80's Commercials Vol. 239

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@Aphytus The diesel version sold from 1982 to 1984 did not sit well with many due to the infamous Oldsmobile 5.7 diesel V8, although the 4.3 V6 cut-down version, ironically considered more reliable than its V8 counterpart, was also sold in the first two years of the diesel Monte Carlo's existence.

[@MagnaderAlpha]

Wow, the use of "Whatchamacallit" in the late 70s/early 80s(more yokel/hillbilly slang) is a great contrast from how he was used in the late 80s/early 90s(more valley slang). The whole "You got yer, um, whatchamacallit therr!" to "Like, ya know? Whatchamacallit? That thingy, for sure!!"

[@DanZero77]

70s beer sure had funny bottles and glasses! JC Penney (and Sears) did sell their own branded stereo equipment -- except they did not manufacture it. That was usually up to Technics and Radio Shack's manufacturer for the JC Penney MCS line, which was considered top of the line in its heyday. Remember when they showed end credits to movies on network TV?

[@mitch19872]

Thanks for uploading these! My dad worked at Pacific 66 ( Canada's Phillips 66) from the mid to late 70s. And the glass bottles were still the best....everyone had a keychain with a bottle opener on it back then.

[@holbrooke7]

OMG, these commercials aired about two months before I was born, but I certainly remember Mary Ann Childers as a Chicago news anchor as a kid! NOW I feel old!

[@Aphytus]

Gotta love the Monte Carlo and it's "economical" 19 mpg. Hahah.

[@mefault]

About the Whatchamacalit ad: you always seem to know which commercials to play that I haven't seen in AGES!!!!! I'm sure you post more of them too...LOL. I always remember that guy in his way-too-hillbilly voice saying "What-do-you-callit?!?"

[@Ranbutch75]

man do i miss pepsi's in glass bottles.

[@zachhoran]

Erlanger and it's slogan Taste the Moment was used as a question under E on Blockbusters a few times. One of the more dated questions when Blockbusters aired on GSN reruns in recent years.

[@Barber747]

Wow...Mary Ann Childers on Channel 7...years before she and hubby Jay Levine moved to CBS 2 in 1994.

[@BanzaiM50]

Tampa Bay got shutout the next day 23-0 against the Bears. Man, with the way the Astros are playing this season, its amazing they were that competitive. But then again, it hasn't been that long ago that they were in a world series, how far we've fallen.

[@Aphytus]

@80sCommercialVault Yeah, the cheapest gas I can remember was when it was the period in the late 90's when for a while there it was 98-99 cents a gallon. Ooooh the good old days when we could fill up our small car for about $11. And our big one for maybe $30, $35 max.

[@japaneseninjaguy]

LOL Whatchamacallit XD

[@80sCommercialVault]

@junkyturd Gas hasn't been 50 cents a gallon since the early 70's. The average price for a gallon of gas in 1980 was $1.25, not too far off from the national average today when accounted for inflation.

[@chemistryguy]

Where are the kids? With my mother. Time to get hammered on import beer.

[@rlwieneke]

I'm heading to a 24 hour Walmart to get some Bowl Guard.

[@chyld8758]

Wow Pepsi gave away cars in the 80s but that was in the US. Never seen them do it in Canada.

[@Jensuarezgonzalez]

"Tomorrow starting at 4:00 eastern, the Houston Astros meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first National League division tiebreaker ever. Today Ron Cey strokes his 28th home run of the season to lead the Dodgers over the Astros 4-3. Tomorrow, the game that will decide the Western division champion. Live on ABC."

[@durphy]

@zremorca We need a flux capacitor!

[@pika23]

Yeah...just take the cards off all of em at the stores and scratch away!

[@GodWeenSatan]

@Aphytus Yeah but gas was probably 50 cents a gallon, so i guess it kind of evens out

[@blugreen123]

It's a shame that Macy's seems to have swallowed up all those dept. stores, such as Montgomery Ward Are Whatamacallits still made?

[@LindaFromSeaAtTull]

@durphy 1.21 gigawatts!

[@Jensuarezgonzalez]

The Astros won the tiebreaker over the Dodgers 7-1 to clinch their first N.L. West division pennant. Joe Niekro pitched a complete game in which he had 6 strikeouts.

[@videodoe]

I wonder how much of that extremely unattractive gold jewelry that housed those LeGant diamonds has been sold and subsequently melted down by now???

[@Clay3613]

Take 5, way better than Whatchamacallit...

[@sageguitar70]

I had an 81 Monte Carlo with that undersized V6...what a piece of shit that car was.

[@kathleencollins5531]

Phillies won the World Series that year!