80's Retail and Department Store Commercials - 90 minutes of retro commercials!
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- Here is an absolute ton of old store commercials from the 1980's. This is, by far, my largest commercial collection yet!
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Included in this compilation are some stores that are long gone and a few that we can still visit today such as:
00:00 7-Eleven
00:30 Ace Hardware (with John Madden)
01:32 Ames
02:04 Beirs Department Store
02:33 Blockbuster Video
03:03 Bloomingdales
03:34 Bradlees
05:06 Burdicks
05:38 Child World
06:40 Circuit City
07:42 Colortyme
08:13 DH Holmes
08:45 Famous Footwear
08:56 Fayva
09:27 Fedmart
10:29 Filene's
11:30 Foot Locker
12:35 fotomat
13:37 Fred Meyer
14:08 H&R Block
14:27 Hallmark
15:30 Harts
16:02 Hills
26:24 JCPenney
31:03 Kaufmanns
31:33 Kiddie City
32:06 Kmart
37:47 Kroger
38:17 Macy's
42:46 Marshalls
44:18 Men’s Warehouse
44:49 Microage
45:20 Montgomery Ward
46:23 Pay Less
46:54 Payless Shoes
47:57 Picway Shoes
49:00 Radio Shack
51:05 Ross
51:35 Sears
01:01:22 Service Merchandise
01:01:54 Shoe-Town
01:02:26 Target
01:03:26 The Gap
01:03:56 The Money Store (with Phil Rizzuto)
01:04:26 Thrifty Drug and Discount Stores
01:04:57 TJ Maxx
01:05:58 Toys R Us
01:21:27 True Value
01:21:56 Uptons
01:22:27 Walmart
01:22:57 Woolworth
01:23:29 Zayre
01:28:19 Zodys.
I hope you enjoy watching these old store commercials and please don't forget to subscribe if you like this type of content. There is much more coming soon!
These commercials are way better than today's commercials.
I mute the commercials today because they are mainly Big Pharama suggesting illness to the subconscious . I don't care to end up Bipolar with a rash whose cream will insure I die with clear skin lol
No gays. No whites faking to be friends with minorities. Women weren’t as entitled
Its all about Medicaid and life insurance and pills
The commercials now a days are just money grubbing. :o WOW. Nastalgia just smacked me in the face! :'O
You mean tv show
I wanna go back to the 80s so bad such a better world
Definitely with payphones and beepers and buying cameras to take pictures.
RIP, to the following stores-Ames, Bradlees, Circuit City, Fayva,Fed Mart,
Blockbuster Video,Filene's,Kmart,Fotomat,Sears,Hills, Lionel
Kiddie City,Montgomery Wards, Payless Shoe Source, Radio Shack, Toys R Us,Woolworth and Zayre.
Plus A&P and Joske's and Globe.
How about t.g.&y.
Don't forget Child World and Caldor!
Ames is coming back in 2026
Blockbuster when people had to go out and interact with people to get a few films, smelling the popcorn and deciding what sweets to get, actually made watching a movie exciting
I don’t miss the late fees though lol
We didn’t get a Blockbuster until around ‘90… had a chain called Erol’s before that
Streaming services are better.
@@cks7548 Not when they cause everyone to become anti-social idiots who end up depressed wondering "Why am I so lonely" when the answer is literally because all they do is stay home with all their fancy "services".
@@cks7548No they're not. They constantly downgrade their content because they don't want to pay licensing fees. Netflix used to be good but then it severely reduced its stock until there was nothing good in it. TH-cam TV is the same way.
I really do miss the 80s, when kids can actually be kids. I feel bad for the kids now. They don't know what's it like to go to the toy stores. We had Saturday morning cartoons and really great TV shows. Back in the 80s, we had real playgrounds. Remember those hot summer days when we had those metal slides. You know the slides were hot but you slide down anyway. 😁
and now kids gets few videos in social media get poplar & Hits, then get paid lots of money & by 18yo , then buy a house or cars for parents in that age instead another way around & most of them dies or become suicide by 25yo ...everything is f*n is out of control these days
it wasnt just better for kids... it was a better time for adults too. The genie (internet) was let out of the bottle though. We will never have this society again. It was hands down however the best damn decade in the history of the world.
