80's Commercials Vol. 884

[@KK4CNM]

Man... nostalgia is a powerful thing. What I wouldn't give to go back to this time.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

something oddly comforting about this.

[@GoLion]

Wow.. something so warm and replenishing rushes through me as I watch this. Like walking through bitter cold for hours and coming upon a cozy cabin with a warm fireplace. Bittersweet because I can't stay.

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

The worst thing about the best times of your life is that you don't know you're having them until they are over.

[@jinkorgan8114]

True, and depressing! 😖

[@sleepinglionarchives]

These are an absolute joy for 80s kids. Thanks!

[@Tvirus12]

Tom Peterson seems like the place to go for a VCR

[@brianbuchmeier]

I remember wanting the Ghostbusters Firehouse so bad for Christmas '88. Alas, I have yet to receive it.

[@mtns4ever]

Free movies for a year?! Worth it ☺️

[@robertpaige4505]

08:05 - fun fact. Many people think that version of "Keep On Dancin" was sung by Jimmy Hart (yes, the wrestling guy). For reasons lost to time, The Gentrys lead guitarist Larry Raspberry sang lead for the band's biggest hit, instead of Hart or Bruce Bowles.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Another fact, the original recording of that song was extremely short and was extended by just repeating portions of the song through editing.

[@seatspud]

I wonder if Hart or any of the band members at that time got any residuals from that commercial.

[@christianbernardes3767]

I love the 80s-90s toy commercials ❤

[@FlyingHiigh]

This brings me peace

[@MyMelodyOfTheHeart]

Regina Spa- I like how much personality that Rubber Ducky toy has in this commercial, with just the expressions it makes. Haagen Chiropractic- The photo of the Chiropractic Doctor at 8:55 looks like a it could be a mugshot taken by the police.

[@yyygggggg10]

Great times man!...I was born in November of '79

[@shawnclark764]

What was really fun... were the days when we had Tom Peterson and products in the studio. It was a very orchestrated and linear process to create the many commercials. Production intern in '89 and then hired as the promotions editor in 1990. Thanks for the memory jog!

[@YodaPagoda]

I really wish I had found this earlier this week, the Tom Peterson's commercials are bringing back huge nostalgia. This was before his business took a tumble, and he was at the top of his fame. My brother and I still associate "Sleigh Ride" with his Christmas commercials. Haagen Chiropractic showed that commercial, in many incarnations, for years! Those Little Boppers were cute, I remember the commercials, but I was not the target market, as I was 13 years old by this point. I guess now I"ll search for a video with someone getting these to work? They, along with the Teddy Ruxpins in this video, seem more advanced than I remember. Yamhill Marketplace...it ended up becoming a gym, and perhaps some office space.

[@NumberSixAtTheVillage]

Almost the exact same experience, I, too, was 13, but I lived in the Gresham area. Thought the same way about Tom Peterson, was kind of annoyed when Gloria had to appear in the commercials later on, but of course little did I realize, she helped save him from Bankruptcy.

[@ArrowEntertainment20]

oh...my...god. dude im in tears right now. that opening to the video, you dont know how long i've been searching for that. definately my childhood. thank you dude

[@tjstraw1]

I know what you mean. Even though I've never seen that one before, it still has that great 80s feel to it. It's just something about finding a clip you haven't seen in years, and it's like you're right back in the 80s again.

[@judahwatcher1140]

Double Dare !! I remember watching all the time

[@DanZero77]

These local ads are nothing short of incredible! Especially the chiropractic one! Plus I don't know what it is about the kids singing the Regina Steemer jingle it's awesome every time!

[@andrejg4136]

I thought it was an ad for some niche juice drink at first. Then I let it run for a few seconds and then I saw who was on-screen and I was like "Oh, oh I see..."

[@A-t-r-u-s]

30+ years later, I finally know what that contraption was in my parents bathroom when I was little, which I completely forgot about until this commercial reminded me my mother had one... Regina Spa...

[@donutreligion2979]

Sniffing Quaker oats? That sounds like a great way to start a new day.

[@pantheongaia]

80s kids had the best time! Today's generation will never know the way the world used to be.

[@yusakug]

I got both Super Mario Bros. 2, along with Zelda II: The Adventure of Link that Christmas, along with Bubble Bobble. Finding two of the hardest games to get that Christmas and an awesome game like Bubble Bobble under the tree made me feel like I had won the lottery.

