Vintage TV commercials from 1986

Here's a reel of the commercials I found on an old VHS tape. These are from 1986 and were recorded off of a local Pittsburgh TV station.

[@MrHubba9bubba]

I like how 85% of these commercials are a song or jingle of some kind

[@guerralg63]

I was 22, and i was very blessed to have lived in this era. Being a kid in the 70s and a young adult in the 80s was absolutely wonderful!!!

[@TheBlueyedblond]

Same for me. It was a great time. I would go back in a heartbeat.

[@dieselrotor]

1986. I was 21 and gonna live forever. What a different time, little did We know what was coming.

[@equinox6944]

I’ll say! .. now look at us 😞

[@robert7984]

I was 20 and yes...

[@Sinfulscents]

I was a bit younger than you but I hear ya! We were invincible, the world was ours and everything was right in the world...it’s almost as if this is a movie, it’s so out of the “normal”, stay safe

[@user-ll6ys3zw2e]

Now wear your facemask, praise the Goat and suffer in eternity!

[@Americafirst-i8q]

Damn Joe Biden

[@Americafirst-i8q]

86 and 87 the best times of my life

[@juicyfruit382]

I was 18 years old and god how I wish I could go back. The world was different, the world was better!

[@Americafirst-i8q]

It wasn't full of all this political correctness the women look better the women had natural boobs everything was better in the 1980s

[@mortiel84]

@@Americafirst-i8q the women the women bla bla I am so glad boomer times are behind 😎

[@flora71146]

@@mortiel84 yeah your generation is doing a bang up job. Everyone is an offended victim when in reality most are just spoiled and entitled brats.

[@mortiel84]

@@flora71146 my generation 🤣dont worry, youre out sooner than later and nobody will care what was you opinion 😘

[@mortiel84]

@@flora71146 a world where less and less men, feels like sayin: "look, women tits before where better than nowsdays" 🤣🤣

[@daveyboy_]

That Hershey bar commercial was so 86 .

[@heidifedor]

LOL. Pete Rose,”I didn’t throw the game on purpose, because I was gambling. I was distracted by a Nestlies Crunch. Honest!”

[@realnurse2696]

I was only 7, but oh my word... I remember most of these!! 😊❤️ Makes me wanna watch Saturday morning cartoons.

[@davemiller7633]

Back when life was worth living

[@scorpleeon]

A year out of college and broke af lol. Those 80s color palettes 🤣 Thanks for the memories.

[@bingsby9085]

I'm a 95' baby but, its so interesting to see what was going on before! This is what my parents experienced.

[@R.Oates7902]

@FridayFontaine You were born in '95, right? I thought you were 95 years old when I first read your comment. lol

[@steveclark5206]

In the 1980s ads focused on food, candy, soda or beauty products with a few headache or cold remedies occasionally thrown in. Nowadays a majority of the commercials focus on how sick you are, just like how sick society is now. If anyone builds a time machine to go back to the 80s and wouldn’t mind a passenger, I’m ready to go!

[@bridgetlarson5443]

I love watching these videos and commercials it brings me back to a better time it's like I never left !!!!!

[@jcb998]

I was 6 years old but there is still also much nostalgia here.

[@dawnvalentine74]

Aw, you’re a kid. I was 12.

[@righty-o3585]

I was 10 . Gen X !!! 🤘

[@dawnvalentine74]

@@righty-o3585 Gen X represent!

[@righty-o3585]

@@dawnvalentine74 word lol 😁🤘

[@dawnvalentine74]

@@righty-o3585 ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾

[@ChicoTheMan69]

Wow 1986 vintage now, That's crazy to me. LOL Time flies. We should be able to live longer or get a do over because I've just figured out the meaning of life.

[@mitzithompson6585]

I was 16 years old and would love to go back. I remember these commercials like yesterday. I miss those days so much 😪

[@Americafirst-i8q]

The world is ruined forever it will never be like it was in the 1980s

[@mitzithompson6585]

@@Americafirst-i8q never and its a shame 😔

[@Cosmic_Kitten2]

Same here and it was a great time to be alive. Things sure have changed and, in many ways, not for the better.