And they had teeter totters - remember them? - one kid on one end the other kid on the other end. My city has many playgrounds but none of them as far as I know have any teeter totters. Have city planner thought them too dangerous or something? I used to love getting on the teeter totter with another person and going up and down until we were wanting to do something else.
So true. I was born in ‘73 and remember the good ole days when my grandmother would take me to the mall. My favorite store was Kay Bee Toys. Every time I was in there it felt like a museum of awesome toys. I thought she was rich because she would buy me toys everytime I went to visit her. Kids now will never understand that kind of experience. I miss the 80’s so much. I hope when I die that I can be reborn into some parallel universe where it’s the 80’s all over again. Great time to be alive as a child.
Many kids nowadays Go outsite but the record everything
I worked for Kmart back in the day . We popped popcorn all day.
Yes! Them, Woolworth & Target always smelled like popcorn!
Damn it! I wasn't invited in. 😂😂😂😢😂
now that sounds like a cool job
@@mamacindyrogofsky495 no Cindy you was on a diet 🤣
Love that blue light special
That lady in the Ace commercial looks like a Star Trek character
Kids today will never know how awesome is was to take the family and go to Blockbuster to rent a movie.
Imagine a teenager today living back in the 80s.
Blockbuster doesn't seem like that long ago. Clearly remember standing in the store looking for the perfect movie. Boy does time fly by
@Jesse Pinkman Biggest issue is we don't really have "primetime" anymore as we use to know it. The networks use to pump big time money into their primetime lineup and tried to secure actors that were at least likeable or well known. We have settled on quantity and not quality on programming.
@@bfg9000d1"we have settled" ... as if we have any input on what they put on the networks.
There is still ONE BLOCKBUSTER left standing. Whew!
That's because it wasn't that long ago. The one down the street from me closed in 2013. 10 years ago isn't that long ago
When I moved to Columbus Ohio in 2009 I was surprised to see they still had a Blockbuster. I think it shut down in like 2011 tho. I remember they had a bunch of stuff on clearance, including the new Madden video game that just came out. I got that and a few other games for really cheap.
I remember Kmart always smelled like popcorn. Target too...
It's funny how u mention that cause that's true what happened to that smell 🤔
Same with Hills.
@Jean-Philippe Rameau Well...I'd rather have the popcorn, since the last presweeten coffee drink I had made my blood sugar skyrocket. But, to each his own. :)
Woolworth always did too in the seventies. I wonder why??
And cigarette smoke in the entry. Which is pleasant in moderation.
As a little girl in the 80's (Born in 83) I find these ads extremely comforting. Reminds me of being a child around the holidays again, the house cozy and warm and filled with Christmas decor and the smell of the Christmas tree
83 baby myself. Totally agree with you. I miss those days.
im a decade older but these commercials feel surreal. it feels like these times didnt really exist. weird. like a fever dream or something. hard to believe a time like this even existed. because today? it's just constantly bad/evil crap, every day, on tv. the companies are 'woke' and the commercials are flavorless and people are rude and abrasive and think thats how u get ahead in life. crazy... its like an orwell book come to life eh?
That comforting feel and smell of Christmas is been long dead now, all thanks to what people have become and have let the world fall into. Very thankful to be last of the Gen X (you early Millennials will get this too) - "Analogue childhood, Digital adulthood"
@@phyrr2Become and let the world fall into? Oh no, another political rant. The reason Christmas doesn't look and feel like it used to is because corporations stopped making the sorts of things we older people enjoyed, and started mass producing JUNK.
That’s lovely
Kmart will always have a part of my heart because thats where my dad used to work in the early 90s till our kmart store close , i remembered he used to take me to work with him on the weekends and i would have a blast in the toy aisle and everybody that worked there was so friendly that even the little ceasers lady would give free cookies .
Even commercials were magical back in the day. World today is garbage
so what do you do to improve it or do you just moan?
@@hugokeys602 lol seriously. Its easy to complain so most... just complain 😏
Merely making a judgment call, I'm trying to do what I can to fix it
Ohh I’m sorry did I hurt your vaginas, can’t do or say anything nowadays because everyone gets offended
@@Missmarple007WTF?
