80's Commercials Vol. 65

These commercials aired on local NBC affiliate KRON on October 30th, 1987. Thanks to my cousin David for recording these.
1. Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup
2. NyQuil (With Nathan Lane)
3. "DTV Monster Hits" Commercial Bumper (Featuring the voice of God, Gary Owens)
4. Promo for "Our House", "Family Ties" and "My Two Dads"
5. Burger King
6. Pepsi (With The Miami Sound Machine!)
7. KRON News Promo
8. "DTV Monster Hits" Commercial Bumper
9. Bar None
10. Tyco R/C Cars
11. Promise Margarine
12. Promo for "Highway To Heaven" (More proof that "The Sabre Dance" can be set to practically anything)
13. "DTV Monster Hits" Commercial Bumper
14. McDonald's (God, that scientist character is straight out of a nightmare)
15. Halls
16. Promo for "227", "Mama's Boy", "The Golden Girls" and "Amen"
17. Promo for "Rags To Riches"
18. Promo for "Alf", "Valerie's Family" and "Oh, God! You Devil" (Had enough NBC TV Promos yet? LOL)
19. NBC News Digest
20. Bank Of America (I love the shots of Disneyland)
21. KRON News Promo

[@jafri]

God, IF only they will build a Time Machine so I can go back to the 80s before I was born in 1986.

[@tanquantwal]

I never thought in a million years that I'd be watching 20+ commercials and enjoying it. These are awesome!!!

[@ptb267ii]

--4--4 KRON-TV San Francisco-San Jose Oakland! BTW, the news promo was shortly after KRON swtiched out of News Image plus in June of that year and they have this majestic theme by Klein &, the same people behind the campaign "That's What a Friend is 4" produced in 1988-1989. Thanks so much for posting!

[@naeema]

what a great days they were! Thank you so much for posting

[@disneyfan85]

I used to live in the San Francisco Bay Area (I lived in San Jose), so that's nostalgic for me. I also remember Monster Hits right well! My parents had it recorded on a tape consisting of holiday-themed specials and such: Halloween, Thanksgiving (only A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving) and Christmas.

[@SidJustice22]

I have this recorded as well! "Disney's Monster Hits" was one of my favorites when I was a kid.

[@Ravenheart1611]

I knew I wasn't the only kid that sang to their soup...I really did btw. Thanks for putting these videos up. They bring back so many memories.

[@ptb267ii]

I also forgot another note here, Jim Paymar was in his last year at KRON during this time, as he would leave the station at the end of 1987 and would be later replaced by Bob Jimenez which stayed with the station until 1990 when both Sylvia and Bob left and Pete Wilson/Suzanne (Saunders) Shaw took over.

[@owenpeterson]

I have this same recording. The affiliate was WMTV 15 in Madison, Wisconsin.

[@braininajar_collection]

Would you be willing to upload your copy? I've been looking for DTV Monster Hits with the commercials for years.

[@hopegrimsley3427]

I for one am happy that cherry-flavored NyQuil was invented.

[@ptb267ii]

I don't know what happened, but I know that Jim Paymar moved to KOMO 4 ABC in Seattle after he left KRON and later on, moved to CNBC.

[@pandycatbaby]

You are without a doubt, the most awesome poster on a youtube...thank you :D

[@ptb267ii]

It was sometime from 1989-1990.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@SidJustice22 If your copy is complete and of decent quality, you should work on converting it to DVD. The only complete version floating around is not the best quality.

[@timothysprengeler4071]

7:28--Did he say "BankAmeriCard" in this commercial? I didn't know that existed in 1987. I'm just barely old enough to remember BankAmeriCard being the forerunner of today's Visa credit card, and the change took place in the mid-70's when I was just a kid. Then again, this ad mentions California, and I'm not from that part of the country, so maybe the BankAmeriCard of the 80's was a regional thing.

[@bexcpfc]

hahaha at 4:15 sometime... 'highway to heaven' The guy catches a bullett with his hand, that's just so 80s...!

[@rjb1216]

always remembered that our house episode, it was real good

[@coololds85]

i loved that show highway to heaven i wish Michael Landon was still around the show would of probally been on longer than

[@mst3kanita]

Man, I'd looove to see that ep of Alf. I was always obsessed with Lynn when I was a little kid.

[@Vebinz]

Ah for the honest days of Reagan and the Cold War (semi-sarcasm). I remember those Tyco R/C cars and their "turbo" option, which even then struck me as funny since everyone just pushed it to "turbo" anyway. What kid would race his r/c car in regular speed while his friend sped past him in turbo?

[@doctorwhofan1989]

Ha! That Pepsi Vending Machine was bigger on the inside!

[@nicklebackfan]

And 23 years later, Pepsi is STILL chasing Coke! I do like both, though.

[@80sCommercialVault]

You can watch it on Hulu. Season 2, episode 7.

[@pneumaticacutie]

I knew that "Highway to Heaven" commerical was familiar right away. That was also on my recording of DTV Monster Hits special.

[@RoxyAlexander]

Had completely forgotten "Our House" as well as Bar None. And that loser Richard Grieco was in one of the promos. Wonder whatever happened to him after his 18 failed attempts at stardom???

[@redneckpride4ever]

@nicklebackfan I thought Pepsi took over first place due to advertising. maybe i'm wrong.

[@gajda1984]

Man the 80s was a cheesy time! LOL! though I think commercials and popular culture is more cheesy now.

[@WitchOfTheNorthFLWoods]

3:58, Michael Landon is soooo hot!!!

[@myst4hire1]

Even though my preference of soda was Coke, Pepsi always had the better commercials.

[@timothysprengeler4071]

1:43--One of several Pepsi commercials of the day that featured an 80's hit with the original artist! (Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" also comes to mind here.)

[@berto1169]

I don't think it's Barry Gordon. Gordon's voice was a lot higher-pitched, IIRC

[@Leourxe]

1:26 I though he was going to say fat people

[@noizefloor]

the dow was flirting with the 2000 mark. insane how the numbers have changed.