Come to think of it, my little brother still owes me a trip to Marine World! Last time we went he crapped all over himself and we had to go home...granted he was two but the pain still lingers :(
I had the yellow bucket and the inflatable boat. Those were the days when McDonalds gave away some good Happy Meal prizes! I also remember getting a jacko lantern bucket for tricker treating and a green pencil box. I want a time machine to take me back to the 80's.
My Dad used to watch Jake and the Fatman; it would bore me to tears, so I would retreat to our MS DOS-based computer and type lines of letters, because we didn't have any games for it at that point. Had to go to Dad's office to play Wheel of Fortune....wow, that's a really pathetic story. I think it's based on one memory, actually.
I'd love to know how many total hours of commercials McDonalds has ever made. You could probably have a 24/7 channel of nothing but McDonalds commercials.
I'm not sure if this was the same toy or not, but I remember going to the beach with my parents, getting hungry at some point, and then driving over to the nearby McDonald's with my dad. I got a happy meal with a yellow rake and a packet of marigold seeds. I wanted to plant them right there at the beach, but they had to explain to me that they wouldn't grow in sand.
I think I remember those seeds. I think my mom threw them away instead of planting them since they would have gotten in the way of her precious garden.
I love that CBS Special Presentation thing also. The show Supernatural had a version of that without the "CBS" in the segment during the Christmas episode they had in season 3. I couldn't believe my eyes & was ecstatic.
There's just something about old vintage commercials that make them so enjoyable. Today, I just skip all the terrible commercials on every show I watch with my DVR.
Well, I meant the modern incarnation of him. The original character was a more traditional clown. He disappeared for a while, and then came back in '94 as the serious-clown-in-a-business-suit known today.
Lynn redgrave.. best actress ever..so much range...oh and the mcdonalds fish mold in your happy meal was like gettin a sweater for christmas...disappointing
Great compilation ! Brings back so many memories as a kid! Too bad Marine World no longer has their ski show. That water over there is just there, not even being used :0( I turned 6 years old on the 21st of this year, 1988!
They may have tested it out in other areas before expanding it. I remember seeing it in the stores in NY for a short time. I definitely remember the commercial with the guy in the supermarket & the Wild Thing song playing.
I remember seeing Raspberry 7Up in Toronto in 1993 when I was on vacation with my family up there. My brother got various other flavors when he went up to Montreal for business trips. He got Pineapple 7-Up & Cranberry 7-Up from the stores.
This is the chicken of chickens. It's the king of the road. The head honchos. The top guns. It's the chicken fajita pita at Jack In The Box. The chicken of the chickens aspired of me.
This is the way to eat chicken. The Chicken Fajita Pita at Jack In The Box restaurants. Cheese, tomatoes, grilled onions, and all-white meat chickens, grilled fajita. For serious fajita eaters.
I'm from Georgia, where there are no Jack in the Box restaurants, so quite literally, the only thing I associate with them is the news stories sometime around '92 or '93 about their burgers possibly being tainted with E. coli.
That's the only thing I know about them too since they're not around NY anywhere. I'm personally a fan of the Roy Rogers restaurants, though most of them closed. I'm pretty sure they have those in GA, right? Man, I love the Double R burger with that ham on top & the Fixin's Bar. I also love their Gold Rush chicken sandwich. They still have some on the NY State Thruway & on the NJ Turnpike & one on 7th Ave across from MSG in NY.
I'd probably try out a Jack in the Box if I ever find one.
Jack in the Box is nothing to write home about, but they aren't bad. The fries (Both curly and regular) are really good.
In my town they're the only fast food joint open after midnight. As a result of this, the drive-through line goes around the block on Friday and Saturday nights.
I was about to ask the same thing about Jack in the Box. Once in a blue moon I would see commercials but there were none to be found in my area (Northern NJ).
In fact here in North Jersey we only got our first 2 Sonics in the last few months, but I've been seeing commercials for the last few years!
One's on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights and the other is on Route 46 in Totowa.
The traffic is so bad there now that they opened that I haven't even been able to check out either of them. They even have a full time police officer at the entrance to stop too many people from coming in. That's NJ for you, build build build, think about the consequences later.
I miss Roy Rogers too. I used to go there all the time for lunch in High School in the late 80's/early 90's. I think I might have seen one in a rest area on the Parkway too, but once I'm on the Parkway I don't stop until I get to where I'm going (must be a Jersey thing).
