70s & 80s Halloween Commercials

[@SomeClassicGameMusic]

I'm sorry about the ads - my channel is not monetized in any way, but I no longer have the ability to edit out the song in one of the promos - due to all the views, according to the KZbin editor - that is causing the copyright issue, resulting in all the ads. I know it kinda ruins the whole experience...

[@nataliemadison-rascoe278]

SomeClassicGameMusic thank for uploading this cool video.

[@jacksonmustian2945]

Thanks for the video, I’ve watched it twice already and it’s really getting me into the Halloween spirit!

[@deannadove3505]

Nothing is ruined for me! This is magical. It takes me back to my childhood!! I appreciate you putting this together into a wonderful video! Thank you!

[@Kranekick1985]

👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@selkrasouza6262]

No probs, that's what ad block is for

[@YellowJack6]

Man, I miss being a kid on Halloween. Going trick or treating and coming home and pouring our bags of candy on the floor and trading while watching scary movies and Halloween specials. I miss that feeling of wonder and spookiness. I loved it more than any holiday. Halloween will always be my favorite.

[@donsharma6136]

yea, i really miss the magic and innocence of halloween. Now at 42 always so bored. It seem like i have done everthing on halloween can't even have candy because i'll get a kidney stone..man growing old is so depressing..

[@monastratton7311]

me to.🍁

[@melissaann1401]

I still celebrate it even though it was better in the 1980s

[@puplover7991]

Same!

[@erinmefford8041]

Carlos same

[@tammymathis5893]

Being a kid in the 70s, and a teen in the 80s, I had the best childhood.

[@misha2197]

:)

[@johnashley327]

Me too. Born 1966.

[@grobanitepatsfan]

Same

[@ArcangelofRock]

👍....Represent Tammy!

[@Sammy-mp9xn]

Me too❤🎃💙

[@RainbowGoricorn]

I miss how enthusiastic companies were about Halloween back then. It just meant for spooky stuff for us. Now you get Christmas commercials two weeks before Halloween and it just kills the mood.

[@KyleEvra-15]

I really how how everyone only cares about Christmas more. I believe it's because how much money is spent.

[@MerkinMuffly]

Now you're lucky if you come across 5 Halloween ads all October

[@TFPrime217]

There’s something magical about old commercials, like there’s a certain charm about them

[@dobbins2550]

You know what it is? They are genuine, no preaching or agenda, pushing a certain political or cultural perspective. They promote the product, in an innocent manor. That's it. Simple and pure, no BS.

[@coconut8800]

@@dobbins2550 no it’s cause it’s a kids channel that’s all simple when ur a kid everything seems better that’s why y’all glorify these times I’m sure your parents felt the same about their childhood and so on

[@kaisarr7632]

@@dobbins2550 Nothing innocent about capitalism

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@kaisarr7632 as you respond to this from your corporate owned i phone or lap top 🤣

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@dobbins2550 when the actors looked like the actual consumers and not some fantasy woke advertisers come up with today

[@jabbermoxie5831]

I was the “werewolf boy” on the cover of the orange Paas Halloween makeup kit (about 1:40 in). I still have some of the box covers and related promotional stuff. Thanks for bringing back some memories!

[@sarahcrews2544]

Was the makeup easy to take off. I know paas makes Easter egg kits. I never knew about the face paint

[@jabbermoxie5831]

Sarah Crews My memories are awfully fuzzy, so I don’t know what I can tell you for certain. I have no recollection of the makeup removal, so it was probably very easy to wash off. What I do recall was the “eons” of time I had to sit still while the makeup artist applied it all. (For a hyperactive and incredibly obnoxious child, that was a torturous way to spend a Saturday morning. I feel sorry for all the adults who had to put up with me.). I do recall they made a big deal about the safe and hypoallergenic nature of the makeups, which turned out to be absolutely true. For hard facts, your best bet might be to find some sort of archivist at Schering-Plough and email them? If you can navigate the monolithic corporation they’ve become. The Paas stuff was all made by a (slightly-smaller) Plough company, based here in Memphis.

[@Davidjon1946]

Jabber Moxie see this is why I love KZbin you I never know who you will see in the comment section below awesome man thanks for responding

[@erinmefford8041]

Jabber Moxie really that’s so cool I am a 80’s child I miss all the cool commercials and cartoons we used to watch back then

[@jabbermoxie5831]

Lil Dill Jones and Me! I remember doing tv spots for Big Brothers and McGruff (the crime dog), but I suspect they were regional and thus far less likely to wind up anywhere here. The BB one was just me talking to an off camera voice. The McGruff one was a whole bunch of kids... playing? In a playground? Running down a hill maybe? All I remember for sure is that we had to pretend it was Spring when it was actually still a VERY cold winter. They had giant turbine heater fans that were loud and could only be turned on between takes. And we were dressed in shorts and t-shirts! But, we did it for McGruff, man! And we’d do it again if he asked! I recall making US$400 for either the BB ad or both of the Pass makeup shoots. I just remember the 4-0-0 part. Dad wisely held on to it, but allowed me to spend it as I pleased. Should come as no surprise to any 80’s kid that it all went toward a vast array of Star Wars and Transformers toys. Ten-year-old me LIVED, baby! ^_^ Oh, and I was also featured in an episode of Dick Williams’ Magicland, which was a regional Memphis-area thing for kids. Mr. Williams (and a panda bear puppet, I think) did some magic for me. I think that was just lucky, though. Now I really wanna search KZbin for that and I know I’ll wind up sleep-deprived and disappointed.

[@shanac5536]

Is anyone else wondering if that Freddy Krueger number still exists!!!

[@KennyRider137]

Try it!

