2000's commercials that give me NOSTALGIA

[@bluepheonix2455]

"Sarah..? *Sarah?"* "She won't answer you, or... She *can't..."* "Why?" oh, I don't know John- because she's fucking *melted.*

[@bear_trap107]

XDDD

[@raiynjade9896]

💀this literally made my day, thankyou

[@Jamjamsart]

Dont smoke weed or you'll deflate

[@ViviB0409]

@@Jamjamsart Don't smoke weed or mom will actually take you out of this world

[@trashpotato7434]

This is literally my favorite comment ever 💀

[@GoldenT1K]

"How many kids in 2002 were listening to KISS?" *I, who was REALLY into Tony Hawk's Underground and the final stage was KISS themed, slowly raises my hand*

[@Murderella-Gaming]

Bruh yes. And getting to skate as Gene Simmons. Good timessssss

[@ona512]

Kiss was also the song in the commercial, right? Definitely not hilary duff or BEP

[@creatureboi2811]

Me, who grew up with KISS: *slowly raises my hand*

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

And me, who was just very influenced by my father into being the emo fucker that I am now.

[@RedUniPanda]

I listened KISS because of my mom

[@insatiableboredom5082]

Ethan’s green screen is getting a hell of a lot more use lately and I am here for it

[@ViviB0409]

@{Elegant Soup} [translate] "Flashback to greenscreen one year"

[@ViviB0409]

@{Elegant Soup} I know I was just saying the translation was kinda funny I joined 324:12:00 Memento Mori

[@Suo_kongque]

@@ViviB0409 for me it just unbolds it and Nothing else

[@stevea7048]

Everyone: Wow so nostalgic, bring back ALL the memories. Me, British: Yes.

[@oliviabaldock4563]

me, australian

[@venusverde6684]

Me, Filipino

[@_eeeee_510]

@@oliviabaldock4563 pretty sure fushigi and pillow pets were over here

[@oliviabaldock4563]

@@_eeeee_510 pillow pets definitely were but idk about fushigi

[@alexia7063]

we absolutely had fushigi lmfao

[@JeweledLove]

Ethan: *stands out in the blistering snow* Also Ethan: "Aw man, it's real chilly out here"

[@ariannamae6114]

I mean, he did grow up in Maine so, kinda accurate.

[@theoneandonlydrowlf819]

And has short sleeves on

[@Daviticus042]

"Blistering snow"?

[@-riley7295]

@@ariannamae6114 lol maine gets really cold I hate the winters here

[@Tarz00081]

Dude I’d die if Ethan reviewed 2000’s Australian ads because they’re even more chaotic 🤣

[@nicolelorrayne]

It really Just Makes Sense that Ethan had the "Berries and Cream" song as his ringtone in middle school ahah

[@burnt_cheetoes13]

Imagine he’s in the middle of class and you just hear “BERRIES AND CREAM BERRIES AND CREAM IM A LITTLE LAD WHO LIKES BERRIES AND CREAM!!” from across the room

[@genuphobia1029]

Ethan saying he never actually had zoopals almost made me cry…. Poor mans never had a childhood 😢

[@potatonumber200]

I legit have my ancient-ass dolphin pillow pet right behind the pillow i'm leaning against😂😂

[@ghostlyfae8721]

I relate with Eef with never getting zoopals :( Those plates looked so nice and fun when I was lil At least I got a pillow pet :) It was a purple bun-bun; don't know where it's at but my bro gave me his panda who's name is Percy

[@nicholasvaldez5196]

One of my brothers and I both had a pillow pet and we still have it

[@artisticfruitloops5097]

The gutteral "EW" you released to the bump it is sending me into orbit.

[@DesolateLavender]

I remember Little Bear. Seeing that put a warm smile on my face. Little Bear was, and still is, a great show.

