80's Commercials Vol. 53

These commercials aired on local Fox affiliate KTVU in March of 1989.

1. NES Max Controller
2. Ice Hockey
3. Scribble Sticks (I definitely got these in my Christmas stocking one year)
4. Big Red (You've gotta love these. And that's Peter Billingsly aka Ralphie from "A Christmas Story" as the boy with the tuba)
5. Twix
6. Pocket Rockers (So I guess these used answering machine tapes?)
7. Sunkist Fun Fruits (The non-laughing tree in this commercial doesn't give me as many nightmares)
8. Play-Doh Make-a-Meal
9. Doublemint Gum (Man, these twins sure got around...)
10. Mr. Potato Head (I never actually owned one, though I'm pretty sure my preschool had one)
11. Dolly Surprise (I can't wait until genetic engineering makes nightmarish hair growth like this possible!)
12. Vidal Sassoon (So she's a dog walker? What?)
13. Jell-O Pudding Snacks (I was addicted to the chocolate ones. I could probably eat a whole pack of them in the span of a half hour without adult supervision)
14. Oxy Clean
15. KTVU Giants Bumper
16. "Punky Brewster" Commercial Bumper
17. S&K Toyota
18. Corn Pops (LOL, Corn Pop head kid looks EXACTLY like Dr. Bunsen Honeydew from the Muppets. Also, Corn Pop dog is frightening)
19. Caramello (Ok, this commercial HAS to be British in origin)
20. Head & Shoulders (With Christopher Meloni! If I ever find myself in a casual conversation with one of my friends about dandruff shampoo, I just might have to kill myself)
21. Youth For Service (With the future mayor of San Francisco Willie Brown! OMG!)
22. Dodge Colt GT
23. "Punky Brewster" Commercial Bumper

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[DanZero77]

I too think the Caramello ad was possibly British in origin... the dude sure looks like one!!!!

How did they combine Laserdiscs with those crappy computers? I don't remember LD - ROM back in the days :D :D :D

[80sCommercialVault]

In elementary school, circa 1994 or so, my 4th grade class had a computer with a LD-ROM drive.  I remember it involving little sound and video clips mostly, which seemed pretty high tech for the time.

[citizennancy]

I swear one of the guys in the Head and shoulders commercials on Law and order SVU, Christopher Meloni?

[80sCommercialVault]

Could be...it's hard to recognize the guy with all that hair.

[ekkostar]

I remember associating Twix with Yello's 'Oh Yeah!' for a while, at least until a quarter into the 90s.

Pocket Rockers wanted us to realize how awesome PHIL COLLINS was!!!

[athleticsgirl23]

If there's going to be a Giant's bumper, I DEMAND an A's bumper!! DEMAND IT I TELL YOU!!!

I too, always wanted a Mr. Potato Head. Never got one til I was like 24, but it's an Oakland A's Mr. Potato Head. In a cruel twist of fate, I finally have one, but refuse to take it out of the package.

Holy hell!! Pocket Rockers made me laugh so hard. Rock out with Genesis and Fat Boys. Don't forget Tiffany. Too much!!

[MGHSHour2a]

Mr. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff­fudge is funny

[tinnitischannel]

About this volume: when the Play-Doh ad first aired, my brother, friend and I used to change the lyrics and sing, "With Play Doh you can make a meal impossible to EAT!". And it sure sounds like the singer says, "Farts" and not "Parts" the first time on the Mr Potato Head ad. The song in the Twix ad is "Oh Yeah!" by Yello (1983). And why does the Vidal Sasoon lady kiss the window? I've wondered since the 80's. It's unsanitary. I laughed 5 minues straight at Dr. Honeydew in the Corn Pops ad.

[tinnitischannel]

@DanZero77 To me the Carmello ad isn't just British, but by the director of Peter Gabriel videos!

[TheDonNJ]

1. Anyone else find the end of that Jell-O Pudding commercial creepy? The father doesn't says a word or change emotion, the fridge door closes so it gets dark, and kid is like "Dad? Dad?"

2. The ska beat for the song in the Corn Pops commercial is catchy as fuck

3. Chris Meloni in that Head And Shoulders commercial ruled.

4. Why did the dude in the Caramello commercial stretch his TV vertically. Gotta widescreen that shit son!

[shuaduah]

@citizennancy Hmmm. Same guy from Oz. it DOES look like him.

[MattTheSaiyan]

There is more artistic value in that Caramello commercial than in some feature films I've seen.

[biffvonwrinkle]

1:32 fuck now i know why i associate that song with fuckin candy hahahahahahaha

[MeInTX]

As a Rangers fan, that Giants commercial proved prophetic in late October this year...:(

Given the amount of hair he has now, it's rather ironic that Chris Meloni did a shampoo ad. I guess Head & Shoulders didn't come with Rogaine.

I'm pretty sure that was the specific Big Red ad that Verizon parodied earlier this year. Still one of the best jingles of all time.

I didn't like the Twix ad, but it's still better than today's "Use them to think of a lie" ads they have.

[erin592]

@88Donkeys I am in mourning for the twix PB with the regular cookie. Those were sooooo good. The one with the chocolate cookie just doesn't compare.