80's Commercials Vol. 1023

These commercials aired on WMSN in October of 1986
1. "Heathcliff" Commercial Bumper
2. McDonald's
3. Promo for "The Munsters", "The Addams Family", "Mr. Ed", "Batman" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
4. WMSN Commercial Bumper
5. Circus Fun Cereal (This cereal embodies the sadness that is circus)
6. "Heathcliff" Commercial Bumper
7. Corn Pops
8. Promo for "Witch's Night Out" (A pretty weird cartoon that positively drips 70's cheese, but it used to air all the time on The Disney Channel in October when I was a kid so I do have some nostalgia for it)
9. Promo for "Mr. Ed"
10. WMSN Commercial Bumper
11. Golden Grahams
12. Promo for "Puttin' On The Kids" (I believe the kid seen at 4:40 is Dante Basco who later played Rufio in "Hook")
13. Centurions
14. Watchimals
15. McDonald's (With Halloween Pumpkin Happy Meal)
16. Honey Nut Cheerios (With Victoria Jackson, this aired during her first season on SNL)
17. "Heathcliff" Commercial Bumper
18. Legions Of Power Tech Dynasty Planetary Control Vehicle
19. Lite Brite
20. Ice Capades
21. More To Come...
22. Promo for "Scooby-Doo"
23. The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (We actually had this record, possibly bought through this commercial)
24. "Scooby-Doo" End Credits (♫ Come on get involved, till the mystery is solved ♫ Pretty much every Scooby-Doo theme song back then rocked)
25. Promo for "MASK"
26. "Heathcliff" Commercial Bumper
27. Frosted Flakes (It just wouldn't be a piece of 80's media involving a ski resort without some bullies irrationally picking on the main character for no reason: • South Park - Stan Darsh )
28. Cinnamon Toast Crunch (With Santa Bear Sweepstakes)
29. WMSN Halloween Safety PSA (Brought to you by Rayovac, Burger King and creepy Jem costumes)
30. WMSN Commercial Bumper
31. Promo for "Witch's Night Out"
32. Legions Of Power
33. "Heathcliff" Commercial Bumper
34. Pumpkin Kutter (There's something so incredibly nostalgic about the packaging seen at 14:28)
35. "Heathcliff" End Credits (The Heathcliff theme is definitely in the top 10 best 80's theme songs)
36. Promo for "Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors"
37. "MASK" Intro (The MASK theme is definitely in the top 5 best 80's theme songs)
38. "Mask" Commercial Bumper
39. Jem
40. Promo for "Scooby-Doo"
41. Anti Alcohol PSA
42. WMSN Commercial Bumper
43. Promo for "Witch's Night Out"
44. Promo for "The Coneheads" (An animated special produced by Rankin-Bass that originally aired in 1983. Before seeing this promo here I had no idea that it even existed)
45. Froot Loops (With the voice of June Foray and Paul Frees as Toucan Sam. He died only a few weeks after this on 11/2/86)
46. Raisin Bran

[@yusakug]

Circus Fun cereal is the living embodiment of sugary kid's cereals from the 80s that it almost seems like a parody of children's cereal.

[@MSP10julia]

I wish Circus Fun cereal would come back for a new generation with new ingredients.

[@bluetwinkiesaregood]

80s cartoons had the best theme songs!

[@ken_danerdiest1]

I agree!

[@yusakug]

More 1986 goodness from my local WMSN network out of Madison, which would soon become Fox 47. Watched their kids programmings frequently, so I was probably watching this broadcast back when it aired.

[@yusakug]

18:30 - I remember seeing this one. The plot for this animated special was somewhat similar to the Coneheads movie from 93.

[@jasonx1580]

I noticed that, too. Otherwise, I don't remember that cartoon at all.

[@jasonx1580]

I have ZERO memory of a Coneheads cartoon, and I was 7 in 1986.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Originally aired October 14th, 1983 on NBC

[@DanZero77]

Witch's Night Out was featured on 70s Commercials Vol 22! I watch that video every year just for the banging theme song! But I forgot about how banging the Legions of Power is too (seen on previous 80s volumes here) BUILD.... FOR BATTLE!

[@phillyradiogeek]

Much has been made of the weird art featured in the channel bumpers, but I need to mention the music. It sounds like what an adult thinks children's music should sound like. Almost like a bunch of sound effects put together that just happens to make a melody. I assume it's just generic production music, but I'd like to find a copy of it!

[@iangraham9988]

It literally sounds like music they used in a creepy old numbers station

[@juicebirdmedia1406]

There’s a local bar in my neighborhood and I always highjack one of the TV’s from my phone with your commercial playlists.

[@yusakug]

11:12 - When will bullies learn not to tease the kid hanging out with the animated tiger? It never ends well when you challenge them to sports or games.

[@MyMelodyOfTheHeart]

Circus Fun Cereal- If I saw a stop motion clown come that come to life from the cereal box like that, I would quickly put the cereal box back in the cupboard and get another cereal. 10. WSMN Commercial Bumper- I could totally see that Egyptian image at 3:51 being a giant mascot statue in front of a casino in Las Vegas.

[@yusakug]

15:31 - Jace and the Wheeled Warriors and MASK - two of the best cartoon themes of the 80s. Just throw in "No Guts, No Glory" and "Rangers Are Forever" from the Galaxy Rangers, and you have a jam.

[@yusakug]

8:59 - I guess even back then they weren't waiting for Halloween to end before hawking Christmas. But, who am I to judge? I was making out the first draft of my Christmas List by August when I was a kid.

[@80sCommercialVault]

It has more to do with the 3-6 weeks for delivery, as if they started advertising this in late November or early December it couldn't be guaranteed to arrive in time for Christmas. September/October is when pretty much all of the Christmas music compilations started airing on TV back then.

[@jenniferseghers9355]

Today I learned that Chuck Lorre wrote for Heathcliff.

[@HeatherNorrisArtist]

That witch really creeps me out.

[@WilfredCthulu]

Had those pumpkin cutters they worked alright.

[@gfeather]

That MASK theme song rocks. Would love to see a MASK live action movie

[@DGF2099]

Anyone else besides me think that the Circus Fun Cereal commercial would work as a Play Doh commercial, with a few changes?

[@TTrigg]

Centurions-Neill Blomkamp for a live-action adaptation Watchimals-@5:46 ..you okay there little guy..? Frosted Flakes-"GRRR!" Legions Of Power-love that early CGI Anti Alcohol PSA-with Kurtis Blow

[@charliejoson9145]

I'm glad I was able to watch a little bit of Jem and the Holograms (as well as The Beverly Hills Teens) on [a now defunct channel] KidsCo. The cartoon gave me a lot of 80's aesthetic

[@30over3]

18:00 - It's Halloween, Witch Magick!!

[@ryanangelastro504]

1:05 wrong superhero guys.