Over an HOUR of 80s Retro TV Commercials: Memories Unlocked!

[@DavesArchives]

A young Kevin Sorbo spied at 47:45 😂

[@richardgadberry8398]

Wait a minute. This isn't my Hercules. DISAPPOINTED!

[@taureanmay1411]

0:58 yes Dave.

[@RenaissanceMan888]

Check out my find @ 1:09 K.G. from Tenacious D. . 😅

[@wrestlingwithjay3770]

80’s

[@EdwardiusMcAndriez]

The eighties seems so safe, cozy, and free, and yet at the same time there were gritty and edgy things.

[@mzsonsie]

I watch these retro commercials in a regular basis just for fun 🤭 idk why i find them so entertaining and comforting 😊

[@YBLeafy]

Everyone mad about ads not being able to be blocked on youtube anymore, yet here we are watching old ads.

[@John_Locke_108]

😂 And I remember enjoying these commercials as a kid.

[@trayt4685]

These ads also didn't play every 5 mins of an 1hour show either. Commercials back then didn't breed contempt.

[@KyyraYdnr]

But these commercials are wholesome and calming and a part of our culture as Americans

[@damin9913]

I miss the 80s so much everything we had was so simple and magical

[@billschlafly4107]

I agree but my grandparents would disagree. They thought the '40s were simple and magical.

[@damin9913]

Well i'm not from that time @@billschlafly4107

[@jamesdiaz5975]

@@billschlafly4107 I believe both your grandparents and you and this guy in the comment on those were very magical and simple years, nothing could replace them👍

[@TEnergy81]

😢

[@damin9913]

I do appreciate everything we had in those times because kids nowadays don't know or appreciate the magical history of the 80s and 90s cause there parents don't teach them about retro history all they know is cell phones, fortnight and ps5@@TEnergy81

[@Dynacologist]

I really miss those days.. It sucks getting older, would give anything to go back to those days

[@j.michaeledwards2892]

Couldn't agree more with you! So fun, sooooo great to be young and healthy, no prescription bottles in the bathroom and on the snack bar....no addiction issues, although I love the 86-92 Michelob commercials!! And I loved drinking it,too!!!👍😅

[@UrbanNoizeMusic]

The dreamy look of the 80s instantly takes me back man. And reminds me a lot of the early 90s. The time I started becoming aware of everything. Since I was born in 83. I miss that so much. Thanks Dave

[@samsondog2182]

There was a carry over from the 80s the early nineties where great

[@Phdintheory]

The 80's were so cool. The music was awesome, the cars were fast, and the women were gorgeous! People didn't work to barely survive they worked to buy toys like ski boats, motor bikes, or jet skis. We cruised the strip or went to the movies on Friday night, then went to the lake on Saturday, and still went to church on Sundays.

[@jasonridenour672]

I agree with all that but the fast cars part. The 80’s was a dead period for performance outside of a couple models.

[@Phdintheory]

@jasonridenour672 True. However, driving restored or "classic" muscle cars in the 80's when "cruising" was still done in many areas around the US was very popular. The town where I spent the best of those years was a town in Washington state called Puyallup. (Pew all up) We had what some would call the perfect cruising loop. It was a 1 1/2 mile one way through town and a turnaround at the end to go back and do it all again. People came from all over to cruise it. Friday and Saturday nights that strip was completely bumper to bumper. With cars all along the way in every parking lot and parking space. Windows down, stereos up, girls with hair as tall as the sunroof, guys with shorts sleeves, and hair as long as the girls all having a blast while looking to hook up with someone for the night. I'm telling you, those were the days, man. I would give anything to be able to relive 1983-1987 again exactly the way it was. Great frickin' times man! :)

[@j.michaeledwards2892]

You just described my young life....😢 Life was 🎩 🎉magical ✨️!!!!

[@Phdintheory]

@j.michaeledwards2892 Definitely! I know that most people, when they get a certain age, become nostalgic for their younger days with each era believing that theirs were the best. HOWEVER!!! The 80's actually were!

[@dragondaveltd1992]

It's nice to hear James Stewart voice on a Campbell's Home cookin' Soup commercial and I think this should be included for this year's commercial special in Nostalgia Critic 6:11

[@WallyWallcakes]

Fewer things went harder than soft drink commercials in the 80s and 90s. 😆

[@michelehood8837]

The two-liters with the styrofoam labels hit HARD

[@ericewing8158]

Crazy to see Doug and hear Garfield pushing grapefruit juice

[@MistahBroccoli]

This makes me happy and extremely sad at the same time.

