August 1983 commercials

Taken from a bunch of Twilight Zone reruns.
1. Miracle Time
2. WDCA 20 Twilight Zone commercial bumper
3. Toyota trucks
4. The Gap
5. Zobra The Greek promo
6. Risky Business movie trailer
7. Sheehy Ford (Marlow Heights, MD)
8. Clorox 2
9. United Bedrooms
10. The Star Chamber trailer
11. Sprint
12. Fun & Fitness Exercise & Aquatic Center
13. Z-BEC tablets
14. What's New Pussycat? promo
15. Another Toyota trucks
16. Cujo trailer
17. Warner's Just Your Fit
18. Another Sprint
19. Davis Antenna
20. Beefsteak Charlie's
21. Sara Lee desert cake
22. Factory Furniture (Silver Spring, MD)
23. Team America Soccer vs. Juventus at RFK Stadium
24. (same as #9)
25. Gilligan's Island/Buck Rogers/The White Shadow promos
26. Black Flag Roach Killer
27. Twilight Zone credits with Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox/Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman voiceover promos
28. Wild World (later Adventure World and today Six Flags America)
29. Another The White Shadow promo
30. SeaGalley
31. Woodbridge Lincoln-Mercury
32. Gulden's Mustard
33. (same as #21)
34. Mr. Mom trailer
35. WMAL Prime Time Classics (people say the same about the '80s these days!)
36. Another The Gap
37. Mitsubishi Motors
38. Another Factory Furniture
39. D.C. Lottery
40. Eddy Murphy comedy album from Columbia Records at Waxie Maxie's
41. Kline Chevrolet (Alexandria, VA)
42. Uncle Sam's Military Surplus (Rockville, MD)
43. Washington Area Buick Dealers
44. The Panic In Needle Park promo
45. Another Mr. Mom trailer
46. Sterling Optical
47. Toyota Tercel
48. Another Cujo trailer
49. Bradlees
50. Another Twilight Zone closing credits with Panic In Needle Park/Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman voiceover promos
51. Lee jeans at Woodward & Lothrop
52. Toyota Camry (a rivalry still going story today!)
53. Another Woodbridge Lincoln-Mercury (sorry for the deteriorating quality from this point on)
54. Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn in 3-D trailer
55. Pohanka Oldsmobile/Honda/GMC
56. One more Toyota
57. One more Twilight Zone closing credits with Prime Time Classics/Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman voiceover promos (you're certainly entering the Twilight Zone now in terms of tape quality!)
58. Captiol Raceway (Crofton, MD)
59. Another Washington Area Buick Dealers
60. Kingsford
61. Reflections In A Golden Eye promo
62. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman partial intro

[@roblauzon3582]

So I've always had an irrational fear of all things Twilight Zone, especially the theme music. When I was 3 or 4 and the theme music would play I'd start crying.. and I've had this weird buried memory of the music being played to a scene of watches "flying thru the sky"..I've brought it up to my parents and my older siblings and they always thought I made that up.... then I found these commercials and it all makes perfect sense!

[@pannoni8449]

I was introduced to the melody from my first grade math teacher, which would imply a "pattern" of some sort of sequence/series.

[@GmanMilli]

0:00 Smart watch in 1983!

[@mickryles759]

God I love old commercials

[@Tarantulisimo]

Those were the days..."What will you do with all the money you save" on your Toyota truck? Buy your $128 contact lenses & $500 VCR

[@Boojkill]

Great memories! I grew up just outside of DC in Upper Marlboro around this time, attending Melwood Elementary School. The only time I would watch WDCA 20 would be for their weekday afternoon cartoons and Kids Break with Howard Huge and Captain 20!

[@chuckcollins2349]

Was going into my freshman year in high school.

[@brentmann2988]

21:18 the great Peter Thomas on the voice-over. 20:05 the iconic "fall into The Gap" tagline.

[@Droodog127]

Looked Like Karen Kopins in the Gap ad

[@ryancole3259]

I was born August 14 1983 So this is pretty cool

[@Mandi7882]

I miss waterbeds! I had one, it was great to put you to sleep. :) I also remember a lot of this food --it was so good back then. Sarah Lee cakes were great in college....

[@DisHappah]

wow! looks like an amazing experience with great food. too bad i was born too late to experience it.

[@franceslarsen3172]

"tough city roaches," loll!!

