80's Commercials Vol. 280

These commercials aired on ABC on December 16th, 1987. Many of these were originally posted back in Vol. 6 but here are all of the ads on the tape and in (slightly) better quality!

1. "A Muppet Family Christmas" Commercial Bumper (Brought to you by OshKosh B'gosh)
2. OshKosh B'gosh
3. M&M's
4. "A Muppet Family Christmas" Commercial Bumper
5. OshKosh B'gosh
6. TV Spot for "Pinocchio And The Emperor Of The Night" (I'm glad that my parents sheltered me from Disney knock-offs like this)
7. Doublemint Gum
8. Cinnamon Toast Crunch (With Ariana Richards from "Jurassic Park" and a Santa Bear contest!)
9. Promo for "Not Quite Human" (I haven't seen these movies in nearly 20 years but I remember being amused by them when they played on The Disney Channel)
10. Milk (I wonder how much of a badass the actual kid grew up to be)
11. Holidays (I'm still highly amused by "Ohhh! They're red and green!")
12. "A Muppet Family Christmas" Commercial Bumper (My mind is still BLOWN by the concept of puppets with puppets)
13. Promo for "The Three Kings" (And it turns out they were just escapees from a mental institution. Oh well)
14. Fayva
15. Chevrolet Baretta
16. Chevrolet Corsica LT
17. WABC Eyewitness News Promo
18. Extra Sugar Free Gum
19. TV Spot for "Leonard Part 6" (Currently sits at #60 on IMDB's Bottom 100. Apparently, while promoting it Bill Cosby begged people not to see it)
20. Sony
21. Crispy Critters (Ha cha cha cha!)
22. Promo for "Sledge Hammer!" and "The Charmings" (The show about the talking gun looks more normal and sedate)
23. Promo for "The Sound Of Christmas"
24. "A Muppet Family Christmas" End Credits

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[skystarless]

I remember Crispy Critters being really gross.

I haven't seen A Muppet Family Christmas; maybe I should check it out.

[80sCommercialVault]

@skystarless "A Muppet Family Christmas" is one of my favorite holiday specials. Watch the unedited version on DTVZone's channel.

[Nickrj3]

If Bill Cosby told people not to see Leonard Part 6, why did he make it in the first place?

[80sCommercialVault]

@Nickrj3 Even bad movies usually start with good intentions. Cosby produced it and wrote the story, which was intended to be a tongue in-cheek spoof of the James Bond series. When it all came out wrong he blamed it on the first-time director (which was kind of a dick move since he was the one calling the shots).

[seattlesfinestwrx]

I don't think you get the credit that you deserve. It must be time-consuming to do this as well. I was born in 1990 and I didn't live through these times but after 280 80's videos, in the most indirect of senses I feel like I have. Thank you sir and have a happy holidays.

[irvinspider54]

the kid with the milk thing reminded me of napoleon dynamite

[pissoffuhoser]

Yeah thanx for all u have done these warm my heart n I'm not the type to say that lol but they do oh the memories lol

[holbrooke7]

I honestly can't tell you just how many of these commercials I remembered and could recite from memory while watching not just this installment, but quite a few of the others you've uploaded. Thanks for all of the hard work you do!

[holbrooke7]

Man, the days when gum commercials had catchy jingles...

[Pdasilva0324]

I remember most if not all of these. Love the Christmas M&M's commercials. They sure don't make Christmas commercials like this anymore..The Lexus, Buick, and TMobile commercials I've seen the last few years might just turn me into a true Grinch.

[blugreen123]

"The Charmings" certainly looks like a delightful piece of 80's cheese

there were some serious chewing gums then. they all had good jingles

I loved this special as a kid. we might still have our taped version somewhere

the phrase "Crispy Critters" does not have a good connotatiin in my mind!

[kgrkid]

@mefault My family saw "Leonard Part 6" on Christmas night.

We laughed out loud and enjoyed it.

[TheScaletIbisNW]

we don't have many of these stores in the west, I don't think this was aired here.

[TypesEvilAspieEyes]

@MLCVIn129 about the same age as me . I am 27 gonna be 28 in February

[CarlD2]

@m3trooper I remember it too. Looking at it now I can't help thinking those other guys could still beat him up even at 19.