80's Commercials Vol. 263

[@schmootheonly]

Oh man this was such a trip for me.. Real Ghostbusters, Wendy's commercial with Dave Thomas... and Toys R Us! I remember the first time I walked into a Toys R Us in 1994 after moving from a small town to the city, seriously I thought life couldn't get any better...

[@RaveSacks]

Watching these various sets of commercials always takes me back to a wonderful time when tv/entertainment were amazing. There was always something worth watching. I think it's safe to say that commercials were taken for granted back then as I'd rather watch these on youtube rather than turn on my hdtv now.

[@ScratStitch]

As a child who was terrified of growing up, I took great comfort in those Toys R Us commercials that said adults could be "big kids" too.

[@Idoljunky32]

Loved all those old TV shows! That's when TV was worth watching!! The Toys R Us ads bring back fond memories of my childhood! Just this past Thursday they aired It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown on ABC. Wish it was on CBS thou, remember the old CBS Special Presentation Clip they ran before every holiday cartoon special! The one with the bongo drums!!! As a child back in the late 70's early 80's, when ever you heard that you know something great was gonna come on!!

[@Jeff98177]

I had a Prodigy account. I still remember my account number after all these years. I left it when AOL came onboard and was easier and quicker to use. Bounty wasn't always paper towels. I'd almost forgotten that.

[@ThisGuyFrritz]

We got Prodigy after my dad learned about IBM compatible PCs and DOS and stuff. It was a useful online service for checking out weather forecasts, movie (and music) reviews and news. We could communicate via e-mail to those we know who were also Prodigy members. We could go on the bulletin board where we could discuss various things like computers, movies, politics, religion, science... just to name a few. There were even celebrities, such as Roy Disney - oh yeah, even guys like Mick Jagger was on Prodigy.

[@blugreen123]

those Luv's & Toys R Us ads are so sweet. stuffed animals that cry, really? so many fond memories of TGIF... I love the new Wendy'snburgers McDonald's has to put "pork" on the McRib containrs so people will know what they're eating what was "Free Spirit?" that Wrigley's jingle is so beyond epic. I had no idea gum was so patriotic.

[@SMAXZO]

Toys R Us: You will never outgrow us....until you see how much it cost for a barely articulated action figure.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@m3trooper Prodigy is now a subsidiary of AT&T and is still the leading ISP in Mexico.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@dobbins2550 It was called "The Real Ghostbusters Halloween Special" for a reason...

[@utubepunk]

Slimer & the Real Ghost Busters Halloween special NEXT! Love it when cartoons back in the day did special Halloween & Christmas episodes. Don't think they do that anymore. Loved the RGB growing up- along with GIJOE and Transfomers, it formed my holy trinity of cartoon awesomeness.

[@xheathermichelle]

I used to use Prodigy, haha!

[@xheathermichelle]

Oh and these commercials aired the day my younger brother was born, lol.

[@bigmankralc]

What a coincidence, McRib is back right now :D

[@djokeefe]

"I petition for this jingle to become the National Anthem in the event of a zombie apocalypse or other large-scale disaster." Or petition Wrigleys to make a new commercial based on the one in this volume. Because, I agree, that jingle is one of the best I have ever heard.

[@Clay3613]

REAL GHOSTBUSTERS AND THE MCRIB? AWESOME!

[@therealBALLOONKNOT]

I miss those weird off brand sitcoms in the 80's like small wonder and other ones like that.

[@nkaio5]

I'm with you on the Wrigley's thing

[@LenaAndreia]

I thought so too 'til I happened to be looking through my senior yearbook the other day. I graduated in 2002. I'm not sure if he died in 2001 or 2002, but he was listed in the section where they documented what famous people died during that school year.

[@LenaAndreia]

I can't believe that Dave Thomas has been gone over ten years...

[@80sCommercialVault]

@McSurly I've actually posted two episodes of the show on my channel.

[@Dragonrider1227]

Little Lost and Founds. Sell your toys through GUILT!!! XD

[@CarlD2]

Those Bounty ads are really good. Anything But Love is one of those shows which garnered acclaim at the time but seems to have been forgotten soon after it went off the air. Were they playing a real video game in the Toys R Us ad? I miss Dave Thomas.

[@GodsBurden]

@PatrioticFront merged with mindspring and earthlink, which was in turn bought by AT&T. Dialup ended up being dropped after that.

[@J-52]

"It's an offer from Crest that will make everybody smile." Clearly, this announcer has not watched Bambi with children...

[@80sCommercialVault]

The Hallmark of a good movie, even a good animated movie, is not to simply entertain children. Bambi was made for a general movie-going audience in 1942.

[@miketroncin749]

I believe that they said the offer would make them smile, not the movie

[@FSinWCR]

Uh, that's more information about Kevin Arnold's crotch than I really needed to ever know.

[@DanZero77]

I got hip to Prodigy in 1993, 2 months before they dropped the totally "unlimited" access. You were charged an hourly fee to use their BBs (forums) after that. BOO! But their web browser was the first I used! Right on with the Wrigley's jingle. Way to cash in in the event of tragedy! (see: 9/11)

[@SMAXZO]

Wrigley's..it goes with a zombie apocalypse.

[@bigmankralc]

@amnyalen I live in Wisconsin so I believe the states surrounding me as well.

[@deadmetalbr]

prodigy was mind-blowing to 5-year-old me.

[@xenshia]

What was "Free Spirit"? Also, LOL at that anti-cannabis commercial with the brain waves.

[@80sCommercialVault]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Spirit_(TV_series)

[@m3trooper]

CompuServe = defunct. Prodigy = defunct. AOL = defunct...... Oh wait..... ;-)

[@33skoalbandit]

You're goddamn right it's McRib time!

[@doctorwhofan1989]

That Toys R Us advert was awfully dubbed.

[@80sCommercialVault]

It's almost as bad as the word "advert"

[@therealmaskedheel]

Really? I thought it was about 6 years or so.

[@KynnediHaris]

God damn. Why wasn't I born.

[@eriksojka9209]

Oh God the mcrib. !!! Gross!!!!