[@Tarantulisimo]

them DC roaches were super-tuff

[@susanfit47]

I was born in late 1986, and I used to watch this channel and also Channel 5 from D.C. from the late 80’s (1986-1989) thru the earlier part of the 90’s (1990-1991). Where I used to live in Silver Spring/Tacoma Park/Hyattsville, Maryland. It’s the channel where I watched Scooby-Doo, Jem, The Jetsons, Rambo, Smurfs' Adventures, The Transformers, The New Gidget, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Power and the Soldiers of Fortune, Beverly Hills Teens, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, The Munsters Today, Out of This World, C.O.P.S. (later Cyber Cops), Gumby Adventures, Fun House, Pictionary, Police Academy: The Animated Series, Wake, Rattle & Roll, Captain Planet & the Planeteers, shows in the Marvel Action Universe like Dino-Riders, the 1981 Spider-Man solo series reruns, & the RoboCop animated series, The Arsenio Hall Show, shows of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera block Funtastic Max, Richie Rich reruns, The Further Adventures of SuperTed, Paddington Bear, Midnight Patrol, & The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda, shows of The Disney Afternoon block DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Gummi Bears, & TaleSpin, G.I. Joe, the DiC version of G.I. Joe, Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends, Dennis the Menace animated series, The Little Rascals, Soul Train, American Gladiators, Mighty Mouse & Friends, A Current Affair, reruns of off-network of shows it had acquired from NBC, ABC, CBS and syndicated such as The Jeffersons, Laverne & Shirley, The Facts of Life, Benson, Diff'rent Strokes, Cheers, Night Court, What's Happening!!, What's Happening Now!!, All in the Family, I Dream of Jeannie, Growing Pains, ALF, Mama's Family, Sledge Hammer!, The Dukes Of Hazzard as well.

[@DiamondPaintWithDiamondDave]

Looking back on it, Waterbed Ed was actually pretty creepy...

[@derryk1]

He had the fro he had the fine wimmens, must been a pimp for reals on the down lo.

[@jamzales]

you know your old when you know what the letters cod mean.

[@D_Marrenalv]

lol

[@mickryles759]

Jeff Meyers Call Of Duty

[@Silly81]

I’m only 38 but I remember it meant “cash on delivery “

[@josieldeassis]

Wait a minute, as a teen, I already knew what those letters stand for!

[@pannoni8449]

Certificate of deposit? No, they call that just a CD. Wait... weren't those shiny, small silver frisbees that could play music?

[@ellemjay]

I remember buying Levi's at the Gap.

[@picmman]

Who gives a fuck?

[@2011Savere]

Ahhh the memories.

[@tristonalexis2164]

Warner's Just your Fit collection 9:20 And Beefsteak Charlie's 10:51

[@davanmani556]

Those calculator watches. Lot of folks got busted on tests for using it. Let me tell you, certain students knew how to hide those watches, right in front of the teacher and got away with it. While the folks in the back, always got busted.

[@Akira625]

I went to Wild World once as a kid, and did the Wild Wave.

[@michaeldodd3563]

I was born that month and that year.

[@TTOMO]

I was born on the day of the Team USA/Juventus game. I put my birth date in the search on here and this video came up.

[@mattlove9066]

Me too 21st

[@derryk1]

Channel 20 (here in Wash DC) area used to run ''''The Twilight Zone" during the 11 pm to 12 midnight hour. Yes I remember it well, going into my senior year of High School by that Sept.

[@timeman1966]

I used to watch this channel and also Channel 5 from DC from the 70s thru the 90s. Where I live in Virginia we could get both of those channels over the air and when we got cable in the late 70s, the cable company carried those two channels along with all of the channels from Richmond Va. The broadcast antennas for both WDCA and Channel 5 from DC must have been closer to the Virginia/Maryland Border for us to get those channels as we couldn't get any of the other DC channels over the air.

[@pannoni8449]

Unlike living between DC/Baltimore like I have, where you could easily pick up both the DC and Baltimore stations (although upstart WFTY never seemed to come through that well despite being just 20 miles from its tower). Its the channel where I watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well .

[@sCulturefan]

WTTG/5’s tower was located in upper NW DC, while WDCA/20 was located just over the line in Bethesda MD back in the analog days. Currently, both 5 and 20 transmit from Bethesda MD, 20 is branded as “Fox 5 Plus”

[@davidadams2395]

It's funny seeing an ad for The Star Chamber and Mr. Mom in the same month of commercials when 20th Century Fox pulled the former after two weeks, due to poor performance, and released the latter, and we all know the success of Mr. Mom.

