80's Ads: Breakin' and Poppin' Alfonso Ribeiro 1985

[@Althea-M]

Raygun needs this book

[@harmonyt.v9980]

😂😂😂

[@donaldchesser157]

Tbh it couldn't have hurt

[@mwillblade]

Althea, that's the funniest thing I heard all month! Thanx!

[@alanmorris7669]

She would say the book is beneath her standards.

[@sammyjr6989]

Damn

[@TURK_182]

I remember seeing this as a kid & being told "we already have cardboard at home"

[@axelfoley1406]

LMAO

[@violentJJ2112]

that is so got damn funny and exactly what my mother would have said had I asked for Alfonsos Breakin & Poppin

[@theNRGshift]

😬🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I know that feeling.

[@shadiomar4193]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ReyFierro]

When carlton could teach you how to dance for under $20. Priceless

[@bunkerputt]

I'm 47 and I can still do the windmill thanks to this commercial. I grew up poor on the mean streets, so I couldn't afford this set, but I was able to borrow a VCR and record the commercial. I watched it 100 times at least until I learned the windmill.

[@ShaderockLouis]

LoL

[@7silver78fox]

That's awesome ! I remember learning how to pop lock and of course the Moonwalk 🎉

[@coreywilson3520]

That’s sad

[@DavidCastro-fr9sl]

@@coreywilson3520 what's sad? that he had to borrow a vcr? or that he grew up poor? or that he couldn't do the windmill unless he watched the commercial over a hundred times?

[@jameskent2925]

D.O.P.E!

[@015Froggy]

Just ordered it..Thanks Alfonso!!!

[@kirk1701]

lol

[@MGillDesign]

lol

[@fezgon72]

40 years later he still has a stash of these in his basement waiting to sell

[@originalkingalpha5116]

😂😂😂

[@HowlinBigfoot]

I'm 50, and I actually bought this back in the day. It was the beginning of an unsuccessful and short lived breakdancing career. But I rocked the best parachute pants though lol.

[@marctronixx]

mr fancy pants over here.... ;-)

[@ebonyeyed08ti]

😂

[@originalkingalpha5116]

M.C. Hammer, is that you? ✌🏽😂

[@jewelqueen5949]

🤣🤣🤣

[@victorjames7]

This guy’s a LEGEND

[@christopherminjares7429]

He seems really confident in what he's selling.

[@user-nv9ul8xe5x]

So did the Jordanian until his wife divorced him.😮

[@ElEspectroDeLaMi]

Spokespeople hired for infomercials usually are. Kinda the entire point...

[@Ferrarri052]

He could actually do it though

[@HavasiCincer]

Just in time for Christmas!

[@Shabazz23]

Dang, he literally was on TV most of his life

[@laurenchristianna2092]

I think he was literally born into it. Light starting to be shed on these things.

[@KarlNova]

@xtrmst_01 hahaha he never said he was THE ONLY celeb that’s been on tv all his life. He never used the word ONLY! 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

silver spoons

[@b00biejingles]

@@entertainingsportshighligh7525 Definitely before my time but its always cool learning about where these guys started before they had their breakout roles

[@yell0wberry]

I heard that Deluxe Edition has him teaching us to do the Carlton dance

[@sven7037]

We want 80s and the 90s to come back please god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! best decade ever

[@Tojoj22]

The 2010s was the 50/60/90s comeback now 2020s are 80/70s/2020s era!! So yes it's coming back

[@christophersteen1873]

Unless you lived in a poor area, and got to watch the regan depression literally destroy your town and your parents business.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Can't stand Reaganomics

[@Captureman]

Once was enough. The nostalgia feels would not justify the reality of having those decades back. The rose colored memories are better than the reality of being there.

[@intello8953]

@@christophersteen1873 nothing is utopia 😭

[@iamfivelights]

I would pay $50 for this to be on my coffee table. Im calling the number and no one is answering.

[@laurenchristianna2092]

They're all 💀...😂😂😂

[@salaamakbar3630]

Lol lol

[@ShaderockLouis]

Same here, I just got the ring ting.

[@onixm6365]

Need to use a rotary phone to get through. I don't have one.😢

[@arr0gant1]

Someone named Phil answers. He told me to stop calling....

