That's my father in the cinnamon bun launch commercial (2 min mark). There was a print/poster campaign as well at every Tims. He's 89 now, and still acting in tv shows and commercials.
Those were the days...when Tim Hortons knew their role. Nowadays, you're just as likely to see one of their workers struggling to assemble a "salad" out of sandwich toppings in one of those Tim Hortons kiosks in the corner of a gas station convenience store. When I think Tim Hortons, gas station salads should not come to mind...but it does.
I weep for the generations of future employees who will never know the pleasure of truly fresh product. At least when it comes to the baked goods. I worked at a service centre on the 401 from 1997 - 2000. I was there the day we had our Iced Capp machine installed. What a glorious day it was. But the best perk of that job was when you worked midnights and got to watch and smell the baker do their thing. There is nothing more heavenly than a warm, freshly glazed chocolate timbit at 3:30am. It was the real high light of that shift. The low light you ask? Being proposition by a male trucker for a "conversation" in his rig. The guy ran a local route and I would see him regularly, once or twice a week and so we could chat as he ordered. Do you remember when Tim's offered up the "Big Tim" mug (more like a jug) It could fit an entire pot of coffee and a refill was some thing ridiculous like $4 or something. Remember this was a time when any size of tea was .95 cents. A medium coffee was $1.10? Those were the days. Anywho, this trucker friend took his "Big Tim" 16/17. That's sixteen cream and seventeen sugar. Well eventually he enjoyed our conversations so much he enquired when I was on my next break was, trying to entice me to visit him out back where he was parked. I mean he was an alright looking dude (despite that coffee order) and all but when I say I enjoy receiving tips at work, those are not the kind I had in mind. Alas, I didn't visit him for that "conversation" But yeah, in closing, get fucked Tim Horton's.
my favorite was sugar twist. my second favorite was just looking at all the fresh pastries like eclairs, and butter cups behind the glass display counter...
I was gonna say, the one that used to be on Simm's Corner in SJ just reeked... & everything in it tasted like smoke. They weren't _all_ good ol' days, wha?
Just had a horrible experience with tim Hortons. Got 2 coffees and when I passed one to the passenger the lid popped off and spilt all over my seats and the passenger seat the center console and the radio area. The told me that they were not responsible because it happened when I passed to the passenger. If the lid was on right that would of never happened. They are trying to get out of paying for the cleaning of my car. I buy an average of 14 coffees per week. What really irks me is that they made 2.81 billion last year. My goal is to give them as much bad press as possible
WOW, the guy with the mustache in the first commercial, reminds me of the dunkin donuts guy. I didn't know Tim Hortons was around back in the 80's. I think my first time discovering them was when we went to St. John in the mid 90's. I always liked their donuts and thought they tasted better than Dunkin Donuts. I was so happy when we finally got them here in the U.S.
Today's Tim's commercials are so boring, who doesnt gloss over them or change the channel when they come in. Something about the charm of these old ones that makes you wonder if that's the sort of thing they should go back to.
I used to go into the tim hortons #1 store located on Ottawa Street Hamilton Ontario every morning before it turned into the museum. There was the 2 ladies senior employees started back in the 70s sharp like a knife never used the cash register never made an error giving back change.
Tim Horton: "No Longer Fresh". Should send a link of this video to Corporate and ask them: "What happened"? Heck it can be done with any of these old commercials/products from back in the day. What would the executives say...
@@themastersb I doesn't pay off in the long run. I used to go to Tim Horton's almost daily. Now, I haven't been there in years, and I'm not the only one. A Tim's near me actually closed down, although I suspect loss of clientele wasn't the reason.
You know what the executives would say? "Crappy quality and paying low wages gives us huge margins of profit and makes us tons of money! We milk the nostalgia and good memories you have of when it was good and you're the sucker that keeps buying"
Reading these comments is sad. Dunkin doughnuts went through the same crap of bringing in frozen pastries to save money. I miss freshly baked doughnuts 🍩
The good ol days even through the 90s and early 2000's. The first blow was no longer frying fresh donuts. Then came branching out into other crap that's not coffee or donut related. This led to the loss of shelf space so a lot of good donuts, pies, cakes disappeared forever. Now when you walk in at least in my location there's never much to choose from, the baker makes 1 batch for the day so when they're gone they're gone. The final blow is now the staff are 99% foreign and don't speak good english.
This really puts in perspective what has been taken from Canadians, so sad now you are lucky if the person taking the order speaks English or even washes their hands after taking a shit
What a disgusting, idiotic comment. CANADIANS (are you even one) are by and large POLITE and what hurts us most is how they now don't tend to interact pleasantly with customers.