[@robertdozier9481]

Optimis Prime just told me to go and see, "The Star Chamber..."

[@jonathangimbert8373]

That's Chip Fields on Black Flag Commercial.

[@judacia]

9:20 Susan Walters

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

Lol she was so excited!

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Back before I would ever be allowed to see Risky Business, but wanted to so much. Had to sneak-watch it when it came out on VHS. Rebecca De Mornay was my ideal woman after that... until I found out who her father was! Now I can't look at her without seeing him. Sad.

[@antd8259]

I didnt know there was such as thing as "city" roaches lol

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Anthony Dixon HEY ANTHONY THAT MADE MY DAY THANKS FOR THE LAUGH MY DEAR🤣🤣🤣🤣 NOW I CAN GET THROUGH MY WORK DAY SERIOUSLY 😗

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

Look for the leather jackets and switchblades they carry.

[@Tarantulisimo]

you didn't wanna mess with them DC city roaches

[@manofmanyinterests]

You can tell city roaches from the ordinary critters by their garlic cologne.

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

Escapism is alive & well in 2020

[@chucksucks8640]

waterbeds were awesome

[@timbuk1126]

Watch out for those city roaches.. lol

[@aztecmomma]

Some of those Toyota trucks are still going.

[@LARDLOGO]

Did you ever get the closing to Mary Hartman by any chance with the animated TAT logo? If so please upload it.

[@kennethoats2322]

Damn, what happened to American cars from the late '70s early '80s

[@herrgolf]

An automatic transmission on a Chevette is not a positive thing

[@OckGypsy]

Do you have a logo titled TAT Communications Company?

[@Tarantulisimo]

DC FOR LIFE!!!

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

This was just a couple of months after the Twilight Zone movie was released.

[@zaq55]

Just a little Don Pardo @ 21:54

[@bobsmith284]

12:26 Still waiting for US Soccer to take over.

[@Eidelmania]

Metal Storm looks good.

[@bluedragon807]

I just stopped by to hear the $5,100 off regular price.

[@herrgolf]

Sterling Optical spokeswoman has a movement disorder. Isn't the Tercel's heavier weight vs Sentra a downside?

[@rodneyc.rarick8097]

calculator watch, what schlub bought one of those???? Tom Cruise "Risky Buiness"....Eeeew!....Maybe I'll bump it up a decade

[@picmman]

I was in my first month of basic training, Army.Fort Jackson. How you doin,??

[@raykehr1832]

Wonder who’s at the other end of them numbers nowadays lol

[@jenniferquidetto102]

I was thinking the same. 😊

[@Steve-tk9pv]

Ounce of gold or ounce of zinc? Here's what you do: take the gold, currently at $1200 /oz., and buy as much fucking zinc as you want.

[@hopegrimsley3427]

The month and year that my parents were married!!

[@raymondrose6596]

You must be young

[@elgeneralxx]

Everybody was white except the roach commercial

[@bernardenorth]

Wendie Malick sorry but yeah I'm pretty certain that was her

[@wisdomgate3351]

W2

[@karlmeyer9473]

Why the hell am I watching yankee TV adverts???

[@Jonsey-lm5sv]

I had forgotten how ugly the cars were in the early 80s! I got my first car in ‘83. The body styles were just hideous. The trucks were ok looking. Custom vans were still around, but those were more of a 70s thing, kind of like waterbeds. Had one of those too.

[@pannoni8449]

This low in auto design led to a huge reinterest in purchasing old '50s/'60s cars, and they were quite popular at the time, especially after gas prices started to settle back down. At the time, they were still cheap enough and easy enough to find and parts weren't too tough to find. Actually, waterbeds actually remained popular into the early '90s (just check out all those Big Sur Waterbeds ads I've got). I do remember those "Chevy Van 20" custom vans everywhere though as a little kid, with the "Chevy Van 30" for big RVs and motorhomes like my late granpa had. But its pretty sad when something like the Chrysler K-Car was considered "stylish" back then, even though the Camaro was pretty cool.

[@judacia]

21:18 Peter Thomas

[@peacefulprotester3274]

judacia ohh yeah from forensic files.

[@Noone9227]

Cheap cars too.

[@Tarantulisimo]

you needed that extra money to afford to buy your $128 contacts lenses & $500 VCRs

[@Noone9227]

Cheap furniture for posers. Ha ha

[@dalemulholland9114]

I couldnt stand Woody Allen..