[@wkeeble1251]

He knew how to dance, even before his iconic role.

[@amaremcfly]

Would love to meet a person that learned how to windmill from this book 😂😂😂

[@cm6534]

No, he was already on silver spoons at this point

[@hulioortiz6988]

I mean this is the most 80's thing ever. Ain't it. They said shipping and handling omgoodness 😂.

[@lildookie8783]

After purchasing this video back in the 80's, I quickly gained street credibility and went on to enjoy a successful career as a breakdancer! ! I will always be grateful to Alphonso Ribeiro for teaching me the art of B-Boy culture! Word!

[@mrchopsticks3]

You obviously couldn’t have been that successful considering this is an ad for a book, not a video.

[@leeolie3728]

Can you rap, did you use the full rap sheet included? If so, we’ve got a contract for you

[@lildookie8783]

@@leeolie3728 Well, now that you ask, I have been known to spit some dope rhymes. I've also been told that I'm not only funky, but also extremely fresh. Now about that contract...😀

[@dprggrmr]

Whoever got this for their birthday became legends

[@ranxerox4126]

Alphonso Ribeiro is from the bronx NYC, the home of hip hop and break dancing. So of course it came natural to him.

[@traviscarter1023]

What no way let me look it up be right back.

[@shimmeringchimps3842]

I knew I heard a New York accent in there, lol

[@TikkiEXX]

This is the first time I noticed his accent. So used to him doing the Carlton voice almost wierd hearing the New York accent. Lol

[@carltonbanks5470]

It comes natural to most black american people no matter where they're from.

[@John-g1x]

Elon musk is from Africa

[@TheRealD-Unit]

I remember watching this with my dad as a kid in Virginia, I think my dad actually wanted to order it, ha ha

[@larrylollis5875]

He deserves a star on the walk of fame

[@cm6534]

I guess if they have one to ALF might as well give one to Alphonso

[@erickchurch5390]

Everybody on here talking about Carlton from Fresh Prince, and I'm thinking about Alfonso Spears from Silver Spoons.

[@christopherminjares7429]

I'll always remember him in 1984 when he was being interviewed on the local news in New York about getting his big break on Silver Spoons. He was really excited and started singing the Billie Jean song. Haha

[@marvinjosephhenderson9553]

Yes he will always be from Silver Spoons for me too lol

[@laurenchristianna2092]

Sorry for not being as old as you are ✌🏾🤷🏾‍♀️

[@erickchurch5390]

@@laurenchristianna2092 I’m not old…I’m experienced.

[@Stress7820]

@@laurenchristianna2092 this has nothing to do with being old, it's just being more knowledgeable on an person or topic.

[@mocservices7526]

Wow this is so awesome I don't remember this commercial... If anybody has this full set I will pay 500 bucks for it... seriously

[@doovie101]

I totally remember this! "Can you rap?"

[@markhostetter1383]

proceeds to list Der Kommissar (actually pretty good rapping) 1:24

[@caininmilton1267]

His B day was yesterday and I love this old school hip-hop advertising,its dope.

[@michaelterry1000]

Wow, I get that big piece of cardboard for only $20? Hold on, I’ll get my moms purse.

[@christansdad]

No COD.

[@lifepaththirteen2776]

Lmao

[@cedricgordon9813]

Lls

[@audfosutv2500]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@blkpanther11]

🤣😅 I Hear That

[@jessicatennis4666]

OMG I am in the Carlton rabbit-hole now. Amazing, and I actually want to buy this! LOL

[@nicolesantana4376]

Had a crush on Alfonso after seeing this commercial as a kid at 9 years old.

[@jodysmith8048]

Most people don't know that Alfonso Rivero put out several albums and was supposed to be in New Edition but for unfair reasons he wasn't put in the group then he went on to be in Silver Spoons then on to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

[@beachboi6196]

How he not from Boston

[@U_cant_argue_so_you_dont_reply]

Never happened

[@cm6534]

He put out several singles. He said recently that it's always been his dream to record a full album. Gonna need your sources on the new edition thing because Google can't find it anywhere. So, most people don't know these things because they aren't true

[@U_cant_argue_so_you_dont_reply]

@ he also never said he wanted to do a full album Lies lies everywhere lies. Im sure you guys can find a more interesting subject to make up stuff about

[@trinidadmetroid]

Alfonso is SOOOOO TALENTED...he should be in more movie roles...

