Retro Saturday Morning Commercials 1988--Part 4

[generalfuckpants]

I'm only a year away from turning 30....and you know what I would wish for more than anything? Not a shitload of money. Not for world peace. Not an end to poverty and hunger.....but to take a time machine back to my childhood in the 80's and basically wake up as the hyperactive 7 year old and just wake up and gorge myself on a big bowl of sugary cereal in front of the TV on the old CBS/ABC Saturday Morning cartoons, and then afterwards run around the yard chasing monsters and building forts!

[darthyenik]

The world truly has become like demolition man, where retro commercials are more entertaining than anything on TV now.

[ladydiva92]

Good times!

[wineandlobos]

I wonder why there are no more lifesavers commercials.

[lisalisa817]

crispy critters! LOL I HAD to have that cereal

[weirdmagnet]

It's farout how trends in advertisinig change so quickly,

[Famine99show]

wow. these are cool

[chris77jay77]

STOP SAYING INDOOBLIBLIA.......AAAHHHH, I CAN'T SPELL IT!!!!!!!!

[naeoffence]

ARRRHHH ARTIFICAL FLAVOURING 3:01. WHEN SWEETS WHERE AWESOME!

[MrSlik25]

I could go for some crispy crittters right now!!!

[SailorSexyDork]

omg HI-C i loved double fruit cooler!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wednesday181]

Is that Kenny Logins doing the Hi-C commercial? (I know, probably not, but hey, he never seemed to turn down a song back then.)

[Tonezone]

Sounds like Lindsay Buckingham singing the Hi-C song.

The Chef Boyardee Dinosaurs commercial is a memorable one

[MrJoeBiggs]

crispy critters, lol

[liteskinnededgal]

HI-C tasted better back then...

[ThatHoodieGuy]

I am going to purchase some HI C next time I go to the store because that was one of the best commercials ever! I hated school so that was my favorite commercial when I was a kid.

[UltimateDragon709]

Its a good thing my parents taped some of those old Saturday Morning Cartoons. I've been tempted to go back and view them for a while now. We certainly were a privilaged generation werent we?

[jakeandmom209]

at 2:28 The Asian Girl... Who Is she I Can't Place What she Is From... a Show When shes Like a Teenager.. someone please help i have brain farts here?

[aalba24]

@jakeandmom209 Yeah I had that same feeling. I think it's Lindsay Price.

[rantanamo]

@jakeandmom209

We may be thinking of different people, but I would bet money that is Lindsay Price. She used to be on All My Children and 90210 at one point. Most recently on Eastwick.

[sallyomalley76]

@jakeandmom209 SmallVille?

[DividedAsOne]

These are so wonderfully back in the day :)

[drunkendolphin77]

the 80s were weird...

[coolbluelights]

HAHA crispy critters lol they tasted like cardboard, but the commercial made me want them lol God.. take me back to this time! the future sucks!

[velveetaslingshot]

"After these messages.....(decapitated heads drop, roll around, and attach themselves to the other decapitated bodies)....we'll be right back!"

[ThatHoodieGuy]

Interesting information...Chey Boyardee was a real person. They changed the spelling of his name on the products so people could pronounce it. I believe it was spelled "Boiardi".

[ThatHoodieGuy]

thank you again...do you have the Quaker Oatmeal one with the kids riding bigwheels around the giant box? I believe it aired around 1983 or 1984.

[MrRaydiodreamz]

OMG! Hi-C! I miss the old cereal Mr. t, E.T, and Smurfs.

[RXTVonline]

4:11 i'm glad kool-aid man hires the autistic

[steelangelriver]

OMG!! Truly back in memory lane.

[mic1ne]

I was 6 in 1988 and I remember how great cartoons were. Times were so great back then

[MDthornton83]

Agreed. Things were SO different back then. And sadly those times have come and gone. But at least there are those of us who are influenced by such a decade. And I just so happen to be one of those people.

[BigBlueBeast]

Sniff! These commercials take me back to the good ol days when I was a kid!

[ilovemayo123]

that hi-c commercial is what i really remember about growing up... dirty basements with random toys scattered and just hanging out and making up stories and getting into stuff. now everyones house is super clean and everyones basements are finished with big tv's and couches... not that it's a bad thing... it was just so different

[Jestiegirl]

thanks for posting! sure brings back memories of lazier days!

