80's Commercials Vol. 600 Part 1 of 2

These commercials aired on ABC on August 31st, 1985. Happy 600!
1. WXYZ Station ID
2. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
3. Popsicle
4. Hi-C (With Alyssa Milano)
5. Fruit Roll-Ups (With Free Crayola Dry Marker)
6. Cap't O.G. Readmore PSA
7. "Superfriends" Commercial Bumper
8. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
9. Cap'n Crunch "Where's The Cap'n" $1,000,000 Sweepstakes (I guess it's better to have an ok chance at winning 100 bucks than to have virtually no chance of winning a million)
10. She-Ra Princess Of Power and Swiftwind
11. "Superfriends" End Credits
12. Schoolhouse Rock "The Great American Melting Pot" (More people need to hear this song today)
13. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
14. "Schoolhouse Rock" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by McDonald's)
15. McDonald's (I'm so happy they got rid of those creepy giant googly eyes on their characters)
16. "Schoolhouse Rock" End Credits
17. ABC Station ID
18. The Four Bears Waterpark (From what info I could find, this was open from 1983-2004, and the owner apparently had connections to the mob. The google satellite view of the area shows it is completely gone and the only thing remaining is an abandoned parking lot and a bunch of empty lots surrounding the lake that appear under construction. Sad that a place where kids could have fun on a lake is now abandoned)
19. Promo for "Entertainment Tonight"
20. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
21. She-Ra Princess Of Power Crystal Castle
22. McDonald's (Apparently Ronald McDonald can open portals to other dimensions)
23. Promo for "Ewoks", "Droids", "The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby Doo" and "The Littles" (This was advertising the premiere of the two Star Wars cartoons. "13 Ghosts" was a new show too, and the last "classic" Scooby-Doo show produced)
24. Computer Critters (I can't wait for the episodes about Russian Twitter bots and explaining memes to your parents)
25. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
26. Alpha Bits
27. McDonalds
28. Zack Of All Trades (With Luther Vandross. Since 1985 the future has grown from a manageable small angry cloud into a cat 5 hurricane)
29. "Superfriends" End Credits
30. ABC Station ID
31. Burger King He-Man Cups (I love the art style on those)
32. Promo for "Kelly & Company"
33. "Mighty Orbots" Intro
34. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
35. Fruit Chewy Newtons
36. She-Ra Princess Of Power Catra and Frostra (Conclusive proof that furries are evil)
37. Nestle Quik
38. Super Golden Crisp
39. Aquafresh For Kids
40. Promo for "Ewoks", "Droids" and "The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby Doo" (I love the instrumental version of Randy Newman's "I Love L.A." here. This was ABC's theme song in 1985)
41. "Mighty Orbots" Commercial Bumper
42. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
43. Ovaltine (LOL...♫ I can't get O-ver OVALTINE ♫. Wait, did he just steal someone's bike?)
44. Extra Sugar Free Gum
45. Promo for "Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" (Back then DC had all of the hit movies and the best cartoons...while Marvel was sort of a joke on that front. My how the tables have turned)
46. Cap't O.G. Readmore PSA
47. "Mighty Orbots" End Credits
48. ABC Station ID
49. Cookie Crisp
50. WXYZ Station ID
51. "Turbo Teen" Intro
52. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
53. Pop Tarts (With Dairy Queen Coupon)
54. Hot Wheels Crack-Ups (Flip 'em upside-down, clown!)
55. "Turbo Teen" Commercial Bumper
56. "We'll Return After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
57. M&M's (I miss the tan ones)
58. Time For Timer
59. "Turbo Teen" Commercial Bumper
60. "Turbo Teen" Transformation (No comment...)
Continued in Part 2: • 80's Commercials Vol. ...

[@totallyamazing3638]

The kids now are really missing out on real entertainment. The commercials were just as great as the shows.

[@noahpartic7586]

That they were & I lived that time at age 12 & in 6th grade. Mighty Orbots, Ewoks, Droids, The promo bumps (We'll return after these messages), Turbo Teen ( The Human Equivalent of Transformers)...Who doesn't want that capability? For starters, cuts down on parking LOL. A live retro Saturday Morning stream is needed BADLY which includes what was shown here. On KZbin, Saturday Morning is but a push button away.

