80's Commercials Vol. 310

These commercials aired on NBC on November 15th, 1980
1. Paul Masson Burgundy (With Orson Welles!!!!!! YESSSSSSS!!!)
2. TV Spot for "Stir Crazy"
3. Levi's Shirts (New wave in 1980?)
4. Toyota Corrola Tercel
5. "Saturday Night Live" Commercial Bumper
6. Denny's
7. Schwinn (With Jason Hervey)
8. Datsun 810 Maxima
9. Winchell's (Essentially a radio ad with close ups of donuts)
10. "Saturday Night Live" Commercial Bumper
11. Promo for "Skyward"
12. Calvin Klein Jeans (With Brooke Shields)
13. TV Spot for "The Boogeyman"
14. Mattel Electronics Football II (With Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris and Joe Green)
15. Promo for "The Toni Tennille Show" (No Captain?)
16. Giacobazzi
17. Jhirmack
18. Datsun (I can understand celebrity endorsements, but some random football ref? Why?)
19. TV Spot for "Heaven's Gate"
20. "Saturday Night Live" Commercial Bumper
21. Budweiser
22. Bic (♫No Difference!♫)
23. Chevrolet
24. TV Spot for "Alligator" (Clearly a more influential film than "Jaws")
25. "Saturday Night Live" Commercial Bumper
26. Berkshire Place Promotional Bumper

[@jwgreek8606]

the levi's shirts look like it should be a commercial on MTV

[@BLACK666013]

Thanks man for your commercials. May God bless you ! :)

[@arclight2012]

I know I keep saying this but I am so glad you upload these!!!!

[@Jensuarezgonzalez]

Thanks 80sCommercialVault for uploading yet another piece of 1980's TV nostalgia.

[@disposableutopia]

Best channel on youtube Makes me sick with nostalgia

[@feather031]

If I'm not mistaken this SNL with Elliott Gould was the 1st episode of the ill-fated Jean Doumanian era. And with hindsight being 20/20, how funny is the "Heaven's Gate" spot being so self-important?

[@tinamarie86]

You're correct about the SNL episode, it was also the final time Elliott Gould hosted, & the only one of his 6 episodes that I didn't see (I wasn't born in the 70s but I have the first 5 seasons of the show on dvd & saw the first five times he hosted).

[@Gavin2002]

Eileen Davidson from the Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives was one of the actors talking about how scary Alligator was in the commercial.

[@madgang201]

GASP!!!! ORSON WELLES?! Btw, I've seen the outtakes of this where he sounds wasted. It's great. :D

[@NeutronDance]

gotta love Winchell's Donut House

[@Whtxombi]

Nothing weirder than seeing ads for movies that were utter disasters, Heaven's Gate is still considered one of the biggest busts of all time even all these years later.

[@hanksam7624]

Berkshire Place commercial bumper - the sign that SNL was soon over (maybe 1 more sketch) - then - SCTV at 1am!

[@fromthesidelines]

"THE TONI TENNILLE SHOW" (her daily attempt at being a female Mike Douglas) was syndicated during the 1980-'81 season [WNBC-TV in New York carried it at 4pm].

[@adamunknown]

How they got Orson Welles to sober up for that commercial ....is beyond me

[@Clay3613]

Nice to Denny's with ads that aren't obnoxious.

[@stretchyhulk]

If not mistaken, these commercials come from the first episode of SNL after Lorne Michaels and the original cast left. So, put it in the context that people watching this were probably very much "what the eff?" while watching this debacle.

[@toasterslinger]

Am I the only one who thought of that Orson Wells parody they did on Pinky and the Brain when the Paul Masson Burgundy commercial came up?

[@Clay3613]

The Boogeyman is underrated, the sequels however are so damn confusing.

[@fromthesidelines]

Johnny Carson did a famous parody on Welles' Paul Masson endorsements on "THE TONIGHT SHOW". The body of it went like this... JOHNNY: (as Orson, holding a glass of wine) "We will sell no wine....before its time." JOHNNY: (as skid row bum in an alley) "IT'S TIME!!!"