[@Bubblies005]

The joke about your parents divorcing and packing clothes for Dad’s house hit me cause relatable af 😂 I’m dying…

[@fawkes6241]

I remember going to my dad's house and seeing my unicorn pillowpet on the floor of our bedroom😭 Oh the memories

[@Gloamyghost]

I was born in the 2000's and the amount of commercials I could recite by heart was concerning

[@CindyRubyCutie]

The fact that all of these commercials are cemented into the hearts of an entire generation makes me so happy, my favorite was always the Empire jingle

[@liahhoward3172]

And then the generation that will never know.

[@eriksvids9094]

Please do more of these, god haven’t thought of the Fushigi ball in years. Also super excited for the Orlando show, can’t wait!!!!

[@froggyinthecloset]

When Ethan said tickets were affordable, I wasn't expecting them to be 37.50 usd like,,,, shit, that is affordable- JDHDHDHD

[@gingechicken7394]

Right??? I got two of the seats in the top box at a theatre (like the little pods). It's less then 50ish feet from the stage and I got them for less then $100. This is a man who actually cares about the financial well being of his audience.

[@shaaylaaaa]

@@gingechicken7394 wait what are the costs usually for this type of show? Are they expensive? As a Canadian on the east coast, I've never been because no one ever comes 😂 but his Toronto tickets are $52 Canadian which seems reasonable on either end!

[@cuddlingteddybears]

@@shaaylaaaa I went to the Dan and phil one in 2018 and I think the tickets were like 80 something ? They might’ve been cheaper I’m not sure but typically most things like this are close to $100 for a ticket

[@mmmm....255]

Actually $37 per ticket is actually pretty affordable considering most live shows or events are usually 80-100 dollars

[@SevenHunnid]

I’m trying to make it out the hood & this 9-5 by doing reaction videos & storytimes on my KZbin channel 😅

[@Cute_Arsonist]

The only commercials I remember from the early 2000s are those fucking coffee commercials that traumatized me.

[@person1232]

*“Your cold, dead soul will be warmed up as well”* …Can he see me through the screen? I have never felt so seen before.

[@newyears93]

Born in the 90s and I remember every single one of these commercials. I even had the unicorn pillow pet, fushigi, ZooPals, floam, bake and fill, and finally the bump it!

[@bailey3015]

“how many kids in 2002 are listening to kiss??” me with my kiss toothtunes back then: ;-;

[@ghostophelia2245]

I had queen lol and it made me love queen as a kid

[@welowyrm]

I still have my old mp3 player from like 2006 and yes, it's JUST like you'd expect it to be. All sooorts of different sound quality, clips of radio stations after songs, and chaos. Perfection

[@baconbro304]

that axe chocolate guy led to an awkward moment for my mother when I was a kid. i saw a black guy and yelled to my mum "LOOK MUM! A CHOCOLATE MAN!"

[@bellaknightR597]

I laughed waaaay too hard at that

[@Ladyalma777]

“You can handle more than one Fushugi at a time” “yea, you can fondle with more than one ball at a time” Aaah sweet nostalgia :)

[@KaletheGrim]

I feel like the two commercials that I remember the most are the Tootsie Pop commercial (that’s been around for forever though) and that damn Gerber life commercial that would air on Cartoon Network every 5 seconds, like you basically couldn’t escape from it.

[@izmckenna]

I know exactly what you're talking about and god was I annoying

[@ringtail14]

They still air the exact same Gerber commercial today and it's crazy

[@theincrediblehibby8239]

These days I do nothing BUT crave nostalgia. Thank you for this much-needed dose, you angel! I shall inject this into my eye balls now.

[@gabsdanb1732]

As someone who had Zoo Pals plates growing up I can confirm, they did in fact make eating fun!

[@mmortimus]

I had like four or five. I had a LOT of fun 😂

[@silentshadow3894]

Indeed

[@PurpleBassThumb]

I aswell can confirm this

[@nicholasvaldez5196]

It seems someone was privileged as a child

[@Kaeros77]

@@nicholasvaldez5196 I am pretty sure that this is a joke, but that doesn't make someone privileged :,)

[@Ei_Cosplay]

The empire jingle still plays on our TVs to this date. The exact same one

[@bkittle4396]

Zoo Pals were the highlight of my childhood. My grandparents always had them at their house :)

[@mikaylajoy5406]

SAME

[@Iluvmyhusband69]

omg same and me and my brothers had our own plates and mine had disney princesses

[@sleepysmartboy6287]

Zoopals were my bribe to go to my uncle's house lol

[@z0mbiebug]

I am so jealous of you.