[@Cheese-is-its-own-food-group]

I was contemplating actually calling it!

[@WebVManReturns]

@Rose Tico's Lard Ass Face Hello, Suicide Hotline. I was contemplating killing myself, but would rather have Freddy kill myself in my sleep.

[@fussyrussy1963]

Sadly no !! Hardly any of the 900#'s work ! Just a few sex ones !! Wish there was a way to bring them back for at least Halloween time !! I've been kinda looking into it !!

[@caelestisnox7045]

They should bring the Freddy number back in an anniversary special for a couple of years People would eat it up

[@TheXtro101]

Watching these classic tv commercials is getting me into the Halloween spirit.

[@crustycrayfish8356]

Same!! I do this every year for Halloween and Christmas

[@dreemxo2705]

TheXtro101 same .. and it makes me just wish I was born in the 70s and 80s lol my mother was born in the 70s and my sister in the late 80s I was born in 96 and these commercials just make me feel idk ... just giggly and happy. Like wow , they were so much fun and today’s tv content is so bland

[@miffyforever]

The only comment I've seen so far that isn't complaining about kids these days and/or bragging about how it was back then

[@thelovelyone1582]

Me too😍😍🎃

[@mcgil8891]

Same and it's just August 😂

[@davidapple8047]

There was never a better time in history to be a kid then the 70's and 80's. Thanks for putting this together. Great memories!

[@julienelson6025]

I dont care what time of,year it is. I love these halloween commercials. They relax me

[@PRHILL9696]

Even commercials were better back then!

[@nolimit3105]

PRHILL9696 100%

[@rafaelinaurena225]

So true

[@monastratton7311]

Yes they were miss the seventies and eighties

[@krishaungreen4647]

@Frizzurd I dont think there goal is to irritate us they just do because there trying to reprogram us yet some of our minds are rejecting the matrix!

[@christophers2959]

PRHILL9696 everything was better back then - music , movies , tv shows etc.

[@sararummel8767]

Little did we know how good we had it back then. Is so different today I wish my kids could have grown up back then

[@davetruther31]

Amen to all of that.. I really miss the late 70s, 80s and early 90s, but I miss the 80s most of all..

[@texasgina]

I was born in 65 and grew up in Huntington Beach California and the 70’s were the best

[@Anarchist86ed]

Yeah, back then Halloween was fun. Now it's not so much.

[@texasgina]

Anarchist86ed Yep

[@areyoujelton]

So make it good for them. Manifest what you want in this life. Get other people on your level. Get excited and spread that spirit! We can reconnect our communities and make things fun again.

[@jessicaharris65]

Records...tapes...McDonalds coupons...real horror movies...calling the movie theater OR checking the newspaper for times! Plastic Mask...hot costumes. Halloween...life in general in the 80s and 90s was bomb! McDonald's used to be awesome too!

[@monastratton7311]

jessicaharris65. the bestest times...early seventies and eighties🦇

[@SakuraCrusader]

Now around Halloween Mcdonald's Only gives out lame ass pails

[@Stephanie-lp5tm]

I remember my Frankenstein costume was NEON green, pink, orange, and yellow. It used to have the plastic costume folded up in the box with the mask peeking through the plastic window. I used to wait all October to see that package on our diningroom table when I got home from school. Then your parents would argue with you that you couldn't wear it until Halloween. I used to love it when the neighbors on my block would come out just to see what every kid was wearing. Thanks for the memoryJessicaXhtx

[@negascoot23]

@@Stephanie-lp5tm In our house (in the 80s) we bought our Halloween costumes on Columbus Day--as that was the last school holiday before Halloween. It became an unofficial tradition ☺️ We were allowed to try on our costumes just ONCE before Halloween, right after we got them home...just to see how they looked. There was an essential flaw in this system: I was a fickle and indecisive kid😂 Since costume shopping was confined to one day, if I couldn't figure out what I wanted before Columbus Day, I was kinda screwed. Invariably, I'd wind up picking something almost at random--because I felt I HAD TO 🥺 This would leave me with a costume I was at best indifferent about. This was a serious problem for preteen me: Halloween was the most important day of my year, trumping even Christmas or my birthday. A costume I was unenthusiastic about simply would not do. So I would pester my parents until they let me get one I liked...once I figured out what I really wanted ☺️ It usually worked--but I must have been an amazing pain in the ass every October 😂

[@nickypancakes]

@Uknown person from an another planet that is awesome! is it a department store that has them?

[@arweenietortellini6134]

I grew up in the late 2000s, but I still come to these old ads to get in the Halloween spirit, they're campy, fun and still capture the best parts of the holiday! Thank you for preserving these for the future generations, these are part of history!

[@SomeClassicGameMusic]

You're welcome - thank you!

[@Eric-sn4qz]

The 70s and 80s was a great time to be a kid for Halloween. what memories.

[@svetlanamarie6479]

That part

[@aikaterine8675]

back when it was fun to be a kid-prices weren't sky high and wholesome commercials. Miss those days and glad I am not a kid today.

[@monastratton7311]

Aika Terine me to early 70s 80s🦇

[@Legaltype1963]

I wish it was like this again.

[@areyoujelton]

B. Vaughn make it this way

[@reggiewilliams4246]

I'm with you

[@rolandaustria7926]

I feel the Conservatives are against these kind of fun stuff. I can imagine them clutching their pearls and complaining "how vulgar" these commercials are.

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

@@rolandaustria7926 Nope, sweetie. It's the leftist communists with their PC culture and propaganda. For reals.

[@aprilfaith765]

Right

[@TheBrett04]

The commercials back then had more creativity and enthusiasm than all of the reality show garbage on now. Hell, I'd rather watch the frickin commercials from the 70's and 80's than the actual television shows that are on today.

