Nostalgic TV Commercials from the early 80s 🔥📼 Retro TV Commercials VOL 479

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[@wallowsecho9538]

You know we were from a fantastic era when you long even the commercials...love the 80s & 90s.

[@ReglazeRX]

People will be watching these videos long after we're all gone. Great collection.

[@keira.108]

My mom grew up in the 80s. I'm 13. She makes the 80s sound fun, easier, and just plain awesome.

[@Ooogabooga282]

It very much was!

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Dave, you're a special dude. What you're providing isn't just a time machine bringing joy, it's the entire package, your love streams, just everything is authentic. There are a couple of copycats, but they're not nearly as moist. *Tips hat

[@DavesArchives]

Thx my friend 😁👍🧈🧈🧈

[@jojofashosho5344]

Omg I thought you were talking about Wendy’s Dave Thomas I assumed there was a commercial in here then realized it’s Dave’s channel lmao I was like wait moist what?

[@BfDelano]

Commercials!!! I've been on a kick watching old commercials for a while now.

[@Metal-Maniac-Forever]

There so much simpler... And you can see the heart in the people. Everything seems slightly botched in the newer ads.

[@lisamarie7851]

Same here

[@nori2598]

Me too! I like watching tv the old way with the commercials more than online tv. During those days I take these things for granted. Now I see them as priceless.

[@BfDelano]

The fact that it has a Toys R Us commercial with the Intellivision really tugged at my nostalgia. This was around the time that my parents got an Intellivision, and I feel like they may have seen this commercial before picking one up. The same Intellivision that currently sits in my game collection of around 25 systems and 1,800 games.

[@theboredprogrammer1114]

They make me sleep when played in the background

[@Anarchist86ed]

Early 80s. Yeah, you can feel the 70s trying desperately to hang on for life in these.

[@Tangobutton]

Cultural changes always happen mid-decade

[@edwardcox2840]

Yeah 30 dollars for a car battery wow

[@ScrotieJohnson]

Yep 1983 was the last yr of the 70s

[@socalltd]

1980 and 81 still had the late 70's all over the place especially in music. I'll tell ya, the 80's started in somewhere in '82.

[@ScrotieJohnson]

@@socalltd after think about it i think u have a good argument, thats about when disco finally died. I think the death of disco was the end of the 1970s. But i think the 1980s finally began with the 1983 ford thunderbird, and 1983s quiet riot's mental health- 1st hair metal album.

[@littlegreengamer]

Seeing that Toys R Us advert makes me think of how much I wish today's kids could see what it was like to visit one of those stores. If there can't be Toys R Us, there should be a museum for that, lol. The kids would love it. That shot of that Intellivision with Burger Time on it is a great piece of gaming history.

[@amandaclick3590]

Wow! 80's commercials! My favorite to watch! ❤

[@retroclassics8664]

Mrs. Brady doing Wesson commercials now we’re talking!🧈

[@zaq55]

“Wesson keeps it juicy inside.” Can’t believe they made her say that.

[@mr.monkei]

20:18 That poor cat never knew he was famous R.I.P

[@emcsquare62]

I like how the television station breakaways are included. It puts even more a nostalgia feel to the commercials. Love it!

[@abueloorgulloso]

In the 80’s I was a Toys R Us kid. No matter how hard I tried, l grew up anyway! Now there is no more Toys R Us, and I’m a Grandfather

[@brian70Cuda]

So fun to watch Dave and also a downer, I wish it was still like this....

[@axnlogix]

Thumbs up if you were born in 1984 and watching these makes you remember childhood memories you've forgotten about.

[@MarkMeadows90]

Thanks for another great set of early 80s goodness Dave!