I sure do miss these days, so much better than the garbage we live in now. Didn’t realize how good we had it until we no longer have it.
We live in corporate prison farms
When you meet a twitchy kid obsessed with numbers, never let them near a position of decision-making.
Those little fuckers ruined all of this.
I know that's right 😒
Ain't that the truth!
AMEN
Sad to see how many of these stores are gone. I was in my teens and early 20s in the 80s and I miss those days terribly.
Same I’m 58 and to escape todays bullsh** I’m her for comfort and nostalgia
@@starlaminde8436 I'm 57 and I can relate sis! If only we knew what we had we would have appreciated it more! Who knew the world would turn to sh##! GOD bless my friend, Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy New Year!
We should bring this styles of ads back
I wish!! Today's ads are so loud, obnoxious and totally chaotic!
@@youlllog9627 Just like society in general.
We can't. The ads are a reflection of society in general. We lived in a fucked society now, so the ads have to be a reflection of that in order to be affective.
@@jamieSp69 adverts are so frustrating nowadays. most media in general actually. there's little craft involved and everything is LOUD as fuck. i don't think I've seen many even tolerable movies that have been released after 2015 LOL. i know that there are some people within my generation who feel exactly this way though, so i have a small amount of hope. kind of.
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Politics and corporate greed is what we have today. The 80's will always be remembered as the golden decade.
and 90s
@@hectorlopez1069 You're welcome to the 90s. I can't stand although music and Axl sounds like he's killing a cat. With a sinus problem. Lol
When 711 was full of goodies not homeless & derelicts & illegal credit card scanners 🤦
Wow! Wherever you live, you need to move!
@@riggs20 yea move from America.you know this country is down the drain
I don't even want to know who you consider a goodie you meet at 7-11.... Old creep
the economics of your society produces homeless people. Your society is not a good one.
Fact... they periodically WORK in there too.
And to think, you used to groan when these came on! They were always too long when you were watching and too short when you had to go to the bathroom!
I know, right lol makes it amusing and ironic, doesn’t it?
Now and 2024 we purposely listen to and watch these commercials again with nostalgia and longing for those times again
I want to live in these commercials
Thats why they're called *commercials* 😆
Sounds like a perfect short story about a guy who does that...
And if I had half of the things that I got for all them Christmases I’d be sitting on a small fortune
Never will see these prices again
I sure do miss kmart
The Blue Light Special 😁
Hills was way better....
@@christopheryanoski6899 I've never heard of Hill's. I'll have to look it up.
@@jenniferhansen3622 they had a snack bar with the absolute best pop corn.
@@christopheryanoski6899 That's awesome. Looks like they were mainly in the East and in the South.
@26:20 “Hills! The anti-inflation department store!” 😂 I remember low prices in the 80’s and I loved their toy section!
I miss these days!
Who doesn't miss them
Watching this brings back good memories and comforts me. The 80's and 90's were simpler times and wish I could go back in time and live it all over again. I sure do miss the 80's and 90's 😢😢
Just watching this makes me feel good.
You must have had a good youth/childhood/young adulthood. If you're not from that era maybe it's the cheer & humor & kindness & positivity.
@@sharonm.t.2492 I live in the most toxic environment imaginable. My adulthood has been a living hell. Everyone that I meet who had even a single negative experience growing up wants me burn in hell for being a happy kid, so I don't talk about my childhood. I simply don't let people drag me down. Sorry if this comes across as negative, but I don't like masking the truth.
80’s i miss you so much, what happened to this world????
Internet
My father would get a Sunday paper every Saturday night and as a kid I loved going through all these stores paper ads to look at their toy, electrical and sporting goods sales. Not a single kid does that today there's no way of it. ☹️
Ah, the great department store days. I wish these would come back. Shopping would be fun again!
I love this brings back childhood memories 💓
$69 for a cordless phone & answering machine was still pretty expensive for that time.
I saw one of these ads had a cordless phone for $200. Whoa!
Yeah, I think $69 was a bit high, too. I think I remember some for $39.
Might have been expensive but wasn't made like today's junk
All electronics were expensive back then
It was state of the art back then.
I just realized that the reason these commercials feel different is because they were advertising to an altogether different demographic.
