Incredible TV Commercials from 1998 🔥📼 Retro TV Commercials VOL 458

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[@NathanWind99]

We had no idea how good we had it in 1998.

[@grenadiadrian]

I was 15 and to be a teenager in '98 was awesome: Music, movies, sports, wrestling, video games, and of course commercials were on fire that year. I'm definitely not going to tire of giving you props for your uploads, Dave!

[@DavesArchives]

Thanks, man!!

[@jrebecca0195]

I turned 27 at the end of 1998. 😳

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives you too dave.

[@pinball541]

@@jrebecca0195- I turned 22 in 1998! I am now 46 in 2022, where did my life go❔😥

[@the2kking307]

Where do you get these commercial from

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Blockbuster: 🎶I’ll be there🎶 That didn’t age too well

[@anandguruji83]

R.I.P BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO 0:32

[@anandguruji83]

R.I.P BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO 0:32

[@taureanmay7480]

You've been missed.

[@jaywires717]

The commercial at the 9:20 mark with the World Trade Center in the background makes you wonder, it's said "it's time to say goodbye to something that holds a special place in our hearts", and then it shows buildings being destroyed.

[@stevenpyron3406]

I haven't seen these in almost 25 years but I swear it feels like I just freaking watched them. Crazy to think that commercials were just as much a part of our lives as the shows themselves.

[@micahw83]

That tripped me out as well. I didn't remember any of these commercials until just now and then I remember it all vividly. How does my brain have room for this stuff?

[@stevenpyron3406]

@@micahw83 right there with ya

[@BigboiiTone]

Imagining an alternate timeline without 9-11 and the world kept on going like this

[@piratelestrange]

I love that idea friend!

[@JamezMorrizProjectz]

These commercials used to piss me off. Now here I am watching them willingly while being interrupted by commercials. Nothing has changed.

[@chrisg7551]

CellularOne, my fist cell phone carrier. I think they were bought by Comcast shortly after.

[@krisfrederick5001]

Is there a Retro term for how depressing this is now considered Retro? -30's

[@UrbanNoizeMusic]

Nothing depressing about looking into a past much better than the current time we're living IMO. Especially when you've lived through it. 10 times better than trying to remember every detail on your own.

[@krisfrederick5001]

@@UrbanNoizeMusic I know

[@krisfrederick5001]

@@UrbanNoizeMusic Amen Brothers and Sisters. I much rather live in a memory than a catastrophe.

[@edwardgaines6561]

@@krisfrederick5001 Careful though. If you live in the past too much, it kills your future. Eventually I had to put down my Sega.

[@TyVerte]

GAP doing the Matrix effect before the Matrix?

[@poetrich]

that style of stop & go action was utilized by quite a few filmmakers in the '90s. take a look at Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels by guy ritchie for examples of the technique.

[@JHollowayNetwork]

Wasn't from the night of the Seinfeld finale?

[@Telehell]

Pretty much Every video I've sent to Dave (so far) all come from the NYC Metro area......this one (including the Final Seinfeld, the most New Yorky thing you could think of), came from the NBC affiliate in Kansas City....It is the ONLY Kansas City tape I have ever (and probably Will ever) come across.

[@DLDX]

I remember Zima! It's Zomething different!!

[@BrendanFinnstrom]

It Waz Zomething Different. Now DayZ It'z Exztinct.

[@charlie5thumbs351]

Surely I'm not the only one who thinks 1998 wasn't that long ago.

[@AngelHoll-pr8fz]

It was though I was only 8 years old

[@Linuxpunk81]

Seinfeld!!

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

I still love the GAP commercials.

[@NLnaLovesU86]

Lols the dog 🐩 bitting his behind

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

It was a very good year.........

[@Stormeyworld]

Come to think of it, the late 90's still had a little bit of 1980's feel.

[@notavailable9919]

I remember watching the final Seinfeld episode. It was a big deal, people had parties.

[@BigboiiTone]

Correct.

[@edwardgaines6561]

As a high-schooler I never understood the Seinfeld craze.

[@LeafInTheWind88]

Really??? People had parties??😂😭👏

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

I was having wrestling parties on Monday nights! 😂

[@oddreign]

Snapple had some of the best commercials/ad campaigns back in the day... Win Nothing Instantly! Fucking brilliant 🤣

[@UrbanNoizeMusic]

Another great 90s upload to marinate on. The Blockbuster opening of I'll Be There definitely hit me in the feels. Because it takes me back to those evening trips. Walking the aisles and taking in the atmosphere.

