Pretty Gay Panasonic Commercial (1986)

Television commercial for Panasonic Hi-Fi VCRs, featuring a man doing a feminine dance to "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer. (1986)

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• 1986
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[totaLybeetLeJuice]

yeah sooo gay especially how the girls trying to call the guy, and the guy has a normal voice

[mycommercials]

you're defending his heterosexuality by the sound of his voice... and not by his incredibly gay dance moves? that's ballsy... that's ballsy

[clemdia]

You must be under 30, because that wasn't gay in the 1980s...

[boogiefever1985]

Exactly what I was thinking. I mean kids these days think colours (purple) can be gay. They think your haircut can be gay. They think dance moves can be gay. Didn't anyone ever teach them at school that to be gay you need to have sex with someone of the same gender? None of that in this video...

[poodtang1]

He looks very "festive"

[RetroCaptain]

Good day

That was the "in style" back then..

now if he was wearing 1 earring & dancing to WHAM,..or Culture Club videos..in a pink t shirt..I'd agree.

NO...Rick Astley had not found his way out of the closet in '86..so don't bring him up.

I do think it's a bit out there to dance in front of the "idiot box" back then,..but the dancing to the New Wave music craze was real strong..dancing alone in public also "out there"..

[bvg83]

love the vid, don't think it's  gay, i'm under 30

[brunos3]

Whoa, female stalker much! XD Glad she didn't do the "heavy breathing move" lol

[boogiefever1985]

@totaLybeetLeJuice Totally agree. Nothing gay about this at all, unless it is now gay for guys to talk to their girlfriends on the phone?

[boogiefever1985]

@mycommercials how do you know?

[bazfanv2]

@boogiefever1985 Gay also means your happy. I dont think this world is gay.

[romance2365]

omg, gay means happy/joyful, it also means homosexual, kids these days try to use the word gay to mean "Stupid" just like they did with "retarded"

[DSM1G90]

@Watcher3223 Thx for the replies - Yes, the unit also has the linear "Dolby Type B" stereo with a switch on the front to choose between the two sound formats. I remember the 8445 - was about 2 hundred dollars more than my 8417 since it had a lot more buttons and whistles to play with.

[Watcher3223]

@DSM1G90

Your VR8417 uses an idler pendulum for the reel drive.

The VR8445 uses twin brushless motors for the reel drive.