[@jareddicarlo7816]

Peggy Taylor was the on-duty announcer at KNBC that night.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Yes, there's a short blooper reel of him being extremely drunk on the set of one of these ads.

[@Simpsons005]

I will pay no bills before their time.

[@BillyDeeWilliams250]

"And Now I will make this wine disappear."

[@80sEric]

Jim Tunney was far from random. He was the most renowned NFL referee in the late 70's to early 80's. It would sort of be like using Ed Hochuli (the ref with the large biceps) in ads today. Not a big name celebrity, but pretty well-known in the sporting world. In fact, I remember Jim Tunney being used as the official judge in the Battle Of The Network Stars shows. He was THAT big during this era!

[@milegindahouse]

The v/o for the Bic commercial sounds like Marv Albert.

[@Tre404]

The Datsun has not been gone. The company name changed to Nissan in the U.S., that's all.

[@TERRORKLOWNS]

lol Terry still had no hair then, i got to meet Harris on my Navy ship in 2002

[@kingofpointless]

Do you think the Paul Masson ad had a blooper reel like 'Frozen Peas'?

[@fromthesidelines]

"Heaven's Gate"......AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[@jwgreek8606]

Looks like Mark Elliot and Danny Dark swapped places

[@moredistractions]

omg that budweiser commercial, there were manufacturing jobs in the usa back in the olden days? no way...

[@Warunicorn]

I think "The Toni Tennille Show" was more or less a talk show format; think her hubby the Captain guested.

[@80sCommercialVault]

You're remarkably unobservant. His presence is mentioned in the video description and there have been numerous comments about it.

[@zachhoran]

Bob EUbanks' (yes, Newlywed Game host Bob Eubanks) company produced the TOni Tenille SHow. It ran only the one syndicated season. His company(Hill-Eubanks productions as in Michael Hill) also produced other short lived shows like All STar Secrets, The Guinness Game, and a Buddy Hackett syndicated revival of You Bet Your LIfe. All those shows lasted a season or less. The 1992-93 dating type show Infatuation also was produced by said company.

[@jareddicarlo7816]

8:15 I think that’s Bill McCutcheon in the Bic commercial.

[@adamunknown]

Isnt the first video the same company where Orson Welles got really pissed off at them for doing multiple takes after he got drunk? Lol

[@MrBigtony1213]

Do you have Victoria Principals First commercial for Holiday Health Club ? I seen the second in Vol 230

[@kgrkid]

Am i hearing Marv Albert in the Bic commercial?

[@FriedEggsWithChips]

Has no-one else noticed that's Orson Welles flogging wine?! lol

[@anshlaeyn]

Please pardon if it's already been said, but is that not Billy Barty as the elf over Santa's shoulder in the Schwinn commercial? (Thank you so very much for posting these.)

[@FriedEggsWithChips]

Oxford English Dictionary: verb (flogs, flogging, flogged) 2. British, informal. sell or offer for sale: he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies

[@FriedEggsWithChips]

I didn't look past the first page of comments.

[@skystarless]

I wonder how much they paid those folks in the "Alligator" ad.

[@Tre404]

You "seen" it? lol....

[@VelvetCyberpunk]

This isn't nor was it ever a surprise. Orson Wells selling wine was a bit of a joke the whole time he was making the commercials, and in the years since.

[@darksideoftoast]

Probably didn't have as much "peaness" as "Frozen Peas"

[@Tre404]

"Flogging?" Please consult a dictionary, Hannah Lynne.

[@greenbug1136]

Winchell's looks so low budget

[@anshlaeyn]

Yikes @ number 10...Bad Elliot...don't put that nasty thing in your mouth!!

[@kev3d]

Jesus, Toyotas were so damned ugly. Now, some of the more sleek, reliable commuter cars around. Talk about a turn-around.