80's Commercials Vol. 37

These commercials aired on local ABC affiliate KGO on May 4th, 1987 and January 10th, 1987. Thanks to my cousin David for recording these.
1. Super Golden Crisp (Sugar Bear is definitely on something)
2. GE
3. Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
4. Best Foods Light Mayonnaise
5. Promo for "Superstars And Their Moms"
6. Promo for "The North Avenue Irregulars"
7. Anso V Worry-Free Carpet (With Don Rickles!)
8. Diet Dr. Pepper (Weird)
9. Promo for Channel 7 News
10. Promo for "Moonlighting" and "Max Headroom"
11. Promo for "Loving"
12. Green Sweep (The image of the lawn eating people will haunt me for awhile)
13. Baseball Lottery Scratchers (That dog falling down has to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen)
14. Nissan (OMG! Amazing!)
15. Promo for "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
16. Channel 7 News Intro (Partial)
17. Zenith (No longer a major electronics brand)
18. Alka-Seltzer
19. Certs (Oh yeah!)
20. Prudential (Probably the most exciting commercial for insurance ever)
21. Zenith
22. Promo for "Good Morning America"
23. Promo for Shirley MacClaine's "Out On A Limb" (This is the movie where she dramatized all of her past life experiences. I'm sure it isn't crazy at all)

[@drryles]

These commericials were on at exactly the halfway point in my life...22 years ago. Remember them well. Best wishes, Dr. Ryles

[@UberCamm]

I'm trying to figure out how old you would be now like a dang math puzzle edit I think you are 56 in the year 2021

[@tgreer72]

The 80's were a blast! And it was a more relaxed time in one sense, but there actually WAS huge pressure to be perfect...it was the 80's afterall!! Hair, clothes, accessories - all VERY important in those days,...you didn't see many people in their jammies at Wal-Mart back then.... ;)

[@navyboijake21]

The fisherman in the Wrigleys ad, played Rose's cousin Sven in the "Golden Girls"

[@NuMBERNYC]

Holy sh!t Oprah's hair was a fuccing sculpture!

[@HaterzBWare]

-Don Rickles as Carpet? His best role ever! -Did that "North Avenue Irregulars" end up being one of those Disney DVDs that get locked up in the "Vault" in an attempt to cash grab? -Dr. Pepper girl was making horse looking faces, lol. Plus I love the visual effect of the Soda floating then she grabs it. And I want the "Throw Your Diet A Curve" song on MP3. -I actually remember when Max Headroom debuted, it was a very odd tv show to have been spun off from a TV add. -Car ad Dance Montages rock!!

[@dinahkyle3196]

RIP Don rickles

[@timothysprengeler4071]

0:30--The music in the GE commercial is "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart. 1:00--One out of many great jingles used by Wrigley's over the years. For some strange reason, this one reminds me of the theme song from the late 1980's/early 90's TV show "Perfect Strangers." 7:03 and 8:50--My family's first color TV set (purchased in 1977) was a Zenith. It was a 19", which was considered a standard size for TV screens back then. 7:49--Certs used to be my usual brand of breath mints, but these days I have a hard time finding them in my area.

[@DanZero77]

That Nissan ad... where 80s cars, culture, and nightmarish choreography collide!

[@mefault]

Yeah, I remember & love that Nissan commercial very well as a kid. It's a pretty exciting ad!!!

[@RoxyAlexander]

I agree with you: the dog falling over in the lottery commercial is PURE HILARITY!! I have shown it to everyone I know and it is now a clasic among my friends & family. Thanks! Who knows if that commercial exists anywhere else anymore?? Do you think companies keep the reels of their commercials forever?

[@MeInTX]

Ahh...the beginning of the end of "Moonlighting". Did Don Rickles need money that bad back then? He couldn't even get them to let him do it as a voiceover? I love how the mom in the lawn care commercial doesn't seem the least bit concerned that the yard just ate her family. I wouldn't date your dispatcher, Certs pilot guy. When you break up, don't expect to work during the day ever again! I had one of those mini-Zeniths. It worked pretty well and lasted about 15 years or so.

[@Xtrov]

I miss Sugar Bear... hell I haven't heard a golden crisps commercial in years.

[@Lovejazz01]

The 80’s.. when a 9 inch tv was enough to watch tv on lol

[@draveed]

For the first half of the 80s, my family's living room TV was a 13 inch set resting on top of a broken B&W set. Then in 1985 my dad came home with a color 25 inch TV with remote. I was blown away! I think my mom kept that TV until everyone was forced to switch to digital antennas.

