80's Commercials Vol. 178

[@violetzebras]

I think that might be Marj Dusay in the Datsun ad. I know her from soap operas, but she was also Blair's mom on The Facts of Life. So yeah, a rich, snobby mom like Lucille.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@simplyvk The national ban on cigarette advertising was passed in 1970 via the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act. Tobacco manufacturers like Backwoods Smokes got around this by selling cigarillos instead, which were not covered under this act.

[@gli7utubeo]

There's one of those weird soft toilet seats in my house. I always wondered where it came from. Now I know. True Value, 1982. Thanks!

[@80sCommercialVault]

@Fairia The name was a combination of the names of the guys who founded it.

[@Clay3613]

Vice Squad is pretty seedy and hilarious.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@rockergirl83 These aren't cigarettes...they're mini cigars. The product was essentially designed to skirt the TV advertising ban on cigarettes. After 1970, ads for cigarettes weren't allowed on television. You could still advertise other tobacco products before 1986 though.

[@surferbri5346]

80sCommercialVault omg, youve never eaten at a Big Boy restaurant? youre missing out big time, most tasty

[@80sEric]

You made my day with the Sambos commercial! I remember having a discussing with someone during my high school days whether or not these still existed. Also, that is soap actress Sydney Penny in the "Grizzly Adams" promo.

[@HamptonRoadsTVFan]

This could also be considered the "sportscasters announcing for commercials" block (at least with the True Value ad featuring Pat Summerall's voice-over and TWA with Don Criqui).

[@80sCommercialVault]

@agltbialik This movie is actually just plain "Vice Squad". "Hollywood Vice Squad" was released in '86. I posted a spot for it in Vol. 120. I'm sure they're VERY different movies LOL

[@snoopygirl68]

Isn't that Art Hindle in the Datsun ad?

[@blugreen123]

@MrPeachlover there's nothing like getting your tushie stuck to the seat every time you use it. LOL

[@dixgun]

I've been looking for the "New Backwoods Smokes" advert for quite a while. It appeared at a time when it seemed there were no cigarette adverts on TV. It quickly disappeared. Thanks again. Enjoyed seeing those other adverts as well, most of which I can't remember very well .. !

[@tonyktown]

6:10 OMG, I almost forgot my old "Atomic Cockroach" the Datsun B210. Slower than all hell, but so damned dependable!

[@Vebinz]

Boy that's one expensive call to England! $2.40 in today's rate is about $5.30 for three minutes! I can't say I am choked up opver Bell getting broken up with these prices.

[@daved1974]

these restaraunt prices are very depressing you cant even get food that cheep at a fast food joint

[@DanZero77]

Ok, before I even started watching, I laughed at your first description - (This is what happens when you employ a crazy old hobo to look after a beer factory) Perfectly described. I see this Vice Squad is a bit more serious than it is funny (from Vol 120) I'm sure the American Motors ad was a Sedelmaier creation. His style is evident throughout the whole thing. Thanks for the first Datsun ad, I wanted to see a full length one from this year, I saw another one somewhere else that was cut off.

[@raptonx]

14 I'mma firing mah toothpaste! 17 Yeah, that thing was pretty terrifying. Great ads as always :).

[@Jukesette]

@ 0:33 is that person dressed like Columbia from 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'?

[@sailoritaly]

0:34 Magenta?!

[@80sCommercialVault]

The character from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that you're thinking of is Columbia

[@JoshinatorMarker]

I want a vinyl toilet seat!!!

[@jakethreesixty]

ha AMC eagles were awesome, my 77' jeep key has the amc logo on it, and NO you don't want a vinyl toilet seat, they get EXTREMELY cold in the winter...

[@kycruisecrazy]

Ahhhhhhh the memories LOL

[@daved1974]

what's really sad is that not even McDonalds whose food is pure crap don't have combos for 1.99 in 2013

[@glennmartin1982]

How did you get these old episodes of SNL?

[@mindbreaker21601]

AMC Oh God

[@Zanaaa50]

Why would you want your toilet to have brown carpeting all around it? Can you say ewwww?

[@timothysprengeler4071]

1:00--Those soft toilet seats were a fad at that time. We had one similar to this. 3:03--Interesting how they were able to get around the cigarette advertising ban by making "cigarillos", or mini cigars. 3:33--I loved Sambo's when I was a kid! Don't recall having breakfast there, though. Kind of a pity that the controversy over their name led to their downfall. 4:04--"Datsun--Product of Nissan." I think this was shortly before they officially rebranded. 6:33--I remember a lot of beer commercials from this period (despite being a decade too young to legally drink the stuff in 1982), but surprisingly I don't seem to recall this one, given its catchy jingle and Irish theme. 7:03--We had Marc's Big Boy in my area back then, but like Sambo's, they are sadly a thing of the past (at least around here).

[@bigmankralc]

OH god the Leprechaun! OH god! I should haved watched this in the day time! OH GOD!

[@LindaFromSeaAtTull]

I miss Big Boy!

[@JoshinatorMarker]

@blugreen123 lol but they are comfortable

[@Zeskents]

They don't make commercials like they use too :|

[@SeraphisCain]

Hahaha. A Natural Light commercial attempting to claim that it's actually a good beer. Ahahaha. Nobody drinks Natural Light for any reason other than that it's the beer equivalent of Wal-Mart brand soda. *lol*

[@Bcoble003]

Whats more natural than natural light? a bowel movement.