Saturday Morning Commercials - 1981 to 1983 - VHS REWIND

Assortment of vintage commercials that aired on various NBC shows like SMURFS and THE GARY COLEMAN SHOW.

[@CONNECTELECTRIC]

When being a kid was magical. Thank you for the memories.

[@FelixTruvere]

Hearing these animated voices in that hissing, analog audio…. The reminiscent nostalgic memory puts my being right in my parent’s house sitting on the floor, even smelling the air, the texture of the shaggy carpet… the memories physically ache in my throat, choking me up, like activating a shakra, some shock-sense of knowing ill never, ever be able to return to these days. But hearing “Milk-a-does-body….” Hits me like it was just yesterday, yet so long ago. 😢

[@rembertoviramontes1283]

Nothing better to fall asleep to at night. Like when i was a kid and had 0 worries about life.

[@swannoir7949]

Man, I was a Smurf fan, and loved Smurf Berry Crunch cereal. Man, I wish they would bring Saturday morning cereal commercials back -- along with School House Rock.

[@mikewilliams1993]

Loved Smurf berry crunch

[@swannoir7949]

@@mikewilliams1993 I could eat that for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

[@mikewilliams1993]

@@swannoir7949 lol

[@stephaniewheeler4626]

The smurfs rock!!! I had smurfettes pink lunch box, and I had figurines and I used to trade smurf cards, collect the stickers and had the old shrinky dinks smurf edition.. I wasn't obsessed or anything .. hahaha

[@mikestandifer1549]

Thank you very much for these old Saturday morning commercials. Brings back nostalgia and memories 😊

[@DanJackson1977]

No problem, more on the way soon

[@vicious-pi3rd]

The commercials brings back so many childhood memories.

[@FelixTruvere]

This is Gold. THANK YOU for this upload; such value. This is lost, rare stuff, a frequency for a nostalgic journey back through time. Hearing 80s songs doesn’t do it anymore because those songs today are overplayed by oldies stations; but this…. THIS rare gold connects you ONLY to those days. This upload is a ticket to a Time Machine.

[@caesar349]

THANK YOU. This is priceless

[@MyownpersonKeta]

Oh this makes me so happy to see. Thank you. I miss being a little girl ❤️

[@MjC7192]

I don't miss my growing up ...,but, still pretty friggin cool and yes can't stop smiling....and I loved creature double feature

[@MelissaHash]

I'm with you!

[@fritzsmith7794]

Turns out that a complete breakfast was milk, orange juice, toast and and sugary cereal!!

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

I just ate poptarts

[@ginalynn4493]

I was 11 in 81. This was the best time to be a kid .

[@DanJackson1977]

I was 4... and yes, it was a great time to be a kid in 1981... unless your name was Adam Walsh. Then you had a bad time. Fun fact, that happened 2 miles from where I lived then.

[@jonm1365]

Man..this puts a tear in my eye..

[@magnificent6668]

The nostalgia has got me teary-eyed...seems like just yesterday.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

I wished that I could go back in a time machine and relive my childhood.

[@christophermcclennen3931]

Love this so much! A moment in time when life was so different. Thank you

[@DanJackson1977]

I think of these as "pop culture core samples". I was just around 4 or 5 then but I remember most of these.

[@Swaggybro77]

80's 90's era was awesome I have no regrets because it was the coming of age

[@MelissaHash]

Ahhhh, I was born in the glorious year of 1983! Thank you for these nostalgic adverts! Especially on a Saturday morning as is today! #MissSaturdayMorningCartoons!

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

I was a kid during this era. Does anyone else remember memorizing a set of commercials at a specified time and then reciting them with your friends at school during recess? Am I just imagining that this was some sort of recess game? It’s possible watching these commercial whilst high isn’t a good idea 😅

[@DanJackson1977]

I remember certain commercials catching on, and we'd imitiate or mock some of em...though I dont remember us doing whole blocks of em 🤣 but it might have been a thing at your school. 😎🤘

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

@@DanJackson1977 hi! Thanks for uploading!

[@BecomeUseful]

Another classic

[@DanJackson1977]

Ya know how they take core samples of glacial ice to see how much c02 is in them? These are core samples of pop culture that future sociologists and historians will issue to understand why our generation was so fucked up

[@Mrd9960]

@@DanJackson1977 I don't think it was fucked up, it's 1000 times better than this generation.

[@user-bl6gx9hr2n]

I’m 10 yrs old again!!

[@jamiekelman]

Thank you for posting this! It put a smile on my face and took me back to my childhood. The world was certainly different back then!