If I could time travel, I'd go back to when you could smoke inside a Tim Hortons. I'd buy two timbits, one to eat and the second I'd ground out my cigarette on.
I remember coming up to Canada and going through the drive thru and prding one TimBit cut into 5 pieces, each piece individually bagged and buttered. Oh, and then after paying 12 cents for my purchase, I would ask for 5 cups of ice water. Oh yeah, and you could smoke in them too. Used to love visiting Canada. Good beer too! Eh!!!
Tim Hortons was good until the mid 2000’s until it got rid of half its menu constantly starting from the 90’s. I their miss cakes, Eclairs, and custard tarts. Now Tim Hortons is just meh 😒
I argue its even lower then a meh. Imo, the ice caps are the only good part. But they kinda have been ruined by the stupid price. 2.50 dollars (in the 2000s) used to get us a large ice cap, now its 4, nearly 5 dollars for a medium.
Brazilian, actually. Owned by 3G Capital. Yet they serve false patriotism in a cup to people by the millions everyday, as if it’s your moral duty/obligation to visit a local THs or you’re not a Canadian.
Tim Hortons is garbage now. Their donuts taste like chemicals, their food sucks, and they pay slave wages so why would their employees want to to stick around or get good and passionate about what they do? I use to be a huge fan.
Tim Horton's used to be so good, but their coffee is now pretty much undrinkable, the dark roast is slightly better, and everything else is, at best, mediocre. McDonald's has better coffee (apparently they switched to TH's former supplier a few years back). Just disappointing, when I have so many good memories of my Dad that involve his favourite coffee and donuts (and muffins, and cookies... 🙂)...
Apparently Burger King bought out Timmies so that's why the coffee went downhill! Yeah, Mc Donalds uses Timmies original coffee formula. Sad, truly sad!
That's my father in the cinnamon bun launch commercial (2 min mark). There was a print/poster campaign as well at every Tims. He's 89 now, and still acting in tv shows and commercials.
Are you for real?
Is he still eating 3 cinnamon rolls a day to help him feel young?
It’s amazing how different this place used to be.
back when tim hortons was like a cafe and not a fast food restaurant
Remember mug coffee?
@@RideAcrossTheRiver yea ! Im suprised they got rid of it
This is the Tim Hortons I miss.
I work at Tim Hortons. I sneak timbits into my turban. On the bus ride home, I eat them. Otherwise, my 15 room-mates won't leave me a crumb.
Those were the days...when Tim Hortons knew their role. Nowadays, you're just as likely to see one of their workers struggling to assemble a "salad" out of sandwich toppings in one of those Tim Hortons kiosks in the corner of a gas station convenience store.
When I think Tim Hortons, gas station salads should not come to mind...but it does.
Tim Horton's donuts, fresh..from the freezer. There, updated that for 2020.
Seriously, they're awful now.
I weep for the generations of future employees who will never know the pleasure of truly fresh product. At least when it comes to the baked goods. I worked at a service centre on the 401 from 1997 - 2000. I was there the day we had our Iced Capp machine installed. What a glorious day it was. But the best perk of that job was when you worked midnights and got to watch and smell the baker do their thing. There is nothing more heavenly than a warm, freshly glazed chocolate timbit at 3:30am. It was the real high light of that shift.
The low light you ask? Being proposition by a male trucker for a "conversation" in his rig. The guy ran a local route and I would see him regularly, once or twice a week and so we could chat as he ordered. Do you remember when Tim's offered up the "Big Tim" mug (more like a jug) It could fit an entire pot of coffee and a refill was some thing ridiculous like $4 or something. Remember this was a time when any size of tea was .95 cents. A medium coffee was $1.10? Those were the days. Anywho, this trucker friend took his "Big Tim" 16/17. That's sixteen cream and seventeen sugar.
Well eventually he enjoyed our conversations so much he enquired when I was on my next break was, trying to entice me to visit him out back where he was parked. I mean he was an alright looking dude (despite that coffee order) and all but when I say I enjoy receiving tips at work, those are not the kind I had in mind. Alas, I didn't visit him for that "conversation"
But yeah, in closing, get fucked Tim Horton's.
You're not wrong
I work for one and we really try our best with what we have, I'm a baker and honestly wish I could be making fresh stuff.
@@MooseCall like chemicals.
They definitely lost the FRESH part
That brings back memories, "Always got time for Tim Horton's" 80's theme. Really hits the feels.
OMFG do I EVER miss the Strawberry TimTarts. So much. I wish they’d bring them back. Ugh.
I made homemade Tim Tarts. You want the recipe?
Ummm... YES!
They were sooooo good! I wish they kept those things around.
