Politically Incorrect TV commercials from the 1980s & 1990s

Which are the most offence to you?

[@rayrayfad3654]

Me: “Louis Armstrong? He blew horn under lights, he gets sweaty, that’s hardly racist.” (Al Jolson appears) “And there it is.”

[@ThatJerseyGamer]

Yeah I was watching that one and this is basically what said: “Hmm...this isn’t so bad. These are all well known celebrit-JESUS CHRIST how was THAT in a commercial?”

[@reynaldolunajr.6909]

They were all celebrity entertainers in there time even Al.

[@DerrickAdamsdermatologist]

I had the same reaction

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

Then Louis wiped Al's blackface near the end And Al Jolson was not a racist. Even that form of blackface wasn't considered racist during his time. Al did befriend lots of black entertainers and promote their careers. Well, Al's blackface is just considered politically incorrect nowdays.

[@Freeway_Rollercoaster]

Everything is racist to a liberal.

[@drew3693]

I spent my whole childhood running to the kitchen or the bathroom during commercial breaks. Now here I am watching them on KZbin by choice 😂

[@edwardbloecher4563]

😂 me too!!! Lol

[@WalkingRoscoe]

Commercials were infuriating, back then. Yes. I agree and cannot stop watching the classics.

[@UQRXD]

Brain must be going.

[@toshiojohnston3732]

​@@UQRXDno just the clock ticking on all of us.

[@marymartin8763]

You don’t know what you have until it’s gone is starting to ring true!

[@stevebutler8387]

I'm old enough to remember when the tv would go off each night, play the National anthem and put up that test pattern till 600 am

[@wolfcatgti]

Remember OnTV it was like early cable after everything else went off the air?

[@AdamRasmussenAstronaut]

“This concludes our broadcasting day”

[@lachutequimarche8074]

Dang that’s old as heck!

[@stevebutler8387]

@@lachutequimarche8074 yep, I am 66. There was also only 3 channels. Life was so much simpler then. Have a great day

[@UniqueSundials]

Bring back the test card is much more entertaining than Holly Willoughby or Nish Kumar

[@erickpacheco1623]

I'm stuck on nostalgic commercials..Who else misses those days??

[@VIRGONOMICS]

Anything pre 1990s - I watch old tv shows , movie’s,etc that are from 1950s to 1980’s . Keeps me reminded that the world was once not such a 💩The internet ruined reality . The Information Age sells more propaganda than information. MY GOD , KZbin WARNED ME BEFORE POSTING BECAUSE I SAID THE WORLD WAS A PIECE OF 💩. I REST MY CASE .

[@tateanderson4655]

The ad that pissed me off the most was the one that played before the video

[@MXB2001]

Good one. I block YT ads though with software. Cuz they are extremely disturbing.

[@yannick245]

I got a Ben& Jerry's...

[@b-genspinster7895]

The jimmy kimmel ad pissed me off the most.

[@jimmartin7881]

Get ad blocker, it's an extension that's free.

[@imstuff2499]

Even the ads have ads smh

[@papajon62]

The only thing I found offensive was that $1000 a month from lottery winnings would set you up for life.

[@c.galindo9639]

$1000 back then was like triple the value today or more

[@c.galindo9639]

@John Smith possibly. It was worth more than it is today

[@termsofusepolice]

That was the commercial Andrew Yang saw as a kid. It deeply influenced his current political vision.

[@josephliptak3183]

@@termsofusepolice exactly right!

[@techwatch1228]

$1000 a month would equal over $39,000 in todays dollars.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

Once "mentally retarded" wasn't offensive. It was just a medical term, just people later used it as a slang to put people who were down.

[@JakobHill]

It was the same with the word "spastic", which referred to the common symptoms experienced by people with Cerebral Palsy, MS and ALS.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@JakobHill True. It simply came down to how they were used.

[@Sak-zo1ui]

The people who get offended by it are mentally retarded in ways.

[@citizenjoe404]

It's called 'linguistic drift' when a term becomes offensive then gets replaced with another term which in turn becomes seen as offensive. But like prostitute to sex worker. Sex worker is now the agreed upon respectful term but give it a decade and it'll be a slur

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@citizenjoe404 Pretty much. Prostitution is legal where I live so long as it's over 18, fully agreed on and fairly paid to agreement. Still sleezy, but it's cleaner in the end and as it's usually something done behind closed doors it's not usually a big deal.

[@ayr1190]

Funny how I find these commercials more convincing and effective than today’s

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

Yeah. Nowadays, ads just blast obnoxious, crappy music as loudly as possible with the most forgettable narration possible. Nothing remotely memorable, tolerable, or creative.

[@kevinedmonds3130]

You forget what they were advertising 10 seconds after they go off

[@mattjek828]

Yeah, ads now make me NOT want to buy the product.

[@someweirdguy7281]

These are better than watching countless pharmaceutical and car insurance commercials that constantly air now.

[@jeancd3955]

And disgusting drug commercials every evening

[@someweirdguy7281]

@Rabblerouser Of course .

[@sillygoose635]

nah

[@MyKeeP81]

Oh really an interracial relationship doesn’t seem real to you? You must live in a small town. I see them everywhere I go. Love is love bro lol u racist weirdo

[@jgrab1]

@@jeancd3955 Drugs are pharmaceuticals. Look it up.