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

So very true

[@tdrewman]

Saturday morning cartoons, when they played real cartoons.

[@soniarena5250]

Andew70. Yes, there was no sleeping late in Saturday's. That was cartoon day.

[@EDKsurly]

I liked the Melting Pot song. We need this today.

[@ACGreyhound04]

Hemlawk AKA EDK - I am Greek and Irish, and my great-grandma’s name is on a plaque on Ellis Island, as an immigrant in 1908. When I heard that song as a kid, it made me proud of my family.

[@nurturetheearth]

So, I am a child of the 80s and know that during this time, we were inundated with commercials for processed foods and sugary sweets. The fortunate thing is many households still consumed in moderation, however, this is the pinnacle where the downfall-snowball sits. This was the BEST time though!

[@mr-bi3tf]

‘“We’ll return after these messages” the 80’s were so considerate about going to commercial... nowadays we don’t have that..

[@Jnthncrrll]

Well, in Fall of 1987, it got replaced with "After These Messages, We'll Be Right Back."

[@ladycharlenegrace8023]

Captain O.G. Readmore! I love that reading cat!

[@ACGreyhound04]

I was an 80s kid. It was a much simpler time then.

[@willowfalls7528]

People ask me how I can have a 30 year old commercial jingle stuck in my head. By golly, THIS is how!!! :)

[@TonyaManningCCTT22]

I miss all these wonderful shows and commercials, and the simple way things were!!

[@samoanchaos684]

That American melting pot commercial really hit me hard. America really has changed over the years.

[@coreylineberry8557]

It can be partially blamed on the regime we’re under.

[@justinbrown324]

These were great, yet it pains me to no longer be a child.

[@elmobolan4274]

Would u really want to be a "child" today???? I'm glad to have been a kid in the 1970s!!!!

[@brennanshane146]

@@elmobolan4274 I'm 11 and always have wished to have been born in the 80's (I'm sad about growing up)

[@yorozco37]

Omg...The Littles!!! That brings back a lot of memories!!

[@ScratStitch]

The Great American Melting Pot feels so timely today. Great batch of ads! Congrats on reaching 600 volumes!

[@dongeraci8599]

That "Great American Melting Pot" song would NEVER be shown on TV today. So sad that it has come to that. I guess that's why I'll be playing it in class this week.

[@kenbob1071]

I thought the same thing. Now even non-white American citizens are told to go back to the sh*th*le countries they are presumed to have come from. Sad.

[@melissacooper4482]

How is The Great American Melting Pot politically incorrect?

[@nismo2070]

I remember watching this as a child. WOW. It brings back memories. It's crazy how people find this subversive or offensive. We have gone backwards for sure.

[@EvilMonkeyReturns]

@@melissacooper4482 It's not. It's just how divided & racist this country has become due to 45 in charge, bringing out a lot of people's true colors & how they feel about other races/religions/ethnic backgrounds.

[@chemistryguy]

To be fair, America has had a hateful view of immigrants dating back to at least early 1800s

[@horrorfanrikki8038]

Oh my God!!..I use too watch Super Friends as a little kid with a bowl of Capt'N Crunch cereal every Saturday morning!!..That's the Best time EVER as a Kid!!

[@anitakern4138]

OG Read more was one of my favorites.

[@mtabor9459]

I had that She-Ra toy. Dang that brought back memories. I remember I got her and Swiftwind for my 5th Birthday

[@adamc8627]

I always did like "The great American Melting Pot". And me and my brother would cut grass for money to get EVERY He Man figure. Wish we would have kept them.lol.

[@VelvetCyberpunk]

I love old commercials, but I really adore old commercials from Michigan. So many good memories from my childhood. 💜🤚💜

[@wigglyboots2]

Love the turbo teen clip at the end. Truly unsettling.

[@myst4hire1]

Happy, Happy 600! This post is right on time! As always, I'm spending my Saturday Morning watching 80's Saturday morning commercials and eating cereal. Can't say enough how much I appreciate your work in posting these commercials to your channel. Thank You!