There was one right by the commuter parking area in Montvale (Exit 172). It burned down. I drove past it with my aunt the day it was burning & saw the fire department there. I ate there once. My favorite one in Jersey was the one on Rte 17 by the Burlington Coat Factory & Service Merchandise (another great store that's no longer around). I'll probably be eating at one of the ones on the NYS Thruway (Plattekill or New Baltimore) tonight since I'm taking a weekend road trip north.
I lived in So Cal in the 80's and we had 7up Gold..it was kinda like a "spicy" gingerale...similar to Vernors...I liked it though it lasted only a few months in 1988...btw, GREAT commercials...I love 'em!
Thanks for these great commercials. As I mentioned before, these commercials are from the ABC and CBS network feeds except a few locals from California that are not New York City, some of those commercials that I remember was local commercials throughout NYC, Jack in the Box resturant was not, the Disney World is classic and it's better than Disneyland.
I don't remember seeing the news promos that are in California, in New York City that I do remember seeing it during one of the network feeds, take for example in NYC, local ABC station WABC-TV ran promos for what's coming up on Eyewitness News at 11 PM, they used the same news theme as seen on WABC-TV (channel 7) at the time with the "Cool Hand Luke" music.
BTW, the CBS Special Presentation bumper from the 70's still remains a classic and it was used for all Christmas specials.
Can someone explain what 7-up Gold is? Also, I'm starting to understand how we've become a bunch of fatties. There's always 2 or 3 upbeat, awesome, dance party beat, McDonalds commercials on every volume. It's like brainwashing. It sort of puts into perspective how much they really do advertise and, pardon the pun, shove it down our throats. Ok, I'm off the soapbox now. My fat ass broke it
According to Wikipedia, 7-Up Gold was a "spice flavored beverage" and an unused Dr. Pepper invention.
And I swear, I don't mean to emphasize McDonald's over any other company here. I post what I got. McDonald's was simply an advertising juggernaut back then.
Bob Goen, apparently he must have been under contract with CBS. Because it was after Blackout got cancelled and a year before he hosted Daytime Wheel for CBS.
The Doublemint Gum Commercial 7:46 seems frightening to me at this moment. It has this certain mystique about it. Almost like a scary clone commercial you would see kinda like the commercial bits in robocop or something like when the girl lathers her skin in blue lotion to bake in the sun that has lost its ozone layer.
God, Marine World Africa USA, before it changed to JUST Marine World, and then eventually Discovery Kingdom... but this is already when they moved to Vallejo! If you have any commercials when they were still in Redwood City, I would just DIE!
Solano County Fair once occupied the current Discovery Kingdom spot back when Marine World was in Redwood City. Who Currently Occupies the Redwod city home of Marine World?
According to Wikipedia: The original Redwood City location was redeveloped into the corporate headquarters for Oracle Corporation. The street in front of the Oracle campus was named "Marine World Parkway" for years, until it was renamed to Marine Parkway in the 1990s.
I remember the street (and freeway exit) being named Marine World Parway forEVER, and didn't know that they changed it. I barely remember the area now though, to tell you the truth.
I remember catching the Bugs Bunny Mystery Special that time. Guess I must have seen some of these commercials then, though I don't really remember them. I just remember the cartoon parts.
Come to think of it, my little brother still owes me a trip to Marine World! Last time we went he crapped all over himself and we had to go home...granted he was two but the pain still lingers :(
Earych 1 month ago
I had the yellow bucket and the inflatable boat. Those were the days when McDonalds gave away some good Happy Meal prizes! I also remember getting a jacko lantern bucket for tricker treating and a green pencil box. I want a time machine to take me back to the 80's.
freedombear79 5 months ago
the 80's look fun
PassTheGravyBowl 7 months ago
I never understood... Is grimace a giant, fuzzy mcnugget?
In any case, Oh god nostalgia.
mattone 1 year ago
@mattone: No. He's actually what was in a McShake ages ago.
TherealRNO 9 months ago
So, Channel 7 ... bedbugs cause venereal warts? Now I'm scared!
hagiadzo 1 year ago
Oh man, Jeff Conaway seems so clear and coherent in that ad. What a shame.
jenzeppelin 1 year ago
@jenzeppelin I meant what a shame about how he is NOW, not the fact he was coherent then! :)
jenzeppelin 1 year ago
fuck, disney land is soooo much better than disney world.
nardo363636 1 year ago
2:03 Never saw a Donald balloon. Only a Mickey balloon.
Also, Mickey changes between his 1977 and 1988 costume looks in this commercial.
