Also, The Robert Guillaume Show was considered very controversial back in '89 since his character was romancing a white woman. I definitely remember my grandmother expressing her disgust at that idea. Even though we've (and, for that matter, my grandmother) have progressed a lot over the last 22 years, there are still relatively few interracial couples on TV.
I'm pretty sure no one has ever gone nuts over Twinkie rip-offs.
Wow...who knew that boxer shorts were such good conductors of electricity! Or that computers were filled with the aforementioned green goo! I better watch out for random fireballs.
I never saw K-9. I did see Turner & Hooch a few months later, though.
I keep hearing rumors that Jay Leno was funny at one point. Anyone have any evidence of that (go Team Coco!)?
We're past the 90s. How come Johnny 5 isn't my personal maid yet?
I live in Seattle where the mayonnaise is known as Best Foods, but in the recent commercial where the voiceover is singing "L-O-V-E, love...", sometimes they screw up and show the Hellmann's version, or it switches from the Best Foods version to the Hellmann's version at the very end. It's weird.
It's amazing that I can remember the jingles and slogans for so many of these commercials! Thank you for taking the time to post so many commercials from the past so we can enjoy them now, even though we turned the channel when they originally aired!
What was wrong with using "half"? Perhaps even go so far as "...every other home...". That could be misconstrued as "every home but yours", but in the long run that might have actually helped sales since if your neighbor had it you had to get it or something better back in the day.
LOL, PermaSoft. the last time I went to get my hair cut, my hairdresser and I were chatting, and I asked if anyone still got perms anymore. She told me it's mainly the little old ladies who come in once a week to have their hair "set."
....That's it. I'm bringing the 80s spiral-curl perm back.
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Say what you will about Leno, but the numbers don't lie. He's gotten millions more viewers than either Conan or Letterman for years now. That is, until this recent debacle.
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@blugreen123 In regards to the "talk show thief comment" If all of Conan O'Brien's "supporters" had actually watched while he had the Tonight Show, he wouldn't have been fired and Jay wouldn't have had to "steal" it. It's all about dollars and cents. The Tonight Show was #1 while Jay was host, then when he wasn't, it wasn't #1 anymore, simple.
Ugh. Jay Leno completely *destroyed* any chance of Conan's Tonight Show being a success by being one of the worst lead-in's in history. Conan was number one in the 18-49 demographic (IE the only one that really matters to advertisers) and would have only gained an audience as time went on.
Conan would still have The Tonight Show if Jay Leno weren't a selfish tool with no personal life to fall back on. NBC is one of the worst networks with the best shows because the management totally sucks.
One could become a social anthropologist by studying the way commercials have changed from the mid 80's to 2010. How the sense of humor has become more ironic. How sexuality has become more coarse. We as a social culture are entering a stage that has never been reached before by humans.
@troodon311 It's technically two slightly different products (though the company admits they're essentially the same). Hellmann's is named for the guy who came up with it, and his company later got bought out by Best Foods. Both brands were so well-known in their respective areas that the company opted to keep them both. Here in Texas, it's Hellmann's, though I've seen Best Foods mayo at Big Lots.
Even the average commercials of the 1980s are fun to watch.
MattTheSaiyan 1 month ago
Also, The Robert Guillaume Show was considered very controversial back in '89 since his character was romancing a white woman. I definitely remember my grandmother expressing her disgust at that idea. Even though we've (and, for that matter, my grandmother) have progressed a lot over the last 22 years, there are still relatively few interracial couples on TV.
MeInTX 7 months ago
I'm pretty sure no one has ever gone nuts over Twinkie rip-offs.
Wow...who knew that boxer shorts were such good conductors of electricity! Or that computers were filled with the aforementioned green goo! I better watch out for random fireballs.
I never saw K-9. I did see Turner & Hooch a few months later, though.
I keep hearing rumors that Jay Leno was funny at one point. Anyone have any evidence of that (go Team Coco!)?
We're past the 90s. How come Johnny 5 isn't my personal maid yet?
MeInTX 7 months ago
I live in Seattle where the mayonnaise is known as Best Foods, but in the recent commercial where the voiceover is singing "L-O-V-E, love...", sometimes they screw up and show the Hellmann's version, or it switches from the Best Foods version to the Hellmann's version at the very end. It's weird.
Jeff98177 9 months ago
I want a Lady Kenmore!
It's a dishwasher? Oh, never mind then.
Fuzzypinkchrista 1 year ago 2
I think the guy on the right in the first Armed Forces ad is Luke Perry. The girl at 5:22 I think is Kelly Brown aka Brad from Hey Dude.
badgersrule01 1 year ago 2
I've been across tons of computers and never seen any as SLIMED as that one!
It's as if NBC released Jay from that attic of his and brought his thievery upon the world!