[@darlakajca7100]

I love this volume it feels like the last gasp of summer before kids went back to school

[@scotttaylor8498]

grew up a 80's child remember these commercials so much i can say some of the commercials especially the cereal commercials lol.

[@jackmars931]

I grew up in Detroit and these stations were the ones I watched as a kid. For anyone curious, the background of the WXYZ station ID at the start is the Hyatt Regency Hotel and the Monorail that connected it to the Fairlane Town Center Mall in Dearborn. The monorail is long gone, taken down in 1988, and the hotel has been shuttered for years as well. but surprisingly, the mall is still open and doing business.

[@AUMary]

The kid with all the catchphrases in that Hot Wheels commercial was Robbie in Poltergeist.

[@wildsmiley]

I remember the day in 1985 when my mom brought me one of those Burger King He-Man cups. I was He-Man crazy back then.

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

Me too lol. Born in '82, and He-Man was the bees knees for us 80's kids haha

[@sdmc222]

I was in the Army and spent almost all of the 80's in Europe so its weird, I don't remember most of these. All we had was AFN, one tv channel lol. Was culture shock coming back.

[@laurasomebody]

I remember wanting that She-Ra doll so much when I was a kid 🙄😆 It's crazy to see all these and listen to the songs again 😏 thanks for this!

[@mattmc5069]

Lolo Queen she's awsome

[@laurasomebody]

Matt Mc Right?! 😄😁😋

[@GOOCHIElicker]

I only want you

[@DanZero77]

A new fall season on Saturday Morning was always the highlight of the year for me. I had some of those Crack Ups they were really cool.

[@TheMattooine]

Still avoiding that future blob. LoL

[@midnightRider8428]

Every commercial was innocent. Compared to nowadays .... lawyer commercials and pharmaceutical bull shit with their deadly side effects. What I wouldn’t give to go back to times like these.

[@Daniel-from-Texas]

That’s because these were Saturday morning commercials lol

[@chemistryguy]

They were all innocent. Even the 900 numbers to call for a hot time at only 99¢ per minute. Time to have that eye-plank removal procedure

[@roaddjack2404]

miss these mcdonaldsland story ads they were fun to watch

[@renevaldez5717]

Man nothing like chilhood days man.😭😭😭😭

[@VillymVanVanderbone]

This must have been the final television airing of "Mighty Orbots" ever (to my knowledge) as the new Fall '85 season premiered the following week. Good news is that "Mighty Orbots" has finally been released on DVD in 2018, thirty-three long years later.

[@ms-qp3pw]

"we're the computer generation" hits me riiiight there (xennial 1980)

[@annabowen1772]

A school house rock music vid is in there too? Awesome!!! I like it!

[@Autisticmusician715]

Y’all generation rocked

[@AJ_Preme]

And their generation is better than our generation

[@roaddjack2404]

tyvm for throwing in some cartoon openings as a nice bonus!!

[@randyj420]

Alright - who won the $1,000,000 from Captain Crunch? I mean did they ever promote the winners of these things? - like a photo of the winner? I never ever ever heard of a winner from these things, or, say, the Mc Donald's flexi record contest.

[@noahpartic7586]

Even if 1 won, there is the issue of privacy, especially when it comes to kids. Think outcome of grownup lottery winners...😱.

[@djpee25]

Fruit roll up rolled around your index... Gave a brand new meaning to Sticky Finger...

[@YodaPagoda]

Congratulations on 600! I’m happy to say I’ve watched every one. Fruit Roll-Ups…my mom would never buy these. I didn’t get to eat one until several years later, and was underwhelmed. That Schoolhouse Rock clip…wow. It really is what we all are! “She-Ra Doll Sold Separately.” I thought she was an action figure? OMG “Computer Critters” that’s so incredible! The Future Blob beat me senseless and told me to be a bus driver. Those ‘Pump’ toothpastes didn’t work very well, seems like a lot was wasted. Needless to say, they didn’t last all that long. I couldn’t get over the fact that Ovaltine wasn’t a new product, at least according to my mom. O.G. Readmore was great, I noticed at the library looking for his book suggestions were already checked out. Cookie Crisp, what a bit of marketing genius! That M&M’s commercial was classic! I still consider the green ones 'homers.'