Back when they actually baked fresh donuts. They really should go back to basics - do one thing really well.
Now even Coffee Time and the giant fritters are gone :^(
Back when Tim Horton's had a better selection of doughnuts...all the way around
They sucked ever since they stopped baking in store.
my favorite was sugar twist. my second favorite was just looking at all the fresh pastries like eclairs, and butter cups behind the glass display counter...
@@sailcat662 Facts...
@@Slackmana I always like the Old Fashioned Glazed doughnuts the most and Maple Bars secondly plus the doughnuts with lemon filling..
I miss the eclairs.
Tim Horton need to bring back that wild hat.
Yes, that was the first thing I noticed and grabbed onto. :D
I also liked the skirt uniforms for the ladies.
Oh Tim Horton's, last time I was there i was greeted with a language barrier not a smile.
I was greeted with a language barrier, hostility, and refusal to admit they got my order wrong.
They gotta bring back their food and drinks from their old menus for their 60th Anniversary in 2024.
Back when Tim's was a quality place
Happy 60th Anniversary Monsieur Horton, Toronto Maple Leafs player
Bakers Dozen.
Coffee Time.
Tim Hortons.
In that order is how I discovered them lol. And Galaxy Donuts.
I have one of those Tim Bit plushes and an original Tim Horton Donuts mug
Bring back everything from these ads.
RIP Tim Horton's.
Happy 60th Anniversary
Mmm, cigarette-flavored whipped cream... :p
(yeah, there are certain things I miss from there, especially lemon wedges, but that's not one of them!)
I was gonna say, the one that used to be on Simm's Corner in SJ just reeked... & everything in it tasted like smoke. They weren't _all_ good ol' days, wha?
I want those damn tarts back
Me too
My friend was in this commercial
Just had a horrible experience with tim Hortons. Got 2 coffees and when I passed one to the passenger the lid popped off and spilt all over my seats and the passenger seat the center console and the radio area. The told me that they were not responsible because it happened when I passed to the passenger. If the lid was on right that would of never happened. They are trying to get out of paying for the cleaning of my car. I buy an average of 14 coffees per week. What really irks me is that they made 2.81 billion last year. My goal is to give them as much bad press as possible
In my town just outside Ottawa they ran out of almost every kind of donut. Times have changed.
Tim Tarts need to make a comeback
Tim hortons use to sell the BEST cakes!!! Too bad they stopped
When Tim Hortons was good...
I still have my Tim Horton Donuts mug, thermos, Tim Bit plush, matchbook & pin.
Not even a fraction of the quality they had back in the days.
WOW, the guy with the mustache in the first commercial, reminds me of the dunkin donuts guy. I didn't know Tim Hortons was around back in the 80's. I think my first time discovering them was when we went to St. John in the mid 90's. I always liked their donuts and thought they tasted better than Dunkin Donuts. I was so happy when we finally got them here in the U.S.
Yeah, they were founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario. Google says first U.S. location was 1984 in Tonawanda, NY.
This is AWESOME!
Today's Tim's commercials are so boring, who doesnt gloss over them or change the channel when they come in. Something about the charm of these old ones that makes you wonder if that's the sort of thing they should go back to.
redgreen66.
No wondering necessary...They SHOULD.👏👌
Tim Horton's use to be great! Unfortunately today they are a cult.
It all looks so delicious. Coffee looks good too!
Every commercial highlighting 'fresh'...definitely ancient history.
I used to go into the tim hortons #1 store located on Ottawa Street Hamilton Ontario every morning before it turned into the museum. There was the 2 ladies senior employees started back in the 70s sharp like a knife never used the cash register never made an error giving back change.
Wtf, why is it a museum now?
Tim Horton: "No Longer Fresh".
Should send a link of this video to Corporate and ask them: "What happened"?
Heck it can be done with any of these old commercials/products from back in the day. What would the executives say...
What happened? They know what they're doing. Now it's all corporate greed to produce rock bottom quality and get the most $$$ back.
@@themastersb I doesn't pay off in the long run. I used to go to Tim Horton's almost daily. Now, I haven't been there in years, and I'm not the only one. A Tim's near me actually closed down, although I suspect loss of clientele wasn't the reason.
@@themastersb Do you know how many dunkin donuts we lost because of that same mentality? Dozens of stores
You know what the executives would say? "Crappy quality and paying low wages gives us huge margins of profit and makes us tons of money! We milk the nostalgia and good memories you have of when it was good and you're the sucker that keeps buying"
Those Tim Tarts were killer.
Back when Tim Hortons was Tim Horton Donuts, but before it was Tim Horton's.