[@Attmay]

He should go back to theater since that's where he started in THE TAP DANCE KID before he was cast on SILVER SPOONS.

[@philthy2234]

Huh?? Lol

[@lifepaththirteen2776]

He killed it on the movie "Ticks" 😂

[@Hassanhadi2607]

He said in an interview that No one would cast him after the show because they just can’t see him playing anyone other than Carlton because he played him so good. Quite sad man imagine playing a part so well that people tell you you can’t play anyone else. They’re really missing out on a very talented man where if they gave him a chance they would’ve loved him

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi6473]

Will Smith took all his shine

[@briankh2007]

This is part of my time growing up in the 80s by watching this commercial on TV many times!!!!!

[@mitchellbanks34]

Damn. They actually had fuckin instruction manuals for break dancing and rapping ???😂😂😂😂

[@TikkiEXX]

Guess you missed the safety warning towards the end. You could legit get hurt trying to breakdance. I'd say rapping is more dangerous nowadays. Lmao

[@punkwarlord]

Remember those commercials that ended with, “Have your Mom or Dad order one now”? They weren’t marketing to parents they were activating the ultimate marketing strategy: kid-powered pestering. The ad wasn’t just selling a toy, it was planting an idea, a mission for kids to undertake. Kids didn’t hear “call this number” they heard, “This is your destiny.” Suddenly, they became pint-sized lobbyists, equipped with the facts (aka jingles) and the passion (borderline desperation) to convince their parents why this toy was the one thing standing between them and eternal happiness. The genius? Parents didn’t even realize they were the real audience. By the time their child was on their third rendition of the toy’s catchy slogan at 7 a.m., they were dialing that number just to make it stop. Looking back, it’s hilarious how transparent it was. But as kids, we thought those commercials were for us. Turns out, we were just the unpaid interns of an ingenious ad campaign.

[@ir10031981]

exactly 34 years ago this weekend, It's now August 2019. Yeah, Alfonso sure has come a long way, he's now hosting America's Funniest Home Videos.

[@yell0wberry]

As well as dancing with the stars

[@djjustdave]

Damn, $19.99?? That's actually a smokin' deal

[@christansdad]

If you convert that $19.99 + $3.00 shipping and handling in 1985 to 2019 dollars it is roughly $100.00.

[@anthrax6685]

It’ll be about $47 now

[@Mr90oo]

@@christansdad Where'd you get that number, bro? I'm looking up the equivalency to today's rates and I'm getting about $50

[@joehaddad3955]

@@Mr90oo bro just round it up to 100 smh

[@enzoeclipsed]

Legend has it he is still spinning to this very day

[@donaldduck4867]

I wanna learn how to do the Carlton!😂

[@CJHarrison87]

Classic from 1985! ❤️‍🔥

[@jnadle1]

Ricky Schroder had to learn those moves for a 1984 episode when Alfonso was on Silver Spoons.

[@PhakeNam]

Loved that show when I was a kid

[@blastofo]

I remember an episode of silver spoons where everyone thought alfonso was MJ.

[@yell0wberry]

We have Jason Bateman to thank for Alfonso Romero, if he didn’t leave the show, there would have been no room for him to come on

[@CruceEntertainment]

I wonder if demand has fallen enough now so that COD is possible?

[@axelfoley1406]

Alfonso: Can you rap?? Rappers today: We mumble

[@RamsLakersDodgers]

Most rappers today don’t mumble.I can tell you don’t listen to rap only to the people that tell you to hate rap.

[@deonjones7327]

😂 I’ve never seen this commercial a day in my life

[@yell0wberry]

Same here, otherwise I would’ve bought these for stocking stuffers

[@vjreimedia]

If there ever is a Napolean Dynamite Two, this would be in it.

[@sedmark6328]

You know he was the “least threatening” kid they could find on 1984 for this. Sad and yet hilarious

[@thevoicewalker593]

Videos like this...just like thissss, is why I love random youtube! The wonders you will discover.

[@steelhere5519]

- He said volume 2 is radical.

[@wetlazer]

Rap sheet is included...?