[@db_524]

Yeah same

[@notfamous5726]

just want to give a shout up to Dave for taking the time to clips all of these out of old VHS tapes we all threw away in the past! support and appreciation all the way bro!

[@WEIWD2169]

Never grew up in the 80’s or 90’s but it’s still, give me nostalgia

[@CommodoreFan64]

35 cent Whoppers, man we sure did have it good in 89, Thanks for another banger Dave 👍

[@DavesArchives]

So good!

[@carolinatarheels7903]

Now they would charge you $1.29 just for a slice of cheese.

[@waytogojonny]

Lol but $277 VCR lol

[@Cj_Plays_Everything]

That’s 1.35 in todays money

[@burgundyyears]

But Circuit City wanted $449 for a 25" TV...

[@magaman5010]

Thanks for the memories I’m 62 years old and I remember all of those commercials!!!

[@gatheringleaves]

So you were born in 61?

[@J-barrera79]

Man I miss my childhood!!!

[@Hbomb411]

Same😢 my parents and grandparents died and I think I cried at half these silly commercials just because they remind me of my childhood and family. 😭

[@meowjakx3]

Never thought I’d eventually be watching nothing but commercials just for entertainment. Complete 180 from how i used to feel about these same commercials. 😂

[@amiblueful]

1:51 A 25" tv for $449. These days, you can get 50" decent-ish flat screen for the same price and a 25" for about $100. Electronics seem to be the only items that actually go DOWN in price.

[@WongKaiKo]

Wait... That grapefruit commercial- that has to be from the same animation team who did Doug on Nickelodeon in the 90s. And it's definitely Lorenzo Music doing the narration. I had no idea this existed.

[@JordanGingold]

Jumbo

[@littlegreengamer]

Me neither. This is the first time I ever found out about this.

[@ordinaryk]

I saw this and thought, "Wait, why was Doug selling grapefruit juice years before he debuted on Nick!?"

[@Hbomb411]

Garfield pushing grapefruit juice😂 🧃

[@Nverinder716]

Literally the same thing I thought so I had to go and look it up! Turns out that commericial was the first time that Jim Jinkin's character of "Doug" was ever used on televeision, almost 3 years before Nick picked up the character for a series!

[@walylama1672]

I saw that Epcot Center commercial as a kid. My parents drove by some big white spherical structure on the side of the highway in the Bay Area and I thought they were surprising me with a trip to Disney...but nope. 😂😢

[@jenniferrowland1339]

Ok I'm tripping out. I was a kid in the 80s in the Bay Area, was an exchange student through YFU and later worked at Lucky in the mid 90s. This is so cool seeing these old commercials and local news casters.

[@Torrestorres2624]

I’ve been waiting for an hour and 15 mins. for the show to start.

[@island661]

😂

[@DieHumanless]

Life was so good in the 80s. Now, it's just endless misery, doom and gloom always on the horizon. The 80s was full of hope for the future, but today we wake up to be outraged, offended, unsure if tomorrow will come.

[@snichelsticks8653]

well, while i agree the 80s and 90s were a better time; i'd say that you're being too pessimistic. sure times could be better, but they could be so much worse. medical technology is advancing, and times are changing. if you don't look on the bright side there just might not be one.

[@tiffbeevachou108]

Wasnt the cold war still going on in the 1980's?

[@tiercel5561]

@@tiffbeevachou108 - Well yes, but it's ending by then. Right now, we may end up with the Cold War Part 2: Nuclear Bugaloo.

[@RusstheTroubadour]

10:59 Lorenzo Music ( original voice of Garfield, co- creator of The Bob Newhart Show) speaking for Florida Grapefruit Juice.

[@chiarac3833]

Remember back then the commercials didn't play 10 times louder than the show like they do today.

[@trayt4685]

Even if they did it would've still been more pleasant compared to today's commercials. The commercial in our time just yell out what they want you to buy knowing damn well it's crap. Food and material possessions had quality in the 80s.

[@dd1984mm]

​@@trayt4685, and the dollar had more buying power.