[@GaryRPeters]

I'm so grateful to those of you who felt the desire to pop a tape in the VCR (or beta) and record these commercials on Saturday mornings in the 80s. Did you just know that one day you'd want to watch them and reminisce? Or was it all just a happy accident? Either way, I'm so grateful you did it!

[@EdsterIII]

While my childhood was more in the 70's. The 80's or early 80's I was still a "kid". In 1983 I was preparing for high school. In 1985 I got my first car. A 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger POS....LOL.1982 was one of those years that you'll never forget. It had some really huge events, and some really tragic days as well. I was a HUGE ⚾️🧢Baseball🧢⚾️fan and my favorite team, the Milwaukee Brewers had won their division, and were in the playoffs. Then they WON and were headed to the World Series!! I was going nuts!! My Parents and I had gone to well over 100 games from 1977 to 1982. It was really amazing! Then they lost to the Cardinals in the World Series and I was crushed! However what happened the following month, made everything else seem like it was nothing. As a young boy growing up as I said in the 70's, my family was NOT the typical "Leave it to Beaver" household. We had some issues. I'm not disrespecting any of my parents at all. For one reason the issue I am referring to is a disease. We had to deal with alcoholism. Now the one thing that wasn't excused was infidelity. There were arguments, many of which scared the heck out of me. So my Grandparents helped raise me. They were amazing! They sold their home in order to be closer to the family, and they got real close, they bought the place across the street. So during any bad times, fights, or other issues, my Grandparents would take me in. In the end they helped raise me. My Grandpa was the most amazing man I've ever known. Same with my Grandma. They were married at 18 and they stayed married for 67 years, until 1982. November 13, 1982 to be exact. My Grandpa had started to get chest pains and within 20 minutes he had a massive heart attack and died. He was ALWAYS there for me. It didn't matter if I called them at 2am, 3am, or 4am. He'd get dressed and he'd come and get me. He was the most gentle and caring man I've ever known. Yet he had a strength that while hidden, if and when it did show itself, you KNEW for a fact that he was like a bear protecting his young. My Grandma was the same way. Sweet, caring, and never ever said no to taking me in. She was maybe 5'1", but as she got older she shrunk to barely 5'0". Probably 4'11", but again she was also like a mama bear protecting her baby. I can remember being there on 🌄🌄Saturday🌄Mornings🌄🌄, Grandma in the kitchen making us breakfast. The smell of freshly 🍞🍞baking🍞bread🍞🍞 in the oven, 🥓bacon🥓 sizzling on the stove top,🥚🍳eggs🍳🥚 frying up too. Maybe 🥞🥞pancakes🥞🥞, 🧇🧇waffles🧇🧇,🥯bagels🥯, or a 🥐crossiant🥐? NAH, I LOVED 😍Grandma's😍 fresh bread! Warm out of the oven. The 🧈butter🧈 melting into the bread from the warmth. Ooh 😋drool😋😋drool😋! The a big glass of fresh 🥛milk🥛, and some 🧈butter🧈 & syrup for either the pancakes or the waffles. Then it was time for the Saturday morning CARTOONS!! These commercials bring back so many wonderful childhood memories. There were some bad times, but I prefer to stay focused on the special times, the better days. I really miss them more than I can say. My parents had some issues but there were plenty of really good times, many awesome memories. Especially during the Holiday season. The JC Penny's Christmas Catalog and the Sears Wish Book were two things that I so looked forward to! Thank you again for sharing these clips with us! I can't tell you how much I appreciate them and how much they mean to me. God Bless you and again THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@bizarrogamer3188]

The NERF boomerang commercial reminded me how many of them that I had land on my parents, or neighbors rooftop. Good times.

[@shuaduah]

Wow! James Ingram with the appearance in the milk ad at 10:23 lol! Wish these were the Saturdays I woke up to today but... adulting. Thanks for the upload!

[@maniacaldude]

That was actually James Ingram?

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

Dan, Dude. Thank you endlessly for putting these up. I grew up in L.A. and watched the Smurfs religiously so I can guarantee I saw these *actual* broadcasts on channel 4 as a six thru eight-year old kid (born in '75) Like someone else said in the comments I can clearly remember sitting on the green shag carpet in our living room when everyone else was asleep. Those were the days. Plus the little NBC 4 ads/bumpers and movie ads mentioning the L.A. area theaters at the end really rev up the nostalgia meter, too. Again, many thanks! Liked and subbed!

[@christinabridgeman3859]

And we fixed our own cereal!

[@danim2897]

Extra special to me since I grew up in LA County!