[@jrebecca0195]

That collection of commercials was the epitome of the late 90's in-your-face advertising!

[@Corbs_vinyl_and_cassettes]

Awesome video Dave. Love it.

[@MysticalMistyMarie]

I’m late but I’m here ! Great video Dave 💯☄️🙏🏽🔥

[@retroclassics8664]

David Putty in a Cadillac commercial!😂

[@Linuxpunk81]

There's definitely no way that I was 17 when these were airing 😭😭😭

[@Linuxpunk81]

I've never cried watching old commercials before but I did at the end with seinfeld.

[@jc1979af]

Same

[@edwardgaines6561]

Dude, that means you're 40!

[@TonyMichaels166]

@@Linuxpunk81 I’m just old enough to remember the end of Seinfeld and it seems like a different universe.

[@shanelee80]

Same here i was 17 also and it's hard to believe how long ago this was😢

[@NLnaLovesU86]

Yay 😁

[@Alexzver1]

The memories Times flies 😞 I remember watching tv and Herb essences commercial came on and my parents thought I was watching porn lol

[@DavesArchives]

Lol

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives yes dave yes.

[@80sutopia68]

Blockbuster Video was a way of life! There was a time when I made my whole schedule around Blockbuster, just to get the movie I wanted! Oh, the Zima! I haven't seen Zima in years! I used to drank it , because, I thought it taste good! Good Times! Thanks Dave!

[@melvinshine9841]

I don't drink so it makes no difference to me, but I don't think I ever heard a single positive thing about Zima. Those old, plastic, brick sized cell phones make me laugh. My mom worked at GTE for a while and there was crate full of old phone models in the garage because of it. It's impossible to forget those Herbal Essences ads. I never noticed it before, but I totally see what they did with that Totally "Organic" Experience line. As a life long Godzilla fan, the '98 movie is an insult I still can't forgive. I've never watched a minute of Seinfeld, was it really that big a deal?

[@UrbanNoizeMusic]

98 was the 90s hitting its really cool, slick, youthful, Gen X stride. And you could feel in every facet of the culture. The future was at our grasp with the tech, yet we were still able to enjoy the moment. And the finale of Seinfeld... Wasn't like everything we were use to from the show. But I can understand it being the culmination of the actions of the gang 🤣. Oh what at time 98 was before the millennium. Godzilla was not bad at all.

[@BeyondDaX]

Try asking that to Japanese godzilla fans and godzilla fandom youtubers

[@CommodoreFan64]

I was 17 in 98, and it all seems so fresh in my mind like ZIMA as it was my stepmom's drink of choice, and the only one she, and my dad would let me drink around them back then, but we would take Wonka bottle caps candy, and put it in the Zima for that extra fizz, and flavor. Also Dave banger new outro!! 👍

[@DavesArchives]

Thanks man! Adding the Wonka caps to Zima sounded like a glorious idea!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives good thinking 🤔 👍 👌 😋 👏 😌 dave.

[@TTrigg]

Lethal Weapon 4-wonder if Mel will bring back Chris Rock for LW5

[@BeyondDaX]

Assuming Mel did any movies anymore

[@edwardgaines6561]

@@BeyondDaX I'd listen to 90 minutes if it was Mel just chewing out his baby momma.

[@ANas-xq3ly]

Like what is it about the 80s and 90s era commercials?? Is it just nostalgia hitting us? They just don't make them the way they used to any more.

[@FloridaMan69.]

remove the z from the thumbnail

[@mkeolver]

I kinda miss old school mobile phones the Nokia 3310 in particular, that handset was (perhaps still is) the "Converse All-Stars" of mobile devices.

[@QueenJane-ws6lk]

Awesome collection dave, thank you dave 😅😊

[@JoshuaMuse]

Wow I turned 21 in 98. God what a fantastic year. I was propagating my DNA and the beer & weed seemed flowed freely that year.

[@christianpatriot7196]

Yes I also turn 21 that year it was truly a great year last year of the Chicago Bulls dynasty which was a great playoff series wrestling was that its popularity and peak and of course Chase and the ladies it was great to be 21 and 98 and I suppose back then we thought that we had all the Time in the world and now in 2024 is so freaking depressing

[@retroclassics8664]

98 a glorious year to drink Snapple in my Gap Khakis dancing to Swing music 🎶 My brother had the same exact Acura TL what a sweet car he would let me use it on Friday nights to hang out with my friends Great memories Thank you 🙏 Dave! 💯📼📺📽

[@DavesArchives]

You got it!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives me too dave.

[@tsurek]

Great year. When the 2000s starting coming into play.