[freakyandsexy]

Looking at these commercial makes me see how old I've gotten.

[Nabelnoir]

Oh my God, I ate so many Golden Grahams back in the 80's. I liked Hi-C too, but couldn't stand the "Footloose" style commercial.

[pansyinthegarden]

I remember the golden grahams.. And cookie crisp with that police officer guy.

And I remember the pasta commerical with the dinos. LOL

I am old

[eblasphamy1]

Hi-C you can honk the tonk with the boppin berry!hic its the root to fruit hic its the place w taste Hi-C! rem that song on a commercial!!its been in my head for years im 28!!hahaha

[baglady26]

ok i know i should be old enough to remember but the crispy critters cereal? i do not remember that at all.lol i turned 6 yrs old that year. i def remember the rest of the commercials.

[evelynann84]

God, these bring me back to those mornings in which I woke up at 6-7 on a Saturday. I was five, and now I can't even wake up at ten. lmao. Iwant those old days back. Now, they're onlybut a memory.

[xXRoconzaXx]

Ya I was 5 when this was playing.

I remember watching this channel back when it was awesome. Then came the day they broke my heart....

[thejoint25]

I think everyone feels the same way you do. Disney destroyed Saturday mornings.

[eblasphamy1]

yup i remember the clay ppl switchin heads to

[baglady26]

haha@eblasphamy1 i remember that too

[Shenruss]

You know what's sad? I remember almost ALL of these....

no no, i mean, I REMEMBER them, words, tunes and all....almost VERBATIM!

Just shows you how those adds were cool enough to stick with you as a kid.

so much fun, and now so damn charming...

[AlmightyToonGod]

The toy robot at 1:35 looks just like the one in the Pee-Wee's Playhouse episode, "Why Wasn't I Invited?"

[AntPharm]

Golden Grahams never had marshmallows in it.

[MDthornton83]

1988. Same year "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was out.

[mattmanguy]

@ 4:17 it sounds like the puppet's saying "f***er". lol :)

[WickedFabala]

3:44

did they just make soup a game?

[WickedFabala]

Hi-C doesnt taste as good as i remembered :(

[tanquantwal]

Do they still make Golden Grahams?

[Metallica102938]

yes & i love them!

[tanquantwal]

I've never tried them before. Tomorrow is Saturday morning so I'm going to buy a box and watch Saturday morning cartoons via youtube.

[VictoriaWinters1991]

Yes I think they still make Golden Grahams. I've seen them at my grocery store but they no longer have the little marshmellows in them. :(

[frescorico]

Your thinking about the S'mores Crunch Cereal.

[zoomgirl]

I think that is Lindsey Price in that Barbie commercial....she's on the show "Eastwick" now....until it gets cancelled that is....

[turtoise6]

"After these messages, we'll be right back!" snyft :( take me back

[StressedoutGamer]

Man those two messages kept me excited. Wondering what was going to happen in the last 15 minutes, a true edge of your seat moment

[JK47Tubing]

wow. that does tack me back =>

[firecad2006]

lol funny to see that

[CanadianStatic]

AHHHHH "After these messages, we'll be right back!" hah I can't believe how many of these I remember. I had every single barbie imaginable too I swear. What a nerd I was.

[SuperDebbie40]

yes they still make HIc

[BattleGolferYui]

OMG!!! That Golden Grams spoof of So Happy Together is HILARIOUS!!! So is that Crispy Critters commercial. XP Nice set of commercials.

[anwar1982]

I've remember seeing those classic 1988 Saturday Morning ABC commercials when i was 6, now Saturday Mornings is filled up with News, Infomercials and kids educational programs, i like to go back to the late 80's and see those classic commercials that seen on Saturday Morning!!

[tlonmaster]

Oh my god I remember the first part with ABC!

[cushe83]

i remember that chef bourardee dinosaur commercial

[UCFLady]

do they even make Hi-C anymore?

[ravegods]

OMG I so remember that Fruit Juicers commercial, I loved that part with the candy going up the straw :)

[Templarofsteel18]

what´s the name of the real song at 0:09?

[GeneratedCrisis]

"Happy Together" by The Turtles

[kids57]

OMG the chef boyardee dinosaurs w/meatballs was my favorite lol!!!

[sliderALT]

I remember Crispy Critters and those clown jokes.

[MikeyMcCrashCap]

This was back when America was still a first world nation. No wonder so many people reminisce today.