[@billistics]

So a real native American in a video not saying anything is automatically politically incorrect?

[@danmack3173]

The Toshiba one? Yeah, if they're paying homage to the old screen then it at least makes sense

[@billistics]

@@danmack3173 can you explain what's politically incorrect about the golden beer ads?

[@oneidawolf776]

Lol that dudes name is graham greene. If anyone was interested. He has been in a few things since then mainstream tv shows and a few cheesy movies and things.

[@House_Husband_Romeo]

billistics Lmao it’s the fact that toshiba uses a colored person as an example of having better color resolution for their new VHS 🤣 still I miss this glorious era of ignorance.

[@majorlifts]

Oneida Wolf I was gonna say.....

[@scottbrandon6244]

Molson Golden beer ad at 3:13. This was a common theme for beer commercials in the 80s. Middle aged men at BBQs, pool parties or at the cottage with women half their age. You definitely knew who the target audience was.

[@email5023]

Some of 'em didn't look that old. But it is really because there isn't enough 'diversity' in the those commercials.

[@heidisierra9833]

The Japanese chef in the first commercial is Robert Ito better known as Sam Fujiyama on the TV series Quincy ME. Such a handsome guy!

[@HazeGrayQM2]

I remember an Isuzu commercial with a Japanese pitchman and a Chevrolet pitchman. The Chevrolet guy couldn’t pronounce Isuzu to save his life, and the Japanese guy said, “That’s ok, I can’t say ChevroRet!”

[@justoutofframemoviereviews656]

Isuzu (1981)

[@HazeGrayQM2]

@@justoutofframemoviereviews656 That’s right! My bad.

[@warrenpeace8304]

Izuza.

[@HazeGrayQM2]

@@warrenpeace8304 Yo! The commercial is on KZbin.

[@braquemar]

Hahaha

[@zillathezalo9342]

“Are they saying Louis Armstrong is not PC???” Not even 2 seconds later.. “Ohhhhhh........shhhhhit...”

[@punkgrl325]

LOL, right? 🤣

[@jeykies3745.]

70th like

[@favoritezero1652]

I thought the same like " oh so he's sweating around a bunch of blonde women gosh these pc fascistis" AND THEN BLACK FACE OMG yep did not age well in any way or form

[@Velly8423]

Exactly my thought process 😄🤦🏽‍♀️

[@jennyprorock]

I'm guessing it was the black face guy at the end and not him

[@kp3_442]

Given the old myth about how someone might end up blind, it’s hilariously ironic to see a blind dude acting a bit creepy in a Vaseline commercial!

[@JerkDouglas]

"Jack really worships you. He gave you a burnt offering." Top-tier corny dad joke.

[@jackdurden2483]

Ah yes, being touched by blind strangers on the subway. Good times.

[@RocketRoketto]

So he was touching her and she had him touch her ring to show she's married?

[@peggyjaeger9280]

🤣🤣🤣 That’s kinda creepy.

[@TheMasheenist]

Better than being touched by Jared from subway

[@melvinmelville7073]

Being blind doesn't give you the right to cop a feel.

[@deathmetal271]

Thought this was going a different path...

[@uncledarren4262]

The Native on the Toshiba VCR commercial is Grahm Green. I have his autograph! He is a great actor and a national Canadian treasure!!

[@zerosoma33]

But he's an indian

[@thejollyrancher6713]

National treasure? I’m Canadian and I’ve never heard of him.

[@nbrannick]

I'm an American and I instantly recognized him. Dude has been on his game since the 70's. What I don't understand is why that commercial is considered non-PC? All it does is show a Native, is that against the rules now?

[@thejollyrancher6713]

@@nbrannick it’s not the native that’s the issue, it’s the headdress. Their customs exist for their cultural enrichment, not to sell televisions or margarine. Acting like all natives wear headdresses when they go to the grocery store caricaturizes them for your financial benefit. Feature as many natives in your commercials as you want - just show them in the clothes that they normally wear. Not sacred ceremonial clothing.

[@fuki98]

@@nbrannick the headdress

[@youtubecensors5419]

It's funny how we now view normal men finding normal women attractive as politically incorrect.

[@Funkgun]

You’d have to admit, the JVC creeper dude at the beach was pretty bad..

[@DuckmanYaHeard]

People were a lot happier when their money wasn’t worthless.

[@Unknown2Yoo]

That "he worships you, he brought you a burnt offering" line was comedy gold. 🤣

[@tracyfahrenheit97]

That whole commercial was genius. I'm going to use that line now

[@jackjude]

I think they got better writers in for the 2nd one. What was meant to be "politically incorrect" those two adverts?

[@KillerBebe]

@@jackjude I didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with that commercial, it could just be that people having fun and alcohol being freely enjoyed.

[@Outlawstar79]

Those commercials tossed orgy party vibes but regardless it's not offensive and the burnt offering joke was comedic GOLD!

[@sweetsunnyvibes]

​@@KillerBebetrue, woke hate people having harmony.. They rather go back to a divided country where opposite groups get shamed.

[@Pisti846]

"Are these homegrown tomatoes" "Yeah, except for Mary, she's from the West coast". That was cute!

[@texasred2702]

Those are some Boss Level dad jokes alright.

[@skindianu]

"Take the bags, I'll carry the girls!"

[@151dallas16]

For people who do not get it, a tomato meant an attactive girl.