[@larkatmic]

The 80s really were the beginning of fast food as acceptable meal fare, instead of being a once in a while a treat like it was before. Now they are on most every corner in every town. People eat there on a weekly basis now. No wonder we got so fat. 😂

[@gemini6828]

Yes and the fact the owners of the companies who produce a lot of the food added toxic GMO's to nearly everything from fruit to bread, High Fructose Corn Syrup or Aspertame/Sucralose to many drinks/sweet processed foods and gutted the quality of the foods that existed up until the late '80's. I grew up in the '70's and graduated in '82. You're correct. We rarely ate out but when we did, it was usually on the weekend or after my softball games in the summer. And it was usually Pizza Hut (when it was good), McDonald's or Burger King. Now days, you couldn't pay me to eat at any of these places as I know the toxins that are in these foods. Americans have gotten so fat because it was an agenda to do so through our food. Think the CEO of Monsanto or Bill Gates eats GMO FOODS? Of course not! Also compare the kids of today and their social activity norms compared to that of those of us who grew up in the '70's or 80''s. We were outside playing all day. We also ate real cane sugar, which our bodies could metabolize. HFCS/Artificial Sweeteners are foreign to our bodies, in other words, our body's can't recognize it to metabolize it. The result, it is converted to fat. It's sad we've come this far, but seriously, it didn't happen just by chance. It was an agenda. The UN's Agenda 21 to make Americans fat and sick and dumb us down starting in our public schools.

[@larkatmic]

@@gemini6828 Yep, our whole food system is messed up. Ingredients banned in many parts of the world. Not to mention a populace today that seems mentally incapable of thinking rationally or as an individual. Its all ego and emotional groupthink today. Truth is irrelevant if it’s not my truth. What a mess. They say when you live through ego, you will suffer. Seems to be where we’re at. We’ve had it too good for way too long. Entitlement is taking us down.

[@gemini6828]

@@larkatmic It was all part of a much larger agenda to debase the American public and make them black color obese and sick. You seem like a very awakened individual, so I’m assuming you know about the cabal that has run everything for centuries. They’re the ones that took are decent, healthy foods from the 50s, 60s and 70s and replace them with GMO crap, along with toxic artificial sweeteners saccharin and aspartame. Most people are totally oblivious as to why the foods have changed and how this is related to the unhealthy Americans living today with all kinds of autoimmune diseases, obesity, high blood pressure, depression and on and on. I am thankful I was a kid in the 70s so I could enjoy real healthy food every day that my mom prepared. Today it’s not about quality but convenience. This was purposely manufactured by the banking cabal to put us into debt so that both parents had to go to work to survive. This is not a right versus left thing. This is in good versus evil thing. George carlin had a famous line he used to say back in the 70s and 80s. “There is a big club and you and I ain’t in it.” This cabal is going down soon! There is a military plan that’s unfolding right now behind the scenes to take down the New World order leaders worldwide. Many of these leaders have already stepped down. You will see the same thing happen here soon. After that you know what hits the fan, and things get cleaned up in this country, you’re going to see farming going back to the way it used to be or food was organic and fresh. Factory farming will no longer exist. Co-ops will be prevalent once again. People are going to learn how to grow their own foods and not be so damn lazy and rely on fast food restaurants every damn day. GMO‘s, artificial sweeteners and demineralized foods are no longer be the staple of Americans. Along with factory farming being gutted, so too will be big Pharma, the CDC, the FDA, the AMA, the WHO and The Mainstream Media. The last several years have been nothing but total lies and deceit. Look up the UNs agenda 21 and 30. I know this was a lot of information, but you seemed like an enlightened individual. Big things are coming! Here’s to your Health and peace of mind

[@larkatmic]

@@gemini6828 thanks man. Same to you. It can’t come soon enough. I wish you well and cheers for a healthy future to come

[@RetroDaze]

That Winchell’s ad featured Alan (Skeletor) Oppenheimer’s voice as “Ralph”.

[@RickJohnson]

17:30 - kids riding in the back of the car, trunk, truck bed, etc. unrestrained - those were the 80s!