[@iusedtolovecheesecake2205]

I was 4 years old, but I actually remember some of these commercials. I used to be so afraid of "tales from the darkside".

[@guerralg63]

My son was 5, and just like you he was afraid of Tales from the Darkside. The music alone would make him upset, and run out of the room.

[@iusedtolovecheesecake2205]

@@guerralg63 🤣🤣🤣. Still to this day, I get chills hearing the music.

[@guerralg63]

@@iusedtolovecheesecake2205 , so does he. Can't stand it.

[@mrcabone]

We use to watch it before bed, not a good idea🤣🤣

[@trixximoon3498]

The 80’s had great commercials I think that MTV influence had a lot to do with advertising ideas

[@aaronsrok3422]

yeah that Hershey's commercial..

[@hoppydoppy9456]

I was 8 years old in 86...most of these are new to me because I was outside playing!!! Yaaaaaasss.

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

I was 13 but I was never inside either lol ,too much fun outside

[@jj-eo7bj]

I was in boot camp fort Leonard wood Missouri

[@yarajax5023]

I was 9 I remember some more of the candy and the tide and all detergent and the NyQuil 🤪

[@mackeydirk8643]

WPXI channel 11 is a NBC affiliate Station in Pittsburgh, PA I grew up watching that channel in the 80s

[@venanciahopkins5035]

I was sixteen years old at the time and obsessed with Miami Vice and Don Johnson. Elizabeth Taylor was beautiful. Always loved the Bob Hope specials growing up. The eighties really was this cool.

[@jennifer_m.8613]

As a native 'burger who loves retro commercials - feels like I hit the jackpot.

[@michelleperry-weidner7298]

That Twix jingle has already been going through my head for the past 35 years.....

[@danlevesque5437]

The year I was born and and not a single care in the world how do I get that feeling back again

[@natives602CC]

George had hair. LOL!

[@thenightporter]

That's George Newbern in the rugby shirt for the Twix commercial. He was in a lot of movies but I liked him best as Danny in Friends. He was the new guy in the apartment building that Rachel and Monica fogged in the dark basement because they thought he was a serial killer.

[@danielboone3770]

I love 1986 ! Especially these cool ads.

[@LordSwift360]

Anybody else have a sudden hankering for stuffing?

[@Sinfulscents]

Haha

[@yarajax5023]

Yesss

[@guerralg63]

Yup!

[@pnutbuttababi24]

1986 the year this star was born!

[@stephenchase5593]

I was born in 1987, but I #Love these commercials!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mr.mediocregamer9653]

In 1986 I was in grade 2. I was visiting my Grandfather in White Rock for the summer and we were going to go to Expo 86. But my mom forced my dad to bring me and my sister home so she could have her visitation weekend instead...She kept us for 2 hours then drove us home. :(

[@eshim3961]

We moved to Germany in 1988, and as AFN does not have commercials and I was really young at the time, these were among the last 80s commercials that I remember. Interesting blast from the past!

[@jcb998]

I always love seeing computers in these commercials. They had less power than your smartphone does today.

[@pineyprepper2617]

Like watching War Games. That computer WAS the shit!. Today. It's just Shit. Lol. Giant floppy drives, phone modem. But that was awesome Then

[@robfriedrich2822]

29:00 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, and Steve Jobs. Now we have no cash, no hope, and no jobs.

[@pineyprepper2617]

Very well said. Lol. Who knew!

[@80sutopia68]

What a great set of commercials! Pete Rose on a Nestle Crunch commercial! Roseanne Barr on a Pizza Hut commercial! Awesome! Thanks!

[@caimbus]

12 years old then and into The Transformers..Where has the time gone??

[@minouche5702]

Love ur channel keep them coming new subbie

[@GroovyDoom]

Thank you!

[@HenningDiesel]

Eliminators was featured in an episode of Red Letter Media's Best of the Worst.

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

I feel like they had to make it rated PG because only kids would be dumb enough to go see that

[@natashaschmidt5908]

I was 3 but I remember stove top in a canister and slice soda

[@Missy-vm8fr]

Is it just me or were the women more classy/attractive back then?