[@Stephanie-lp5tm]

Amen! People actually had advertisement jobs that just dealt with commercials and their idea's for them. So much has changed and everyone told me that one day I would miss it all. I do miss it all!

[@sveronih5376]

Same here!

[@Neville60001]

Obviously not all of TV is reality TV, but idiots like you will never be convinced.

[@terrylockwood9176]

Absolutely. A lot of the current TV shows are made for mindless drones.

[@mcgil8891]

Exactly

[@michellebenton1757]

Love this! I was born in '82 and these remind me of when we had Halloween parties at school and did nothing the whole day but have fun. Not today! I am so glad i graduated before school became less about being a kid and more about hurrying up to become an adult and get into massive amounts of school loan debt. The Disney Halloween Treat shows also were by far the best. God it sucks being an adult!

[@MelissaHash]

1983 kid here, before cell phones & the madness of social media! But Halloween has changed not for the better though. I miss Halloween in the late 80s & 90s!

[@MARILYNNEWTONGIBB]

I KNOW I LOVED HALLOWEEN WHEN I WAS A KID IN 1982 I WENT TO A GREAT PARTY AND I GOT CANDY AND CHOCOLATES I HATE BEING A ADULT AS WELL 🤣😂🤐😬😮😱🖤💜🧔‍♂🧔🧛‍♂🧛‍♀🐈‍⬛🐀🐿🦇🦇🦉🦉🕷🕸🕸🍟🍕🍔🍿🧈🧂🍫🍬🥧🏚🏚🎃🎃🎃

[@pumpkinguts308]

These commercials are so cute and fun. Nowadays the only Halloween commercials you see are about Reese's cups or KitKats 🙄

[@kallen868]

Or a rare Halloween movie. 🎃👻🎈

[@luxball_52]

lol yeah those reese's ads with the orange background and that annoying guy's narration/jokes

[@ArnieArmadillo8094]

Yeah like that one with that one he tells you to turn off all your lights and not to answer the door. They been playing that since 2020.

[@KyleEvra-15]

I know, right.

[@Silvermountainman420]

I keep waiting for the show to come back on.

[@purplegurl79]

I can't wait until Halloween!! 40 years old and still dress up and do pranks!! I love the old Halloweens!

[@Thatsright-tr2ks]

DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS??!!!! 😂😂

[@purplegurl79]

@@Thatsright-tr2ks 😁😁🤣🤣💜💜

[@mindyschocolate]

Me too! I trick or treated until I was 18 (as a teenager I simply wore Scream costumes and the like to cover me so I just looked like a tall middle schooler), but I still dress up every year.

[@nataleeisjustchilling2737]

@@mindyschocolate I’m 15 and my mom thinks I’m starting to get too old to trick or treat but I honestly say screw that because I still trick or treat every year

[@kristinewood7030]

43 here and I still dress up as well

[@krissybloomquist189]

I taped Garfield's Halloween. Its still one of my favorite cartoons

[@sandygrimes7196]

Krissy Bloomquist OMG I did too, those VHS days ..lol

[@scottchoate6987]

👍👍👻

[@deborahpellerito6117]

Love Halloween and Christmas Garfields

[@kathys1285]

I have all the movies/tv specials they showed 👍🏻 Happy Halloween 🎃

[@mrjazzhole8024]

That old man by the fire still creeps me out.

[@ksstoner]

Please don't ever take these commercials down! This has become a staple of my Halloween season every single year. Thanks for this 😀

[@MARILYNNEWTONGIBB]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN LOVE MARILYN AND BARRY 😵😵‍💫😱👻💀🦹🧛‍♂🧟‍♂🧟‍♀🐈‍⬛🐀🐗🦉🦉🪲🕷🕸🦇🦇

[@d.vaughn8990]

The low resolution, of the TV signal (recordings), really adds to the nostalgia. Remember bitd, when TV was no where close to HD, or 4K, or whatever? Seeing the advertisement for “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”, in the signal resolution I grew up with, really takes me back!

[@Nina-fp3jv]

Such Nostalgia, use to dress up, love going trick or treating, watching horror movies, Svengoolie on the TV, tons of candy. Going to the Pumpkin farm or picking apples. Working at a hauntedhouse .Coupons for McDonald's treats, going to Fright Fest... Good memories.

[@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In]

Nina Bates Svengoolie on TV, and all the rest!

[@ArcangelofRock]

Nina, nostalgia is remembering your "true" purest,self. 🤟 on!!!

[@maxsmiley7191]

Halloween used to rock back in the day, I still remember 7-11 made their cola slurpees black during halloween and called it witches brew

[@roastedrootstew]

I READ THAT AS "BITCHES BREW" AND I WAS SO FUCKING CONFUSED FOR A SECOND

[@Goobian]

Cola is always black.

[@maxsmiley7191]

it was jet black, cola is Brown and quite noticeably brown when drinking a Slurpee

[@mollyb336]

Those sweat drenched masks you couldn't breathe thru but we didn't care...

[@nicholastosoni707]

@Disney Dork That's an excellent Miles Davis album. No, really--Google it.

[@williamgottlieb8723]

If I knew Paas was selling makeup kits, I wouldn't have soaked my head in a bucket of marked-down Easter egg dye for Halloween.

[@LaDracul]

Patton Oswalt has to do a follow-up bit about PAAS. only about their Halloween makeup. :)

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

Omg

[@simplyjuannie5128]

😆😆😆

[@malmquistestates2507]

Reminds me of my dad dressing up as a black crow and handing out huge bags of candy. He did this in remembrance of my Mom whose birthday was on halloween.