[@dd1984mm]

​@@trayt4685, and the dollar had more buying power.

[@melvinshine9841]

11:02 - 11:26 That was straight up Doug Funnie. What is my boy doing in a grapefruit juice commercial before the actual Doug series was a thing? I love how Halloween 4 makes it abundantly clear that Michael Meyers is in the movie after Halloween 3 pissed a bunch of people off because it wasn't about him at all. 1:01:33 What is that hair?!🤣

[@garbagepailflixvhs]

Everyone Gotta Start Somewhere, Even Slingin' OJ 🍊

[@TheDarknight3x]

Doug, but then was the narrator the same person who voiced Garfield?

[@Sabrina79]

​@TheDarknight3x it sure sounded like him, I'm inclined to agree!

[@James-if3kc]

I was just reading about Halloween 3, lol.

[@Hbomb411]

​@@TheDarknight3xyes it was Garfield 😂

[@kietero]

The quality of these is outstanding! These bring me right back!

[@DizGrl]

These are the memories I love. These are my stations. Love this!!!!!

[@ScottNapolitan]

For a minute I mistook that Ragu commercial for the intro to some sitcom!😂

[@salliewalker4141]

Me too!!!

[@SonOfBlad3]

At 1:00:02 The Hero colonge commercial ALWAYS stuck with me..😅..I was like, why the hell was she on that damn piano like that??!

[@andrewsupp6693]

I think you got the wrong timestamp 😅😂

[@RusstheTroubadour]

23:50 Carol Channing for Purina Dog Chow.

[@user-mk6ei9bh6z]

Back when Domino's know how to sell & advertise their pizzas miss the 80s

[@carolinatarheels7903]

Now they try to sell you on 45 other items of food that aren’t pizza.

[@bertmustin]

Domino's Pizza was terrible in the 80s.

[@Stillenacht3D]

I forgot how prevalent saxophone was back then.

[@James-if3kc]

25:12 - Oh god, the condom episode of Kate and Allie! I remember watching that with my mom when it was brand new, and I asked my mom what a condom is, and she said "I'll tell you when you're older." I'm 41 now and she still hasn't told me.

[@Sklabah]

Time goes so fast. When I see these - even though they are simply capitalism personified - they remind me of my youth passed, and time when I had so much less to worry about. A naive ignorance, but hopefulness. When I think of how I just go through the motions day after day sometimes, and take minutes-hours-days for granted... Well, this is a good reminder to appreciate what's happening now. Who I love, and every breath I get to take.

[@db_524]

A lot of these 80’s commercials I either vaguely remember, vividly remember, or never known about at all since I’m a ‘85 baby. Good times the 80’s. 😊

[@John_Locke_108]

The majority of these commercials were easy going and relaxing. Nowadays nobody has an attention span anymore, lost mine in my late 30's, so advertising is now about grabbing your attention aggressively and it all feels abrasive.

[@Screwcharger85]

Traveling back in the 1980’s with glee with episode 515! As always great upload Dave! Stay retro 😎📼🍺

[@charliejoson9145]

I've been checking your account daily if there's already a new video. Thank goodness, I have something to watch on a Friday night [I live in Asia]. Yay!!

[@DavesArchives]

Thank you for that!

[@taureanmay1411]

​@@DavesArchivesyou are Dave.

[@RealMonoid]

80s commercials, where every scene looks like it was shot through a layer of Vaseline. The dreamy look wasn't just a lack of technological sophistication but a deliberate artistic choice. This soft focus and ethereal aesthetic tapped into the decade's obsession with glamour and excess, suggesting that even the most mundane products could transport you to a world of fantasy and luxury. Essentially, it was visual comfort food for a consumerist appetite.

[@billschlafly4107]

@35:01 - San Francisco Bay Area Home - "They're asking $200k" LOL!

[@GodlessFiend]

As a 1991 baby I’m so jealous

[@James-if3kc]

11:02 - That's Doug from the cartoon in a grapefruit juice commercial! Is that where he started?

[@SingularitySenses]

The Glory of the 80's

[@danmccarthy4700]

That Triaminic jingle is more comforting than the actual medicine.

[@ghostchaser1631]

Man, only thirty five cents for a Whopper, times really have changed. These days it feels like I have to take a loan out on my house just to buy a fast food meal. So much for extra value.