[@heidifedor]

Tom Paris was a Starburst salesman.

[@righty-o3585]

Those Combo snacks were pretty good

[@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion]

Yes! I had forgotten all about those, as well as Slice!

[@jfernandez1545]

Forgot about slice sodas.

[@ManWiThOutFEAR1982]

Damn I had forgot all about Slice!

[@brentmann2988]

10:38 the singing voice of the legendary Jake Holmes for Ovaltine. The man they called "Jingle Jake."

[@75aces97]

Never knew the name, but he sang ads for Pathmark, among others.

[@brentmann2988]

@@75aces97 Jake Holmes is fascinating guy. Before becoming a super successful jingle singer, he was a 60s folk/rock singer in Greenwich Village who wrote a tune called "Dazed and Confused." Led Zeppelin ripped off his song and came out with their own "Dazed and Confused."

[@75aces97]

@@brentmann2988 Wow, that was him? I'd remembered reading about Dazed, but forgot the details. Jimmy Page has been involved in so much musical malfeasance that I forgot whom all he ripped off, or was accused of ripping off. Anyway, I believe this Holmes fellow sang (and wrote?) Jingles for Reese's Pieces and Sure deodorant ("Raise your hand if you're Sure"). I looked him up and he wrote/performed "I'm a Pepper." This guy was all over 1980s TV and I didn't even know it.

[@brentmann2988]

@@75aces97 "musical malfeasance" is the perfect way to describe some of Jimmy Page's antics. Yes, "raise your hand if you're sure" is one of Jake Holmes's best jingles. Here is a link to him singing live, where you can really hear the distinctive voice that was in all of his commercial work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m33WnZmnqpV3fdk

[@jasperdilincoln2341]

I was a wittle kid back in '86. But I do remember my mother watching Its A Living and my grandmother and I would watch Highway to Heaven. I was 4 in '86 and just turned 27 in July of this year 😁...lol

[@robfriedrich2822]

The 1980's wild hair style

[@movie_and_Flannel]

Thanks for uploading im from Pittsburgh and im i big tales from the darkside fan nice to see the original commercials did you see the jason alexander commercial?

[@antoinettehill8849]

I remember my 1st pair of Jordache jeans. Those things were not made for curvy women...lol. but I csn say I had a pair of Jordache jeans I was considered a cool kid with those jeans..😂😂😂.

[@greeneye5977]

This station had The Price is Right on at night? What!?

[@Nanetteb]

Mm Twix bar.The tasty chocolate stuff in this advertisement break video made me proud,especially the cute girl in the chocolate candy bar ad.

[@Nothinbutdafrontrow]

the 80's were the BEST!

[@jcb998]

So weird seeing a baby-faced Mario Lemieux.

[@originalkingalpha5116]

@13:24 I'm checking out the background on the left hand side of the screen. Fellas, we meet again!🍻😂

[@bunbun8001]

JSYK: 0:16 in and it appears there is a video problem. It just stopped playing.

[@GroovyDoom]

0:06 Kenny Loggins breaks WPXI.

[@LordSwift360]

😂

[@thomasyancey5887]

You might say it's the..(Archer voice) DANGER ZONE🎶

[@alphapapahern]

7:27 The Eliminators? The ELIMINATORS!!! It's so "WHAT THE HECK???", I HAD to Google it.

[@thesnare100]

Didn't know Sally Hansen has been around that long, thought it was within the last 2 decades

[@jeannebrady2600]

The Starburst commercial was a few years before Robert Duncan McNeill was on Star Trek. Foreshadow, maybe?

[@CodeBleu724]

2:00...he's got the coof. Time to shut the world down and mask up because someone's got the sniffles. No one's ever allowed to get sick anymore.

[@roycepeniston5012]

My dad used to say those raison squares had roaches.

[@princessjones34]

Slice 🥺We got the juice “slice slice” 😁😁

[@Metal_F0X]

My birth year. Also, anyone else see the thumbnail and think of Lady Dimitrescu? Haven't even played that game, but the internet is crazy for her lol. Definitely shows how different the world is today.