[@jasontighe9692]

I remembered the “I love Fruity Peebles in a major way,” rap. Lol. Had a whole bunch of Starting Lineup figures. And I remember the “Zack Lego Maniac” song too

[@KaFlame]

Had forgot them commercials were even a thing - barney always trying to eat the cereal lol

[@travisa7669]

I have my Jim Rice (Boston Red Sox) Starting Lineup figure in my office along with a host of late 1980s NFL players. :)

[@IsekaiApostle]

10:43 is sitting on my office desk. 😳

[@FyberOptic]

I think the little boy in the Teddy Ruxpin commercial 22:00 was in Kindergarten Cop.

[@f0ry0u81]

OMG! It is him!

[@bigd.9325]

I miss the days when most ads were smooth and calm. Today, so many ads are just someone yelling at you and it's super annoying.

[@teejaynumber13]

I never knew there was "Croonchy Stars"! My childhood was a lie.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

@13:12 , The K-car! I’ve had a few over the years. Great cars!

[@ZagTheWag]

What the fuck! I live in Vancouver. All of these commercials, are from this literal area. Vancouver/Portland They mention Fred Meyer and the Vancouver mall. I am so god damn close to Vancouver mall. I just randomly picked this video for the vibes. This is unreal.

[@kittygaillot2286]

I wish they never discontinued Croonchy Stars. Long live Jim Henson.

[@jc1979af]

Jim Henson was a man that died too young.

[@LordXenon54]

I totally had that Crazy Recipies game as a kid. Good times were had by all.

[@puppsmcgee74]

Super Mario 2 is the only game I could ever beat. I could do it so quickly, you could say I was doing speed runs before speed runs were a thing. I miss Alpha Bits so much. :(

[@aquaman199]

I couldnt figure it out,i could only finish mario brothers in 3 warps in few minutes

[@andrejg4136]

@@aquaman199 Battery Saves were so critical to people actually finishing games, you don't even know. I couldn't beat Super Mario 3 on NES, but when I got it on Super Nintendo for All-Stars it all of a sudden got so much more manageable

[@AndrewsMagicandMore]

Funny how the announcer on the Family Theater bumper (specifically at 0:15) referred to "Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears" as "Yogi and the Space Bears" (the bumpers for the movie itself seem to make the same mistake of shortening the title as such)

[@theonetrueKM]

Little Boppers! Man I remember those! Me and my sister had the muppets. Great times!

[@Lumaga]

The footage from the Super Mario Bros commercial is from a beta version. I can tell because the health meter changes shapes. You can find in-game footage of it on KZbin.

[@NoctournalDonut]

3:38 - Why do I feel the need to eat junk and watch old 30's gangster movies now? ^^

[@derekrolando4457]

My entire childhood in commercials. I have the screaming Ghostbusters and the car. I have the NES Power Pad.

[@josephwatters]

That Haagen Chiro commercial IS amazing. Especially the old lady with the baseball bat lol

[@bloqk16]

Ah! Good to see Fred Meyer spot in there for the Regina Steemer Carpet Cleaner. I became acquainted with the Fred Meyer discount super department store when traveling in the Pacific Northwest in the 1980s; it was the equivalent of what we now know of (in the US) as those Walmart SuperCenters in the 21st Century. A remarkable department store that was a one-stop shop for nearly every need for the home; which included a vast grocery section, too. The employees were courteous and helpful; the premises impressively kept clean and tidy; with discount pricing at that.

[@yusakug]

The Power Pad is a bit controversial in the current collector's market. The game that came with the Power Pad, World Class Track Meet, had been released by Bandai previously as Stadium Events, along with its own version of the Power Pad called the Family Fun Fitness mat. Nintendo saw value in the mat, and decided to buy the rights to it after Bandai brought it to America. And so, both Stadium Events and the Family Fun Fitness mat were pulled from stores, and sometime later, Nintendo relaunched them as the Power Pad and World Class Track Meet. Today, Stadium Events is one of the rarest NES carts on the market, since it was pulled after a short while. On the website Price Charting that tracks game prices, a loose Stadium Events cartridge is valued at $13,000, while a Complete in Box copy goes for $41,000.

[@yusakug]

"Snifferriffic"...Just imagine the jingle writer who had to write a song around that word. I salute him or her.

[@adamcheung9138]

Kenny Roger's on Dole Juice.. instant classic

[@grandma651]

I remember the Kenny Rogers Dole commercial.

[@bobroberts1080]

Tom Peterson's...and Gloria's Too! hehe I grew up in Oregon

[@gogglespisano24]

I had that Gary Carter Starting Line up! LOL

[@N30NGoblin]

RIP Tom Peterson!

[@IanFiebigwi]

That Lego commercial was cool.

[@chadkobylenski4193]

My family had one of those Home Spas when I was a kid. Wasn't the same as getting into an actual jacuzzi. I also had one of the original Zappers.

[@XBloodxStainedxLipsX]

I love seeing older commercials specific to Portland.