[@darthmeyers074]

Takes me back to being a kid. Getting up every Saturday morning to watch cartoons while eating a bowl of Cap'n Crunch or Cocoa Pebbles. Or if my dad had to go in to work on Saturday he'd make us kids some pancakes.

[@maniacaldude]

These commercials are definitely nostalgic to me, but in a different way than what you would expect. I was born in 1991 and grew up in a small Midwestern town during the 90s and 2000s, but even though I loved a lot of what was being currently shown at the time, I wound up developing quite the fascination with retro pop culture. During the early 2000s, I saw some 80s commercials on the website X-Entertainment (this was all before KZbin became a thing,) and was fascinated by how different they were from commercials that were then currently airing. I loved the vibe and the aesthetics of these commercials, and some of them were pretty enjoyable as well. This led to me finding a website called Videomercials that was selling 70s and 80s commercials on home video, and I got three volumes on VHS. This collection of commercials was on the first cassette. I have no idea what happened to Videomercials or the person running it, for all I know, they could be out of business, likely because classic commercials and older video recordings can be uploaded onto KZbin now and there doesn't seem like much of a demand to buy video copies full of old advertisements these days, but I still have a fondness for 80s commercials like the ones featured on those tapes and for retro ads in general. They're a fascinating window into a different era, one that was very different but still familiar at the same time. It probably feels weird for me to feel longing and nostalgia for a time I never really knew, but from what I've seen and heard, it seems like it must have been quite the experience to be a kid at that time. From a big fan of 80s and 90s pop culture, especially, thank you for uploading these, man.

[@shady376]

wow thanks for the memorys

[@kennethdemuchest3985]

Aww the memories.

[@robinshepard4571]

I feel like a kid again 💫💜✨✨✨✨🧚🍄✨✨✨✨🧚🍄🌼🌼🌼🐶🎉🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄

[@thomyoung17]

80s kids were like addicts with sugary cereals

[@Datan0de]

I'm a 53 year old man with a box of Peanut Butter Crunch in the pantry, and I agree with this comment.

[@elmaynardo53]

@@Datan0de I always say that I need to get the tobacco lawyers working on this for me. I am still addicted (54 years old) to a harmful product that was purposefully and unceasingly marketed to me as child. Edit: I successfully quit smoking after 20 years of a pack a day. Still can't kick sugar.

[@noahpartic7586]

51yr old Gen X from '72 here. As kids, we crazy loved our sweet cereals & for a good reason: Non-Sweet box was more tasty than the cereal itself, which left for 2 options: Sweet Cereal or use table sugar. Marketing really knew how to talk to kids, & it worked. Watching such as THIS is like watching a window in time of sunshine & smiles all around...with Cap'n Crunch, Alpha Bits, Honey Smacks, Smurf Berry Crunch to name a few fueling Us. I still can't help but love Honey Nut Cheerios still. The McDonaldLand Gang these days unfortunately😭...would be perceived today as the equivalent of Joe Camel...only for Fast Food. In moderation, such fast food is fine. Everyday...😑Not so much.

[@maplesugarbush]

if you are a child of the 80's. you know what "post marked" means ...

[@wesleypugh6860]

Wow 😆 memories

[@dynacomarantz3381]

42:33 Toni Hudson! She was great in Just One of The Guys.

[@kewanw16]

In case you didn't notice The Kids Superpower Hour with Shazam was included in the Hero High The Complete Series DVD set uncut and unedited including the NBC Saturday commercial bumpers .

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

Aw damn Kit kat dude kit kat.

[@jhutto1984]

1:28:13 I didn't realize Lara Croft got her start in a news clip in the 80s. :P

[@user-ec9pl5oj5l]

Monsters and midgets!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@dogeymon83]

Oh my gosh ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ every commercial is like a window into another reality. Things were so unwoke….everything is so normal and relatable.

[@DanJackson1977]

"Normal and relatable"... is that code for "no 'ethnic types' or 'the gays'?" 🤣🤷‍♂️

[@dogeymon83]

@@DanJackson1977 i love commercials selling products when the commercial is just about selling a product. :) #lovetrumpshate

[@Helldorado72]

Really good variety! Liked and subbed!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

🎶Frosted Lucky Germs, they're tragically malicious!🎶

[@billgreen4003]

Belt racers if i had that growing up my pants would Fall down I was skinny boy

[@dragondaveltd1992]

1:14:48 Oh boy, the infamous videogame movie tie-in that ruined every kids christmas back in 1983!