I like your name.
00:38 - I _SWEAR_ ; when I first saw this segment, I thought it was a segway for a StarTrek television episode or movie!!?!!? Tell me that her outfit & broach doesn't look....well,.... *STAR TREK'ish* !!
I worked at an Ace Hardware for 2 years while in High School. I really enjoyed it. The owner was really stressed with all the big stores like Lowes and Home Depot starting to build more and more stores. He was out of business by the mid 90s after about 15 years in business. Customers were even nicer back then. You couldnt pay me to work retail as a teenager now.
My town of Gatlinburg, TN has an Ace as its one and only hardware store. They have nothing in stock and their employees are worthless and just sit around. I would kill for a Lowes.
There are still some really nice Ace hardware stores left
The lady in the Ace commercial looked like she was from Star Trek.
My Dad prefers Ace over Home Depot and Lowes. I see him going into Ace more than he does the other stores.
I know of a few local HW stores. I try to go there first when possible.
Problem is that they're not open at 6am 6 days a week, and close at midnight. :(
I was born in 1973 and I'm from Detroit. 😎😎😎
I was born in the year 2000. I never existed in these times so I don’t know what it was like to be a person in the 80’s or 90’s.
But when I watch these it has so much character and life to it. When today’s commercial feels like robotic NPC ads.
I was born 1977 lived through the 80s and I really miss it. Good times bad times the fashion, music movies will always be remembered.
That Blockbuster commercial brought back my childhood
Those Hill's commercials with the aisles of toys advertising layaway up until x-mas eve. There are two traditional retailers left, Wal-Mart and Target, and neither do layaway. I still know of outliers that do layaway, but nothing like the old retail version with the little counter out back. Quaint memories of old-skool retailers.
Walmart around here did layaway in recent years. I'm in WA State. No more?
@@sharonm.t.2492 Wally world might still do it! I know Target does not.
Yes, the old Hills store was one of my very favorites back in the 80s as a child growing up because of their amazing toy department and you could always tell you were in one as soon as you started smelling the popcorn and seeing the food counter out front good times
And do you guys remember the heels commercials featuring Sprite, the? Elf.
I so remember that guy saying, "I could've bought a better TV!" Circuit City commercial. I remember those stores back in the bay area!
Bradlees was a pretty good store. I remember going there as a kid because they always had the best toy aisle. There was a Kay Bee Toys in the mall, the Bradlees still had a better selection. Also, Child's World was underrated. There was one next to the Toys R Us in Mays Landing NJ in the 90s, and though their selection wasn't as good, they had a lot of older games and consoles that Toys R Us no longer sold. Their bargain bin was amazing.
I remember Child World and Bradlee's. We had them up here in Massachusetts too. Did you guys have Zayre's and Ann & Hope?
They were the best as far as toys go. They always had ALL the Star Wars figures!!
I remember Hills, Child World, and buying my sneakers at Buster Brown
Any More 80’s and 90’s Halloween, Christmas, Saturday Morning, Toys & Games, and Department Stores Commercials soon, Please?🎃❤️📺🎶🎄👍🏻
Love it and remember this well!!
I love these commercials reminds me of my childhood. I'm 1979 baby wish I could go back
Sad some of this places out of business. I loved Kmart. Went down after Walmart came around 😢😢
I believe so
I still have some Basic Editions cable knit winter sweaters, I treat them like gold! They were made well and are still holding up pretty well for 15+ years old.
I miss the 80s
Me too buddy best time ever
Me too! I was born at the very beginning, 1980, so I remember the majority of this decade fondly.
Me too 😢
Hit “skip ad” to watch more ads. 🤔🤔🤔🤔
The circle of life. Lol
Woman in ad two is a Star trek officer
Hills needs to come back! Sure miss hills I still have some of my toys and my bike from hills.
10:00$ for a He Man / Transformer figure was actually expensive at that time . I still miss the early 80s Kmart .
Amazing to see how many of these business are closed now.
Wait...did the woman in the first Ace commercial have a Star Trek uniform on? 🤔
My mom LOVED the Kmart when it came to our neighborhood in 1977. Then she loved Ames. Before that it was all about EJ Korvette.