[@adamcoates2325]

@@151dallas16 Pretty sure they're saying west coast Mary has implants.

[@Sebastian--2]

@@adamcoates2325 I mean what he said didn't imply that he was disagreeing?

[@Watzittoya123]

Ok, but that last one had me laughing when she put his hands on her wedding ring 😂

[@QuizmasterLaw]

i felt kinda bad about that one as i know people who are blind it really sucks. it was poignant and well done idk if it would make me buy.

[@Ckbtony1983]

Was that what she was doing?

[@Ckbtony1983]

Gotta admit that blind guy was hot though

[@ba6428]

@@Ckbtony1983 I think that was Michael Wincott from The Crow and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

[@wildbluewings]

These commercials are more comforting and sweet than offensive 😊💖✨✨

[@1223jamez]

Amen!!!!

[@BigBri550]

You have a fetish 🤨

[@BigBri550]

@@1223jamez And you get *religion* over it?! 🧐

[@BigBri550]

Wtf is with you two?

[@wildbluewings]

@@BigBri550 Lol, what do you mean?

[@mskipper19]

That lottery commercial waited until the last second. Cool as a cucumber.

[@florptytoo]

That's the only one that made me lol.

[@uncletrick1]

Yeah, but at the time “mentally retarded” was the accepted term and not considered offensive. It was years later that it fell out of favor.

[@frankiec3659]

@Al Tee yeah but people took the word “retarded” and made into an insult when it wasn’t meant to be. That’s just how languages evolve through so I’m sure our PC terms will no longer be PC 20 years down the road.

[@johndarcangelo6893]

Supporting a charity is considered offensive lol.

[@kyrkosekaterinaris1328]

@@uncletrick1 all of these commercials were ok at the time

[@Slycooper14]

"Do you swim a lot?" "Oh, just enough to keep from drowning..." that took me out.

[@leroysanchino]

That was very offensive to people who can't swim

[@Slycooper14]

@@leroysanchino i'm not the one who said it

[@yourarseismine1016]

@@leroysanchino Good

[@leroysanchino]

@@Slycooper14 I'm joking cause the video is "politically incorrect"

[@Slycooper14]

@@leroysanchino lol yeah ik

[@callmewisteria]

i appreciate how the toshiba add laid the groundwork for the "please stand by" screen in the fallout series

[@daveshore6423]

The guy flipping burgers in the molson golden commercial is Alf Humphrey he was a cop on first blood,Stallone broke Al’s nose making the move.

[@benjamingrimes3304]

They definitely put more creativity into making tv commercials back then, I'll give them that.

[@aprilvanpelt884]

When I watched the lottery ad I was like, “what is wrong with this?” And then they said that word and I was like. Ohhhhhh

[@italiantraditionalcatholic2390]

Don't be so square 😒

[@jimmartin7881]

@@aprilvanpelt884 Hilarious because AHRC uses retarded in its name the same as the NAACP uses the term colored in theirs. It's all foolishness to believe words can hurt people.

[@EthenBibslo]

@@jimmartin7881 idiot

[@jimmartin7881]

@@EthenBibslo I see you also erroneously believe certain words hold some mystical power. Outstanding, thank you.

[@jayc4019]

Some of these have me waiting for the offense part and then the ad ends and I'm left scratching my head wondering what was supposed to be offensive

[@xxmemestar69xx82]

Then you’re too old and white.

[@concars1234]

I feel the same way. how dare us

[@concars1234]

I feel the same way. how dare us

[@joncarbone]

Getting offended is the new ‘cool.’ They get offended on behalf of others.

[@Maki-00]

@@xxmemestar69xx82 I’m not white and I’m questioning a lot of these ads too! The pregnant lady in the pizza ad. Please tell me what is supposed to be offensive about this?

[@HardRockMiner]

These should still be on. If you don't like it, don't look at it !

[@justadabbler9198]

Weak people are offended and they don't matter .. This is gold!

[@donlew8222]

I'm native american and I loved those commercials! We aren't so sensitive.

[@TheOtherOne122]

DW I’ll get offended for you

[@vernatkins9692]

Right ?? People try so hard to come up with reasons things may be offensive. Here is a example your at the store and your wife says that guy over there keeps looking at us he thinks we are gonna steal something . Truth is the guy has no idea either of you are there. He has been trying to find his wife and last time he saw her she was in that area.. that is how stupid people are they think they know what other people are thinking and they are not even close

[@jamestepera3356]

Thanks. When the NFL Redskins team name went away I wondered how many native Americans even cared.

[@amazingabby25]

Snarick Klash what the fuck? It was stolen moron

[@AnthonyRizzuti]

@@amazingabby25 what was stolen? Land that some natives conquered from other natives who then lost it to Euorpeans in the same fashion? Lol all of the world is stolen land by that logic. Every inch.

[@CY3ERUS]

Man: I think Jack really worships you. Lady: Really? Man: Sure he gave you a burnt offering

[@aleciathomas5703]

I laughed out loud at that one 😂😂😂

[@SakuraAvalon]

@Nicholas E.K. No. He clearly says 'I think Jack really worships you' Then references the act of giving to a deity.

[@Jinsoku440]

That actually got a non-cringe belly-laugh out of me, the rest was kinda...'unnecessary'

[@krisjackson6102]

It was the only thing I laughed at.