[@mrmonty86]

I'm for team yellow M&M's

[@Sobernic1982]

The airing of this was 2 days after my 3rd birthday. ❤️

[@justbenelson]

This aired 27 days before my 3rd birthday.

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

Omg!! I remember all of this Such great, great memories

[@experimental0000]

First touchscreen PC was from HP in 1983.

[@DecKrash]

Whoa! Zack of All Trades? Been awhile since I've seen that! Luther Vandross did a wonderful job with those commercials.

[@davidsmith6997]

These are awesome..that HI-C jingle reminds me of the jingle KFC used for the chicken little's sandwiches man I miss those along with Nintendo cereal,TMNT fruit pies,

[@pr3ttylady812]

Detroit ..yay..i should remember all of these

[@Farzee49]

Congrats on 600 80s commercial uploads! I have watched every single one and I come to your channel for the witticisms, commentary and shared nostalgia! Shout out to the regular followers that comment on these uploads over all of these years!

[@Toastymarshmallow80]

I use to have that She-ra doll, lmao.

[@kitkatx6516]

me too and the horse😄

[@Toastymarshmallow80]

Ennette Taylor Same 😲, so did I, I had the pink and blue horse.

[@kitkatx6516]

@@becausekittenspaint1946 yes learned of that name later in life

[@unnamed715]

Turbo Teen's transformation is the most horrifying thing I have ever seen.

[@80sCommercialVault]

I also posted another one previously in Vol. 540: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5SxpI2Yqbh2grsm22s

[@nameschange]

You must have missed the commercial with Ronald McDonald and the curious Snowman... I’m terrified that winter is coming now...

[@vicious-pi3rd]

I'm surprise they don't air back. The Ewokes and Droids cartoons with all the Star Wars craze going on as a tribute! Computer Critters were talking about touch screen already?! During the 80's?! Interesting, how the Nestle Bunny can have his beverage drink. But, the Trix Bunny cannot eat his own cereal! Ironic isn't?

[@versatilejams]

When they advertised kids being the “computer generation”, I wish to god we had been able to predict the future.

[@cdjxman]

Pretty crazy when you think about it!

[@patrickriley195]

Somehow watching commercials like this is ok

[@yusakug]

Happy 600th! And I only remember the 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo because it introduced me to Vincent Price.

[@whathappened2mymouse653]

I literally have not thought about The Littles since I was a kid. Probably the early 90s at the earliest. Computer Critters as well!

[@jenniferstuart1473]

Takes me back!!!!!

[@shellyhebert4377]

M&M’s...when they didn’t have the red ones!

[@EvilMonkeyReturns]

The fear of red dye back then. Those were the days. Now it's everything else like peanuts & gluten.

[@melissacooper4282]

I miss Alpha-Bits cereal.

[@shatterball]

Happy 600 to one of my favorite channels!

[@huskobonsarune]

Happy 600! Been watching since 150!

[@rockyrabbit2834]

I actually remember the Great American Pot song from elementary school Also the voice of that raccoon from that Computer Critters cartoon sounds like a very, very young Rob Paulson.

[@kennethfrank8337]

To a dumb kid like me, Corn Flakes with a bit of sugar wasn't the same as Frosted Flakes. No wonder my Mother was so exasperated with me. Sorry Mom!

[@yusefimmanuel6377]

They really overacted in the 80s😂😂. I miss the 80s

[@wolverine8425]

The White M&Ms kid is Stephen Dorff

[@JUAN7ISGRAND]

I use to go to 4 bears as a kid had good memories and bday parties there!

[@westingtyler1]

10:01 don't forget to learn about computers. 12:10 also learn about jobs. for example, if her favorite hobby is sewing, a girl can be a seamstress, a fashion designer, or a pattern maker. 21:32 a totally believable premise for a show.

[@kayandaeddings4803]

This makes me miss cartoons on a Saturday morning. I wish they brought cartoons back on a Saturday but that will not happen. This nice commercial block totally reeks of awesomeness. I totally dig your channel.

[@fredflint5039]

thanks!

