1985 Courteney Cox Tampax Commercial

21 year-old Courteney Cox selling Tampax and using the word "period", a first for feminine hygiene commercials.

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[BluntLikeASpoon]

"It will change the way you feel about your period."

LIES! ALL LIES!

[ndidionuah]

omg she said period!! usually tampon commercials nowadays r so vague idk wat theyre talking about till they show pictures...

[tegs jones]

Before ps plastic surgery

[andytom2495]

She's so cute

[Yimello]

Nostalgic friends reference

[Ariel Laakso]

I read that this was the first time the word 'period' was used in the context on television, which is why I'm here.

[BlayzedBlue]

Courtney was also Michael J. Fox's (Alex Keaton's) girlfriend on Family Ties, a few years after this aired. She replaced Ellen,  who became his wife in real life.

[Lindsey Adams]

ah, the basis of the infamous question of youtube.

[Stepoo]

I'm laughing my ass off at the random woman in the back doing squats

[jjws]

that hair is so eighties it has kids in kindergarten now

[lincolntowncardude]

I was literally just asking myself that very question