[@zombieslayer02gjustzombies85]

SAME, I miss those plates so much and I if they were to come back I’d want to stock up on them for myself when I have my own place because those were the best paper plates ever

[@leighnicole100]

The Head-On commercial could wake you from a dead sleep since it was always 20 points higher volume than your TV was set at

[@asexualtrickster]

I don't think anyone actually called Fushigis "Fushigis" literally everyone just referred to them as "the David Bowie ball" XD

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

I called it the gravity ball 😂

[@pokemonnarutofan10]

Fushgi was my introduction into contact juggling

[@billyloper4072]

never heard it called that once.

[@pokemonnarutofan10]

@@billyloper4072 look it up. It's quite interesting =)

[@rubyd1amond]

mmmm yes that wonderful reference to Labyrinth

[@codfish6845]

4:14 Having an iPod is great. I didn't get to experience them when they were new because I'm only 15, but I got one at a thrift store (a 7th gen iPod Classic) and I LOVE having a dedicated music device!

[@PandaLuluBear]

I remembered some of these things, but not most of the actual commercials, UNTIL pillow pets. I still sing that song every time I think about a pillow pet, and seeing the ladybug one at the end sent me BACK!

[@entity1566]

At 1:15 I thought he was gonna start singing Wouldn't it be nice by Beach Boys. He hit that note perfectly.

[@MorganStark3000]

As a kid I would be memorized with the commercials and legit begged my mom to get each product. Zhu zhu pets, moon sand, orbeez, moon shoes, pillow pets, papperonis, sky dancers…I fucking had it all.

[@tOSdude]

Any chance you remember what the earlier version of moon sand was? I distinctly remember that there was a different name, but I forget what it was.

[@xAcidRatx]

OMG I FORGOT MOON SHOES EXISTED

[@xAcidRatx]

@@tOSdude kinetic sand?

[@tOSdude]

@@xAcidRatx That sounds right, thanks.

[@xAcidRatx]

@@tOSdude np lol

[@SarahJeanCole]

The bumpit made mega Karen's lololol Loved this video it bought back lots of memories. All my love from Michigan ❤️

[@sleepysmartboy6287]

"This is the way it's been since she started smoking pot" Kill me lmao this is the best thing I've ever seen

[@coffeepete]

Fun thing about "Fanta" is that we in Germany actually name it like they do in this add (12:00)

[@Spiracle]

A few of these ads made their way to the UK, but that Chef Boyardee ad just looks like the kid shoplifted and came up with a wild explanation... Come to think of it I might have some DVDs from when I taped SpongeBob marathons, those would be like time capsules!

[@Spiracle]

Actually I need help now: Does anyone remember the name of those weird little plastic alien things that played one song? I feel like the name began with O, but Oidz were the magnets that kept hospitalising children so it's not that...

[@kage9923]

​@@Spiracle Zizzle iZ?

[@Spiracle]

@@kage9923 YES thank you! Specifically the mini ones they gave out with Happy Meals a long time back

[@galileanmoonz]

4:54 pretty dang sure my brother had this ladybug pillow pet when he was younger! I had one too, but I can't remember which one it was.

[@smartpanda12]

This unlocked so many memories holy hell. Though the one at the end being a psa I wonder, how many other late 90’s/early 2000’s kids remember the absolute horror that was the Montana Meth Project PSAs (I think they first started airing around 2007 but I’m not 100% sure about that)

[@JR-st5jc]

OMG why do I wanna watch this?

[@unyielding.entertainment]

The amount of nostalgia I'm getting is like I just melted it in a spoon and main lined it right into my aorta. Powerful feeling it is.

