80's Commercials Vol. 216

[@Idoljunky32]

Wow, I remember Night Flight, and those Pepsi commercials are TV history! I remember that fix-it ad also, mainly because I remember my dad redoing the bathroom while reading that book.

[@TheREALforeverone]

I have to say, these are the best set of commercials so far. It's nice to go back in time once in a while. :)

[@JosephAconite]

Now that line about "Coffee Achievers" in Weird Al's "Dare to be Stupid" makes sense beyond just rhyming.

[@PBoyB2010]

I still have those Time Life books.

[@DanZero77]

Kitchens & Bathrooms from Time Life books -- a real 80s memory on independent networks too!

[@hopegrimsley3427]

My parents had those Time-Life DIY books. Plus several other series 🤣

[@itme999]

Heh, I love the way they make 1990 sound so futuristic.

[@vmtrevino2]

WOW! the commercial that shifted Michael Jackson's life.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@Brieannas21 It says directly in the promo what her major accomplishments were. She starred in the film version of "Fame" (And sung the theme song) and also wrote/sang the theme to "Flashdance".

[@swoletrain44]

Oh goodness...The Time Life books. Made every dad a "handy-man".

[@snoopygirl68]

I miss the old USA Network. Someone should bring back Night Flight/Radio 1990 to cable. At least there would be something decent to watch on tv.

[@m3trooper]

When I see Alfonso Ribeiro doing the "moonwalk", all I can picture is Carlton from FRESH PRINCE doing the "Carlton Dance"! lol

[@timothysprengeler4071]

0:11 and 5:07--Thanks to these commercials, I still associate the song "Billie Jean" with Pepsi after all these years. 0:42--On the other hand, I don't seem to remember ELO's "Hold On Tight" being used to promote coffee. 4:25--Sadly, Irene Cara passed away not too long ago. She was a member of the "Short Circus" group on The Electric Company in its first season, and many of her sketches were reused in later seasons. She is probably best known as the singer of the theme songs from "Flashdance" and "Fame" in the early 80's,

[@holbrooke7]

Michael Jackson and Pepsi. Because that worked out well for him. And now I get that "coffee achiever" line in "Dare To Be Stupid."

[@80sCommercialVault]

@Jeff98177 It was probably a call forwarding center affiliated with the USA network.

[@blugreen123]

those Pepsi ads are American treasures it's funny to hear about "the hippest New Wave' & "Billie Jean being a current hit those bathing suit ladies are sure lookers!

[@peugeotrider2016]

R.I.P.Mike

[@YodaPagoda]

Was that Kurt Vonnegut in the 'Heart' Coffee commerical?

[@Jeff98177]

The pnone numbers they give for the Time Life books are the same ones as for the bathing suits.

[@irrespondible]

And that performance is what literally made him addict to painkillers and surgeries... SHAME ON YOU, PEPSI AND YOUR SWEET NEW GENERATION! *LONG LIVE COKE!!*

[@MuzikJunky]

@Brieannas21 She was also a member of the Short Circus during the first season of the 1971 version of "The Electric Company." Peace.

[@JepMasta]

Yes, you too can be a coffee achiever...or if you prefer, just sit around your house, watching "Leave it To Beaver". The Future's Up to You. What are YOU Gonna do?

[@gigi4ey]

Awesome :)

[@Brieannas21]

Well let me clarify, I was born in '81 so I would say that I was a 80's kid.

[@Brieannas21]

@80sCommercialVault Ok, I just don't remember her at all. From the promo they were making her out to be some big up and coming artist. That's why I was like "Who the heck is Irene Cara." I can't recall her.

[@miketroncin749]

:46 - Kurt Vonnegut ftw

[@adkitchen]

That's the pepsi commercial that burned Michael Jackson! And they say, got him hooked on pain relievers.

[@emtcowboy1968]

NightFlight...lol

[@TheeKookyWildflower]

Being a 80s kids and being born in the 80s aren't the same things.

[@Brieannas21]

@MuzikJunkyAES That was before my time.

[@Brieannas21]

Who the heck was Irene Cara? I'm a 80's kid and I don't remember her at all.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

@80sCommercialVault Heck, I might call them in 2014 if possible.

[@Brieannas21]

nope, I was born '81.

[@mulletboater]

was their night time line up mostly highly censored soft porn back then?, or was that mostly an early 90's thing? All my memories of USA are very random, low quality, last resort TV. Now it blends into the background, with law and order reruns, and the same crap as everybody else. USA always sucked, but it was a unique cable snowflake back then.

[@TheeKookyWildflower]

Then you're a 90s kid