[@RockyGrayChannel]

I watch this video all the time. It takes me to a special place in time that will always be near and dear to me. 80’s and 90’s Halloween seasons were the best. Thanks for curating this and posting it.

[@Illumination70]

Halloween was about fun back then, nowadays many people are so uptight about it

[@nolimit3105]

Illumination70 *nowadays people on there phone instead of trick or treating *

[@colinestes9709]

Exactly. Back then it was fun.

[@bowtie3]

Through the 70s and early 80s it was good. After that in the mid 80s, that's when it changed some. The 90s were good. Late 70s I would take a pillow case cover for trick & treating, and the entire cover would be filled with candy.

[@monastratton7311]

Yea. And greedy with the candy too

[@NolaChick82]

Agreed! Everyone got into it when I was a kid!

[@TheHorrorExperiment]

The 90's was the last decade they did stuff like this, Halloween is a shell of its former self these days, same go's for Christmas.

[@misschris325]

Our neighborhood was usually decked with Halloween decor. The last few years, however, the autumnal spirit is just a dying flame.

[@riceboy1701e]

All holidays are overcommercialized today. Its about how much money Corporate America can make. Even these nonsensical "National _____Day" non-holidays.

[@melissagunn9267]

So true!!!!

[@retroguy9233]

What about Easter and Thanksgiving?

[@bqkmg2037]

I do remember the 90s showing decent commercials and it was the LAST decade for innocence simpler times.

[@imsleepingbeauty]

Holy crap! I remember some of these commercials. Miss the good old days.... adulting sucks!

[@Stephanie-lp5tm]

I've been in nothing but memory lane since I found this today! I miss original commercials, they actually had a team that came up with these commercials. Now everything is either cartoons or CGI commercials, no originality. My mom always had to work on Halloween so we'd go with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins. We knew she had to work because she paid all the bills on her own! I never miss "Trick or Treating" with my kids! The cool part is that my Mom comes with us to see her Grandkids Trick or Treat and she always apologizes for not being there, but I let her know that she held our house together all on her own! She is an amazing Mother!

[@larrycj4382]

You can still celebrate Halloween as an adult. Decorate! Watch scary movies & "Hocus Pocus" too! Make a Halloween cake! And of course, wear a costume on the 31st! 🎃

[@publicserviceannouncement4777]

It's never too late to be a child again.

[@publicserviceannouncement4777]

@@Stephanie-lp5tm That's why I have been thinking of creating my own cartoons (hand drawn or at the very least a hand drawn feel.) I don't want to get into specifics (other than that I am a single mom) but your comment meant a lot to me. Both your mom and I are doing a job that isn't meant for just one person. My daughter says she doesn't want kids (she's only 11 so fair enough haha) but I respect her decisions no matter what. Even if I don't agree with her 100%, nothing will stop me from loving her...NOTHING.

[@sarzbeth]

i loved being a kid in the 80s! kids ran the streets on halloween....hardly a parent in sight...every neightbor trying to out do eachother with their sugary offerings....lights on every porch telling kids to come and get it!..finding the houses withh full size candy bars and feeling like you struck gold! plastic masks and tinsil wigs....those were the days :)

[@kryonight2869]

A lot of these haven't changed very much and you would likely have a similar experience today aside from the running across the streets and no parents thing. Though I must admit Halloween was much more heavily advertised in the 70's and 80's than in the 90's onward.

[@MissEddieBlueKawaiiKrafts]

Omg the tinsel wigs were the best yaaas 😹

[@wildcatgrljulie63]

It was fun growing up in the 70s and 80s! These Halloween commercials bring back a lot of fun memories!!😂

[@bigwillietheb]

same here , going out trick or treating on Halloween night with my 2 sisters so we had 3 bags of candy & the candy would last until Christmas

[@Cathrope1]

I was born in the 1980 and grew up during those years and 90's. and Halloween was awesome back then.

[@conductorretired7153]

Do you recall the fun of trick or treat at night with pumpkins on porches with real candles. Good candy too. With lots of sugar. Halloween parties at school . Miss them times. Check out the old elementary safety videos. From when they were on. 16mm film in class. Oh it was a time. Peanuts great pumpkin.

[@TheRealRealOK]

Trains airplanes Yup.

[@mindyschocolate]

Me too!

[@gabrielzamudio3001]

Yup! Were the last great generation 😢

[@slopez1901]

Same! 1980!

[@rere2425]

Omg I remember the coupons to get free treats at Mcdonald and all the fast food joints and even the safety Halloween bags sooo fun !!!! Halloween had so much soul back then !!!!!

[@waypay1]

McDonald's still has them.

[@spookypooky1362]

Ha! I'm always complaining about watching commercials and I literally clicked on a video that is nothing but! Super interesting commercials though!

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Commercials did not suck then.

[@solangecastaneda]

I wasn't even alive during the 70s or 80s but I really enjoyed watching this

[@ChaoticallyCosmic]

I don't know if it's just me but I feel these commercials from back then have SOO much creativity and personality. 😍 Now days nobody puts the amount of effort as these.

[@ellorial]

Halloween was amazing then, I'm so glad I was part of the time when we could have so much fun! That was great nostalgic trip!

[@MrLikecats]

Remember when It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown aired on CBS? Great memories!

[@jacquelineroque7594]

I remember that and the Dolly Madison commercials; last year it wasn't aired at all. There goes another Halloween 🎃 tradition. ABC is killing good old entertainment.

