80's Commercials Vol. 57

These commercials aired on Music Television in October of 1983.

1. Twix
2. Sansui (We had a giant stereo like that)
3. Star Trek (With Ernie Anderson's awesome voice)
4. Coty Wild Musk (Wow...)
5. Coffee Generation PSA (I refuse to believe this is real)
6. Baja by Murray
7. Galaxian (These video game commercials are pretty incredible)
8. Ocean Drive (Featuring "Beach Music" hits!)
9. Wrangler (This could be the intro to an incredible TV Series)
10. Raisinets
11. Hall & Oates Rock 'N Soul Part I (LOL)
12. "The Alarm" EP
13. TV Spot for "Deal Of The Century"
14. Hubba Bubba

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[alramone1]

that star trek game looks really lame, even for atari.

[80sCommercialVault]

I don't know about the quality of that game, but the main reason behind the video game crash of '83 and '84 had to do with a flood of crappy licensed movie cash-in games that nobody bought.

[tumest]

The irony being that we're now in a similar situation with boatloads of crappy licensed and lazily made cash in games that are somehow bolstering the gaming economy.

[80sCommercialVault]

It's because at that point the video game market simply wasn't big enough to support an avalanche of crappy product.

There are enough idiots buying video games these days to support a system where quality is the exception and not the rule. Someone needs to hit the reset button.

[DDRpwnerer]

You can't seriously tell me they were promoting caffeine intake. WTF?

[80sCommercialVault]

If it weren't for the "sponsored by the national coffee association" caption at the end, I'd think that it was some ironic PSA that MTV aired for laughs.

"Because coffee helps you calm yourself down..."

What.

[OzzieAstaroth]

So THAT'S where that one lyric in Weird Al's "Dare to Be Stupid" comes from. When he says "You can be a coffee achiever." I always wondered. lol

[Gravidtron]

Years ago I described my then-girlfriend's shampoo as smelling like 'watermelon Hubba Bubba'. She laughed for about five minutes and said she would remember that one; it seemed like an odd comment.

Then I realized she didn't know that Hubba Bubba had, at once point, been a real brand of gum-- she thought I was making it up. I only wish I were that clever.

[MattTheSaiyan]

I've played that "Star Trek" game on 2600. Not great, but not bad, though it has little to do with Star Trek. The 2600 port of "Galaxian" is great though. The 5200 port is shown. While the 5200 is known for generally good arcade ports (with occasionally questionable controls), the port of "Galaxian" for the console is considered to be something of a turkey.

[nelson4568]

damn times have changed since then

[VenusInFurs]

@badgersrule01 You're right, it's her.

[NoctemOUT]

Did that Twix commercial seriously put "a mix of ingredients" as the selling point? Don't most candy bars have at least that many elements to them or more? Also, the only way drinking coffee calms you down is if you're addicted to caffeine- hardly a good thing. Same thing with cigarettes.

[MeInTX]

With the coffee ad, I just can't help but think "I'm so excited! I'm so excited I'm so...scared!"

What music connoisseur is going to buy "beach music", Hall & Oates, and The Alarm? That's an awfully random collection of record ads.

It's been years since I've seen it, but I recall "Deal of the Century" being pretty awful. You can probably make a pretty good satire about an amoral arms dealer. You probably shouldn't hire Chevy Chase to play him.

[badgersrule01]

I think the girl in the Coty Musk ad is Jill Schoelen from the original Stepfather , Cutting Class and Popcorn.

[douglascatti]

That wild musk commercial i probably saw dozens of times. all the time i was watching MTV in those days....total Nostalgia

[8835855]

I remember the Coty Wild Musk commercial used to scare my younger brother for some odd reason...lol that and the Candies Shoe commercial called "Comission" or something like that.

[IluvDonnieandJordan]

I was only 14 months when these commercial air on tv.

[gleeb0278]

The coffee generation???Ha haaaaaaaaaa! That may be the single most amazing thing I've seen in almost 60 volumes...