Why is that woman in the Ace commercial wearing a Star Trek uniform?
I love old commercials, and this was a great video. I do think there needs to be some kind of volume normalization in this video, however. Some commercials are barely a whisper, while others are as loud as a car alarm.
You mean like compression? That would work.
The 80's, 90's and early 2000's commercials were the most popular commercials.
Nice!!! Thanks for posting! I love retro commercials! And this many retail ones. Love it!
Please take me back there! Life was normal!
Agreed
90 minutes of awesome retro commercials, broken up between 9 minutes of sad modern youtube commercials.
I'm really sorry about that. I have ads turned off on all of my videos but TH-cam insists on running them anyways. I don't make a cent off them if that makes it any better 😞
man, out of the 52 stores in this video, 27 of them are defunct now
The reason I love these commercials so much is because they show us a world where people treat each other with respect, fairness and an honest desire to help. In this world, the place is clean, the shelves are always stocked, the associates are always smiling and happy to help you find what you're looking for. And you can always find it at a reasonable price. A world with no hassles, no discourtesy, no dismissiveness, and always someone around when you need them. Wouldn't it be great if we lived in that world?
Life was so much easier for everyone. No social media, no cell phones with access to every corner of the world within seconds, no political bickering non stop, politicians didn't try to divide us at every aspect of life. The WW2 greatest generation was still in charge. They all knew real despair, struggle, desperation. Cordial was easy. It was a natural reaction to them. 90% saw hell with their own eyes on Earth. More than once.
Well said. Agree 100%
It starts with you. But you like everyone else is waiting for someone else to do it
@@aaqilian5.085 Q: Since you seem to know so much about me, tell me what is it I do for a living, hmmmm? And now you're going to say, "probably" this or "probably" that, but the fact is you don't know. Before you voice your unsolicited opinion, you really ought to know what you're talking about. There's an idea starter for you.
Now you can just take whatever you want and don’t have to pay. It’s so sad what this country has become. Democrats truly ruin everything they touch.
Doritos were 2 for .79 cents. Now they are like $5 for one bag.
It is surprising
Inflation baby
Biden
Thanks for posting i was a kid at this time lol 😆
Those prices 🤩
I sure want them again.
Kinda sad seeing the now closed down KMart, Sears, Montgomery Ward, Hill's, Bradlee's, etc.
I used to go to Kmart and Sears with my parents when I was a little kid.
Oh wow I haven’t heard Hills mentioned in so so long.
The Fiero pulling away from the Fotomat says everything about why I miss those days.
@ 0:31 - Did she just beam down from the starship Enterprise? What’s with the uniform?
@ 3:25 - Isabella Rossellini ?
I thought it was Isabella Rossellini too.
No criminals or thugs featured in any of the commercials, just good, wholesome Americans.
Racist comment?
@@mysteriousjz Racist how? Not unless you're reading negative assumptions and stereotypes into it. I see nothing in the comment about anything other than "criminals or thugs", which come in all different people. There's nothing more duplicitously racist than patronizing others and assuming they can't be detached from negative stereotypes. The very assumption of the negative stereotype denotes racism. Furthermore, thinking you need to defend anyone's bad behavior, no matter who they are or from what walk of life, is ludicrous in itself. It's literally saying "Nobody expects better of you." and "We realize you can't do any better so instead we are going to patronize you, by defending you against anyone who dare points out that you might be doing something wrong." The insinuations of these stereotypes are downright disgusting in there own ways, when you think about it.
I bothered to write you a paragraph because it gets sickening and tiring seeing people rush to defend against some perceived injustice, without even giving it much thought. Enough people get my attention who do this on Twitter, constantly, so if I have to endure that headache, they're getting a piece of my mind.
@@taskcasburn6086 I respect your comment because it is quite deep and shows your deep intellect which I love and quite frankly rare nowadays. I would say this, the op comment, along with the nature of the clip, and present day political and social mayhem, does insinuate some form of stereotype and some would call it racism. But I don't. Stereotypes do have facts behind them that may have them become Stereotypes in the first place. That doesn't make me racist. And your take that "we need to protect you because you are incapable of anything" has some truth to it but then brothas have to prove otherwise to nullify that sentiment. Racism can never be eradicated, but at least I can stand against INJUSTICE to any race because of their race.