[@mikedonovan8501]

I am very sorry he didn’t have the success he deserved A very underrated artist I hope he’s doing well

[@wadec7]

My mom bought this for me when I was 8. I was disappointed that the cardboard didn't fold out in our living room. I eventually cut it up for a school project, still have the book, poster and cassette tape.

[@JoeHowze]

This actually a good deal 😂

[@yusufAA7]

Beat it jacket !!

[@TraceurDoc1]

I was waiting for the”No CODs” at the end. What a throwback!

[@PetersPianoShoppe]

I remember that “Rockit” re-record that appeared on some breakdance compilations from labels that couldn’t afford to license the original master.

[@ono3869]

If the Carlton is in this book, then I'm sold!

[@LeonSKennedyRE2]

Well, Alfonso, don't forget your infamous dance move. "The Carlton" 🎶"It's not unusual to be loved by anyone"🎶 😅😅😅😅😅

[@heruapocalypse2021]

I remember this just like it was yesterday.80's circa Archives 😎👍🏾🌴

[@frugglerock8786]

I had it as a fat red headed white boy in Kansas City. It did not launch my break dancing career......but thanks grandma! She also bought me that kickass garnishing set that you make a water melon into a shark and other cool stuff.

[@kxmode]

"Can you rap?" - Carlton Banks

[@caramelking-zf8wu]

Classic video !! 🏁

[@turdfurg47]

I love that rhis is a real commercial and its still got the old school video numbers at tge bottum

[@LexLuther078]

The number Still works !! 😳😳 2021

[@user-sh2rc5kc7x]

😂

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

Hahahaha the '80s were amazing!!!!!!!!!! 😂❤😂

[@GetBucks305]

Everybody still hates Chris brought me here 😂

[@gregwaltz5238]

I'm so tempted to call the number.

[@milestone_achiever4634]

He matured so much from ‘85 until 1990 when Fresh Prince debuted!!!

[@PhakeNam]

Can anyone tell me why there is a surge in traffic on this video today?

[@Remember-Death]

Breakdancing is "cool" again. 🤣🤣

[@SnowDog0]

Man I love the 80s. The book comes with a breaking board 😂

[@chris_cashflow666]

And all we got was the Cartlon for six years. Carlton is the real freshest dope prince

[@dianadamcknight9902]

His voice is so different now compared to this.I guess Hollywood told him to lose the NYC accent.

[@dianadamcknight9902]

@anonymouslakernerd7214 .I was speaking more on his accent not so much the voice itself. You can really his nyc accent compared to now.

[@yell0wberry]

I bet most of you folks forgot how he got his start, he was the lead in his own Broadway show, the tap, dance kid. One of his co-stars in that play was also the same chick who helped Arnold Drummond finally beat the Gooch.

[@jonnilightfoot]

Best White Elephant gift ever!! I wanna buy it!

[@devonp2756]

🤣

[@slimtimm1]

"Rap music" had already jumped the shark in 1984

[@rogerthat4545]

Rap is second only to rock and roll in revenue.. so of guess that depends on how you want to measure its success

[@thomasramirez718]

I need this asap!!!!

[@MrSchimpf]

I am so shocked the way he talks has NOT changed one bit at all. I could see him redoing this commercial 40 years later without one change.

[@EZFeTTy]

MAAN HOWD I MISS THISSSS !!!! THIS IS WILD !!!! I HAD TO LEARN BY WATCHING TV OR FRIENDS

[@shaniboo2672]

It’s the voice for me😅😂😂😂🤣

[@QueenImagoDei]

I want this!😁

[@iLLSHiNEz]

Before the Carlton dance he was poppin and lockin! 🤣

[@trentonbates3114]

Imagine a world where this stayed dominant instead of gangster rap taking over 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@jasonvoorhees895]

Wow, I remember this commercial. Had no idea it was a young Carlton

[@screwthecabal6453]

OH MY GOD! HE LOOKS TOO MUCH LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON! And, he's put alot of practice into his speaking abilities, very well versed. Taught pretty well by whoever taught him to speak about his (this?) product.