[@JamieBarrington]

My parents and I were just talking about that the other day. My dad said the government's response to the seat belts back then was, "F*CK it" 😂

[@DUp-ey1kt]

According to the news report, these were broadcast around November 7, 1983. Neat stuff.

[@UrbanNoizeMusic]

That Toys R Us theme song will forever be iconic no matter what era it's in. However I think the 90s got the most usage out of for sure. Thanks Dave!

[@mis4nthr0p3]

It was sad when they went belly up. Nothing comparable out there.🦒☹️

[@JamieBarrington]

@@mis4nthr0p3 It was so sad. I remember seeing a video of their last evening before closing their doors permanently, with the song "Closing Time." 😢

[@tj921able]

Great ads. Bring back great memories too!

[@donkique956]

The nostalgia!

[@gspendlove]

These days, that bombing at the U.S. Capitol Building would've dominated the news for three days! In 1983, it gets a twenty-second mention on a news update. Nobody was hurt, but still....

[@nori2598]

Sir thankyou for sharing these old commercials to us. Im already subscribed sir. I also love old movies. Now I always watch old commercials from your channel before watching a movie to complete the vibe. It always give me the relaxing and peaceful feeling. Thankyou Dave's Archive!

[@DavesArchives]

It's my pleasure

[@kmjeffels]

Can’t believe it’s been 40 years! I miss those days!

[@feleciagrasty3880]

My Childhood Revisited! Oh how I wish I to go back now, since I'm almost 50 3 years from now!😢😢

[@FormerlyNYVulgarian]

Skipping today’s ads to view 80s ads lol.

[@charlesjnbjbnbngb8518]

I was born in 75 and lived in Clearwater Florida in the early 80's

[@retroclassics8664]

Ultra Brite and Pert ahhhh the nostalgia!!!💯🧈🧈🧈🧈 🙏📼📼📼📺Dave

[@jfilesgraphics]

I like these little local commercials. Reminds me of Saturday afternoons back in the day.

[@elizabethcaraballo3012]

I don't remember most of these because I was a small kid back then but what nostalgia, better than the ones now

[@MidnightSonnet]

Same here. I was born in 82, so I don't remember any of these, but man are they nostalgic. Haha. I live in California, so seeing these feels like such a time capsule for my childhood. ❤️ I went nuts when the Lucky commercial came on. I remember my parents shopping there. Now I just need to find a Fedco commercial and I'll be happy. Most of my childhood memories that involve shopping with mom involve Fedco. She later told me that she preferred shopping there because the prices were good and it was close by.

[@elizabethcaraballo3012]

@@MidnightSonnet I was born in 1984

[@MidnightSonnet]

@@elizabethcaraballo3012 so was my fiance :)

[@starlequin5893]

Man, I'd love a Hills Bros flavored coffee...

[@CommodoreFan64]

Heck yeah, and it's even better on a cold wet rainy day with a blanket on the couch, and good movie!! 👍

[@CommodoreFan64]

Thanks for yet another banger collection Dave to get us through through the hump. 👍 Also the Mattel Intellivision II console shown in the Toy R' US ad at 0:32 dates these to sometime in spring to fall of 83(I turned 2 in July 83), when Mattel redesigned the system(also changed a few chips so it's not 100% compatible with the OG Intellivision) to be cheaper, and pushed hard for sales when they were being beat by Atari, and 8-bit home computers like Commodore, and Apple, but I have a soft spot for the Intellivision, as the OG model was the first game console my family had, and I loved playing Burger Time, Frog Bog, and Tron Deadly Disc on it. I still have all my OG games/manuals/controller inserts, but had to replace my Intellivision in the mid 90's when it died with a SEARS model I found at a yard sale for $5 with a bunch of games so I have a couple duplicates. Lastly if anyone is even remotely thinking of asking me, no I did not invest in the dumpster fire that was the Intellivision Amico, and Tommy Tallarico, and his cohorts IMHO deserves a rusty spiked pole up the backside for that mess!!!