[@vintuitive7627]

No political correctness exists. I’m Gen X. All these commercials were epic

[@KatyaKit216]

These are great! I rather watch these than todays commercials.

[@colincharlton9339]

Those ads are better than some tv programmes we get today.

[@sillygoose635]

nah.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

Yes Carlton that is TRUE. These commercials don't have that WOKE BULLSHIT

[@briandavid4610]

I'm watching this because there's nothing on tv,haha

[@nardpuncher]

This is a stupid Boomer thing to say. Do you even watch TV shows now some of them have the quality of movies and are very well written. You probably think Knight Rider was a great show

[@nardpuncher]

@@chadwickwhite6107 you're triggered by people not being racist? Christ you're a loser

[@bryantv2410]

The toshiba one actually made sense. The image in the background is called "Indian-head test pattern" they brought the indian from this well know tv image to life. Indian people existing on tv is not politically incorrect.

[@thejollyrancher6713]

If you want to feature Native people in an ad - great. But show them in clothes they actually wear instead of rarely worn, ceremonial dress. I’ve never gone to the grocery store and seen a Native person in a headdress. Their customs exist for their cultural enrichment - not to sell televisions or margarine.

[@sandroilsardo9443]

@@thejollyrancher6713 you’re literally called Maurice del taco, and you’re complaining about stereotypes.

[@thejollyrancher6713]

@@sandroilsardo9443 it’s a proud Jewish name. Kind of like Hotz.

[@Croz89]

@@thejollyrancher6713 The point was to emulate the test pattern, which was a native American in a ceremonial head dress. Without it the ad would have made no sense.

[@thejollyrancher6713]

@@Croz89 well aware of that, son. I’m saying the “test pattern” is politically incorrect. Every single indigenous person on TV at the time was shown in a headdress. It’s like they didn’t exist without them. They were turned into a caricature. Their ceremonial dress exists for their own cultural enrichment - not to sell TVs or margarine. Standardize a colourful meadow as a “test pattern”.

[@lucalivio]

definitely a better time to live than today

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Damn skippy!!! has making everything politically correct made the world a better place? Hell no and That’s pretty self evident…..

[@NewCanada]

Almost any decade is better than the 2010s and 2020s.

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

bands like RUSH and Grateful dead were still playing, damn right it was a better time

[@JD-xg8zi]

At first I thought the lady put the blind guys hand on her honkers! Wow now that’s a lotion ad!

[@gsmack81]

There's a couple that I totally get, a couple that I'm like "ehhh maybe", then some that I don't get what's politically incorrect at all.

[@DarkZerol]

The last one is very much inappropriate though regardless of when and where you are, I don't think anyone would find it amusing from suddenly being touched around by some stranger on a subway.

[@DJRitty]

@@DarkZerol That's why we had parents - to tell teach us TV is not REAL. Today, the lines are blurred. Kids and adults all watch the same things and act the same...it's odd. Back then kids didn't have 24/7 access to things they shouldn't be watching...etc World's all fucked up now.

[@lant7123]

@@DarkZerol A blind guy? No big deal.

[@fredstolperman2785]

@@DJRitty Even if they are telling the kids that what they've seen is wrong, it's no reason to continue doing ads like this. It's more of an argument for stopping it

[@unstoppableExodia]

That last one was more stupid than offensive. The at first she’s pissed off that he’s touching her without permission. Then she realizes he’s blind and has soft hands and then she’s all like “oooh yeah touch me all over”. Give me a break.

[@shawnattwells5355]

The fur coat sale, might have ruffled a few PETA feathers, but I wouldn't call it politically incorrect.

[@chamboyette853]

I usually don't get offended, and most of the stuff here didn't bother me, but the fur coat is really really bad. That did bother me.

[@DozingGreen-fz6rg]

@@camerontafoya150 look up fur farms and what they do to animals, you whiny ass coward.

[@sillygoose635]

@@camerontafoya150 why are you offended over somebody being offended, you baby

[@andrewtodaro2874]

Plus PETA is just a bunch of trouble makers! The latest outrage from them was that drinking cow’s milk causes autism ! Like the anti vaccine crowd😡 so insane!

[@rclaughlin]

When you live in the frozen wastes of Canada, you definitely need a fur coat!

[@mikepalmer2219]

And the world is so much better now right?

[@francoisregis2155]

Ah the good old days when people didn’t get offended easily where you could watch tv movies series cartoons and commercials without getting offended every 10 seconds We were lucky to live back then miss the 80’s and 90’s

[@brentcanfield8883]

Truth.I hate what our society has become. No wonder everyone is so miserable nowadays-They can't take a joke!

[@ericrivera8410]

@@brentcanfield8883 everyone is not miserable everyone is a hugh numbet just the people you surround yourself with

[@pelqel9893]

​@@ericrivera8410I remember Hugh Numbet! Fine English teacher on PBS that taught us Gen Xers how to spell and punctuate properly so that we'd eventually become decent communicators!😉😛🙃

[@missmanners62]

@@brentcanfield8883 lord knows white people don't mind being laughed at.

[@lilylovesanime17]

don't listen to fox not everyone now is easily offended, not like those snowflake boomers who whine about the 'good ol' days' where things weren't So 'pc'. I can guarantee you some of these things were issues back then, it's just that white men like you never listened, and why would you? I don't expect my comment to change your views, and I honestly don't care, but do you really think people only started pointing out bigotry after your childhood years were up and the good old days were no more? You think the suffragettes in the 1900s were doing it for giggles? Or mlk in the sixties? Now the only people getting offended by everything is, ironically, people like you who are so used to privilege that equality sounds like persecution.

