80's Commercials Vol. 93

[kurtispopp]

Nice Civil War chess set, but where are Lincoln and monster trucks?

[MattTheSaiyan]

"Big T (This guy reminds me of Don Knotts)", Haha, same here!

[Tornado1994]

The Michelob commerical, Oh so thats where SNL got the commerical parody "Where you're going? Your going to HELL!" from, LOL!

[MeInTX]

I like how the announcer never said how much getting the entire set at once cost, and in fact just slipped the fact you could do it that way right in. I wonder how many people actually went the 12 pieces a year route.

Did Ted Knight live in the Bay Area? It seems odd that he would do an ad for a local radio station.

When I think of the 50s, I naturally think of Coors Light.

We had a low budget supermarket chain called Jewel T back in the 80s. I wonder if the common T means anything?

[NoctemOUT]

@MeInTX I think sometimes local businesses hire nationally known people to be in their ads regardless of whether they have any connection to the area- here in Baltimore we have Jerry Springer (from Chicago originally, I think) doing commercials for a local car dealership.

[Nullsleep]

I like the Pacific Bell commercial

[jiveonion]

1:03 how is a bowtie inimitable?

[orion5175]

3:33 judge smells.... hey whitey where's your hat?

[IluvDonnieandJordan]

@Idoljunky32

That's Joe Conely aka Ike Godsey on The Waltons. (I remember the Big T's commercial. Slightly.) 

[kari00ws6]

$0.79 for Premium crackers? I think I just spent about $4.00 for some the other day.

[SundownerDrifting]

I can't help but notice the lack of "Professional driver on closed course. Don't even think of driving this in real life" disclaimers in the Nissan commercial.

Oh God. Big T! I can't believe I'm getting misty-eyed nostalgia over a frickin' defunct supermarket! Especially one that made Albertson's look classy by comparison!

[Wimmer33fan1]

I've never heard somebody so excited over bricks LOL

[polarisathena]

Actors Rick Hurst ,Denise Weaver, Ted Knight looked so young back then and so was I.

[Oppledeldoc]

@polarisathena It's nice to hear someone mention Rick Hurst by name, he's a pretty underrated comedy actor.

[tyriasmostwanted]

i dont want to wait 2 years to play chess!!!

[RoxyAlexander]

funny- on an episode of Pawn Stars a few weeks ago, a guy came in and tried to pawn his civil war chess set. The guy just laughed and offered him like $50 or something. The customer was like, "But they're PEWTER!" then the proprieter had to inform the poor guy that pewter is just a fancy name for tin!

[RawGamePlay]

That Pacific Bell commercial was a message from the past for the future.......about the future.

[Palmerholic]

What was with the 80s and pewter statues? I remember every time there was Star Trek collectibles on QVC they always seemed to sell pewter statues of characters and ships. I also remember pewter wizards, fairies and gnomes being rather popular in the early 90s.

[jimzvid]

Actor Dennis Weaver (Duel) is the spokesman in the Great Western Savings ad.

John Forsythe-voiceover in Michelob spot.

"Where You're Going It's Michelob"???

--WTF???

[almejri]

I got one of those Civil War chess set ads in my collection, I need to put that clip up.

[kerberos623]

Hmm the American Airlines one uses music that is a distinct ripoff of the superman theme.

[101Frenchkisses7]

ROLF the chess set 'enhances your life'

[Idoljunky32]

I remember that Civil War chess set commercial! It ran for a few years I think. Who's the actor in the BIG T's Grocery commercial. Can't remember if he played on Little House on the Prairie or The Walton's? Someone please refresh my memory!!

[towhead72]

It's quite fitting that this man would appear in a grocery store commercial because the actor is Joe Conley and he played the role of Ike Godsey, who ran the store on "The Waltons."

[fattoler]

I WANT THAT CHESS SET!

[lastwaltz100]

just checked civil war chess set about $600 on ebay

[JoeSmoeX]

Why do I remember that Civil War chess set ad so vividly? I must have seen it a thousand times.

[blugreen123]

This is back when some companies still allowed CODs.

"The Brick" what an attractive name for a furniture store

"We've got to be tough to make you smile"?! what kind of tagline is that?

[GokuMcDuck]

And now, they almost do not accept money orders.

[80sDream]

Whoa! It's, "Fat Kid" / Horace (Brent Chalem) from the Monster Squad in the Van de Kamp's Filets commercial. "Wolfman's got nards!"

Check it out at watch?v=qu6L9pG_E6o

[brightbite]

Notice that the beer commercials from this era do not have "please drink responsibly." Back then, if you were an alcoholic, it was still nobody's business except yours. LOL

[StormsongK]

@brightbite More like, nobody felt alcoholic beverage companies had to take responsibility for their customers' lack of judgment.

[TheChainsawFacelift]

Frank died the next year. He never got to experience 28k modems.

[WVClaydawg]

Is that Bowser from Sha Na Na in the coors light commercial?

[JepMasta]

Hmm, so I get two chess pieces every two months...I figured it out, and it would take you 2 & 2/3 years to get the whole set!

Yeah I'm jumping all over that ;-)

[LoonyLuna48]

And it will only be yours for the low price of $288.

(yes, I just did the math).

[Boogeyman80]

Wait. You get 2 pieces every other month but you still had to pay every month, soooo

($17.50 + $.50) * 32 = $576.00 in 1985

Then add on the inflation rate of 102.85% from March 1985 to present.

$576.00 + $576.00(1.0285) = $1168.42 in 2009

Yay! I finally got to use my economics class 3 years after I graduated college!

[blugreen123]

Now, be fair! He did just say that you could the whole set at once if you chose. ;)