[@Mrshoujo]

*loan

[@ghostchaser1631]

@@MrshoujoYeah, I know, I misspelled loan. By the time I realized that it was to late, I had already moved on. Thanks for trying to help out though.

[@carolinatarheels7903]

I looked up Tri-City sporting Goods. They unfortunately closed in 2006 and they built real estate properties on it.

[@Cj_Plays_Everything]

43:05 I love how it goes from the Toyota ad to this

[@DLDX]

Thank you Dave! 📼🐒

[@JenKnee423]

It’s crazy how many of these I remember after all these years

[@garbagepailflixvhs]

@10:58 Ah, The Days When Doug Sounded Like Garfield...Wait, WTF? 😵‍💫

[@daisygirl1993]

That's sounds real Garfield!

[@kevinnagaoka5678]

The Noid. That is a mascot that spurred up a lot of problems that wasnt domino related.

[@snichelsticks8653]

what did he do?

[@kevinnagaoka5678]

@@snichelsticks8653 Chamblee hostage incident. On January 30, 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the "Avoid the Noid" campaign was personally directed towards him and was antagonizing him, entered a Domino's restaurant in Chamblee, Georgia. Armed with a .357 Magnum, Noid then held two employees hostage for over five hours. (source WIKI)

[@musclebuilder2042]

Whooper 35c 😮

[@carolinatarheels7903]

Now they would charge you a dollar just to get some extra ketchup for your fries.

[@Gostdemonoid]

12:59 October 21st. Weird that I’m watching this 1 day befor the anniversare lool. 👍🏻

[@DarinNederhoff]

Oh man, the Porsche 944 turbo ad followed by the vintage EPCOT Center ad were perfect. I had a red 944 turbo that I wish I had never sold... and loved EPCOT in the late 80s!

[@JDiology]

Love binge watching your videos on my days off

[@tyneishalewis9917]

Yayyy, a new video! Awesome '80s goodness. Looking forward to this weekend's stream!

[@usmchottie07]

I miss the 80s so much man things were so simple!

[@db_524]

💯 This tbh

[@mrawesome3915]

7Up Gold? anyone here drink that?

[@mandalovescatspandas1781]

I'm wondering what it tasted like! I've never heard of it before

[@carolinatarheels7903]

Waiting to hear back from another guy in the comments as he said he drank it all of the time. Looked like Ginger Ale when they poured it but also cola in the bottles.

[@stevesullivan1841]

Most of my family and friends don't remember 7Up Gold. I used to drink it all the time

[@marcgambone4240]

I don't remember it either and I'm pretty good at that stuff. Mandela effect maybe?

[@carolinatarheels7903]

What was 7up Gold? At first I thought it was Ginger Ale but it looked like a Cola in the bottles. I am curious to know.

[@Hbomb411]

What did it taste like? 😊

[@bradbradley1121]

Loved the Dad in the egg commercial juggling the eggs

[@LovemyLife700]

I wish I had 72 hours of 80's Fun!!!!!!!!!!! OHHHHHH MY GOODNESS ❣️

[@RusstheTroubadour]

38:11 Dave Madden ( Laugh -In, Partridge Family, Alice) speaking for Chuck Wagon Dog Food.

[@brentmann2988]

Good call on the great Reuben Kincaid. 😊

[@user-yt2ur1fp4z]

Miss the 80's

[@Mote.]

I love these archives. Thanks for uploading them.

[@Allyourbase1990]

I was born in 90, but really wished I would have bee in high school during the 80s

[@mrawesome3915]

Odd that Wizard of Oz aired on Sunday. I remember it usually airing on Fridays, when schoolkids didn't have to go to bed early.

[@John_Locke_108]

Yep. I know for a fact that it was a Friday because that's when I saw my mom.

[@Rebelartist83]

Did anyone notice grape fruit juice guy looked like Nickelodeons Doug and was Narrated by Garfield the cat lol..😅

[@sloopadoodle]

I'm new to the channel, is it normal to weep as you watch?

[@db_524]

It’s very normal to weep while watching these, no judgement. I do it myself every time I watch these on my own.

[@Roberob1189]

Omg it kills me lol. It actually brings immense sadness. But it’s welcomed I suppose. I am so disappointed in how times are these days, even the past 15ish years. Things are just different and we’re never getting those days or times back.