[@choppydell]

His parents are West Indian. They teach British English typically so kids of these families speak and pronunciate very well

[@felixgla30]

Wait till you see this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqCTm4xqjNt2f8U (he‘s the kid in the red jacket)

[@darrellhanson1840]

That machine got em spinning a long time

[@LetitGolazziter-uk9xi]

This is when breaking lost its truth😢

[@bxdale83]

This commercial was a year too late. In NYC 1984 was the peak of breakdancing and popping. 1985 the breakdancing craze was dying down in NYC. By 86 is was completely dead

[@charrua59]

Maeby in the usa. I bought this product living in Sweden back in 1986. Breakdance hade just started here.

[@bxdale83]

@@charrua59 Yeah it was popular in other countries as hip hop and breakdancing was introduced to them around 1983 but NY was the epicenter hip hop at the time and it was completely played out in NY in 86 while it was still popular in other cities in the US

[@yell0wberry]

Well, pal, breakdance is back as it is now an official sport in the summer Olympics

[@bxdale83]

@@yell0wberry No doubt pal, but I'm speaking on the specific period and time when this commercial came out. 1985 breaking was dying down in NYC. I am not speaking on its resurgence years later

[@ygaltuil]

And to later... The Carlton Dance 👍 Great Artists 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ahknabi]

Plus, step by step on how to do the Carlton! 😂😂😂

[@MFLMFE]

I had the K-TEL breakdancing instructional set with an awesome cassette of breaking music and poster/chart of moves

[@spk8489]

lolz this kid is great

[@GenuwineG]

What page is the Carlton dance?

[@johnjay7822]

It's real, all of it. This was before COD meant Call of Duty.

[@twown]

BLM used to be Bureau of Land Management.

[@Ricobaca]

Man I miss that shit.

[@MrJaxnbeFishing]

I’m still looking for them black & silver Nikes with the straps on Stock X🤣💪🏾

[@karlepaul6632]

I was going to get it, but due to popular demand, they didn't accept C.O.D.s

[@tallpaul9475]

It feels like yesterday.

[@questioneverythingtv]

Never saw this before pretty dope 💯

[@Remember-Death]

Those fools didn't even list their website on their commercial. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Modoruu]

Now That’s One To GrowOn😂

[@LarryCableGuy19]

Hopefully Raygun is watching this add and will make the purchase.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I do find it weird nobody seems to have this at all, or we would already have scans online of the booklet or even rips of the tape. I actually had this stupid thing. I was 8, I didn't really get much out of it.

[@lacessamino]

After they were held liable for numerous child injuries they scrapped all the copies.

[@rickeyryan303]

@@lacessamino sue happy parents, fucking joke.

[@AnonymousAccount514]

me too...i was 8

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@AnonymousAccount514 Nice.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@lacessamino That's what happens when your young and stupid!

[@PalBatey]

I grew up in the Bronx and I don't remember ever seeing this commercial on TV. Looks like it was intended for the 'burbs. I do remember the MJ Pepsi commercial though.

[@btk03z19]

Then you must not have had a tv.. J/k........ in the 70/80's everything was free to air transmission on major networks in all major/minor markets... so If the commercial was played on NBC, CBS and/or ABC in Upstate New York then it was played/broadcast on every TV in every area of NY (including the 5 Boroughs)... however, I remember seeing this commercial as a kid only 2 or 3 times at most.. it was played very sparsely so not many people saw it.. lmao

[@maximusprime3459]

He really rode the lil MJ thing til Corey Feldman stole his thunder

[@yourbeardispatchyaf]

😅🤣 Then Wade Robson

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

This was the summer of 1985, Thriller was still selling like crazy and Michael was in seclusion outside the We Are The World shoot...why wouldn't he?

[@brownstar5432]

@Maximus Prime: Not to mention Stoney Jackson from the 80s sitcom '227'.....You could tell that Stoney was a "Super-Fan" of MJ for sure.😃

[@darianbroomfield8361]

I know my generation is saying the 90’s is the best era ever but as a man that’s born in 1995 and truly loves the 80’s from break dancing and Dj and pioneer hip hop and the Jheri curls and the flashy flamboyant feminine clothes brothas was wearing I really wish I could have lived in that era as a teenager

[@anonymouslakernerd7214]

You can wear flashy flamboyant and feminine clothes now.

[@jmjfanss]

The 80s and 90's were terriffic era's.