[@MrWilly2204]

The Indian from the Toshiba commercial was one of the lead roles in Dances With Wolves.

[@Mydnyte]

Ghrahm Greene I believe at a very young age

[@a.edwardsnycta5785]

And Detective Joe from Die Hard with a Vengeance

[@laurabeane8862]

Loved him on Northern Exposure and as the ordinance "expert" on The Red Green Show.

[@Ephisus]

Kick. More kick.

[@ridikerous]

Tonka Tatonka.

[@harmonyqueue]

That Pathfinder commercial ends on a really wholesome note though: "We decided we liked their music even more."

[@chickenmuffin]

I didn’t really see what’s wrong with this one. Actually very cool to see how an isolated tribe experienced the new technology and it seemed very wholesome. Back before all the manufactured division I can assure you there was no ill intent behind much of these types of things. People were just MUCH less easily offended and poking fun was part of life. The 80s and 90s were an incredibly chill and kind time and despite what we are told real racism existed much less then than it does now.

[@Jinsoku440]

@@chickenmuffin the 'ignorant savage' trope is tired and has completely outlived its welcome

[@frankiec3659]

@@chickenmuffin how would you know that less real racism existed then? You’re white. Of course you’ve never experienced it and you just think it’s worse now because it’s actually being reported on. Whereas back then people got away with a lot more and things got swept under the rug. Go ask a POC how prevalent racism was in the 80s/90s and then come back and talk.

[@chickenmuffin]

@@Jinsoku440 Nobody is calling them ignorant savages but you. The truth is that people live differently. Seeing those worlds collide is interesting, and clearly everyone is the Nissan video was enjoying themselves and the shared experience.

[@rra7490]

Nah, that tribe of people had no consent to that commercial, to their faces and lives being shown on TV. Completely unnecessary ad.

[@watchutub]

The good old days when it was safe to go out side.

[@dartfrogger]

That's Graham Greene at 2:55

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I'll be 58 in June, and can remember when cigarettes were advertised on TV. The last one aired in 1971. New Years' Day, I believe it was. This is from Canada, but I'm posting from the USA. Nowadays, they have ads for prescription drugs. That practice seemed to have started about 20 years ago.

[@freeman10000]

Cigarette TV adverts were banned in Australia in 1976; prescription drugs are not advertised.

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

I had a New Zealander tell me that NZ and the US are the only countries that allow pharmaceutical ads. I figured the US was the only one.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 I didn't know which countries do and don't allow pharmaceutical ads.

[@markcantemail8018]

Gary Kerns I remember the cigarette adds and also when a Pack cost 59 cents when I worked at the Grocery Store . My Father never quit smoking but that is not what killed him . It was Prescription Drugs in a Hospital a year ago . Strange how things work out ?

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@markcantemail8018 Sorry for your loss, but it IS ironic, isn't it? Seems I remember when they were 59 cents or so for a pack. Now, they're about 5 bucks where I live, and that's the cheap ones.

[@daniels_0399]

Ok those golden beer commercials had god tier puns ngl

[@mariobrosflames]

Gold tier*

[@leroysanchino]

Puns aren't politically correct

[@zyroniv9143]

@@leroysanchino why?

[@JosephDillman]

It also sounds like they copped an iffy cover of "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" 🤪

[@richardbonnette490]

"I think he worships you." *lifts bread off burger* "REALLY!?" "Yeah, he gave you a burnt offering." That's classic Abbot and Costello wisecracks, right there.

[@FinFunnel68]

“ u sure have a lot of friends “ “ Thought they were yours” 😅😅😅😂

[@captainmeow2771]

I miss the good old days when people had a sense of humor and not wild-eyed bitterness.

[@sec808]

"Are these homegrown tomatoes? Sure except Mary " LOL that was a slick line that a lot of people may have missed

[@Silver77cyn]

What’s that mean?

[@greywolf7577]

@@Silver77cyn bewbs.

[@karlepaul6632]

@@Silver77cyn I think it meant the one chick with the big cans (Mary) wasn't originally from wherever it was the BBQ was taking place.

[@crazydrummer181]

“She’s from the West Coast”

[@kcindc5539]

A “tomato” was a term used back in the day = “hot chick”

[@grege5074]

i love how progressing through each of these commercials is like "ok, not bad, not bad, that's tame WHOAAAAAAAAA"

[@1950Grendel]

I guess I missed the WHOAAAAAA.

[@walnut_raisin2621]

@@1950Grendel ,,,you missed the minstrel show guy?

[@andrewdeangelo1]

​@walnut_raisin2621 The minstrel show guy's name was al jolson ,popular in the same vaudevillian circles as the rest shown: wc fields,groucho Marx,etc. So he wasn't just a random minstrel but a relevant figure of the stage. Still racist, but a specific reference.

[@karlepaul6632]

Except Al Jolson existed, that's what he did. My guess is it's the white people who are getting offended. lol Relax, we all good.

[@reconbravo104]

It's bad because you see the Louie Armstrong parody and think "well maybe that's it? That wasn't that bad" and then the guy in blackface shows up.