Never knew "Benson" had another series!
Never seen Johnny 5 outside the Short Circuit movies!
DanZero77 1 year ago
W00T ! 6:37 That's NUMBER FIVE !
denis480 1 year ago
It's amazing that I can remember the jingles and slogans for so many of these commercials! Thank you for taking the time to post so many commercials from the past so we can enjoy them now, even though we turned the channel when they originally aired!
MiguelDante 1 year ago
Woo! Johnny Five!
CharlesP2009 1 year ago 2
So, Kenmore was "in one out of two" homes.
What was wrong with using "half"? Perhaps even go so far as "...every other home...". That could be misconstrued as "every home but yours", but in the long run that might have actually helped sales since if your neighbor had it you had to get it or something better back in the day.
Daeymien 2 years ago
Actually, I just watched it again, and the beginning of the commercial says "in over half". Well, which is it? "one out of two" or "over half"?
Daeymien 2 years ago
LOL, PermaSoft. the last time I went to get my hair cut, my hairdresser and I were chatting, and I asked if anyone still got perms anymore. She told me it's mainly the little old ladies who come in once a week to have their hair "set."
....That's it. I'm bringing the 80s spiral-curl perm back.
holbrooke7 2 years ago 2
I believe the first part aired April 25,1989, not sure about Perfect Strangers and Full House though.
Retrotv 2 years ago
Yeah, I realized that with the "K-9" TV spot. I was going by the original airdates of "The Wonder Years" episodes.
80sCommercialVault 2 years ago
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Say what you will about Leno, but the numbers don't lie. He's gotten millions more viewers than either Conan or Letterman for years now. That is, until this recent debacle.
miediev999 2 years ago
that's an amazing dog in the perm ad
i heard that Slim -Fast gives you horiffic gas
"Lady Kenmore" hunh?
sometimes I forget that shows like "Full House" were actually new at one point.
blugreen123 2 years ago 2
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@blugreen123 In regards to the "talk show thief comment" If all of Conan O'Brien's "supporters" had actually watched while he had the Tonight Show, he wouldn't have been fired and Jay wouldn't have had to "steal" it. It's all about dollars and cents. The Tonight Show was #1 while Jay was host, then when he wasn't, it wasn't #1 anymore, simple.
blugreen123 2 years ago
Ugh. Jay Leno completely *destroyed* any chance of Conan's Tonight Show being a success by being one of the worst lead-in's in history. Conan was number one in the 18-49 demographic (IE the only one that really matters to advertisers) and would have only gained an audience as time went on.
Conan would still have The Tonight Show if Jay Leno weren't a selfish tool with no personal life to fall back on. NBC is one of the worst networks with the best shows because the management totally sucks.
80sCommercialVault 2 years ago
@80sCommercialVault
NBC is the worst-run network in TV history. Jeff Zucker is a moron
blugreen123 2 years ago
Having grown up in the 80's I can remember wanting to wear the clothes you see in these adverts.
Now i'm just shaking my head at some of the aweful outfits :)
Nice blast from the past.
Yakfuji 2 years ago 2
One could become a social anthropologist by studying the way commercials have changed from the mid 80's to 2010. How the sense of humor has become more ironic. How sexuality has become more coarse. We as a social culture are entering a stage that has never been reached before by humans.
It's a brave new world indeed :-(
IamUberStein 2 years ago 10
very true....
TabbyAngel2 2 years ago
Mayonnaise name FAIL "HELL"mann's mayonnaise.
And wth does the east coast have the weirdest names? Like the lake in Webster, MA?
BoogsterSU2 2 years ago
wow! how did you get these commercials to look so good! they look like they were made this year!
jc2kusa 2 years ago 2
RE: #2, the one who shall not be named still does....
There are some strange names for foods on the East Coast. Why can't it just be call the mayonnaise "Best Foods"?
Where IS Ally Sheedy?
troodon311 2 years ago 4
"Where IS Ally Sheedy?"
No one knows.
80sCommercialVault 2 years ago 2
@troodon311 It's technically two slightly different products (though the company admits they're essentially the same). Hellmann's is named for the guy who came up with it, and his company later got bought out by Best Foods. Both brands were so well-known in their respective areas that the company opted to keep them both. Here in Texas, it's Hellmann's, though I've seen Best Foods mayo at Big Lots.
VCRchivist 1 year ago 2
What a perfect way to start my day! YAY NOSTALGIA!
Jukesette 2 years ago 2
3:00 lol crank up the 8 track ahaha J was awesome back then but i wouldnt know i was born 89
mellowmushgrapetripp 2 years ago
Considered making a best of for every year? Love the humor in the descriptions.
Guylanda128 2 years ago 3
why can't commercials still be like these..
DaBearsRockMySox 2 years ago 6