[@yusakug]

12:16 - I love the kid pretending to play the game with his thumbs here...

[@jackmakackov7077]

I had the talking Mickey Mouse. I had a dream at 3 years old that it came to life and tried to kill me. I remember that dream vividly at 36 years old. I was terrified of that thing after the dream.

[@thealgorithmisbroken]

I have that yellow Ghostbusters car still haha.

[@darktetsuya]

I remember having the power pad set (I still have the 3-in-1 combo cart it came with! pretty sure it included the grey zapper, that's what I remember. I have seen the orange one, though. also shout-out to the SEGA master system! may start collecting for that one of these days!

[@duckkillerclydeclyde]

$399 for a 19"???? You can get a 55" for that price today.

[@80sCommercialVault]

That was the price of a TV and VCR bundled together. You’re also not adjusting the 80’s era price for inflation. $399 back then is $940 in today’s money. Modern TVs have way fewer parts and are significantly cheaper to make then CRT TVs were back then. Electronics in general were a LOT more expensive back then.

[@danteerskine7678]

@@80sCommercialVault to be honest, CRT tv were trash, colors were dull compared to a new hd ready LCD TV. Even older movies from the 70 and 80s get the best color reproduction ever.

[@80sCommercialVault]

In terms of resolution, color gamut etc, absolutely. But modern backlit displays will *never* match a CRT at displaying perfect blacks.

[@jessicadaniel5653]

Now I know where that Flitstones eraser I have came from.

[@SnownelVEVO]

The commercial is hilarious too, the eraser doesn't erase, they show it just barely smearing the drawing. Though that was pretty normal for those novelty erasers back then.

[@commentresurrection1841]

VCRs have held value

[@ArtMusicLife15]

23:36 - I don't think there's enough syrup on those pancakes.....

[@NorthStarBlue1]

I think there's too many pancakes in that syrup. What self-respecting kid would want to dilute all that maple-y goodness with those gross things, anyway?

[@TTrigg]

The Real Ghostbusters Action Figures and Vehicles -with the"Tex Avery style bug-out"feature on Peter and Egon..i guess the VW Beetle monster is Murray (from the episode"The Revenge Of Murray The Mantis" ) Finders Keepers-another game show Nickelodeon should revive Bonanza Homes-ask for the realtor with the last name Cartwright

[@Kiggiewiggie]

There's a young Dustin Diamond and is that Tatyana Ali(?) in the Cocoa Pebbles commercial with the erasers.

[@aquaman199]

Nice uploads,cool memories

[@cdjxman]

Merry Christmas everyone from Yogi and the Space Bears!

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

I can't place the Fisher Nuts actress, but she seems familiar.

[@7thson555]

That kid said he got gooped What happened to getting slimed?! Lol

[@80sCommercialVault]

Mattel owned the trademark for toy slime, which had been introduced in their Masters of the Universe toy line in 1984. Kenner had to call their version Ecto Plazm or goop in the commercials because of that.

[@7thson555]

@@80sCommercialVault interesting! Thanks for clearing that up

[@Rouglas]

Anyone else feel like he said Angel Haven is quite insecure?

[@davidfreesefan23]

What did the Cub Foods in the Northwest turn into? I don’t think there are any there now - I associate them with Minnesota.

[@80sCommercialVault]

It sounds like those stores were bought by WinCo in the 90's. The location mentioned here in Vancouver Plaza is now a WinCo.

[@justbenelson]

I used to work at Cub Foods in St. Louis Park back 8n the late 1990's. I miss those days...

[@scinceman96game]

Tom Peterson's guy no longer with us. He died in 2016.

[@killuminatoV01]

168 for a vhs player.... wow

[@80sCommercialVault]

In the context of the times, that was a very low price compared to where they were at the beginning of the decade. The average price of a VCR in 1980 was over $700 and by 1984 it was $500.

[@7thson555]

@@80sCommercialVault and in the early 80’s $700 must be close to $2000 if you figure in inflation!

[@commentresurrection1841]

Does everyone forget they were called VCRs and not VHS players? My sister did the same thing recently

[@80sCommercialVault]

VCR was actually a catch-all term used to describe both VHS, Betamax and other niche formats like U-matic. VHS recorder would be a more accurate way to describe the product.

[@josephsawyer3982]

I miss my masters system sega

[@mcswabin207]

@08:54 Wait.. Is that Flanders??

[@aronpol1]

Angel Haven looks almost as good as Rancho Relaxo

[@lethrbear32]

Tom Peterson's!!!

[@lothargrimm9853]

I was two days old

[@aaronnoble9229]

Deacon frost for sega lol

[@WWJD85]

Hope you have a happy holidays Mike. @80scommercialvault