[@michaelsuder3217]

I'm not sure if McDonald's still does this but I remember back in the 80s and maybe 90s, you got your Happy Meal in a plastic bucket to use for trick or treating. There was a pumpkin, ghost and something else

[@MelissaHash]

A frankenstein bucket too! Unfortunately, Mickey D's abandoned them years ago! 😭

[@acecelia3262]

I remember getting those maybe not even a decade ago! Wow i completely forgot about em

[@doomedamerica]

I still have my McDonalds halloween buckets from the mid 80s

[@MadTrump]

i had the pumpkin. needless to say, i wasnt happy when i opened it

[@nataleeisjustchilling2737]

They stopped doing that sometime in the mid 2010s because I used to get one every year until they stopped doing it

[@Prettybabymo]

Funny how I can’t handle watching a 30 second ad but here I am.. watching a 40 minute ad😂

[@Hugginsince79]

When getting a soft drink was a treat ❤️

[@TheRealRealOK]

Trollin since 79 Definitely.

[@LOAblue]

So much nostalgia. I'll be rewatching charlie brown and children of the corn on halloween.

[@MelissaHash]

Lovely combo!

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

Goddamn ! I'm so glad I grew up in the late 70s throughout the 80s.

[@ORIGINALREDY2MIX]

Hell yea the best

[@sideburn]

Yep. I remember a lot of these commercials and their jingles. Good memories. My parents and their friends made our place into a haunted house every year with mechanical creatures and dry ice, sound tracks, thunder, lightning, the whole shpeel. There was always a big line out the door to go through it. We were even in a big article in the newspaper.

[@erinmefford8041]

Duke Togo same I am a 80’s child

[@mollyb336]

Amen. It's was an awesome time..

[@monastratton7311]

Duke Togo. yea I am a seventies child🍁

[@ianmeadows5937]

Miss those days

[@a97soul]

I would do anything to be able to go back and live in this time period.

[@bryanlane5945]

Me too only I would bring my cell phone with me 😂

[@sweetdollbeat7255]

When shows had Halloween episodes! Scary movies on Halloween! Those were the days now it's too quick and boring!! I miss my childhood 🎃

[@YTistooannoying]

Huh... been watching Halloween movies all month. There is even a Hocus Pocus marathon on one channel. Every other channel is a scary movie .

[@sweetdollbeat7255]

@@YTistooannoying I have regular tv no internet or cable so I have to purchase my entertainment so there is no fun spookyness on halloween for me

[@mollyb336]

School actually had cool carnivals.. jeez

[@bigwillietheb]

so did ours & we had Halloween Carnivals, not no damn fall festival , I remember in the 90's the church I went to had Fall festivals , cause they didn't celebrate Halloween , they were afraid they might have fun

[@anthonypalermo8816]

@@bigwillietheb Nothing wrong with being a Christian. It sounds to me like you didn't want THEM to have fun.

[@stephiiiless]

I LOVED my elementary Halloween carnival! Go trick r treating at every classroom and in the library they had the scholastic book fair and it was full of spooky and Halloween books and it was my favorite! As a spooky kid it was the best time ever! I saved up to buy all the Halloween stuff lol.

[@Dvc19]

Omg i completely forgot we had those (in the 90s) every Halloween we had one in elementary school.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

Only the eastern kids do it anymore

[@lilchino3107]

Wish I was born around this time. Im 18 but these type of commercials didnt last long. Made it feel like Halloween

[@darkknight4756]

These were my days 😊

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

There was so much to do for Halloween back then. I grew up in a small village in Ohio. The who Township decorated for Halloween, we had a parade on the town square.

[@monastratton7311]

I was born the early seventies

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

@@monastratton7311 I was too. Great time to grow up.

[@lilchino3107]

@Frizzurd uhh sure

[@jordonveatch2503]

I was born in 1993, but MAN the 80s looked like such a great time

[@SquishyZoran]

I was born in 91 but totally agree with you!

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

Same here. February 1993. My husband says I'm an 80s girl.

[@TheRealRealOK]

Jordon Veatch It was the best. Glad I grew up during that time.

[@camerongage1237]

It was. If I had a time machine I could only use for one day I'd go back to the 80s.

[@nickelias5321]

60s and 70s were even better !!! (bigger candy bars!)

[@theinformer341]

Commercials and Previews of the past. When Halloween 🎃 really meant something. Tradition and Nostalgia of the 70's and 80's. Can never be replaced.

[@emebrennan4966]

Trick-or-treating is a dying tradition and it makes me sad...

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Blame the MSM, they scare people more than Halloween itself.

[@SakuraCrusader]

Its because people are putting needles and razor blades in their candy and handing it out. 😷🍬🍭💉

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Thank media sensationalism and fear-mongering for that. I went trick-or-treating with other kids alone and nothing wicked ever happened to us. We just used common sense and everything checked out.

[@anthonypalermo8816]

@@SakuraCrusader Very few incidents.

[@waypay1]

It's alive and well in Milwaukee. Even adults go trick or treating.

[@stickitinyourear2011]

Wow! I remember buying my Halloween custom from Woolworth. Mine was the six million dollar man col Steve Austin, my friend sandy was The Bonic woman.Seeing that Woolworth commercial brought that memory back.

[@evilsnowflake8662]

I just felt my 10yr old self jump in delight 😍

[@MelissaHash]

This comment is #HonestTruth!

[@Stephanie-lp5tm]

Me too!!! I felt like I should be at school when I was watching

[@keelyharris1081]

I showed some of these to my son and when the "Children of the Corn" ad came up he said "I wanna see that! That looks cool!" I don't think I'll be sleeping tonight. Lol

[@monastratton7311]

Keely Harris. god I hate that movie it scared the shit out of me when I was kid.

[@timz9862]

Or maybe, you’ll be sleeping... foreverrrrrr! Mwahahahahahaha!