[@DavesArchives]

Yw 64!

[@CommodoreFan64]

@Mike S It really was not the crash that hurt the Colecovision, but the ADAM computer add on that cost Coleco s much money to develop, then the poor sales of the ADAM addon instead of it just being a more simple stand alone computer like the Commodore ViC-20, C64, etc.. Far as the Atari 5200 a number of things hurt that console out of the gate, including the crash from poor mismanagement from Warner Communications, to the faulty non self centering analog controllers that constantly failed(I had a friend who had one of the 4 port models, and his mother was sending the controllers back under warranty every 4 - 6 months, to the point Atari corp. sent eventually sent her an apology letter, a bunch of free games, and 6 new controllers to try to wash their hands of her), and once word of those fault controllers got around to consumers, no one wanted them, and a lot of people just saw a computer like the C64 as a better option as they could use it for more than just games.

[@LW7333LW]

Sad...depressed. Didn't win the Mega so I come here and strangely....I feel better! Thanks, really...(Love the Farm commercials...so peaceful)

[@DerekMckean]

I owned the Fisher Price phonograph and tape recorder. Lol. I should have kept mine.

[@thebenalvarez]

I had the Intellivision with Burger Time. If you go to the National Video Game Museum in Frisco, TX you can find it there in an 80s throwback living room.

[@StacyL.]

Wow.... The news clips in this. I only lived 1 hour away from 3 mile Island...I don't remember a whole lot, but I do remember my parents discussing it and keeping us inside the house.

[@themmoultrys]

I was born in 92 but I love seeing stuff like this!

[@javiermori1710]

Wow.we had a Winchells by my house growing up in 70s and 80s and i drove by old neighborhood not too long ago and its still there!everything around there has changed but Winchells hanging tough.great memories.🙂

[@peachsangria8704]

some of these are so old I forgot I had forgotten them

[@LeviCampbell]

Thanks for the great video Dave, hope you are having a fantastic day!

[@michaelwright2875]

Those plane seats on Delta look way more comfortable than the ones today!!

[@poetrich]

that was a lot of fun! i don't remember most of these ads but then again i was a teen at this time & going out with my friends was more important than watching TV. but i remember the supermarket Luckys, & the department store Montgomery Wards. both were local franchises. sure seemed like the 1970s insisted it stay relevant! what's with all the plaid skirts & overalls in the farm commercials? the only ad that looked like a vaporwave video was the one for CA milk, all dayglo golden with a hunky dude! plus, the ads for long defunct airlines! man! what a time. never to be repeated!

[@livingdaily9827]

I love the AMAZING NOSTALGIC FEELING💙💙 Thank you!

[@tonywong8134]

Those baked potatoes were delicious! Missed those. People don't know how to do a bake potato nowadays.

[@melvinshine9841]

Okay, that Ultra Brite ad is hilarious. That goofy ass costume the poor lady had to wear. Fried zucchini? I'm going to take a guess and say that didn't last long. My mom used to wear Ciara when I was little. No idea if that brand still exists. Didn't know the, "so good cats ask for it by name", slogan for Meow Mix was that old.

[@ronharmsen8466]

Carl's Jr still makes and sells fried zucchini slices. We have one about a mile away and they sell and taste almost as good as fried pickles! 😉

[@naynay9652]

I wear Ciara. Still around. I'm 36.

[@TMoody]

I was 10 in 1980 and only 7 years away from living in the best era in the history of time..... 1987.

[@islandbee]

I totally forgot about those Hills Bros coffees. But, honestly I preferred the General Foods International Coffees. I was drinking those when I was 8 years old. I thought they were so fancy and felt like I was drinking something exotic. My favorite was Cafe Vienna and Suise Mocha.