@@mysteriousjz Thanks for that. It''s also rare to find those who appreciate a point of view that required more contemplation to come up with. I'm used to just swatting away blatant insinuations about some kind of character defect, rather than a substantive response that shows time was taken to think about the subject matter.
I get that we now live in a hypersensitive and politically charged and ultra PC landscape, but it seems to me that it's just become a cudgel used to whip people into a boxed mindset about these issues, and makes everyone too afraid to address them beyond some superficial semblance of appearing to look like we are actually solving the problem itself. I think we are a culture too obsessed with the appearance of virtue, rather than the actual virtue itself. This just seems evident to me, especially on social media and Twitter, with everyone from politicians to celebrities chiming in with an opinion or a cudgel of their own expectations, using their "soapbox" to create an atmosphere of what I perceive to be an unending witch hunt of those who dare make a mistake and trespass against that perception of virtue, we are all supposedly expected to stand behind. You see how that begins to turn into something used as an excuse to condemn others? (Or dare I say it, a witch hunt?) Who very well may be trying to learn better, or just need to grow a little more experience in life themselves, to the point of it becoming a life lesson of their own.
I didn't mean to get off on some long winded essay on this, just trying to condense my thoughts here into a good response. I commend you for your efforts at both seeing the problem and doing what much you can to address it. I do the same, on all sides of the issue where I think it can benefit others to take the time to understand the issue before we decide to pick a side in some needless and senseless discord, that only ends in throwing more fuel on these fires and making people resent each other, even more. Thanks again for listening and for taking the time to have a proper discussion here. It's not often I find this on social media, but it's a memorable experience when I do. Peace.
PS: I agree that we won't ever eradicate racism, but I think if we stop creating an environment were people feel like they must agree with someone else's idea of virtuous conduct or be held in contempt of being some awful and horrible racist, for what very well may have just been a mistake or ignorance on their part, we'll go a lot further to addressing these kinds of divisions.
@@mysteriousjz Up jumps the Devil. There always has to be at leas6 one.
What is funny is that Family Video outlasted Blockbuster by almost a decade and half. The reason why Family Video lasted as long as they did was because they owned all their stores rent free and owned every movie title they had and expanded rapidly and owned their own locations and never leased they paid cash outright.
When your brain tricks you into thinking that you just saw that blockbuster video and circuit city commercial last week.
Scary knowing the next words they'll say and the jingles!
I remember the 80s. My parents maxed out their department store credit cards buying us kids the latest clothing fashions at the mall for school then couldn’t keep up with the payments. I still remember that $120 cordless phone ringing off the hook because they kept hanging up on the creditors. There was no such thing as harassment from creditors back then. They were like pit bulls
We had the SAME childhood 😅
I started getting my own credit cards in the 80's. And I remember how difficult it was to keep up with $15-20 minimum payments. For some reason. Well $20 was a lot "more" back then, obviously.
Junior, get back to bed right now!
lmao
@@cecilfoxhound3274 Dressed well? Why do kids have to be dressed well? They'll just outgrow or trash it immediately. That seems stupid.
Clean, good quality clothes. No stains or holes (unless it's a playing in mud day, and I have a set of clothes like that for ME, too). I wouldn't spend much on it. Seems better to save most of the money and put it away for their first house.
Make sure YOU own it and no in-law can grab it later on.
Oh man, the good old days!! How I miss these days 😢
Why is the lady in the Ace Hardware commercial wearing a Star Trek badge?
Lol
My left ear loved this video
Bunch of stuff you can find at Goodwill today. 😆👍
The prices at goodwill are retarded
Or ebay
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT XD
That's why I stop at all the Goodwill stores I find 😃✌️👍
Interesting to see ads for stores we didn't have in my part of the country. First time I've seen many of these, and I watched a lot of TV as a kid!
lol @ all the rude lil punk millennials and gen Z in here making fun of "old" people, saying they whine lol. hey, at least people from the 80s know which bathroom to use.
It seems like just yesterday.
Those days were the best days ever. Everything seemed perfect and easy.