[munkeeguy]

Yep, when I look around the town I live in, I can hardly believe it.

[MikeyMcCrashCap]

Looking through these old commericals(I can't believe I'm now saying that: "OLD"), I saw an in-between shows segment called Kids Beat, from 1987. I went to Wikipedia to look it up, but found no exact match. I did happen to find an article titled: Beat Up A White Kid Day. You should look it up. If your neighborhood, or school, was anything like mine, then I'm sure you can relate.

[munkeeguy]

My old neighborhood was just going into the multicultural shitter around the time I was a teenager, early 90s.

So I tend to idealize the late 80s for that reason.

[MikeyMcCrashCap]

Same here. I find it ironic that the very state legislators who mandated forced busing and forced integration into not what are schools, or neighborhoods, but are in fact rather war-zones, wouldn't dare consider sending their own kids to those same schools. For the affluent, who could afford to spend an extra 30-grand per year per kid, private schools suddenly appeared out of nowhere. White and black middle-class parents(who could afford it) immediately put their kids in private schools.

[cushe83]

im so damn sorry to hear that, aren't there any places left in the world where white people aren't forced to come in contact with minorities, whoaways you....

[BigBananaMan]

Remember kids, don't feed the trolls.

[vitaman30]

the 1st :05 seconds i totally remember as a child in the 80s

[greekwolf]

Why does the Kool-Aid man own a store filled with poltergeists?

[ItalianoLatino82]

Whos voice is at 1:38? Sounds so familiar.

[RetroGirl85]

not really sure who the impersonator is but its supposed to be an imitation of jimmy durante

[ahoneanatwo]

Hard to believe that it been twenty years, that sure brings back memories!

It's sad that Saturday Mornings is now mostly news, infomercials and kids programming has to be educational (FCC does it again)...the days of cartoons and cool commercials was what we looked forward to after suffering thru school during the week!

[corrupt200]

tell me about it. When the Chipmunk movie came out in Dec 2007, all the theatres were packed with adults born in the late 70s/early 80s (including myself) who went tosee teh film for nostalgic reasons.

[freakyandsexy]

Saturday Morning Cartoons aren't the same anymore. FORKids TV is pretty decent, but not so good compared to 20 years ago. I wish I could travel back to the 80s.

[bashir1980]

Wow! I haven't seen these or heard these in nearly two decades. It sure brings back so many good old memories and sentiments. How inspiring! Those were the days, unlike nowadays. Thanks for posting.

[funkflash]

The Dinosaurs food commercial is hip man, too bad they don't have good music in kids commercials anymore.

[Redboiipod]

the kool-aid was kinda scary

[jasperjasper77]

Thanks for posting this. This is when commercials were cool.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

Nice to see those commercials from the 80's. These commercials that I do remember are from WABC-TV in New York City.

[fl1992]

I used to watch W-ABC living out in Long Island. What part of Brooklyn do you live in?

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

I used to live in the section of Brooklyn which is Red Hook.

[fl1992]

My Grandma for 87 years lived in Park Slope. She shopped at Pathmark in Red Hook on Hamilton Ave! Do you remember The Great Space Coaster?

[DTakersgurl]

I had that Island Barbie. My older sister lied in Hawaii and sent it to me for my Birthday one year.

She'd always send me something Hawaii/Island related

[rioalumni]

wow i remember those three dolls at the very beginning

[jdrothrock]

OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

[skateflip977]

im not trying to be funny, but this is creepy

[disneyfan85]

I think this Golden Grahams ad is the VERY first time I ever heard of the song "Happy Together" (I was very, very young back then).

[melissatx75]

I remember ALL these commercials..whatever happened to that cereal crispy critters??? didn't really like the taste, but liked the little puppets when I was little..haha

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

Chef-"Let's see, chocolate and peanut butter, or chocolate and snails?"

Kid-"Chocolate and peanut butter."

Chef (Offended)-"What?! I am ze chef! You are ze kid! Chocolate and snails!"

Next thing you know, the chef's on his way to the guillotine.

[funkflash]

LOL!!

[domparis1978]

So you Yanks had Golden Grahams long before the Brits!? When they came along to England, we thought what a stupid name for a breakfast cereal. And Pop Tarts!!! You can keep 'em!!!

[domparis1978]

God, you Yanks are stoooooopid!!!!