[@averagejustin]

OMG i remember max headroom was talked about on vh1's i love the 80's.

[@coololds85]

I am still glad I own my 1986 Zenith advanced system 3 Console TV all is it need is a new color tube and its great

[@dalepremier]

Super GOLDEN Crisp was called Super SUGAR Crisp in the 70's and early 80's. yum yum

[@80sCommercialVault]

I'm pretty sure Oprah's hair effected the movement of the tides that year.

[@Handlethis81637]

Hey guy in the Certs commercial, give her some room. Jeez.

[@mst3kanita]

I want one of those small Zenith tv's.

[@snaccsize]

You know, theres something I've always wondered abiut commercials... do the majority of the same commercials debut in every state... or it is a whole different lineup for every state? I'd really like to know.

[@80sCommercialVault]

For network programming, there's an east coast and west coast feed. The commercials will vary between those feeds. For instance, Best Foods Mayonnaise only exists on the west coast, it's Hellmann's on the east coast. Local/regional commercials are inserted in by the local affiliate.

[@snaccsize]

Thank you, thats exactly what I wanted to hear. I appreciate the reply.

[@Trainlover1995]

KGO is my local ABC affiliate. For those of you who watched it in the 80s, I can confirm that Carolyn Johnson is still an anchor there. KGO-TV is fine, but KGO's radio station, which is owned by Cumulus Media instead of ABC nowadays, is a giant clusterfuck, with two format changes in 2011 and just this year that make it very clear Cumulus doesn't give two shits about us listeners, only money.

[@hrtvfan2870]

4:56 Yeah, Bryce (the character in question in the Max Headroom promo), that doesn't sound creepy at all. (Sarcasm mode off)

[@Lovejazz01]

That lawn commercial is creepy and makes me think of all the sinkhole incidents the last few years ..

[@timbreljedi]

8:31 "Come with me, I'm handsome and have half a mullet!"

[@CarlD2]

Thank you for the Loving promo! That Nissan ad is pitched to the wrong market. The carpet ad is scary. I'd blocked it out.

[@riot.poof99]

check out little Jenny Lewis in the Prudential commercial. adorbs.

[@dignityshmignity]

1. Sugar Bear. Hannibal from The A-Team would say he's "on the jazz". He would be right! 3. "Come on and get you some????????

[@coololds85]

Zenith little tvs in color amazing looks to

[@80sCommercialVault]

He also played Mike Love in the terribly cheesy Beach Boys biopic from the early 90's with the fake beards. That's what I know him from.

[@hoteljason]

80sCommercialVault "You're out of the band, Buckwheat!"

[@80sCommercialVault]

His wikipedia says he joined GMA in 1986.

[@charleslecki3609]

Those days when Paul Hogan was a bigger star than Bruce Willis .

[@Bijoux246]

ohmylord, this is great if only to see Randy Mantooth and his bizarre hair @ 5:09!!

[@purplemutantas]

@danielledrules well Tony the tiger says that frosted flakes are good for you.

[@jtomally9681]

Best Foods always had the best Mayonnaise. Too bad they don't make it anymore.

[@80sCommercialVault]

jtomally9681 What are you talking about? www.bestfoods.com/product/category/96341/mayonnaise

[@jtomally9681]

80sCommercialVault Well I live in Roanoke, VA and I haven't seen it anywhere in a very long time.

[@80sCommercialVault]

jtomally9681 Easy explanation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmann%27s_and_Best_Foods

[@jtomally9681]

80sCommercialVault I never realized that. No wonder that brand tastes so good. Thank you!

[@dirk.1979]

@@80sCommercialVault I live in Washington State, and they sell both Hellmans and Best Foods.

[@ajpecanic]

After watching a few of these, it struck me that Sugar Bear holds some resemblance to Snoop Dogg (or is it the other way around?). I wonder if the cool cereal bear had any influence on the rapper.

[@andycflbulb]

The carpet commercial is kind of weird/cheesy/disturbing

[@ronthatus]

andycflbulb it was the 80s lol

[@deidarauunnn]

Oprah...lol

[@80sCommercialVault]

@jb2134 Oprah does this especially because her talk show during the 80's was way more like an ordinary talk show. From what I've seen it was just as trashy, sensationalistic and exploitative as "Donahue". Her show now is like a visit to Grandma's house.

[@averagejustin]

I hate mayonnaise it's disgusting.