[@nellb-mv7td]

That's when people could laugh about things instead of being offended by everything. I miss those days.

[@heyodi3092]

Let’s make a commercial making fun of white people and see how hard you laugh

[@CanadaMatt]

Oh yes, those good old days when racism and sexism were funny. Get bent.

[@FruityKoala]

“This lottery ad isn’t so bad what’s the issu- OH MY GOD”

[@Deemememe]

**skipping ads so I can watch these commercials**

[@StopFear]

maybe stop being cheap and pay for premium youtube where there are no ads at all.

[@ChuckPalomo]

@@StopFear At least you're being thematically appropriate, shilling in a commercials video.

[@dbzfan1117]

@@StopFear laughs in ad blocker

[@captain_nukta]

@@StopFear not available in my country. Just shut up

[@hplovecraft1402]

I liked the 'you know i think Jack really worships you.' 'Really?' 'Sure, he gave you a burnt offering' line

[@jowabro]

I have a feeling people have been saying that at bbqs for a long time.

[@whocares_bear]

Yeah, gotta admit that was clever.

[@joejoslin7451]

That was funny. I wonder how many ppl would understand that nowadays.

[@unapprovedtruth7116]

It's a biblical reference. Read your Bibles, folks.

[@tf2whackyengineer]

That one was hilarious, and the delivery was amazing.

[@josephsheranda]

$1000 in 1980 would need to be adjusted for inflation up to $3540 in 2023. Not exactly financial security for life.

[@toddsmitts]

I feel like the Provincial lottery one probably made some people at the TV station or the ad agency cringe even then (Remember that "All in the Family" was already depicting blackface as a bad thing in the 70's), but no one wanted to be the one who complained to H.R.

[@brianbenoit6883]

Nope, because that was Al Jolson, and anybody that knows anything about him and why he wore blackface is in full support of it. See...in the 30's, there were segregated venues that wouldn't let his bandmates perform simply because they were black. Al would put on blackface to do his set and on the way out out say, "Well I guess you just had your first ______ perform here!"

[@alcd6333]

That's Robert Ito in the first ad. And Japanese people do speak like he does: they have a hard time pronouncing the "l" sound since it's not found in the Japanese language.

[@anthonythorp7291]

Yep, was going to say (some) speak like that today. Hmmm, PC incorrect to have an accent. What's next, an Indian wearing feathers.....oh wait.

[@hanndonfield91]

that Nissan ad is pretty pc considering the slogan is 1 human race

[@jeffw1267]

How lucky was Robert Ito in the 70s and 80s? "We need an Asian guy for a TV show or commercial: call Ito. Same as always".

[@tomman2257]

They’ve gotten better at speaking “l” due to the amount of media in everyone’s lives

[@DJRitty]

Same with Apu. People must NOT talk like him anymore, right? I guess my buddy's parents don't exist lmao... They all vanished lol The problem is NOT Apu - it's the fact NO ONE else ever gave audiences ANOTHER impression of Indian people, etc...

[@lsufan4138]

"So you swim a lot?" "Just enough to keep from drowning"😂😂😂

[@xxsipanxx]

People were more simple, kind, and didn't take things so offensively like they do now. That's one of the many reasons why people were happier back then.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

PSA: the buying of fur has not slowed down since the 80's. People just dont advertise anymore.

[@whaler3232]

Just imagine how offensive TODAY'S commercials will be in 20 years. Makes you wonder.

[@sebastianjames7423]

@Apex Gemini you ever meet anyone from that crowd? kinda seems like a bunch of straw men to me, all I see are boomers getting offended by the term "pc"

[@sebastianjames7423]

@Lavern Seems like boomers having a hissy fit over other people's opinions is much more prevalent. Again I'll ask, do you know any milennials *in real life* that actually do these things? Or are you getting this "opinion" off of boomer hate pages on facebook?

[@sebastianjames7423]

@Apex Gemini lol I'm not mad boomer, I love how easy it is to make you mad though ahahahaha

[@guilhermef.cabral8252]

* Guy talks with his dog, and calls him dirt * Ramdom guy 20 years later: dude that's animalracist !

[@acionnaanassa4042]

Harrison Bergeron Wikipedia

[@boomhauer1894]

That lottery ad could play on a Vice City radio station and I wouldn't bat an eye

[@thomasmolyneaux3700]

Gotta say I’d be more interested in buying stuff I see on tv if they still had commercials like this

[@SJHFoto]

I forgot about a lot of these commercials until seeing them again here

[@Buff99ca]

Those Molson Golden commercials are the greatest commercials ever. “How did you know I was having a BBQ?” “Just followed the firetrucks”. Lol!

[@paulthompson9668]

Buff99ca I actually felt nostalgic seeing the Molson Golden bottles.

[@drinkyourtea]

The jokes in them are great.

[@andrewhernandez2188]

Are these homegrown tomatoes? Yea, except for Mary shes from the west coast lol. I know what that means but it sounds like it wouldn't fly today

[@drinkyourtea]

@@andrewhernandez2188 Can you explain that to a non-american? I don't quite get it.

[@s.garabet1677]

@@drinkyourtea They were (at least one guy) referring to the women as ripe tomatoes. Those were Canadian commercials btw.