Kartoonkid95 1 year ago
13 RIP Lynn Redgrave...
texacobigred42 1 year ago
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klr181979 1 year ago
My Dad used to watch Jake and the Fatman; it would bore me to tears, so I would retreat to our MS DOS-based computer and type lines of letters, because we didn't have any games for it at that point. Had to go to Dad's office to play Wheel of Fortune....wow, that's a really pathetic story. I think it's based on one memory, actually.
gleeb0278 1 year ago 3
@gleeb0278 I was a DOS kid too, and knew how to boot up games and run programs by the time I was three. My favorite game was Classic Concentration.
80sCommercialVault 1 year ago 2
@80sCommercialVault: I LOVED Classic Concentration! Never had that computer game though; I was just a little game show junkie!
gleeb0278 1 year ago
@80sCommercialVault DOS forever!! I was a Wolfenstein and Doom geek even though they came out in the 90s.
rockergirl83 1 year ago
Did they just show a tiger killing a man in the Marine World ad. "Marine world, where the wildlife may kill you".
And why doesn't CBS do that special presentation anymore, love the way the word speical would curve with that music.
TNTITAN 1 year ago
Long John Silver's has merged with KFC. It used to be great, now it's meh. The best part is the pirate hats lol.
jpo6788 1 year ago
What was 7UP Gold like?
kari00ws6 1 year ago
is luckys still around
animefave346 2 years ago
Lol at Nightmare at Bitter Creek. Looks like "Deliverance" for the ladies. That or your typical modern-day Lifetime movie.
Squeeeeeeal!
Ratgrappler 2 years ago
There's the 80s Jack in the Box jingle again at 1:01. Freakin awesome.
Japanexican 2 years ago
I'd love to know how many total hours of commercials McDonalds has ever made. You could probably have a 24/7 channel of nothing but McDonalds commercials.
siegeay 2 years ago
@siegeay I'd seriously watch a channel consisting purely of old McDonald's commercials.
MattTheSaiyan 10 months ago 3
you can so tell when jeff conaway started on the drugs....
cbunni666 2 years ago
wtf @ the lady tryin to teach her baby to swim.
the baby don't even look 5 years old!
baltimoreblitz16 2 years ago
I had the yellow rake, the bucket, and possibly the beach ball.
Those were worthless to me since there were no beaches where I lived.
BabyFace316 2 years ago 4
I'm not sure if this was the same toy or not, but I remember going to the beach with my parents, getting hungry at some point, and then driving over to the nearby McDonald's with my dad. I got a happy meal with a yellow rake and a packet of marigold seeds. I wanted to plant them right there at the beach, but they had to explain to me that they wouldn't grow in sand.
80sCommercialVault 2 years ago 7
I think I remember those seeds. I think my mom threw them away instead of planting them since they would have gotten in the way of her precious garden.
BabyFace316 2 years ago 2
I love that CBS Special Presentation thing also. The show Supernatural had a version of that without the "CBS" in the segment during the Christmas episode they had in season 3. I couldn't believe my eyes & was ecstatic.
wtcvidman 2 years ago
There's just something about old vintage commercials that make them so enjoyable. Today, I just skip all the terrible commercials on every show I watch with my DVR.
TheGamingGuitarist 2 years ago
When did "Jack" start appearing in Jack in the Box commercials? Was it in the 80's or the 90's?
TheGamingGuitarist 2 years ago
1994.
80sCommercialVault 2 years ago
Jack was born the same year I was! Cool!
TheGamingGuitarist 2 years ago
Well, I meant the modern incarnation of him. The original character was a more traditional clown. He disappeared for a while, and then came back in '94 as the serious-clown-in-a-business-suit known today.
All this stuff is on wikipedia.
80sCommercialVault 2 years ago
to 80sCommercialVault,
Long john silvers is nothing to write home about..but hey, try it for curiousity sake.
Lafours 2 years ago
Lynn redgrave.. best actress ever..so much range...oh and the mcdonalds fish mold in your happy meal was like gettin a sweater for christmas...disappointing
Lafours 2 years ago
Great compilation ! Brings back so many memories as a kid! Too bad Marine World no longer has their ski show. That water over there is just there, not even being used :0( I turned 6 years old on the 21st of this year, 1988!
1980sCaliforniaGirl 2 years ago 2
Hmm...I'm from NC and I don't remember 7Up Gold... Maybe it wasn't advertised in the south.
webmistress80 2 years ago
i'm from WV and i don't remember it either.
slydawg221 2 years ago
They may have tested it out in other areas before expanding it. I remember seeing it in the stores in NY for a short time. I definitely remember the commercial with the guy in the supermarket & the Wild Thing song playing.