[@BeyondDaX]

That's when everything start to downgrade save for the internet though even that varies by subject matter.

[@SnarkyRC]

1998. That's when I got my job at Blockbuster.

[@Anarchist86ed]

97 and 98 were the most boring years of the 90s. It's like the decade gave up and wanted to die, but then 99 came along and suddenly it wanted to live again. Only to be crushed to death by the miserable 2000s.

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

I was 13! I miss the '90s and early 2000s so much!

[@edwardgaines6561]

8:58 _"A totally organic experience!"_ Wow, the subtext of that went over my head as a kid! 💋

[@PetersPianoShoppe]

LOL… Gap khakis, swing dancing and bullet time FX, all in the same commercial. We have hit peak late-90’s.

[@WadeLife]

Blockbuster use to save my money I earned through out the week so I could rent a couple video games for a weekend of playing SegaGenesis... Great upload always a treat to have a blast from the past.. 👍

[@smartkid1201]

Mannn I love these throwbacks commercials! My mom took me to see Godzilla when it first came out at the age of 9; it was my first time going to a movie theater! Simpler times...😀

[@jrebecca0195]

"Water must be cold!" 🤣

[@danielroyer8862]

I'm not sure who those babes are at 18:00.

[@bzes10]

Seinfeld finale commercials!!!

[@technicolordreamer]

0:33 Blockbuster- I'll be there (in your hearts and memories) 1:32 classic Gap commercial during the swing dance craze! 3:02 Old Navy 4:35 The Truman Show promo 6:02 Visa vintage shop commercial

[@Bennythejet915]

You my friend are the absolute 🐐 for this one... Wow!!! 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻

[@mattarnett4690]

Man that was great! I love Zima but don’t remember the cans, and now I really want one. Parties I went to in high school people used to put Jolly Ranchers in the Zima, but I liked it just fine straight out of the bottle. Thanks for another great upload Dave! 📼🧈

[@retroclassics8664]

We would use skittles tasted great 👍 but really really sweet!

[@kennethtimmons129]

Omg loved the video but my famous outro song has changed I'm super sad about that

[@anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762]

I was 14 years old when it happened

[@brentmann2988]

19:02 Richard Dreyfuss on the voice-over for Apple.

[@GLeibniz1716]

Truly one of your best dave! Gotta love Joan Collins for old navy and Puddy in the Cadillac Seville ad; the visa ad caught the spirit of the late 90s! Thanks.

[@topchief1]

Funny how a company like blockbuster, who was rightly blamed for wiping out small video rental stores, and generally loathed for their late fees is now considered nostalgia cat nip.

[@DavesArchives]

My favorite store was Hollywood Video!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives miss that store dave.

[@MDWAXX]

Another great compilation. What artist did the cover of Toxic at the end?

[@DavesArchives]

@izzyperri 😁

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives alright dave I got it.

[@MDWAXX]

@@DavesArchives Cheers!

[@JH-qy7zw]

I'm not sure there is any commercial that can give me as painful nostalgia as blockbuster... what a monumental part of my childhood in the 80's & 90's, even early 2000's as a young adult.

[@jordonhargrove3248]

I remember watching all these commercials when I was a little boy 👦 5 years old

[@BrendanFinnstrom]

Thank You Dave, For Taking My Mind Off Of The Crazy World For A Min.

[@BigboiiTone]

Don't kid yourself. It'll be right there waiting for you

[@StacyL.]

Hahaha ZIMA!!

[@omakase6]

What's the song of the GAP ad?

[@RHGarciaApr85]

Jump, Jive, an' Wail- Louis Prima

[@poetrich]

@@RHGarciaApr85 the great Prima!

[@MarkMeadows90]

I was just a kid when Zima came out. I remember a few years back when Zima was reintroduced, I tried some. Not the best malt beverage I can tell ya lol

[@poetrich]

the first four commercials are real gems, i.e. the Gap Swing commercial. you've also captured a moment in our culture with this block of adverts. the transition from the analog to the digital world. many companies were still dependent upon 1-800 phone numbers to sell their products & services. while a few companies utilized websites. some were selling digital products like laptops powered by microprocessors. & so on. this block of commercials are a real treat to revisit. some of these commercials, like the Blockbuster 'I'll Be There' ad, i've not seen for well over 20 years. thanks, Dave!

[@DavesArchives]

Thanks, my friend!

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

It was weird growing up seeing the decline of 1-800 numbers with web addresses taking their place and barely noticing it at the time.

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives you're welcome dave.