[@anthonyfuscellaro233]

“Lots of home grown tomatoes here” “Yea, but Mary’s from the west coast” 😂😂

[@meepmeep491]

One day soon, current ads and vernacular will be taboo.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

OK so I need someone from generation Y or Z to explain to me how burning a burger is politically incorrect.

[@selfdo]

Most of those twerps aren't worth two seconds of your time. The mis-education system and poor familial upbringing has RUINED an entire generation.

[@Grim528]

Me: “What’s so politically incorrect about a cartoon Louie Armstrong?” Spongebob narrator: “A FEW MOMENTS LATER” Me: (spits out coffee)

[@JMoruzzi]

It's Al Jolson! Fits in perfectly well with the rest of the caricatures. (In order: Jimmy Durante, WC Fields, Louis Armstrong, Groucho Marx, Mae West.)

[@Grim528]

@@JMoruzzi lol I know, jk

[@nodansland303]

My exact thought process

[@Grim528]

@@nodansland303 that caught me off guard I laughed so hard

[@warlordofbritannia]

The animation was good too, especially for a thirty-second ad for the lottery.

[@finchinator101]

*Watches commercial about Cash for Life* Me: What's wrong with that? *Hears name of charity* Me: Oh, there it is.

[@MastaGambit]

I mean... mentally retarded is literally just the terminology that they used back then.

[@ToutCQJM]

@@MastaGambit it’s still used today. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a place called ARC (association for retarded citizens) or something like that.

[@fordsrule35]

It just means slow. People have become too thin skinned.

[@jwheeler1106]

LMAO my thoughts exactly.

[@rebecca8525]

@@fordsrule35 No, they haven’t. Cruel bullies have used words that were once medical terms for people with an IQ below 80 as insults and slurs. Doing so is offensive to such people, as it implies that having an IQ below 80 makes one less worthy of respect or less of a person. Just because they have a low IQ doesn’t mean that they don’t understand when people are making fun of them. They do. Since bullies have made the R word into a pejorative term, it is no longer a medical term. The term for an IQ below 80 is now “intellectual disability.”

[@cgh7337]

3:00 Is that Graham Greene from Dances w/ Wolves, Die Hard 3, etc. ?

[@iwantmyutube9040]

Man, I miss the 80's! Even the commercials were awesome.

[@derealized797]

I miss the good old days, people didn't obsessively look for literally any reason possible to be fake outraged. They don't realize that the hypersensitivity has only caused problems and fixed absolutely nothing, and as time goes on, it continues to make things worse. Not only does the goalpost keep moving and getting further away from logic. They're selectively choosing who it's ok or even encouraged to be offensive towards, speaking for people who don't want to be. And people are tired of it, the Washington "redskins" for example, and the non Egyptian representation of ancient Egypt in what was supposedly an educational video, I'm glad they sued. It's all so fake.

[@Eman-vp5wk]

@@derealized797 that's how I live now. Fuck people's feelings. I'm not buying any of this nonsense

[@missmanners62]

@@derealized797 you're right - in the 80s we got really pissed off at people who were openly racist and now it's totally acceptable.

[@DopeyDetector]

​@@derealized797😂😂😂grow up

[@derealized797]

@@missmanners62 yeah and now people think men can get pregnant

[@dcfunhouse]

these commercials are miles better than the crap that gets pushed out today

[@selfdo]

HUMOR is one thing in short supply these days.

[@mikehoffler4097]

I didn't know Lois Griffin and her clones used to be the chorus line for the Provincial Lottery

[@majikman7355]

Was fortunate to have many things growing up but never had the recorder VCR

[@nrdpc5975]

Those Molson Golden swinger parties seem wild.

[@thatguy22441]

"Buy our beer and you'll have complete strangers showing up at your house to party."

[@Paulafan5]

The girls look that hot after a couple Goldens. lol.

[@nickhill8612]

@@Paulafan5 Would you call them the Golden Girls? My comment probably offended someone. 2 Bad.

[@ashleyhathaway8548]

​@@nickhill8612 :spitting out my soda: LOL!

[@Frankcastlepunisher74]

@@nickhill8612 well played!!!!

[@alecfleming373]

I actually found the Nissan Pathfinder one rather wholesome!

[@chocodiledundee1]

Yes if they never seen Caucasians before they probably dead 💀 now .... they got no immunities I think that’s the “unpolitical incorrectness”

[@devontaerey]

@POLITIČKI ZATVORENIK it doesn't take away from the fact that actual native Americans haven't lived like that since the early 1900s/late 1800s and the ones that do are in Brazil but only because they live in their rainforests.

[@mgm57901]

@@devontaerey It said the A/C was nice near the equator. So they could have been from Brazil.

[@devontaerey]

@@mgm57901 even then when anyone thinks of natives they don't think of ones living in the rainforests of south america or any other place but rather the heya heya singing head dress wearing tree hugger, and it creates a false narrative on how we actually live and look. I'm not saying it's not talking about the indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforest but there are other comments who try to act as if this depiction of native americans is still okay and is accurate for all tribes and nations when it's an insanely small amount of natives that actually live like this.

[@Outta-hz1ej]

Reminder these are Canadian commercials. You can't call native people Indians, especially in Canada.

[@charlespierce3647]

They were OK then and should be now.

[@cgh7337]

How is the Little Caesar's ad PI?

[@MC-gj8fg]

Ah, the good old days when stereotype jokes could just be good natured jokes without the assumption that saying something off color meant you were burning crosses on lawns during your spare time on the weekend.