[@DanJackson1977]

First, it was 1982. 2nd, that "worst game ever" stuff has been soooop overblown. I had ET as a kid. I loved it, still do. And I got pretty good at it. For the time, it was no worse than most Atari games. If kids coudlnt figure it out, it's because they didnt read the instruction manual.. which you kinda had to do back then. Since the late 90s there's been this bandwagon people jump on to dump on this game even though 99% of people doing that have no context for what it was like to be an Atari gamer.

[@marcussmith4913]

I even prefer the commercials from the 80s over any type of reality. That's saying something because I hated commercials.

[@billgreen4003]

Cool to the Max everyone be safe in Christ God Bless

[@greenmetalbox1719]

The irony that we all are here to view commercials, but hit the skip button when new commercials interrupt the broadcast. Get a clue ad companies!

[@peter5.056]

Wow, the direct marketing to children is bewildering!

[@DanJackson1977]

This is only the half of it. The shows these aired with were usually 23 minute commercials. This is what I was bombarded with as a kid.. and while I'm sorta nostalgic for it, enough to upload this stuff... it was fucking gross too.

[@peter5.056]

@@DanJackson1977 now I understand what my grandmother meant when she called the television a salesman's sample.

[@greenmetalbox1719]

Who knew Lara Croft was from Glendale, California!

[@sirenita77ful]

Pebles cereal smurf, cocos pufs mi infancia

[@patrickmosier3674]

messy marvin (hersheys syrup) was raplhie from the christmas story.....i would never have known that

[@DanJackson1977]

Well... he does kind look exactly the same. 🤣

[@harryputang5352]

Wow...when kids used their own imagination. No virtual reality games that tell kids what the imagination is.

[@DanJackson1977]

Yeah.. in the 80s, we let toy companies, network executives, ad agencies, and cheaply animated cartoons tell us what imagination was. "Use your imagination, with the plastic crap we sell you from the cartoon shows you watch".

[@dragondaveltd1992]

28:12 Laaaaand.... Hoo 😂

[@ed9492]

These commercials are Smurfy.

[@dawnsquadgaming]

It was only ‘part’ of a complete breakfast

[@christinabridgeman3859]

Young Cynthia Nixon as teenaged girl with pimple and her brother played by Justin Henry of 16 Candles. Wow!

[@Diskoboy1974]

Being 8 years old, I'm pretty damn sure I was watching this. And I'm blown away by the Man-E-Faces commercial. But now I'm confused... Was he supposed to be a Limited edition figure? I dont remember the "while supplies last" text.

[@maplesugarbush]

I remember when Ronald McDonald was cast like Dr. Who.

[@dogeymon83]

Gosh dang it. Smurf’s keeps saying it’ll return and it NEVER DOES!!!!!!

[@joshowens3593]

I remember watching the hubba Bubba with fake John Wayne.

[@johnnyph12]

My friend was half black and half white. The kids called him halfsies. True story

[@jedwards1005]

halfsies.... the king twinkles his subjects, and thy all split vertical spilling their guts all over the ground. HUZZAH! lol

[@OmeedNOuhadi]

🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰

[@blainehylton3296]

From nbc

[@chench4117]

Hi, Can you find and upload the 2 CBS Storybreak Episodes: The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper, and The Pig Plantagenet. Please, let me know.

[@DanJackson1977]

I kinda focus on the ads. They're less likely to get you kicked off KZbin for copyright. That said, I'll see what I can find.

[@maplesugarbush]

If you are a child of the 80's, you know, "Ziggy Bhang Waa" #ZiggyBahngWaa

[@NuMBERNYC]

@10:10 That’s the actress Cynthia Nixon from Sex in the City

[@tristanarcelona]

M chatter cereal

[@anandguruji83]

POST ALPHA BITS CEREAL WITH ALFIE THE WONDER DOG 1:07:13

[@anandguruji83]

POST ALPHA BITS CEREAL WITH ALFIE THE WONDER DOG 1:07:13

[@rheeannavera4701]

Milk it doesn't body good commercial I remember those commercials

[@DanJackson1977]

Yeah they were everywhere... between those ads and the "got milk" campaign... I've had a my fill of Milk propaganda. It's one reason I drink almond milk now.

[@swannoir7949]

@@DanJackson1977 there's nothing wrong with milk. It's proganda against milk, to push the sale of almond milk. People drank milk for eons.

[@jdbankshot]

@42:38 that's taylor swift. she's an immortal vampire.

[@Redrum9899]

One thing I always wondered, is where are any of these kid actors today? Do they ever acknowledge to themselves, they were part of pop culture for a generation?