[@DreamDancer82]

"Since 1985 the future has grown from a manageable small angry cloud into a cat 5 hurricane" You'd better believe it, baby! Especially emphasis on the "cat," if you know what I mean (meow!) I have two "Zack of All Trades" on two different tapes from 1987, and I never knew until this moment those were Luther Vandross. Huh. You learn something new every day.

[@lukeperkins1024]

Happy 600!

[@BillSeipel]

Frostra and Catra? LOL. Her 'Catty' side? Wow. And how bout that theme song? "The fate of the world is in this hands of these beautiful girls"

[@LordNimonYT]

Your video descriptions are as insightful and amusing as ever. Grats on 600!

[@JeonardShadby505]

More people DO need to hear that song nowadays.

[@Eguerrerofan302]

I see where Michael Jackson got the idea of transforming into a car in Moonwalker short film. It came from Turbo Teen!!!! I'm Convinced!!!!

[@RetroCirq]

Happy 600th post! :)

[@Starscreamlive]

Why do I not remember Mighty Orbots? The animation on the intro to that show is awesome!

[@Spazilton1]

#5 the fruit rollup commercial the redhead is Jenny Lewis.

[@erinmalone2669]

I thought I recognized the girl form Troop Beverly Hills!

[@theresistance3818]

I remember almost every one of these commercials! P.S. FIG NEWTONS, NEVER WERE and NEVER, EVER WILL BE "COOKIES"!!! #TheLies

[@kitkatx6516]

Fig Newtons 🤢

[@hrtvfan2870]

Congratulations on the 600th 1980s commercial block upload

[@dasMan0_0]

Memories 😢

[@giselestrauch5146]

this was three days after my mom died

[@bincyibrahim4297]

I am so sorry😢

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Yeah kid, have fun brushing your teeth with all that dirt, bark, and paint chips in your aqua fresh.

[@JulesBhm]

Congrats on 600!! Your channel has been my favorite place on KZbin for years and it's such a valuable archive.

[@kayandaeddings4803]

Julie Meowmeows. I have to agree with you. Isn’t this the best channel ever?

[@MangaCEI]

Oh wow, I literally just saw the She-ra commercial on the Toys that Made Us on Netflix.

[@markheadley125]

Yay She-Ra

[@MrMo0nlight]

That looks like Josie Davis from Charles in Charge in the Fruit Roll-Ups ad.

[@kittiekat8920]

Crikey. Turbo teen was weird

[@funwithdollsandmore2426]

Not from my childhood but I still love them

[@jxchamb]

I feel sorry for you. I was born in 1977 and nothing compares to the '80's.

[@nasomeeking1367]

@@jxchamb nothing to feel sorry about, but yes I agree times were better back then

[@yusakug]

4:11 - "IT'S MADE OF PEOPLE!!!"

[@80sCommercialVault]

"To Serve Man"

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

Goddamn, Turbo Teen was such an acid trip.

[@darktetsuya]

I haven't seen 'future blob' in forever! Also I don't remember mighty orbots but I assume it was another US/Japan collab like Bionic Six was? additionally I remember having some of the 'crackups' cars, a neat concept!

[@blackdragon6]

HotWheels Crackups was so cool

[@NoctournalDonut]

Happy 600th vid! (Or in this case, Happy 600th for the 80's section?) :D

[@MR_MRM_]

Not sure when that satellite picture of the Four Bears water park land was taken that you saw, but it's all upscale homes around the water now.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Google maps satellite photo

[@lerm2866]

David Cronenberg should make a Turbo Teen movie!

[@TTrigg]

Schoolhouse Rock-R.I.P Bob Dorough :( Droids-theme song composed(and sang) by Stewart Copeland Super Powers Tam-now that i think of it,that awful Justice League movie could be considered a live-action version of this show(swap out Firestorm for Flash) Turbo Teen-some rather"dramatic" acting by the sidekick..

[@RetroInjectionDave]

24:48 Turbo Teen can turn into a car? OK. He can change the color of his clothes in mid transformation? Not buying it.

[@destroyerpl4yz]

Oh so thats the secret to baseball. Eat M&Ms

[@ScratStitch]

They must be eating a LOT of M&Ms today with all the home runs they're hitting.

[@freddyfazbear7682]

i remember this

[@fronniefamdailyvlog3445]

good times