled.

[@burnbabylonburn78]

And yet our wages have stagnated…

[@dalemulholland9114]

And the quality has gone down the crapper like everything else in this lousy decade.....

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Except McDonald's burgers, which are now made of garbage.

[@bensmitt7088]

Watching those Disney World commercials from my childhood and thinking about the dystopian nightmare it’s become today is really sad.

[@stephaniebach__12-24]

Disney was always evil but it was just camouflaged more then… the subliminal messages in what they produce is sick, evil and shocking

[@OofusTwillip]

Walt was all about innovating. The endless sequels are just blatant cash-grabs that go against everything he stood for.

[@JohnSmith22114]

One of my favorite commercial compilations on KZbin.

[@andreasfernandez1548]

So many memories of my childhood. Thanks to upload.

[@Divinii]

Thanks for uploading this and all the efforts you put in! 2:25. Wow you’d never hear that “r” word in today’s society without getting bashed on.

[@hollywinslett7097]

Divinii 😂😂😂😂😂 Lmao

[@nichole760-x6w]

I know!! I was like holy moly I forgot so much of the "improper" advertising

[@Amir_Films]

H E L P U S H E L P R E T A R D E D C H I L D R E N

[@jonathanryan2915]

It wasn't bad to say it back then. It was medical terminology. You can't judge the past with today's standards. If anyone whined about being offended they were usually met with contempt and mockery. Better times

[@Divinii]

@@jonathanryan2915 Agreed... I remember back in 2018, Kim Kardashian joked and called one of her friends "retarded"...all hell broke lose across the internet.

[@johnyates6792]

I wish I had a time machine to go back to the 80s the best time in America

[@jessicacooper3236]

This is sooo therapeutic ❤️ Even though I was only 4 in '89, I still remember the good times especially the commercials.

[@stephs.8134]

I hate being forced to watch an ad before I get to watch my commercials

[@peter5.056]

I still have those Corning Vision glass pots from when my sister bought them in 1990. They must have been used 10,000 times by now, and still in perfect condition.

[@carlycarmine3858]

That's because until very recently,such things were built to last

[@peter5.056]

@@carlycarmine3858 Yep. My grandmother's canister vacuum from 1950 still works! (but we don't use it, due to a frayed insulation on the power cord.)

[@ExploringFate]

This make me nostalgic. I want to go back in time now. Not only the to try the products but everything.

[@MJ-my9sg]

What a great decade! When people accepted one another’s opinions without becoming unglued. I miss it.