They need to bring back those timtarts 👀
I miss the cakes they made
Yummy food so tasty cake
✨ *ALWAYS FRESH, CAUSE YOU KEEP EATING THEM* ✨
Reading these comments is sad. Dunkin doughnuts went through the same crap of bringing in frozen pastries to save money. I miss freshly baked doughnuts 🍩
Jeez, this makes me hungry for a Double Chocolate right now
I love the coffee
The good ol days even through the 90s and early 2000's. The first blow was no longer frying fresh donuts. Then came branching out into other crap that's not coffee or donut related. This led to the loss of shelf space so a lot of good donuts, pies, cakes disappeared forever. Now when you walk in at least in my location there's never much to choose from, the baker makes 1 batch for the day so when they're gone they're gone. The final blow is now the staff are 99% foreign and don't speak good english.
This really puts in perspective what has been taken from Canadians, so sad now you are lucky if the person taking the order speaks English or even washes their hands after taking a shit
What a disgusting, idiotic comment. CANADIANS (are you even one) are by and large POLITE and what hurts us most is how they now don't tend to interact pleasantly with customers.
Am I the only one who thought that their coffee tasted better back in the day?
We all think that
If I could time travel, I'd go back to when you could smoke inside a Tim Hortons. I'd buy two timbits, one to eat and the second I'd ground out my cigarette on.
I remember coming up to Canada and going through the drive thru and prding one TimBit cut into 5 pieces, each piece individually bagged and buttered. Oh, and then after paying 12 cents for my purchase, I would ask for 5 cups of ice water. Oh yeah, and you could smoke in them too. Used to love visiting Canada. Good beer too! Eh!!!
2:31 That commercial is from the 90s not the 80s
1:15 Hey, it's Ron Oliver from The Silver Basketball.
I miss the strawberry Timtarts :(
Tim hortons would do good bringing back tims tarts, them shits look delicious
Back when the store had a smoking section.
They could have the smoking section (I don’t smoke), I just want my Dutchies and jelly donuts back.
Bob and Doug McKenzie would try to order donuts from the 'waitress'
Tim bits rule
Back when Tim Horton's was actually good! I can't say the same thing about their stuff today!
I love their chocolate eclairs
Tim Hortons was good until the mid 2000’s until it got rid of half its menu constantly starting from the 90’s. I their miss cakes, Eclairs, and custard tarts. Now Tim Hortons is just meh 😒
I argue its even lower then a meh.
Imo, the ice caps are the only good part. But they kinda have been ruined by the stupid price. 2.50 dollars (in the 2000s) used to get us a large ice cap, now its 4, nearly 5 dollars for a medium.
Bring back the dutchie
Go to Grand dads in hamilton ontario Corner of Burlingon St and James Street
@@danieldangelo7937 I'll hit it up next time i'm there for a bulldogs game. Thanks.
Back when Canada was normal.
Nothing has brought Hamilton on the map like Timmy hohos
Were those ads as dated looking in the 80s?
Was that Keith Gretzky riding shotgun 1:59?
Shame they didn't come to my town until the end of the 90's or I would've loved their 80's atmosphere!
What happened to Tim tarts?!?!?!?!
they had donuts and no masking
TimTarts??
😎👍
Not a single TimBit bear to be seen. Sad lack.
this video didn't feature iced capps, dislike
Ah, back before Tim's became just another American capitalistic conglomerate. Sigh.
Brazilian, actually. Owned by 3G Capital. Yet they serve false patriotism in a cup to people by the millions everyday, as if it’s your moral duty/obligation to visit a local THs or you’re not a Canadian.
@@verynoiceroxx542 That's the thing with many actual Canadian companies though. Patriotism via marketing.
@@verynoiceroxx542 Tim's coffee tastes like burnt turnip
Tim Hortons is the best over all no matter what anyone says!!
Canada's #1 coffee and baked goods☕🍩🍪🥯
Tim Hortons is garbage now. Their donuts taste like chemicals, their food sucks, and they pay slave wages so why would their employees want to to stick around or get good and passionate about what they do? I use to be a huge fan.
Not a single person wearing a mask, SMH
Hahaha!
Tim Horton's used to be so good, but their coffee is now pretty much undrinkable, the dark roast is slightly better, and everything else is, at best, mediocre.
McDonald's has better coffee (apparently they switched to TH's former supplier a few years back).
Just disappointing, when I have so many good memories of my Dad that involve his favourite coffee and donuts (and muffins, and cookies... 🙂)...
Apparently Burger King bought out Timmies so that's why the coffee went downhill! Yeah, Mc Donalds uses Timmies original coffee formula. Sad, truly sad!