[@maryswillow]

I was 10 years old in 1986. I remember a lot of these. Was that Paul Rudd in the Twix commercial?

[@lipstickprincess1]

Excellent ❣️❣️❣️ The ‘20” something girl stole the eyebrow look from the 80s😂 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@jayg473]

I love these.

[@saintfighteraqua]

The lady in the lipstick commercial looks like Zelena from Once Upon a Time! Kind of sounds like her, too!

[@CH67guy1]

OMG! Tide commercial at 17:00. It’s George Costanza from Seinfeld! With hair!!!

[@dano8613]

So this is the stuff being shown while I was being born lol

[@soozeelaw5057]

I was 19!!! I remember..lol

[@alexanderkopala9562]

Hi, Mimsie, my sweet kitty cat!

[@tj921able]

Jason Alexander was in the Tide ad. Cool.

[@nemesisut8793]

Check out his current super bowl ad from 2021

[@tj921able]

@@nemesisut8793 Saw it. It was hilarious.

[@nemesisut8793]

@@tj921able yeah he's a great actor

[@jasonfullerton7763]

Go find his McDLT ad for a laugh. "It keeps the hot side hot, and the cold side cold. Let's dance!"

[@LavianoTS386]

jason alexander selling Tied

[@ricarellan]

The year I was born 🥳

[@kennysherrill6542]

I was on my last West Pack on board the U.S. ENTERPRISE CVN-65, Sargent with the Marine Detachment and unknown to me my wife was sending me care packages that were poisoned. Great memories, she's dead now thank God. The commercials were ok.🤣🤣🤣🤣👍❤🇺🇸

[@hoppydoppy9456]

Did they mention Phylicia Rashad and Sammie Davis Jr. at 29:05?? Dang it!! (in my Hank Hill voice)

[@princessvibez]

Lol the old commercials are so amazing. These commercials are just not as interesting

[@robfriedrich2822]

5:00 today you can buy a single Twix bar, that is pretty weird

[@AckzaTV]

7:36 THATS RIGHT!

[@andymassingham]

0:09 🥳

[@kendasheep]

Not even a twinkle in my daddies eye but I love the 80s. Need to find 88, see what was on when I was just a infant, see if tv left an impression xD

[@AckzaTV]

10:20 thats the power of love

[@ericadillworth1250]

What was Kennywood! Was it like Dollywood?

[@GroovyDoom]

It's an amusement park yes - still in operation today!

[@heidifedor]

Get George Costanza some Tide!

[@SuperBoomshack]

Keri is so very...

[@SolSkinn]

I was ten

[@robfriedrich2822]

9:00 I like a snack like this.

[@yinzspectations]

*Also - "Channel 11 News Sets aHh ah'Edge" (of the PahhAT in'em Bitchin Comb-OvahHs)

[@23ofSeptember]

9:23 Does it work on Covid-19?

[@23ofSeptember]

That would be sexual harassment today. 4:19

[@robinnico7702]

What? I'm not that far in yet

[@guerralg63]

Just looking at a woman without her permission is sexual harrasment, unless she's obese which in that case if you dont look at her you're fat phobic. Either way you're bad!

[@bluesky4385]

These commercials could be on TV today, and I would never know they were from 1986.

[@yinzspectations]

I was 2yo and at that point just moved into a new house in Brookline ..... N'aht

[@AckzaTV]

10:20 flouride 5g tower wtf

[@SanFranDentist94301]

McDonald's racialized advertising

[@pandaeyes42]

Soul Train. Because Solid Gold was for WIMPS!

[@t1000se]

I was 3

[@aaronsrok3422]

ick Roseanne.

[@davidbuckle-onlizinenet.pi1522]

neat

[@corlahasper234]

A time of mysogyny and gross racism loved it

[@guerralg63]

I found the first Hater! Does it upset you to read how people loved the 1980s? How sad for you that people would rather go back or just live in the 80s rather than live in the insane zoo of today.

[@dorseykindler9544]

@@guerralg63Well said!

[@annaroberts3160]

Vintage???? They are old, but hardly vintage.

[@GroovyDoom]

You'd prefer "antique"?