9:25 - I miss arcades, and am glad I had my childhood in the 80s and my teen years in the 90s so I got to experience it all, from Pac-Man fever, to the beat ‘em up craze of Final Fight and TMNT, to the fighting revolution of Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat.
Honestly, I miss seeing supermarket commercials where they show certain products that's on sale like we see from Lucky & Stater Bros. I also miss The Wherehouse where we used to rent video tapes from many movie titles at the time. Simpler times indeed.
Lucky- Those packages of Pilsbury Cake Mixes and Green Giant Vegetable cans featured in this commercial really bring back childhood memories for me, especially seeing them in the pantries in my relatives’ houses. Snuggle Fabric Softener- Snuggle the Bear’s ragged looking appearance in this commercial adds to his charm and cuteness, I think.
I definitely knew the "Come to Jamaica" commercials long before I heard the John Lennon song. Merlin reminds me of Service Merchandise's Silent Sam. My summer camp in Miami visited Grand Prix once a year. One time, I nearly missed the bus going back because I was stuck on a particularly long Galaga game.
00:29 I love seeing retro tech, all the dials and lights and the remotes were awesome back then too! Now the tech is so much more advanced but they're so boring now, sleek and clean yes but boring to look at compared to tech back then
I love the Grand Prix arcade ad. Maybe too much! Multiple copies of Defender and Popeye, that place was HUGE! As well as Cal Worthington! He passed away in 2013 but all the dealerships were sold off with the iconic Long Beach location gone in 2023.
Wow an old commercial of Grand Prix Race o Rama! I used to go there back in the day, my parents would drive up from Miami and just leave me there for a few hours to go blow $50 on arcade games, my favorite was "Alien Versus Predator", was the first place I played Initial D on Arcade..that was about 2004-5 at the least...It turned into a spot called Boomers some time after they built the massive wooden roller coaster. It was a total loss after the huuricanes Katrina then later Irma. They demolished that place long time ago and built a designer center of America over it, however the old go-kart course I think is being operated by some small company, seen it used in another TH-camr video (Taxi Garage), so in spirit it lives on! I miss that place
The commercial here is for the location in Pomona in the Los Angeles area and I assume the footage here is of that location. They were a national chain at the time of this recording.
I was living in Long Beach at the time. I was 5. I wonder if i saw any of these. My parents rented from Werehouse all my time. I still remember the black clamshell cases
You’ll find most Stater Bros. locations within the Inland Empire (Riverside & San Bernardino Counties). Still pretty small by supermarket chain standards, but super ubiquitous around those areas.
AM/PM-saw a similar ad with this style for their hot dogs Pioneer Chicken-Get well soon OJ( just got diagnosed w/ prostate cancer ,was caught early) Record A Call Telephone Answering Machines-Plot twist re:the guy at the end..probably was his wife that was calling Taco Bell-wonder if William is at the same location where Patrick Duffy works th-cam.com/video/AV6t9Z8v6Lo/w-d-xo.html Grand Prix Race-O-Rama-the one my state(AZ) used to have always had a weekend special-$5 for a bag of arcade tokens 😁 Reynolds Wrap-featuring what could be called the"Reynolds Rap"
The 1980’s had the best of everything, even the commercials are golden.
9:25 - I miss arcades, and am glad I had my childhood in the 80s and my teen years in the 90s so I got to experience it all, from Pac-Man fever, to the beat ‘em up craze of Final Fight and TMNT, to the fighting revolution of Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat.
Honestly, I miss seeing supermarket commercials where they show certain products that's on sale like we see from Lucky & Stater Bros. I also miss The Wherehouse where we used to rent video tapes from many movie titles at the time. Simpler times indeed.
Lucky- Those packages of Pilsbury Cake Mixes and Green Giant Vegetable cans featured in this commercial really bring back childhood memories for me, especially seeing them in the pantries in my relatives’ houses.
Snuggle Fabric Softener- Snuggle the Bear’s ragged looking appearance in this commercial adds to his charm and cuteness, I think.
I definitely knew the "Come to Jamaica" commercials long before I heard the John Lennon song.
Merlin reminds me of Service Merchandise's Silent Sam.
My summer camp in Miami visited Grand Prix once a year. One time, I nearly missed the bus going back because I was stuck on a particularly long Galaga game.
Insert timeless O.J. joke here.
7:43 - I know it’s the same actor, but I keep on waiting for this wizard to start screaming about those medaling Smurfs…
00:29
I love seeing retro tech, all the dials and lights and the remotes were awesome back then too! Now the tech is so much more advanced but they're so boring now, sleek and clean yes but boring to look at compared to tech back then
08:42
Nissan Silvia, now i feel like watching some Initial d
I love the Grand Prix arcade ad. Maybe too much! Multiple copies of Defender and Popeye, that place was HUGE!
As well as Cal Worthington! He passed away in 2013 but all the dealerships were sold off with the iconic Long Beach location gone in 2023.
We all remember Blockbuster video...but I totally forgot about Wherehouse..
Wow an old commercial of Grand Prix Race o Rama! I used to go there back in the day, my parents would drive up from Miami and just leave me there for a few hours to go blow $50 on arcade games, my favorite was "Alien Versus Predator", was the first place I played Initial D on Arcade..that was about 2004-5 at the least...It turned into a spot called Boomers some time after they built the massive wooden roller coaster. It was a total loss after the huuricanes Katrina then later Irma. They demolished that place long time ago and built a designer center of America over it, however the old go-kart course I think is being operated by some small company, seen it used in another TH-camr video (Taxi Garage), so in spirit it lives on! I miss that place
The commercial here is for the location in Pomona in the Los Angeles area and I assume the footage here is of that location. They were a national chain at the time of this recording.
I was living in Long Beach at the time. I was 5. I wonder if i saw any of these. My parents rented from Werehouse all my time. I still remember the black clamshell cases
3:47 - Detective Nordberg takes a day off from fighting crime with Police Squad to hawk Pioneer Chicken.
Seriously love this
@3:40 What the hell, that's the Century III Chevrolet jingle every Pittsburgher has heard for decades now... I smell a conspiracy.
You’ll find most Stater Bros. locations within the Inland Empire (Riverside & San Bernardino Counties). Still pretty small by supermarket chain standards, but super ubiquitous around those areas.
Was that AM/PM commercial made by Terry Gilliam?
Not that I know of, just copying his style.
The Great Escape and Stalag 17 both inspired Hogan heroes!
AM/PM-saw a similar ad with this style for their hot dogs
Pioneer Chicken-Get well soon OJ( just got diagnosed w/ prostate cancer ,was caught early)
Record A Call Telephone Answering Machines-Plot twist re:the guy at the end..probably was his wife that was calling
Taco Bell-wonder if William is at the same location where Patrick Duffy works
th-cam.com/video/AV6t9Z8v6Lo/w-d-xo.html
Grand Prix Race-O-Rama-the one my state(AZ) used to have always had a weekend special-$5 for a bag of arcade tokens 😁
Reynolds Wrap-featuring what could be called the"Reynolds Rap"
Get well soon, OJ? LOL no.