[@ruthgunneson-poling1571]

@chris falkenberg ???

[@wmonger]

I feel honored to have been a kid of the late 70's and early 80's. Tree houses, Kool aid stands, bike riding, ten cent candy bars and always a dime in the payphone coin slot to pay for it. Truly a very magical and fun time to be a kid.

[@DeltaFRFX]

I wish I was a kid back then... :(

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Change the time to the late60s early 70s and went through the same stuff amazing millions of kids from all backgrounds can like telepathy relate to the same experiences yet each kid has their own separate memories and mental space a beautiful thing ain't it.

[@paulsolfelt8452]

the payphone never got my money being there were several ways of getting free calls on them and you did not have to break any laws unless you were calling long distance , a quarter on a string fixed that ,lol ! ps , if you wanted money from pay phones all you had to do was put a wad of paper up the coin return in a bunch of them then come back later and get plenty of free money ,lol !

[@tuegy]

Every so often there was a person standing in front of a payphone saying they're waiting for a call and that you couldn't use it

[@ahleybihop2496]

This made me miss my childhood and feel nostalgic AF

[@robothunter1035]

Eight more days till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween! Eight more days till Halloween, Silver Shamrock! Spuds Mackenzie . . . whata actor!

[@danabear7525]

OMG!! I so remember that movie.

[@markgannett4104]

it got a bad rap from all the die hard Micheal Myers fans, but I thought it was a good movie fun to watch.

[@Floridafanatic28]

Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

[@1971bdott]

I thought that was a great movie

[@robothunter1035]

Yeah. Judging by the replies so far, iit sounds like it's got a real cult following.

[@lynnsan31]

When costumes weren't slutty or about the most popular celebrity and we had Halloween cartoons loved Halloween in the 80s

[@kenyattaclay7666]

So, I just looked up the most popular costumes in 1972. I chose that year because it was the year I was born and guess what the most popular selling mask was, Richard Nixon. Among the most popular costumes were Charles Bronson's character from The Godfather and Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. When I was 5, in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson and other friends wanted to be other celebrities. Sorry, but there's a huge difference between your memories and what actually happened.

[@e11aguru]

@@kenyattaclay7666 I agree with your overall point, but too bad Charles Bronson wasn't actually in the Godfather. That would have been cool.

[@deaconsmom2000]

Slutty costumes were always popular, too.

[@lanig613]

why do you care about what other people wear? seriously get over yourself.

[@tradingaddress]

@@lanig613 , you're a fucking moron. Sexy/trashy/slutty costumes have nothing at all to do with Halloween.

[@starseed39]

GOD! I miss being a kid in the 80's!!! Life was sooooo much cooler back then! When dirt tasted good 😜and curfew was when the street lights went on, and in order to find out what's on tv you had to have to buy a tv guide...the good old day's!

[@anthonypalermo8816]

TV Guide was fun! I used to plan out Halloween night according to the schedule.

[@starseed39]

@@anthonypalermo8816 me to! 😂😂😂

[@jacquelineroque7594]

Ditto 😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️

[@ragingbull2271]

Wow, this video was A LOT of fun! The 70s and 80s were a very special time. The TV spots for all of the great classic horror films sprinkled throughout was an especially nice touch. Good times!

[@hollydatsopoulos7998]

To think, back in the day, we ignored these commercials, or muted them, if you had a remote control TV. Now, I'm lying in bed watching these commercials on purpose. 😆 Also, I loved Creepshow! 🤣🤣🤣

[@annam7748]

We need to try to bring the old days back. Somehow lol

[@thepunishmentdue1166]

anna M it’s kinda happening they even brought back new coke for a while

[@goblinlibrary280]

I know this is an old comment, but I believe the Halloween pendulum will swing back eventually. It's an ever evolving holiday, after all. Maybe this year of being so isolated from each other will make us want bigger celebrations when we can finally get together again.

[@Scottocaster6668]

My daughter is trying to bring it back. Her house is totally decorated like what we were used to seeing back in the day. Like a haunted house, large black lights, candles, big cob webs, etc. Some kids this year were amazed at her house. She actually said she's going to make a name for herself and get Halloween rolling again! 😉👍. I raised her right 🎃!

[@Entropian2012]

Is it just me or did older tv and commercials seem to have more culture then it does now? I watch modern tv and it just seems bland and boring in comparison.

[@MattGodzilla2000]

Its all just companies trying to be funny and insulting their customers.

[@calebthornblad1831]

Entropian2012 yah I mean everything was better even into the early 0ts’

[@ultrakwon]

Sure, if by culture, you mean "corny." It just seems more engaging, because the commercials seem so oldfashioned and alien in comparison to modern ads. But 40 years from now, the new generation will be saying, "zOmG 2020 HaD sO mUcH mAwR cULTuRe!!" 🤪

[@Entropian2012]

@@ultrakwon 2020 Adds are about who can be more woke.

[@trissloan2340]

Plus, from 2000 on, Saturday morning cartoons SUCK, big time.

[@temeramatlock7368]

Halloween was so much fun back then

[@monastratton7311]

Temera Matlock. yes it was my childhood miss those days🎃🍁

[@Number4lead]

I look back at all these retro commercials with nostalgia and some sadness. It reminds me of those days when we had hope for our lives, our country, our loves ones. Unlike now where it feels like we are on the verge of collaps and our quality of life is deteriorating fast. We dont have to pretend to be frightened of evil spooks in an imaginary world, we are living that reality now.

[@tha8thof8]

Halloween in the 80s was amazing!! Too much fun. I miss those days so much! 🎃🖤

[@CarlosMendez003]

Great upload! Takes me back to my childhood. Halloween in the 80s seemed much more fun and pure for kids. You actually got into the Halloween "spirit" back then. p.s. I miss Vincent Price what a legend.