[@Cnoble59]

I can’t say I remember many of these, but boy these commercials bring a tear to my eye.

[@nerdbamarich2063]

Instant nostalgia watching this..Thank you so much!!

[@victoriaresendiz6159]

Zima was so ahead of it’s time

[@LeafInTheWind88]

That Gap commercial is iconic.

[@StacyL.]

I was just thinking as I'm watching the clips, " No prescription medicine ads". Then the Zyrtec commercial comes on 😕🤔

[@jaydennis1999]

That’s over the counter homie

[@christianpatriot7196]

Also you don’t hear the phrase and/or slogan brought to you by Pfizer man I’m telling you they say they’re at nausea him anymore No transgender woke ideology political agenda garbage in these commercials like they oversaturate anything on television anymore

[@piratelestrange]

Thanks Dave! I got married in 98!

[@sunnydub107]

I was 6 in 98 I just remember commercials being over the top lol. Watching these make me feel like a lil kid again, which is wild because I used to hate commercials lol yet here I am.

[@retroman9287]

I was 6 as well, how far back do you remember? Which year

[@Sabrina-ln9ky]

I don’t remember half of these commercials only the GAP one, and the Blockbuster one. I was 6 back then, so that’s probably why. lol 😂.

[@jonathanharris9269]

Most people from 1998 are elderly by now or dead.

[@notavailable9919]

I am neither dead nor elderly and I was 14 in 98 😁

[@MaryS2022]

I was 6 years old in 1998.

[@MysticalMistyMarie]

I don’t call 42 elederly lol

[@RHGarciaApr85]

You need to learn math, bud.

[@eva-r2f]

Bait 🪤

[@slipperythought89]

Blockbusters could actually survive today. It costs like 20 bucks to stream a rental now so if u could rent brand new dvds for 5 bucks alot of people would prolly do it. Were being ripped off blind. Hows it cost almost as much to rent as it does to stream.

[@thecasualatvguy617]

Oh look a commercial for a 1998 Nissan altima. I wonder if Morgan freeman bought a Nissan from this,

[@zedm80]

Great year! The year I graduated high school. Many great memories. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

I remember that Zima ad the minute I saw the guy running from the poodle, LOL. I remember it because that when I saw it back in the day, I was like, hey, they actually used the meaning of "zima" my grandma gave me, which in Croatian means "cold".

[@93740il]

Started working at Cellular One in 1998,then it became Cingular Wireless in about 2000

[@IsaacCline-ru7ls]

I remember the final episode of Seinfeld being a big deal but WOW, these commercials lay it on thick! Haha

[@askholia]

The Zima commercial guy is the waiter from It's Always Sunny.

[@esaireyna899]

Haha the doggy got frozen after biting the guys butt when he drank Zima it’s karma 🐶 puppy!!!!

[@Ancient_Chronicler]

These commercials seemed to have aired in May of 1998. I was 10 years old 2 months away from turning 11, I was in the 5th grade.

[@thecasualatvguy617]

It's Joe from family guy selling caddys.ol

[@JR-ly2pu]

Century by Buick I knew I heard William dafoe !

[@wiilover07]

The old world. I wish I could go back. ☹️

[@hillstruth]

"Are rich people taller than the rest of us?" Statistically, yes actually. Just sayin.

[@lousanto1054]

Memories...finished undergrad then went to war that year...

[@shagginwagon8447]

Hey Dave, just wanted to say thanks for all the vids you post, especially the ones from the 90s. Being born in '84, and a kid who watched a lot of tv, a lot of these commercials feel like they're from yesterday. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@DavesArchives]

Most definitely!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@DavesArchives cool 😎 👌 👍 ♥ 😌 😄.

[@jordonhargrove3248]

I remember watching all these commercials when I was a little boy 👦 5 years old

[@astrojazzman]

📹📼

[@hawkeyes2814]

These must be regional commercials, I dont remember any of thesee

[@isthatyoujaunwayne4183]

Peak humanity and I was only 6

[@leet7489]

dang Fuji predicted the future

[@taureanmay7480]

Incredible TV commercials from 1998.

[@taureanmay7480]

Wow.

[@Rockhead84]

Lots of Digital Camera and office products nailing the future on the head, especially "posting about your vacation WHILE you're on vacation". Also knew as soon as I saw all those hidden compartments in a car, it was a Dodge Caravan lol. Loved that sped-up Seinfeld remix too. Great episode!

[@phylazen5649]

the over saturation still haunts my childhood dreams. i was a kid in the 90's and the Korn music video for "Falling Away From Me" was ultimately where i grew up.