[@MEATYOKERRable]

@Christopher van Van_1230419 They made fun of white people ALL the time before Cancel Culture.

[@JohnSmith-vm2jl]

@Christopher van Van_1230419 I'm white and have no problem with white jokes. If it's funny, I'll laugh. Simple as that.

[@sillygoose635]

@@MEATYOKERRable cancel culture doesn't exist.

[@invisibleman1028]

@@JohnSmith-vm2jl No one can laugh at themselves any more.

[@invisibleman1028]

@@MEATYOKERRable White males are the only group that can be made fun of now.

[@imstupid880]

"You know, he worships ya." "Yeah? How do you figure?" "Well, he even gave you a burnt offering!"

[@siler7]

I, too, watched the video.

[@emmemagnolia]

Is that Graham Greene in the Toshiba commercial?

[@lolahernandez6871]

The commercials are fine: it's people that changed!

[@HauntFreak13]

The last one was great!! Creepy blind dude touches her so she brings his hand to her wedding ring like “fuck off I’m married.” Lol

[@rra7490]

Ohhh I didnt get that one

[@Shifter22]

So weird!

[@tidypog3272]

Thanks for explaining

[@dcrockafella]

She looked like she liked it at first though that was the weird part. And it advertising lotion. do you want blind guys hitting on you? Then try this lotion, your gonna have to wear a wedding ring to best them off politily

[@sixthirtyfife]

But single women love being groped by blind dudes. Cool.

[@libslayer4280]

When tv was good and people weren’t idiots.

[@RD-vt9uu]

And all the non-white people knew their place, right?

[@melissaann1401]

R D demonstrated your comment 😁😂

[@Cinnabun9]

Ok grandpa let's get you back to bed

[@selfdo]

@@RD-vt9uu If they don't like their "place"...they're welcome to LEAVE.

[@119Agent]

“Home grown tomotoes” joke was golden.

[@dyslexicbatnam1350]

Indian shows up. "DaS wAsIsT!!!1!" That's all I got from this video

[@PANZERFAUST90]

I actually struggle to find how some people could be triggered by some of these.

[@garyfuiten5126]

I'm triggered by the fact that you're struggling to understand how people are triggered by some of these. 🤓 Understand though that I am easily triggered.

[@jeffw1267]

@@garyfuiten5126 I'm triggered by people who are easily triggered. I think. I'm so confused now.

[@cosmicllama6910]

Maybe you've never really had your privacy violated or had to catch yourself getting creeped on, but the pervy camera guy made me say woah

[@unrestrictedsubmarinewarfa2905]

@@cosmicllama6910 the pervy ones were the only ones I saw a problem with. And the Provincial lottery one.

[@Mark-uk8wz]

It's because they're pathetic

[@electricchurchmedia1187]

That was legendary Native actor Graham Green wearing the headdress in the Tosheba ad

[@hollywood5199]

2:50 Native American actor Graham Greene!

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

1:25 “Support the Ontario association for the mentally r******* and win for life” I just lost it when I heard that.

[@20PINKluvr]

Me too. Now it would be intellectually disabled 😂😂

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

@@20PINKluvr Wait that’s what it’s called now?

[@2painful2watch]

Mentally retarded. There I said it and I feel pretty damn good about it. Honestly.

[@BOnly-jn6su]

Relax you sensitive Aholes!!

[@m3rcuryslaboratory322]

The Provincial one had me like, " Oh, a profusely sweating Louis Armstrong isn't that bad." A few seconds later though -__-

[@themirrorsofmymind]

Yes! You think it has to be Louis, but NO!!!!!

[@harriettedaisy2233]

"Which are the most offence to you?" None of them are offensive to me.

[@NoOne-py5or]

Not even the black face?

[@alecfleming373]

@@NoOne-py5or Not really, because in the age of information, ignorance is but a choice. So thus, that today is someone whom obviously wants to be alone. Not offended, but rather bemused, as it shows us that regardless of the media, we as humans are collectively more intelligent now.

[@roberteischen4170]

The VCR one was definitely in bad taste.

[@tofu6465]

@@NoOne-py5or Since the movie "white chicks" exists blackface don't mean anything.

[@NoOne-py5or]

@@tofu6465 riiight....

[@wynko11]

Advertisement about creeping out at the beach with a camera and watching it as saucy content at home! xD

[@concernedcitizen2820]

Dances with Wolves actor Graham Greene is in the Toshiba commercial. He’s 70 years old now… 2:42

[@seanm1319]

Some of these I get it, probably not the best idea. Others just make me feel like we’ve become way too over sensitive and prudish as a society.

[@Jason-ib1yx]

i thought that the stereotypical native headdress was gonna be worse but they’re just using the colour of the regalia(the “outfit” dancers wear) but t the bright colour show off their tv

[@zincpatriot7227]

Nailed it shaun!

[@babu357]

Not too oversensitive. People feel things as they do. Too polarized is more like So even people that start out doing something good can lose site of that becoming too identified with their side.

[@pnkflyd66]

@@babu357 in other words, too sensitive. Lol

[@babu357]

@@pnkflyd66 And who decides that? People are have different sensitivities about different things. People will say other people are, "too sensitive" but then go get butthurt over something else. And they always believe thier senses are Just Right. Nope. No such thing.