[@alexander2685]

Carlos G You look so young to remember the 80s wow😃

[@monastratton7311]

yes it was🍁

[@CarlosMendez003]

John Mendoza thank you! Yes I have good genes! Lol

[@intriguedhistorian1171]

Yep. I'm a mellenial but nowadays people are getting mad when older teens go trick or treating (16-19 range, people getting angry with kids even younger too. Hell, I'd rather them go out and have fun over doing drugs, getting in trouble, etc anyday) and less and less people are having fun anymore (I've noticed this myself as well). Everyone at any age should be able to have fun and trick or treat (as long as they have a costume and participate of course). People are forcing kids to grow up way too damn fast, it's a real shame honestly.

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Yup, Vincent is my fave horror actor. He actually died in late October, which I think was an appropriate send-off.

[@LaBucci]

Those were the best years to be a kid! Not like today, kids acting 10 times their age. Technology everywhere. No sense of fun. I miss the old days

[@jbro8934]

Agreed. There's way too much technology nowadays. Nobody cares about anyone else except themselves and everyone has their nose buried in their iPhones or tablets checking Facebook or Twitter or whatever. The fun has gone out of life. I just saw IT Chapter 2 the other day and the flashbacks to the young kids in the 80s was so comforting to see and so nostalgic. The 70s and 80s were so good! So much better than today.

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Exactly. Technology has enslaved everybody. Millennial's live in gaming worlds now.

[@PRHILL9696]

We all miss it!

[@Eviljoker89ms2]

Hay howloween

[@Rockerlady]

So true. Many parents don't let kids trick or treat because they're paranoid. Yet they give them cell phones/internet where they can see adult material and talk to strangers anytime. Makes no sense at all. Seems to be by design though. The technology masters want to destroy Childhood innocence.

[@CraftingDiva1]

I remember a lot of the stores would have their bags decorated for the season as well!

[@Josxyz74vvTV]

Its sad when you have nostalgia for a time when you weren´t even born.

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

Amen sister

[@Random-vg5uq]

Agreed, indefinitely.

[@westonmeyer3110]

I was born just after this.

[@MissEddieBlueKawaiiKrafts]

Life was so good back then.. I didht see it at the time tho & always wished I was born in the late 50’s so I could experience the 60’s. Back in the 80’s we’d hear about the 60’s a lot & I really envied the hippies. I remember thinking the 60’s was worlds away from me, seemed like 150 years away but really I was so much closer to them than I thought

[@itskitty808]

That's how you know things have gone to shit.

[@LibertarianUSA1982]

Halloween was the best as a child. I used to fill up a pillow case of candy about half full. I was good.

[@strizzyl]

How in the hell does someone end up with these? I love it

[@cloudywon]

People recorded tv shows back in the day including commercials. I guess they've been seeing how people like watching old commercials so they posted them

[@cloudywon]

Also i remember somewhere that there's a site where you can look up old tv commercials and things like that. Guess some people saved those and made compilations

[@caelestisnox7045]

It's October in 2018 These commercials are dead No advertisements for Halloween anymore... rip good times

[@davidreed5482]

Not as fun or creative anyway

[@Dios67]

It's about time to start watching some scary movies. I think John Carpenter's The Fog among others this year.

[@thelaughingfoxx]

Dios67 I love that old classic!

[@Dios67]

Oh me too, haven't watched that one yet though. Tonight football was on but earlier I was checking out an old Vincent Price special; acting out Poe stories live. Also, some of his "scary" LP's he put out were interesting; how to summon a ghost etc. Have a good one!

[@anthonypalermo8816]

and the original "Halloween"!

[@anthonypalermo8816]

@rob yohn You don't say? I was around in the 80's and loved Halloween III since. Just because Michael Myers isn't in it doesn't make it a bad horror movie. It's actually one of my favorites.

[@jamesborlan2850]

Man these 70s and 80s Halloween commercials are extremely charming

[@cheymoe4961]

I wish Halloween is as important and loved today as it was back then. It makes me so sad to see the decrease in kids trick or treating every year

[@queenmaryellen]

Organized religion.

[@westonmeyer3110]

@@queenmaryellen Had nothing to with it.

[@Neville60001]

Blame that on helicopter parenting, scaremongering bullshit about child predators, and the current scaremongering about Covid-19, Chey.

[@westonmeyer3110]

@@Neville60001 My mom was constantly scaring me with stories about child predators and escaped convicts in what is probably one of the safest neighborhoods in the country. I used to walk across my neighborhood to my elementary school’s playground without even thinking about getting kidnapped but I scared my mother every time I did that, so eventually I just settled with swinging in my backyard all day. We could have easily went trick or treating without parental supervision but my mother always had to watch the candy we were given.

[@Neville60001]

@@westonmeyer3110, it had (and _has_ ) had a lot to do with it (in particular Christian fundamentalism and so-called Christian 'sects' [actually _cults_ ] like the Jehovah's Witness [I call them the 'Jehovah's _Wit_ less]) who spread bullshit about how bad Halloween is, and how (to them) 'real' Christians don't celebrate Halloween due to it being 'Satanic'.

[@alexander2685]

Nice thanks for taking me back to my childhood.

[@santicheeks1106]

Which ones were from your childhood

[@alexander2685]

Pretty much all but man do i love the creepyshow advertisement.

[@elderlypoodle9181]

@@alexander2685 oh yeah Stephen King's Creepshow. I have the poster which I laminated. Those were the days my friend

[@sayNotoBrooklyn83]

This depresses me. I hate the present

[@pepsitate8019]

sayNotoBrooklyn83 I think Halloween’s gotten better over time.

