80's Commercials Vol. 10

A bunch of commercials that aired on local ABC affiliate KGO on October 29th, 1989. These were recorded about a week after the Loma Prieta earthquake and just before Halloween. I was glad to be back inside of our house and on a 3 Musketeers induced sugar-high while recording this!

1. Domino's Pizza (What the hell ever happened to that mascot?)
2. Citibank (They help the deaf and hearing impaired!)
3. TurboGrafx 16 (An awesome and obscure late 80's video game console. Features a rare glimpse of the first Street Fighter game!)
4. Channel 7 News Break (Cesar Chavez! Awesome! The earthquake happened about a week before this, so the news is obviously pretty Earthquake-centric)
5. Lucky Supermarket (Featuring the elusive red-haired Lucky Lady!)
6. Lens Crafters (Are those glasses or protective eyewear?)
7. Channel 7 Earthquake Report (RIP Pete Wilson)
8. Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (With "Mission Impossible" star Peter Graves and his daughter Amanda!)
9. Yuban Coffee (Why does it matter if the bag is "easy to carry"?)
10. Mervyn's Cheetah Shoes
11. Splash Mountain at Disneyland (Awesome!)
12. The Pumpkin Kutter (The standard pumpkin carving tool when I was a kid)
13. Mervyn's Cheetah Shoes
14. Entenmann's Baked Goods
15. Mervyn's Cheetah Shoes (A trifecta of cheap shoe commercials!)
16. Bounty Candy Bar (Looks like a pretty sexy candy bar!)
17. Gerber Baby Food (That "Peach Bowl" looks absolutely disgusting!)
18. Prodigy
19. Triple Action All Laundry Detergent (I somehow doubt kids would be that amazed by clean clothes)
20. Orville Redenbacher Microwave Popcorn (RIP Mr. Redenbacher!)
21. McDonald's McRib sandwich (The legendary McRib! McRib...Choamp!)

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• Earthquake
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• Cars
• Tennis
• Shoes
• Halloween
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• Food
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[crocetti1984]

So, I'm curious.....did you just record commercials knowing they'd be nostalgic sometime down the line?

[80sCommercialVault]

No. These commercials are all from tapes with TV shows/movies recorded on them.

[ShyRobot]

Where's TurboGrafx now, huh? AHAHAHAHAHAHA

[80sCommercialVault]

Selling a ton of awesome games on Wii's virtual console?

[80sCommercialVault]

Three days ago marked the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta quake. I know earthquakes are horrible and destructive...but it's actually a great memory, as the damage was pretty minimal here. We camped on our lawn for a few days eating bacon off of the Coleman stove. And everybody my age that I've talked to in my town has virtually the same memory.

I'm glad I have this tape to remember that time by, as pretty much all of my memories of the quake are associated with the contents of this tape.

[1980sbaby]

Mervyn's is now gone out of business, hasn't it? Thanks for posting. :-)

[80sCommercialVault]

Mervyn's and now Gottschalks, another California based department store, has gone under as well. The once thriving mall I grew up with is like a ghost town. :*(

[california647]

i love splash mountain

[TheRetroLper]

people in the 80s are so kind they repair quake damaged glasses

[RADDTrash]

I wish I was in the 80s. Fuck I hate being 17 in 2011, sucks.

[DarkMoonGeneral]

Ah the good memories. :) So many things kids want know today. (unless they watch these videos lol)

[laichi16]

Yea, those glasses are the reason why I didn't wear mine as a child. Splash Mountain finally opened...but Disneyland has it closed a lot for repares.

[StudebakerBronson]

Thanks so much for posting these!

[Sinsdevice]

ha i use to have prodigy. 

[Sinsdevice]

@Hethrin i dont know if you know this but in case you did not that is actually the original street fighter. =)

[MattTheSaiyan]

It is pretty cool than the once-obscure/forgotten TurboGrafx-16 is finally starting to gain attention now that many of the consoles games are on the Virtual Console.