I remember seeing Raspberry 7Up in Toronto in 1993 when I was on vacation with my family up there. My brother got various other flavors when he went up to Montreal for business trips. He got Pineapple 7-Up & Cranberry 7-Up from the stores.
wtcvidman 2 years ago
is it just me or does that lady from the Lucky commercial look an awful lot like the lady from "Webster"?
BigBoiJC 2 years ago
Yeah... it's the kid that is eating him out of house and home.
cecilyf 2 years ago 3
3:50 .... Bedbugs? Those are some dirty little bastards!!
abletonreason 2 years ago 3
This is the chicken of chickens. It's the king of the road. The head honchos. The top guns. It's the chicken fajita pita at Jack In The Box. The chicken of the chickens aspired of me.
This is the way to eat chicken. The Chicken Fajita Pita at Jack In The Box restaurants. Cheese, tomatoes, grilled onions, and all-white meat chickens, grilled fajita. For serious fajita eaters.
It's the big gahuda!
michaelmoval 2 years ago
it's "in the pita" not "grilled fajita"
michaelmoval 2 years ago
CBS Late Night at that time was nothing more than a dumping ground for Canadian crime shows (Adderly, etc.)
DanZero77 2 years ago 2
WoW..Jeff Conaway before Celebrity Rehab...so sad
Libitina72 3 years ago 3
I'd be willing to drink 7 up Gold
franzchick66 3 years ago 2
omg jack in a box omg they gave me food poising like 3 times lol
tatsumaru716 3 years ago
I'm from Georgia, where there are no Jack in the Box restaurants, so quite literally, the only thing I associate with them is the news stories sometime around '92 or '93 about their burgers possibly being tainted with E. coli.
towhead72 3 years ago
That's the only thing I know about them too since they're not around NY anywhere. I'm personally a fan of the Roy Rogers restaurants, though most of them closed. I'm pretty sure they have those in GA, right? Man, I love the Double R burger with that ham on top & the Fixin's Bar. I also love their Gold Rush chicken sandwich. They still have some on the NY State Thruway & on the NJ Turnpike & one on 7th Ave across from MSG in NY.
I'd probably try out a Jack in the Box if I ever find one.
wtcvidman 2 years ago
Jack in the Box is nothing to write home about, but they aren't bad. The fries (Both curly and regular) are really good.
In my town they're the only fast food joint open after midnight. As a result of this, the drive-through line goes around the block on Friday and Saturday nights.
80sCommercialVault 2 years ago
The tacos rock, too. Not sure what that mystery "meat" paste is, but damn it's tasty.
philvanyam 2 years ago
I was about to ask the same thing about Jack in the Box. Once in a blue moon I would see commercials but there were none to be found in my area (Northern NJ).
In fact here in North Jersey we only got our first 2 Sonics in the last few months, but I've been seeing commercials for the last few years!
greenmanjph 2 years ago
What part of Jersey are they in? Paramus?
wtcvidman 2 years ago
One's on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights and the other is on Route 46 in Totowa.
The traffic is so bad there now that they opened that I haven't even been able to check out either of them. They even have a full time police officer at the entrance to stop too many people from coming in. That's NJ for you, build build build, think about the consequences later.
greenmanjph 2 years ago
I miss Roy Rogers too. I used to go there all the time for lunch in High School in the late 80's/early 90's. I think I might have seen one in a rest area on the Parkway too, but once I'm on the Parkway I don't stop until I get to where I'm going (must be a Jersey thing).
greenmanjph 2 years ago
There was one right by the commuter parking area in Montvale (Exit 172). It burned down. I drove past it with my aunt the day it was burning & saw the fire department there. I ate there once. My favorite one in Jersey was the one on Rte 17 by the Burlington Coat Factory & Service Merchandise (another great store that's no longer around). I'll probably be eating at one of the ones on the NYS Thruway (Plattekill or New Baltimore) tonight since I'm taking a weekend road trip north.
wtcvidman 2 years ago
@greenmanjph
There is a RR on the Parkway in the service area at Ocean View.
Daeymien 2 years ago
I remember that pizzicato-type tune that plays during the Jack In the Box commercials in the 1980s!
disneyfan85 3 years ago 4
Jeff Conaway from TAXI!
michaelmoval 3 years ago
yeah...before Celebrity Rehab...He is a mess now
Libitina72 3 years ago
I lived in So Cal in the 80's and we had 7up Gold..it was kinda like a "spicy" gingerale...similar to Vernors...I liked it though it lasted only a few months in 1988...btw, GREAT commercials...I love 'em!
gmf1976 3 years ago 2
Wow, Bob Goen with a mustache.
