80's Commercials Vol. 1066

These commercials aired on NBC on May 6th, 1984
1. Dodge Spring Rally
2. WNYT Station ID
3. "Knight Rider" will not be seen tonight (Aww...)
4. "V: The Final Battle" Intro
5. NBC Sunday Night At The Movies Intro
6. "V: The Final Battle" Commercial Bumper
7. Toyota Commercial Bumper
8. Toyota Corolla (Obviously filmed in San Francisco...the first scene at 1:42 was likely shot on Bradford Street and the second at 1:56 was definitely shot on Lombard Street)
9. Timex Quartz Watches
10. Stroh's
11. Visa
12. "V: The Final Battle" Commercial Bumper
13. Apple IIc (Designed to compete with IBM's PCjr; neither computer sold well)
14. Lipton Rice & Sauce
15. Crest
16. Folger's Coffee (Featuring the fictional character "Mrs. Olson" played by actress Virginia Christine. At a certain point they weirdly stopped using an apostrophe in their name)
17. NBC Sunday Night At The Movies Commercial Bumper
18. Promo for "Days Of Our Lives"
19. Marine Midland Bank
20. WNYT Station ID
21. NBC Sunday Night At The Movies Commercial Bumper
22. Stroh's
23. L'eggs Sheer Elegance (With Maggie Han)
24. Polaroid
25. Hellmann's Mayonnaise (♫ Bring out the Hellmann's, and bring out the hell ♫)
26. Promo for "You Are The Jury"
27. Promo for "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes"
28. 1984 Toyota Standard Bed Truck
29. Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
30. Fab Detergent
31. Lysol Deodorizing Cleaner
32. NBC Sunday Night At The Movies Commercial Bumper
33. Promo for "Family Secrets"
34. Promo for "Dream House" (Featuring Pat Sajak and Vanna White as celebrity guests on another game show!)
35. Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard (Damn, I had no idea they had variations to these ads beyond the one with the guys in cars spoofed in "Wayne's World". This is a great commercial...for me to poupon!)
36. WNYT 13 News Update (The anchorwoman at 12:17 is a young Chris Jansing, who is now one of the big daytime anchors on MSNBC. Even back then she looked like an Anime character brought to life!)
37. Mobil Super Unleaded Gasoline
38. Promo for "The Cancer Nobody Talks About" on WNYT 13 News (But...you just talked about it)
39. Dunkin' Donuts
40. WNYT Station ID
41. NBC Sunday Night At The Movies Commercial Bumper

[@yusakug]

1984 was the year I turned 7, and was starting to get into and becoming aware of pop culture. Transformers launched and captured my imagination, and I fell in love with movies when my two older brothers took me to see both Gremlins and Ghostbusters during the summer. Became more aware of music and MTV around that time, so it was a great year for me.

[@MyownpersonKeta]

Such great memories. I turned 8 in 84 I remember all of this. I miss these times.

[@1977kennyken]

I also was 7 in 1984. Good times. Team Gen X

[@spirals73]

@@1977kennyken Slightly older GenXer here. I was 11.

[@roristevens2810]

In the "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" special for 1981, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog claims that he sued Grey Poupon because everyone at his stand-up shows back then thought his catchphrase was a reference to their product.🤪

[@BearsinGamesNeo-qt5ww]

My family all watched V: The Final Battle together, and I had nightmares about the alien baby for years.

[@caesar349]

That definitely terrified me as a little kid! Still freaky

[@MyMelodyOfTheHeart]

Timex Quartz Watches- If a building that looked like a functional giant watch like the one in this commercial actually existed, I can imagine how much of a disturbance it would cause for people with the loud noises it would make, such as ticking. Lipton Rice And Sauce- This commercial marks the first time I’ve ever seen various people look overly satisfied eating something as simple as a packaged rice side dish.

[@billybarnett2846]

I vaguely remember this day. I was in 7th grade back then.

[@DGF2099]

Apple IIc's $1,300 price tag is the equivalent of $3,926.80 today, so it's not shocking it didn't sell...

[@hopegrimsley3427]

3:48- really great to see this ad the week of King’s Quest’s 40th anniversary as the game was originally developed for IBM PCjr (and then released to Apple IIc and other ports).

[@WilfredCthulu]

"Orange your kids!" I thought for sure she was going to eat that giant spoonful of hellmans.

[@spirals73]

I grew up in California so it was "Bring out the Best Foods..." but now I live in Wisconsin and it's Hellmann's this side of the Mississippi.

[@80sCommercialVault]

The delineation line between the two brands is actually the rocky mountains, which I assume is like a chaotic DMZ that sells both Hellmann's and Best Foods mayo side by side on store shelves.

[@CMmeows]

Apple had it better with the Apple II/e. All schools had them well into the 90s and had some great games like Carmen Sandiego, Picture Chompers, Number Munchers, Pizza To Go, and the very popular game we remember most known as The Oregon Trail. And I always seemed to have been or one of my party members died of dysentery.

[@carlosv3108]

At 1:48, it's Vernee Watson a.k.a. Will Smith's mom on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She also played a nurse on multiple Chuck Lorre sitcoms.

[@DanZero77]

I always got the Apple IIc and IIe mixed up, as I used both in school back in the day! The one here did look nicer and the keyboard felt different.

[@WWJD85]

I know sorta what's going on in that days of our lives promo. Roman Brady is chasing down Stefano DeMiera. Stefano planted a bomb in the salem concert hall. It was during the Salem Slasher storyline.

[@hopegrimsley3427]

I love the cheesy Grey Poupon ad. It is so over the top and I’m all for it. I did some research and the classical music piece that plays in the background is Handel’s Water Music Suite 2 “Alla Hornpipe.”

[@rstyeast73]

Love that Stroh's ad 3:02. "Alex, you better be drinking your water."

[@DJSeanE]

Is that Carol Potter from 90210 in the VISA commercial at 3:12?

[@yusakug]

2:45 - Neat trick, but I question the sanitary nature of it…

[@80sCommercialVault]

Also, imagine having to take your dog to AA meetings...

[@yusakug]

@@80sCommercialVaultHey, at least Spuds MacKenzie wouldn’t feel left out being the only dog at AA.

[@hopegrimsley3427]

I love the Stroh’s commercial with the dog bartender (2:50)

[@TTrigg]

No Knight Rider tonight..guess the world really was waiting for more V{as was i) "V: The Final Battle" Intro-Danny Dark(r.i.p) sold the hell out of this Toyota Corolla-with Vernee Watson Stroh's-a)Alex:"There's more Stroh's in the fridge..these two are mine." Visa-Cindy before she met Jim Walsh,had a family and moved with them out to Beverly Hills Days Of Our Lives-seems they shouldve enlisted the help of one Jack Bauer Stroh's b) Alex was the driver of that truck You Are The Jury-i'd say that the wife was plotting to have him killed TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes-has to be a V blooper reel out there Family Secrets-hopefully none were worth being disowned for Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard-guy has plenty on hand for whenever Aquaman needs some WNYT 13 News Update-if there ever should be another live-action adaptation of any sci-fi anime,Chris should be who they have in mind for the news anchor scenes The Cancer Nobody Talks About-..but should more often