[@anandguruji83]

R.I.P TOYS R US 0:32 JACK IN THE BOX BREAKFAST 2:02 2:22 2:25 UNITED AIRLINES WITH CHARLIE THE TUNA 16:30

[@anandguruji83]

R.I.P TOYS R US 0:32 JACK IN THE BOX BREAKFAST 2:02 2:22 2:25 UNITED AIRLINES WITH CHARLIE THE TUNA 16:30

[@mchenrynick]

These commercials really feel nostalgic to me, since Jack In The Box and Winchells Donuts chains were in California, which is where I was living at that time :)

[@TTrigg]

Jack In The Box ad-featuring Earl Boen(Dr Miles Silberman himself) and Dan Gilvezan(best known as the voice of Bumblebee from Transformers G1) Lol @ Ultra Brite-couldve been a Sid & Marty Krofft show

[@newmanoutdoors1564]

I miss the 80s .

[@JamieBarrington]

FR! Take me back!!!

[@darktetsuya]

I was probably way too young to remember any of these, but still great to see these classic ads! can't believe they only wanted like 80 bucks for the intellivision, that's wild!

[@jessrevill1852]

$80 then is over $240 now.

[@darktetsuya]

@@jessrevill1852 yikes yeah I believe it.

[@shaunsmith8008]

Much better times my friend! Thanks Dave, you are the man!

[@michaelakudrow2945]

Back when our nation was SO much better than it is today

[@JensenSarpy]

10:03 He only had one basketball goal 🤣🤣

[@mister62085]

Does anybody else remember when Wendy’s sold fried chicken used to get like a two piece with a baked potato

[@k.h.4698]

Thanks for posting this. As a firmer Bay Area resident, i can really enjoy these memories. Particularly the KTVU-2 scenes. They had the best 10 o’clock news, with Dennis Richmond. The worst station for news was KRON, and they even tried to go 24hr after NBC pulled their affiliation. I loved the PSA znd AirCal commercials too. Thanks for taking me back to a finer time.

[@bobblowhard8823]

The only one missing: "Hi, kids! I'm Ed Barbara, president of Furniture USA!"

[@bobina05]

I moved to WA and the only Carl's Jr. is too far for a fast food run. I miss the fried zucchini more than a normal person should. :)

[@vitacilina555]

as a Bay Area Kid, this one hit the feels just right!

[@toonswap8511]

I would like to get noticed. Ultra Bright... here I come!

[@susannahdyro9518]

I love watching old commercials I remember the ultra Brite commercial boy I am old

[@Ducksoup67]

Cool to see all the old Bay Area news, etc. Thanks!

[@ih82r8]

The Aflac duck made an appearance in the Allstate commercial 😂

[@brentmann2988]

12:33 The voice of Big Tom Parker, who was a popular disc jockey in the Bay Area in the 70s and 80s on KFRC, K101 and KYUU.

[@gregargendeli2973]

Nice clips from KTVU San Francisco who OWNED the 10pm news slot back in the day. Was hoping to see a promo with Dennis Richmond and Elaine Corral. :)

[@jony3860]

I'm pretty sure the Fisher Price commercial with the boy in front of the tape player is Big Pete (Michael Maronna ) from Pete and Pete on Nickelodeon.

[@RealTJS]

I forgot about Ultra Brite. I used to use it.

[@carltonamos3438]

At The Beginning who's Singing? I love it! Thank you for posting these Awesome Videos, I remember most of them ❤️

[@eromitlabhitw]

Emporium Capwell? Haven't heard that name in ages, talk about a blast from the past.

[@LinkMan1NeoGAF]

That "One wife" line, lol

[@mattarnett4690]

Cheese in small batches DOES taste better! Another great one Dave! Molly McCheers! ✌️🧈📼

[@dreckken]

Damn those cartridges looked sweet! And they will actually mail you two more cartridges for free!? I have died and gone to heaven!

[@DavidJones-kz6ik]

Life before the world was a dystopian hell-scape. I was there!