[@ingusbingus8750]

aaaaah yes. the nostalgic ethan tour of the 2000s. glad the tickets are still on sale so i can remember this iconic moment

[@noelle.edits_vids]

i had one of those gravity ball things… heavy as hell, and yes just a ball that’s a little clear 💀

[@carynmarie0614]

Zoo Pals were at out local dollar tree so we'd get them for picnics! My brother and I were obsessed. Watching half of these unlocked memories in me from watching the CW. I saw so many of these while watching Winx Club before it went to nick. Thanks for the nostalgia, eef!

[@hallieeramos]

Yesss! I distinctly remember seeing these when watching Winx Club and Yu-Gi-Oh! on 4kids!

[@mitchells.5862]

Oh cool, I watched CW4Kids too! I didn't know anyone else in school who watched it, so I always felt like I was the only person who saw anything on there. Saw so many great shows on there.

[@marissah1336]

“Yes YES! Follow her home!” Damn chef B wasn’t playin 💀

[@Typhanie1]

I literally just finished watching a collection of 90's commercials when this video popped up lol. I'm pretty much just reliving my entire childhood and teen years today, I guess 🤷‍♀️

[@ona512]

care to share with the class your favorite 90s commercial?

[@Typhanie1]

I really like the one with the two little boys packing for Disney World, with the big brother telling the younger one what to expect and what to do that used to play with Disney VHS previews. Also, the Mentos commercials were always good, I still get that song stuck in my head sometimes lol.

[@jvseventeen]

8:01 "what do you want for dinner?" doordash ad appears😂

[@mariaahlea]

yo i had a fushigi and those things were HEAVY AS HELL. just a heavy glass ball!!

[@randomasshumanbeing2078]

I remember all of these, I had a pillowpet when I was 4. Those were the good days, I miss them so much. The headon commercial made me laugh, and the whole Fushigi thing, my brother loved to use it. And floam was a big thing that I always wanted, but never got. All the other things were nice too, and watching these now make me feel nostalgic and makes me smile.

[@artisticfruitloops5097]

I still want zoo pals to this day- and I'm 18 now.

[@darlinghellfire]

Im 25 and still want them lol

[@ItsMeFern2019]

I'm like 10 seconds in and Ethan's existence is already giving me all the serotonin I need. Thank you Ethan. Never change.

[@AshlynOne]

Jesus christ Ethan, you just triggered a Winter Soldier episode when you said Zoo Pals. I immediately sang the jingle before you even played the audio.

[@fizz_s0da919]

pillow pets were my entire childhood omg, I still have one too. and the fushigi balls, for some reason I wanted on so bad. never got one tho lol

[@profanity25]

Which pillow pet did you get? I’m asking so I can judge you

[@aLLison-iu9ev]

god, sometimes i wish that technology wasn’t as improved because now we have the “90s and 2000s aesthetic” , and i honestly love it

[@yukimurpanda]

I feel so old 🤣 these were from when I was in middle school, some of them I recognized as "newer" versions of commercials I had as a kid

[@arianamarkus5041]

How long did they re-use commercials for me to know every single one of them, having been born in 2000? 😂 Except for that Axe bodyspray one. My mind blocked that one out as soon as it could 😅

[@bananahpolkadot]

SAME!!!!!!!

[@profanity25]

The pillow pet commercial will forever air until the end of time

[@micameows]

I remember the night when I stayed up til ungodly hours making a heart shaped masterpiece out of floam for my pretend kid boyfriend… those were the days

[@gracefulgaming6774]

someone should remix the head on advertisement into one of those vhs horror clips that’s really popular atm. it’d be the perfect candidate for it because it’s already slightly eerie, and it repeats itself three times at the beginning.