[@mollyb336]

I agree.. they'll never know how wonderful things use to be when i young.

[@mollyb336]

I also feel depressed now. Smh

[@dreamofwoods333]

SAME

[@K.A.Noires]

Pepsi Tate I have one of three theories for this; either, a) you're being sarcastic (which never translates well through text), b) you have some sort of loathing for Halloween, c) you've never experienced a real Halloween before, just a dull, unimaginative hell, or d) you live in an area where Halloween is celebrated in a badass way. I apologize if I came off as rude at all.

[@alexhyatt7541]

I feel like you missed an opportunity by not playing the silver shamrock commercial from Halloween 3

[@tan9515]

No agenda just pure innocence 🥺 #80sKID ❤

[@Endymion766]

In Halloween 1984 I went trick or treating in the apartment complex behind the local university and there were so many kids, that some of the residents had set up scary displays and even converted the little shared patios into ad hoc haunted houses with spooky music and glow sticks. There was such a sense of community and everyone had fun, even the lonely cat lady that got drunk every day would have her window open blaring scary movies she binged watched on whatever TV station was playing them. It added to the atmosphere. There were no weirdos and no one to get offended and the biggest threat was cavities. Today I live in a similar apt complex and it's full of foreigners who some haven't even heard of Halloween, much less celebrate it. I can't even talk to most of them because they don't speak English. I'm glad I never had kids. There's no where for them to grow up. I love these commercials but they make me sad too.

[@jimmorrison6421]

you are so rite

[@krazyoldkatlady192]

When there was actually merchandise in stores.

[@SpeediraWindira]

Wish Halloween was still a big deal.:(

[@ILoooooveCamels]

In some ways it's bigger than it was. Target does different curated, limited edition collections of Halloween decorations every year. Nobody marketed Halloween to adults that way in the '80s!

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Damned big city billionaires trivialized these once sacred holidays. They hollowed them out with greed.

[@Njbear7453]

It is a big deal! Personally I think halloween has gotten more and more popular as the years go on.

[@areyoujelton]

SpeediraWindira make it a big deal

[@ZeeboLaywicker]

Halloween is still a big deal in my heart and it will always be. I don't always have time to decorate, but I love it and remember the great times I had growing up as a kid in the 70s and a teen in the 80s and it rocked! my buddy's older brother would blast scary music from his bedroom stereo with the speakers in the shrubs outside and hide and scare us! so many stories I could tell you.....

[@andreaalmendarez1635]

Halloween ain't what it was nice memories here

[@Earth1218]

It really stands out how most advertisers back then got in on the fun. From grocery stores to ice cream shops to discount stores to food companies. It made the holiday feel more special. Now most of these businesses don’t even bother advertising on TV anymore. Today you might see a couple of Halloween ads from Reese’s or M&Ms, sandwiched in between all of the prescription drug and personal injury lawyer ads.

[@bryanbear4727]

This is a awesome tv commercial from the 70s and the 80s

[@velvetsun2949]

Why am i nostalgic about this, i wasnt even an idea at this time wtf lol

[@thelovelyone1582]

Cuz it's fun even now

[@kneecapsforlunch11]

Same with me! I was born in the 2000's yet I get nostalgic for 80's stuff idk why!

[@madamadadane7989]

I think its because commercials in the early 2000s has similar qualities and had uniqueness too. Commercials today dont have it as much

[@cinsationalcinema1776]

Passing out granola dipp bars this year for old times sake

[@1971bdott]

Wow I miss the 70’s and 80’s much more fun. Great compilation

[@natashasemrau3670]

The level of spookyness was so much lower! I almost could sit through one back then without putting my hands over my eyes. My daughter was so terrified of Thriller by Micheal Jackson, that every time it came on l had to turn the channel!!!!🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

[@stephiiiless]

Man back in the day Halloween was such an awesome fun time. Now days its Nothing like it used to be.

[@ContessaChalice]

It’s been a blast showing these to my teen daughter, pointing out what I actually used/ saw/ etc.

[@lelafo]

I’m getting spooky fever

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

I feel it creeping up on me as well.👻👻💀💀

[@SweetpeasbbGirl]

same :)

[@athfcoz]

Whoa spook!

[@mortricia_heller7713]

Certainly a amazing feeling when Halloween is near. And these commercials are most definitely a great way to get more into the spirit. 🖤🧡🎃🍂

[@themusiclover30]

Wish that Toys R US never ever closed down. My favorite childhood store!

[@monastratton7311]

themusiclover30. that sucks...🎃🍁

[@IsaiahHollins]

Yeah my first toy was the original bionicles then I bought cubix the robot then original beyblades.

[@pocahontasseguinart7099]

arbitrary PasTime I feel so angry what they did to toys r us . I was born on the 18th of January 1995 and I lived on earth for 23 years. I always buy original barbies,bratz,my Scenes dolls,and baby dolls and Harry Potter stuff and Star Wars there. It’s really my childhood and I remember Jeffry the giraffe 🦒

[@IsaiahHollins]

Pocahontas Seguin Art yeah tell me bout it, I was born sept/22/1994 Toys R us was my jam. I remember the time they sold medabots and rugrats, jimmy neutron. 90’s were scary times of cassette tapes, VHS, beepers, AOL internet, antenna flip phones but man we had good cartoons!.

[@pocahontasseguinart7099]

arbitrary PasTime back then they still had those stuff. I heard amazon is kicking there butt so I really hate amazon

[@bradleyg7498]

The colours, the animation, the voices and music make gives these so much charm and make them so cosy.