[@jasonfasthorse8939]

That’s Dr Silberman from the Terminator movies in the breakfast Jack in the box commercial

[@mis4nthr0p3]

"How's the knee, Dr. Silberman?"

[@jrebecca0195]

OMG, I remember that cheesy Ultra Brite commercial! 🤣

[@bogard08]

“Scope works, don’t let the good taste fool you.”

[@larkatmic]

Oh I miss Winchells donuts!

[@kevinanderson7613]

Peter Parker and Bumblebee at 2:04 in the flesh!! Dan Gilvezan selling breakfast sandwhiches!

[@RusstheTroubadour]

🎶 I don't wanna grow up I'm a TOYS R US kid... There's a million toys at Toys R Us that I can play with....from bikes to trains to videogames it's the biggest toy store there is ( gee whiz).... I don't wanna grow up cuz baby if I did ..I wouldn't be a Toys R Us....kid 🎶 13:33 Florence Henderson ( Brady Bunch) for Wesson Cooking Oils 20:16 Ronnie Schell ( GOMER PYLE USMC, GOOD MORNING WORLD) for Meow Mix 16:36 Hershel Bernardi ( PETER GUNN,. ARNIE) The original voice of Charlie the Tuna along w/ Star Kist Foods founder Joseph Bogdanovich for United

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

And Larry Storch in the Air-Cal commercial.

[@RusstheTroubadour]

@@Oppeldeldoc1 RIP to Larry Storch who peacefully died in sleep on Friday July 8, 2022 at the age of 99. Condolences to his loved ones & friends.

[@mis4nthr0p3]

@@RusstheTroubadour Went to Ft Courage in the sky.

[@maynardsmoreland]

19:47 RIP Larry Storch (1923-2022)

[@JamieBarrington]

I remember the first time I stepped foot in Toys' R Us as a child. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

[@robertliddle4711]

17:20 kids jumping out the rear of a HATCHBACK!!

[@paulmurphy5605]

I believe the guy doing the voiceover on the Ultra Bite commercial is the same one who does The Transformers Generation 1 cartoon.

[@indridcold3762]

Oooooohhhhhhhh Dave. Thank you.

[@sith7183]

Simpler Times. Thanks For Posting.

[@maynardsmoreland]

11:45 Channel 2 (KTVU, Oakland) Newsbrief is from Nov. 7, 1983.

[@charliejoson9145]

I'm late 🤣 because of huge time difference. I miss Jack In The Box - it introduced me to a side order of potatoes, gooey cheese sauce and bacon bits (oh childhood) But seriously, I had earphones on when I heard loud snoring during the Newsbrief opening 🤣🤣

[@resolute123]

Jack In the Box narrator is the voice of Spiderman and his Friends. In my mind, the only Spiderman.

[@WadeLife]

Just think when was the last time you seen kids climb out back of a station wagon I remember doing that but damn 30 some odd years ago at least....

[@mis4nthr0p3]

Toys-R-Us really tugs at the heart. 🦒☹️. BofA with the old logo... Bleccch. The dawn of ubiquitous ATMs. I remember the NYCE system.

[@blakfloyd]

1. Death. 2. Taxes. 3. Raisin Bran™ keeping the bus on schedule.

[@Lovejazz01]

Wow, we never had Jack In The Box in Memphis…

[@AluminumOxide]

2:03 that’s the guy that plays Dr Silberman in Terminator 1 and 2

[@mis4nthr0p3]

Wonder if his knee got better.

[@versatilejams]

Dude from 2:04 looks like Uncle Frank from Home Alone.

[@NLnaLovesU86]

Sweet thanks ☺️ 👽😁

[@mister62085]

I don’t wanna grow up I’m a Jerry’s kid My mom smoked crack and look what it did My arms are short and my fingers are fat When I get excited I go like that

[@mrstacyj9496]

thanks for sharing

[@lavendersunsets7066]

I do not remember any of these commercials. I must've been a baby. Some of the products I don't recognize either.