[@ayyyimmaninja]

The nostalgia is REAL. I was slapped in the face with the memories

[@ashiio]

Ethan is actually saying it how I and many people that are Hispanic say Fanta. So Ethan you are actually correct :)

[@memedoq]

OH MY GODDDD as a 25 year old THIS IS BRINGING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES HOLY SHIT MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ARE FLOODING BACK

[@SilverLily]

Man, I remembered thinking the Bump-it was so cool, and a bunch of the girls in my dance class got them because we were trying to recreate 50s hairstyles for our Hairspray dance number but my mom couldn't find one or wouldn't buy it (I don't remember now). Watching the commercial now has made me realize it was a showcase for Karen hairstyles 😂😂😂

[@skittles3967]

12:35 so flat stanley was just a really big pothead. got it

[@rowdyreese5208]

"This is how she's been since she started smoking pot" Me: Yo that's wild *proceeds to take a giant bong rip"

[@xDarkTrinityx]

I don't smoke, but know plenty who do and the fact that they tried to pass this PSA off as accurate information is laughable to me... They always want to much, talk, game and then pass out later. lol. They're not soulless and lifeless 24/7..

[@Molly-Pop]

Same lol

[@nebulonicc]

Literally also took a giant hit to spite the video

[@wolflordchaos]

Eyyyyyy

[@EmaS0226]

Oh no 😂😂😂😂

[@giovannamoretti4001]

6:42 me too Ethan, me too.

[@criticallol3039]

I wonder if a super fan will do a back flip for EEF at one of his shows and end up becoming a good friend and mentee/collaborator.

[@kit6561]

the circle never ends

[@komi-sanmustbeprotected5665]

Interesting fact: That forehead product is a placebo and provides nothing in terms of medicated pain relief which is why they can only say "apply directly to the forehead" as it would be illegal to call it a headache treatment

[@greenshirt2077]

I absolutely can not believe the memories that have been unearthed from this video alone.

[@squidpie7609]

When you still have your childhood pillow pet Damn, the Commercials back then were to live for!!

[@profanity25]

I feel bad for everyone who doesn’t still have their pillow pet, i got the bee

[@exactolotl]

Ethan should buy some of these products and test them out, and i wanna see his reactions HAHAH

[@bellaknightR597]

I was literally just going to suggest that

[@ScribbleSpirit]

That axe commercial is something directly out of my darkest nightmares

[@inotgrace]

"aw man, its really chilly out here-" me whos in class: trying so hard to not laugh

[@wellimabigbisexual]

So did you?

[@inotgrace]

@@wellimabigbisexual NO LMAOO

[@wellimabigbisexual]

@@inotgrace I've almost been caught watching a video in class because I was a hair away from laughing (before covid) that's why I asked.

[@inotgrace]

@@wellimabigbisexual ah okay

[@aslinn346]

Ethan wearing a Munch Squad tshirt in the very beginning really made my day. I'm glad you likes those good good brothers.

[@rueandvalerie]

I HAD A TOOTH TUNES............ even today I feel like I've been conditioned to think about Bruno Mars whenever I brush my teeth....

[@sbrock657]

I HAD THE HANNAH MONTANA ONE! To this day I'll sing the theme song lol

[@bananahpolkadot]

Mine was Justin Bieber 😂

[@LeannahW]

I had the One DIrection one later in life even though I was in high school lol

[@KrazyKatLady]

I had Kelly Clarkson lmao

[@bugsmith3395]

I had the one direction one, the Hanna Montana one, and the Bruno Mars one 😂

[@UnholyTriforceDelenn]

Thank you, Ethan. You've brought all the repressed memories of horrible ads to the surface. lol I will remember this.

[@Amboseus]

That AXE commercial is the only one I know here in Germany and I've seen it a million times as a kid. Never realized how fucked up it was 🤣

[@rattail7105]

me and my brother had ladybug and bumblebee pillow pets!! i remember getting punished for smth dumb one time and sitting behind the front door crying with my pillow pet then my mom came home and opened the door and nearly hit me in the face with the door.