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

That commercial with the chef and the kid is one reason why people shouldn't be too proud to listen to kids.

[chickengas608]

These were the rich people with VCR's back in the early 80's. I just got mine last week. WOW, the technology!

[PokemonGirl12]

"we're into looking exotic!" At least we know that the world will never run out of barbie-loving pole dancers....

[vampaubrey]

omg i used to eat the Dino chef boy RD

[BoneThugsEternal]

"soo happy togetherrr..." I remember all these commercials i was about 10-11 years old. The Golden Grahams "so happy together jingle" commercials, brings back alot of memories! Man how time flies!

[MattJFisher]

Man, I remember seeing the ABC Saturday morning bumpers when I used to live in St. John's, NL! That was whimsical!

[staarwolf]

i remember going 2 school singing some of this commercial theme song!

[DimeraFan28]

Wow. I Love These Saturday Morning Commercials. I was only 6-years-old When These Commercials were on. I Never Had An Island Fun Barbie Doll. And I Always Drink Hi-C And Eat Crispy Critters For Breakfast Too. And Kool-Aid Too. Ah Memories.

[lorzers]

I was 10 years old in 1988 and I remember every single one of these commercials! Commercials were so much better then! I think they used to use catchy tunes and that was a great idea. I probably know more commercials from the 80's than the more recent ones. Seriously,I just tune out the ones now. If I were in advertising I would go back to the catchy tunes because it sticks with people.

[ignoranceandwant]

I'm about your age and I agree...I remember most of these. What's funny is that I'm trying to find work as a copywriter and so I found myself seeing these commercials from a different perspective now.

I have no idea what commercials are like now, least of all on Sat. mornings....I don't even have a TV in my place and watch all my stuff online.

[newtoniantiger]

I agree, people were more creative during these times. Look at the music, movies, etc. Today's music and movies are terrible and lack innovation.

[OrangeFlaaffy]

I was five in 1988 and still remember all of these..I think that really says something for their staying power :)

[bashir1980]

I am watching these after almost 20 years. Those were the days. Thanks.

[adonutstar]

Wow. I would have been about 1 years old during these commercials. This is very weird, but very cool.

[gigi4ey]

That's Lindsey Price in the Island Fun Barbie commercial..she was later on 90210 and is currently starring in Lipstick Jungle

[haylesbells]

TV made me want cool friends and good times

[comedylover88]

I loved that ABC bumper at the beginning! Who does the voice for the Crispy Critter?

I remember the Chef Boyardee Dinosaurs, also the Chef Boyardee Sharks.

[winec00ler]

Holla! yeah me too I remember the dinosaurs and the sharks

[eam9701]

Ok, I am 33, but I miss the old Saturday Morning line-up. These kids today do not know what they are missing. Cartoons were on every major network from 6am to 12noon. These commercials really take me back.

[AvalonianKnight]

Totally agreed. I'm the same age, and I watched this, it's almost like stepping back in time. When my newborn son is old enough, I'm going to show him what his daddy grew up on. :-)

[hamstergeisha76]

@eam9701 It seems like about 10 years ago when cartoons started going to shit ( except for anime and some Disney movies).

[idaltuguy]

Man, I remember the wacky Warehouse! My bro and I used to imitate the puppet from the commercials. Once, I said "Chill grill" and my mom thought I said "chill girl" to her. I got sent to my room for the night. I used to love the tang commercials. "Don't you got ears man?"-too funny. Miss those days. Sit back, close your eyes, breathe in the nostalgia. Being a kid back then rocked.

[Jennithebaker]

....peanut butter wasn't even around in the 1700's...

[dasrik]

those fucking clowns were never funny.

[Jesusacosta30501]

That French Chef Deserve To Be Thrown Out By The King And His Guards When He Did Not Listen To That Boy's Chocolate And Peanut Butter Recipe

[overdrive2000]

wow...

[drzg]

CHEF BOYARDEE DINOSAURS!!! Funny how it could be 20 years since you've seen or heard a commercial that as soon as it plays, you remember all the words. Wow...

[chicksheldon]

those rompin stompin dinosaurs its a dinosaur hunt!

[erracht]

The Golden Grahams commercial still gives me this warm feeling after all these years. I also remember for example the Kool Aid one. The bit about the "parents' playpen" is funny. The Little Clowns of Happytown, on the other hand, are lame (as are clowns in general). Thanks for sharing.