80's Commercials Vol. 1038

These commercials aired on ABC on December 14th, 1980
1. Vaseline
2. Chimère by Prince Matchabelli
3. Cling Free (Grandma absolutely knew she was wrong the whole time. 1:03 You can read on the mom's face that she was nervous about her daughter challenging her authority in the laundry room)
4. TV Spot for "9 to 5" (Any ad for this that doesn't use the theme song is a fail in my book)
5. Promo for "Taxi" and "Soap" and "Vega$" (Dan's plans for holiday nookie are RUINED by the responsibilities of fatherhood)
6. ABC Station ID
7. AT&T
8. Big Red
9. Promo for "Eight Is Enough" (That Nicholas kid looks to have about as much hair as Lumpy from "The Star Wars Holiday Special" i.imgur.com/7N...)
10. "Charlie's Angels" Commercial Bumper
11. Promo for "Monday Night Football"
12. Robitussin Cough Medicine (Guys...you're just making it way too complicated)
13. WOKR News Bumper
14. "Charlie's Angels" Commercial Bumper
15. Vaseline Intensive Care (Cults were really big back then, huh? They're definitely going to need hand lotion if they just keep clapping like that all day)
16. Easy To Be Me (This guy was fired later that week for leering at the female customers)
17. Promo for “The Night The City Screamed" (5:53 a young Jonathan Frakes aka Commander William Riker from Star Trek TNG)
18. Chanel No 5 Perfume (This is such an iconic ad, and feels very mid 80's in style despite being produced in 1979)
19. Instant Quaker Oatmeal
20. Colgate
21. Fresh Start Detergent
22. Promo for "Charlie's Angels" (This was a repeat of the episode "Consenting Adults" from the first season in 1976. 8:23 this scene used professional skateboarder Stacy Peralta as Farrah Fawcett's skateboard double)
23. "Charlie's Angels" End Credits (8:38 It's awesome to hear a V/O promo for the original ABC airing of "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas", which is one of my favorite Christmas specials. I hope to find a recording of that one of these days)
24. ABC News Brief (Partial. John Lennon was murdered on 12/8/80, this memorial in Central Park was held just under a week later. A memorial concert in Liverpool was also held on the same day)

[@yusakug]

5:15 - There's a fine line between loving your job, and creeping out your customers, sir.

[@sunnyjohnson992]

9 to 5 is still a classic! 🤩

[@yusakug]

6:51 - The first person to be excited by the mention of raisins...I bet he's that weird kid who was happy to get raisins on Halloween instead of candy.

[@shenloken2]

It’s 1980 but still looks and feels like the 70’s! First few years of a new decade usually feels like the last! 2020 broke that trend: but not in a good way….

[@hopegrimsley3427]

I noticed that too when I watched the commercial sets from 1990 that were recently posted. Most of the ads looked like they were from the late 80s. 1980 looked like the late 70s.

[@MyMelodyOfTheHeart]

Vaseline- With the overall feel of this commercial, I can totally see someone making a comic book or a TV show about Vaseline Petroleum Jelly secretly being a superhero called, “Wonder Jelly”. Instant Quaker Oatmeal- Hard to imagine a kid like this one in this commercial getting excited about something as dull as instant oatmeal. Must be the load of sugar in the flavors of the instant oatmeal that gets him excited for the sugar rush he’s about to receive.

[@HeatherNorrisArtist]

I was about to be born!

[@wesleyrussell8386]

slightly less than 10 years until I was born! love seeing old TV!

[@TTrigg]

Vaseline-"Wonder Jelly"sounds like the name of a drug from a cyberpunk-themed film Taxi-Rev.Jim's family is just as out there as he is Soap-Jessica would later face a firing squad because of this guy😢 Vega$-"If you think i'm going to be your dad,think again!" Eight Is Enough-R.I.P Adam Rich and Lani O'Grady Robitussin-all of the above will suffice Vaseline Intensive Care-Clapping Across America Easy To Be Me-he probably got slapped quite a few times on his job.. The Night The City Screamed-"Next time,on Star Trek The Next Generation..a holodeck malfunction traps Riker in a modern day city..and a blackout causes chaos!" Chanel No.5 Perfume-..and then she woke up Instant Quaker Oatmeal-with RAITHINS Charlie's Angels- 8:35 cue the car and the ice cream truck exploding simultaneously

[@hopegrimsley3427]

Also RIP Dick Van Patten

[@DanZero77]

Best moment: 1:07! "HUH."

[@michaelcalia5454]

VERY clean video.