Fairia 3 years ago
Thanks for these great commercials. As I mentioned before, these commercials are from the ABC and CBS network feeds except a few locals from California that are not New York City, some of those commercials that I remember was local commercials throughout NYC, Jack in the Box resturant was not, the Disney World is classic and it's better than Disneyland.
HomeoftheGoodGuys 3 years ago 2
I don't remember seeing the news promos that are in California, in New York City that I do remember seeing it during one of the network feeds, take for example in NYC, local ABC station WABC-TV ran promos for what's coming up on Eyewitness News at 11 PM, they used the same news theme as seen on WABC-TV (channel 7) at the time with the "Cool Hand Luke" music.
BTW, the CBS Special Presentation bumper from the 70's still remains a classic and it was used for all Christmas specials.
HomeoftheGoodGuys 3 years ago
Disneyland pwns Disneyworld in every imaginable respect
troodon311 3 years ago 2
Can someone explain what 7-up Gold is? Also, I'm starting to understand how we've become a bunch of fatties. There's always 2 or 3 upbeat, awesome, dance party beat, McDonalds commercials on every volume. It's like brainwashing. It sort of puts into perspective how much they really do advertise and, pardon the pun, shove it down our throats. Ok, I'm off the soapbox now. My fat ass broke it
athleticsgirl23 3 years ago
According to Wikipedia, 7-Up Gold was a "spice flavored beverage" and an unused Dr. Pepper invention.
And I swear, I don't mean to emphasize McDonald's over any other company here. I post what I got. McDonald's was simply an advertising juggernaut back then.
80sCommercialVault 3 years ago
Stock up on TP if you're going to Long Johns...
Boogeyman80 3 years ago
Bob Goen, apparently he must have been under contract with CBS. Because it was after Blackout got cancelled and a year before he hosted Daytime Wheel for CBS.
jwgreek8606 3 years ago
No, Disneyland is NOT better than Disney World.
ScorpioNostalgia 3 years ago
Disneyland is the original. Walt Disney World is just a soulless imitation.
80sCommercialVault 3 years ago
They're both lame compared to Cedar Point :-P
Boogeyman80 3 years ago
Disneyland/WDW are theme parks. Cedar Point is not.
80sCommercialVault 3 years ago
It's not nice to compare Disneyland to Walt Disney World or vice-versa. They're both great.
disneyfan85 3 years ago 2
May 24th 1988? I turned 3 that day! And LJS is cool. They have great fish and shrimp.
apachette07 3 years ago
I turned 3 on June 6 of that year!
disneyfan85 3 years ago
Cool! The 80s rule!!! lol
apachette07 3 years ago
The Doublemint Gum Commercial 7:46 seems frightening to me at this moment. It has this certain mystique about it. Almost like a scary clone commercial you would see kinda like the commercial bits in robocop or something like when the girl lathers her skin in blue lotion to bake in the sun that has lost its ozone layer.
DesolateMinds 3 years ago
What, John Goodman doesn't deserve a shout out for his appearance in the "Equalizer" promo? You've changed, man....
troodon311 3 years ago
I didn't notice him! SORRY GEORGE.
80sCommercialVault 3 years ago
God, Marine World Africa USA, before it changed to JUST Marine World, and then eventually Discovery Kingdom... but this is already when they moved to Vallejo! If you have any commercials when they were still in Redwood City, I would just DIE!
agltbialik 3 years ago
Solano County Fair once occupied the current Discovery Kingdom spot back when Marine World was in Redwood City. Who Currently Occupies the Redwod city home of Marine World?
dinfg6 3 years ago
According to Wikipedia: The original Redwood City location was redeveloped into the corporate headquarters for Oracle Corporation. The street in front of the Oracle campus was named "Marine World Parkway" for years, until it was renamed to Marine Parkway in the 1990s.
I remember the street (and freeway exit) being named Marine World Parway forEVER, and didn't know that they changed it. I barely remember the area now though, to tell you the truth.
agltbialik 3 years ago
The Marine World Parkway in Vallejo is now renamed Old Highway 37 street in Vallejo since the New HWY 37 is now a major Freeway to Sears Point.
dinfg6 3 years ago
I remember catching the Bugs Bunny Mystery Special that time. Guess I must have seen some of these commercials then, though I don't really remember them. I just remember the cartoon parts.
ReijiThePhantom 3 years ago 2