[@Hbomb411]

Oh good lord I thought it was just me and my sensitive self because I lost my family and I miss them so much and these are all huge nostalgic childhood memories. I miss these times and even my 9 yr old likes to watch with me and says " it looked so beautiful back in the olden days mommy" 😂😭😭

[@romanb.6528]

Thank you very much!

[@hitchman84]

11:20 Wait, what DOUG...? I'm so confused.

[@carolinatarheels7903]

I love looking up these television shows that no one remembers. Heartland and Live in, literally 9 episodes and done,

[@James-if3kc]

I remember Heartland! Buzz from Home Alone was in it! Was there really only 9 episodes?

[@chillydawgg4354]

Campbell'sh home-cooked shoup

[@TTrigg]

Listermint-how bad does your breath have to be in order to be classified as"Piranha"..?🤣

[@VeronicaReveles408]

35 cent Whoppers! 😮

[@gatheringleaves]

11:02 Is that Doug from the Nickelodeon show?!

[@akumaku7930]

Doug? 10:58

[@jeffreywhitney]

7up gold was the best soft drink ever developed

[@Mrshoujo]

When converting from NTSC video, be sure to enable Deinterlacing. This will solve the up and down line wiggling. I just use my DVD recorder, rip that, and use Handbrake.

[@pokepress]

QTGMC is an algorithm that might be worth looking into.

[@jtdollarfitness3048]

1980s Ads From The Bay Area Marine World gave it away

[@LemonTheLogan]

I'm making an ad for a friend of mine clothes brand, and I'm making an 80s styled ad for jt so this is good help

[@Texbec]

Back when the only message in the commercial was buy our stuff. And they were made according to what the consumer would want. No ideologies.

[@ericiidx]

I'm into the Egg Song at 11:58. I'm glad egg got a song.

[@brentmann2988]

53:42 The voice of the great Ed Grover for Nissan. 14:48 Sally Kellerman tells us about Hidden Valley Ranch dressing. 1:04:50 Everyone in the Bay Area will recognize the voice of Tom Campbell.

[@TurdFerguson0528]

Groinial "hair styles" were a more unkept back then, but even that I look back at with some fondness and nostalgic appreciation.

[@StormsongK]

Dang! I didn't know Doug Funnie was in commercials before he had a show!

[@user-qt2vd1tc3x]

The 80s were the best

[@renegadezradio]

@10:58 Doug from Nickelodeon had a grapefruit commercial wtf 🤯🤯🤯

[@JerryNoel-th7wh]

Omg please take me back to 80s, anybody got a delorean?

[@John_Locke_108]

I wish I could go back to the 4th grade. Life was so simple and easy.

[@Hbomb411]

Me too

[@mattarnett4690]

Back with a vengeance! ✌️📼🧈

[@DavesArchives]

Indeed, bro!

[@irondwarf]

Man wish I could go back to 80’s/90’s maybe even early 2000’s.

[@taureanmay1411]

2:14 over an hourof 80s retro tv commercials : memories unlocked 🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓.

[@taureanmay1411]

4:41 wow, that's fun 😊😊😊😊😊👍🙈🙉😸😹😁💡.

[@stanleystriker7065]

1988 Movie "Without a Clue" Not a bad movie. Sometimes your videos reveal unknown movies... :)

[@carolinatarheels7903]

Definitely a like on your comment. I have gone through and checked Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB to search for these lost movies and even the made for TV movies that had actual A list stars in them.

[@stanleystriker7065]

@@carolinatarheels7903 There was a post-apocalyptic 80's movie I learned about on this channel. Starring Adam Ant. lol I never knew he was an actor.

[@carolinatarheels7903]

@@stanleystriker7065 that for some strange reason I did know LOL. My mom was a fan of his music and she must have watched a couple of his movies back in the day

[@user-cm3pf7zy9g]

Love the 80s myself miss them

[@alfredspic481]

The movies that came out in the 80's were amazing...

[@RenaissanceMan888]

At 1:09 Kyle Gass from Tenacious D!😃😆

[@trayt4685]

I thought that was him.

[@Excelword-vb9lm]

“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”

[@Hbomb411]

THIS!! 😭🥺

[@FrankCostanza-u4b]

"Timmy, the commercials are back on! Get in here or you'll miss them!"

[@mrawesome3915]

🎉