[@larakeller5388]

ethan is making everyone's day better just by uploading a video, don't try to deny it

[@mrschleeno]

Sad times but an ethan upload? Hell yeah

[@BlazeRBXonYT]

the pillow pet one got me, I HAVE SO MANY OF THOSE DAMN THINGS LIVING IN MY ATTIC NOW, memories just stashed above my head, literally

[@thickandfuzzyblanket]

When I was little I had the little bear tooth paste and when my mom wasn't looking I would just drink the whole tube It tasted good I geuss

[@fantomenghoul]

deadass, the betty crocker bake and fill cakes hit DIFFERENT.

[@uhohspaghettios3801]

I remeber house/pet sitting with my mom for a friend of hers when I was a kid. I was in the living room watching tv, when a pillowpets comercail came on. As soon as it finished I literally jumped up from the couch, ran into the room my mom was in and asked her for one. She ended up ordering one for me that night and I still have it to this day, it lives on my bed (it's the dog one)

[@Shweebe]

The fuohigi ball (however the heck you spell that) was the thing from the movie Labyrinth! I remember people going nuts over these. I low key want one now. xD

[@profanity25]

It’s freaking magic

[@wahlflower3517]

10:54 I kinda wish I had this back in high school. It would made styling hair for our Grease and The Outsiders shows a lot easier.

[@WarriorAuranae]

It’s insane how many of these I forgot, and then fully and viscerally remembered within a few seconds. 🤣 Thank you for reacting to these Ethan, you represented my inner voice of screaming nostalgia very well 👍🏻

[@rowdyreese5208]

"Yeah it's 2002, everyone's bored" I don't know eef I think they'd have had a lot on their mind

[@iantaakalla8180]

But it is that very reason that they would spend money on Chia Pets because one of Bush’s command was to keep shopping.

[@SatiricalFey]

Its the good kind of nostalgia, not the kind that makes you sad! Litterally I started grinning as memories I did not know were still in there started popping up from the first one!

[@angrygamer3458]

This kinda made me sad. I watched a lot of these at my Nanny's house as a kid. And now I'm grown and she's passed. The nostalgia feels good but it also brings back this heartache at the same time. Which is a weird combination.

[@nottknormal]

The nostalgia will hit different with this one. I can already tell.

[@HeyItsKyle6877]

All these commercials were so nostalgic for me, I remember almost all of them!

[@mddmont]

Ethan screaming 'FLOAMMMM!!'. Things I din't know I needed.

[@broken_arrow]

I've been stuck in berries and creamtok for a while and to see it here now aswell. it's haunting me D:

[@80sfansincedayone]

I was born in 2005 so I remember a few of these and actually yes I did jam on KISS still do today!

[@InnerFireGaming]

Bumpits, the one piece, becoming a Karen starter pack!

[@PopStarLegend4365]

I remember having a bumblebee Pillow Pet when I was nine. But when the Dream Lites came out, I was like, “I want one of those!” 🤩

[@profanity25]

Pillowbee squad 🤛😎

[@MIST3HH]

I'd like to thank this man, and a few others too. But he is part of the reason I created a channel, got terminated at 10k and still created another and kept going after years of hard work and many achievements to be proud of were taken away from me all due to out of my control "issues" with Gmail... I always get a good feel when you upload!. I experienced major burnout in the coming weeks before I lost my channel.. I respect everything you do and you certainly influence and inspire many :) stay happy and healthy my friend

[@MySweetCreationz]

This was a blessing to all 2000’s kids

[@mm-bv4zw]

Loving the use of the green screen dude. 😂I still have floam that's dried on too my carpet and it's been there 18+ years and nothing can remove it

[@temarinara77]

I had floam

[@_sallymander_4747]

remember when everyone found out that head on genuinely does nothing, but they couldn’t get sued for false advertisement because it literally just says ‘apply directly to the forehead’ 😂

[@Vickeeey713]

Just watched something similar on wubby's stream, loving the nostalgia everyone is remembering!! As an almost 24 year old, I wanted literally all of these but was v poor. You should buy all of them and 'review' them lol

[@asraakbar5904]

OMG THE FUSHIGI I REMEMBER THAT!! 😂😂😂