90 consecutive minutes of commercials, why is someone just thinking about this now?? Lol
Man , I miss K days @ Kmart
The actual Good Ol Days. This is awesome and beyond nostalgic.
Toys R Us bring back the best memories. Even going there as an adult was a real treat. Progress....(sigh)
Thought the woman in yellow, in the Ace Hardware commercial, was wearing a Star Trek uniform. Lol
Life in the 80's was day and night better than life in 2023. HD TV, High speed internet and smart phones are the ONLY things better today. Hell, even my 1987 K5 Silverado was more of a joy to drive than my 2022 and was comparatively MUCH cheaper.
I remember the wish book my mom used to tell me you can keep on wishing we were pretty poor growing up and mom would rather waste the money surviving but It was just nice to look at it anyway mom did collect S &H Green stamps so I always had something from that but come Christmas at Grandma's and Grandpa there was always one or two things from the wish book lol funny my grandpa worked for wards but their employee discount sucked but he couldn't afford to shop at sears only till I was older did i realize he had friends at the mall who most likely helped him with their sears employees discount and he most likely sold them a floor model appliance that was going to be marked real low anyway then applied his crap discount to make the appliance cheap for them lol..i miss these good ol days and these commercials remind me of happier times as a kid in the 80s and 90s..who doesn't miss the grocery prices in these old commercials or cheap junk food and simpler times when folks looked out for each other and gave a crap..man I miss playing till the street lights came on and.99¢ happy meals and Alf lol..or Fraggle Rock..😅
Can't believe this was before social media. Way to go!!!!!❤
Woooow the memories
Memories that will never come back.
Loved Kmart. Ace is the place with the helpful hardware MAN. That's how it's supposed to be!!!!!
Thanks for the contribution, micropecker.
Shawn you're sadly as dated as those commercials
@@rollandjoeseph At least I appreciate a time when our country wasn't being destroyed by this insane liberal wokeism
Oh good lord. Even in the 1980s we weren't that sexist.
I miss these days, when life was actually easy!!!
The increasing proliferation of these channels must have something to do with how ghastly American life is now. Glimpses of a better past.
Remember this is 35-40 years ago now people.
These people on the video are old.
Born in 1982 and the music of the 80s that you hear at 2:18 brings me back. Those exact clothing racks at 2:20 were our old hide and go seek spots. Back then any department store you went to that had a clothing department, you would always hear a parent calling out for their kids because kids were always hiding in the racks. Kmart had the cafe in them where we would get an Icee and the shopping malls had orange julius. The excitement when my Dad would get home from work Friday evening and say "Let's go to Blockbuster" was the best. We would get a movie for the family to watch and then at times I was allowed to get a movie for myself that I would watch on repeat all weekend and I'd eat a box of sour patch kids with it. It's crazy thinking about it. I had one movie that I would watch on repeat all weekend, and now I have thousands of movies at my disposal and I can't find one to watch. The Nintendo we had brought us kids together, where as today kids are at home but they're not really at home playing with their siblings because they're playing online. I feel that the 80s brought families together. Everything from going grocery shopping to being at home and watching a show together was something you don't see much today. If you notice every retail commercial that you see in 80s is focused on customer service and the overall customer experience, where as today it's all about speed. I'm all about speed too but we're not living in the moment. It's only August and I'm already seeing Halloween stuff in the stores, and by next month we'll start to see Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff. Due to my profession, I understand business really well, and I know why businesses operate quickly, but damn....slow down a little and let people take in the moment. It's sad but I'm glad that I had a chance to experience the 80s and 90s. It was truly a great time to be a kid. Simple times.
The best washing machine whirlpool ever made at 7:30
49:08 Radio Shack and Tandy tried to warn us our electronics would become family members. We didn’t listen.
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I loved growing up in the 80's. These commercials are so comforting. Some of these commercials are from the 90's though, and it's sad how you could already see the difference.
That woman in the 2nd add (Ace) looks like shes from star trek lol
the sweet sweet value of that 80's dollar...
Ahh can i just go back,get me away from these weirdos of today. i was born in 1980 New Orleans,great times growing up in that city in the 80s ans 90s.
It got worse when Katrina hit in 05.
All those Toys R Us ads makes me feel old, as I was once an avid customer. 🧸