As I'm watching this, I'm imagining that I'm 9 years old, at my Grandparent's house. After I finish watching my morning Saturday cartoons, I would go play Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis for a few hours, eat lunch, and then go outside and play Basketball with friends and ride bikes. I'll be 34 years old next month, but I swear I'd do anything to relive those days, to have my Grandparent's back :(
That better blocks commercial though was awesome! I saw that commercial SO MANY TIMES and it’s the reason I clicked! I always wanted to be that “commander of a star fleet” or the shimmering beauty queen 😂
Another reminder how creative CN was at the start and how much it has fallen over the years. It's not even so much not showing classic stuff (even though that was great) but that they would do creative stuff like the letters or short shorts to fill time. (The Zan and the Evil Sponge bit will always make me chuckle)
Better Blocks, The Best of Conway Twitty, and the Cozy Cat Blanket...three sold on TV commercials that are forever seared into my brain due to how often they were advertised.
oh god I suddenly remembered the end of that conway twitty promo, LOL! and I think I remember that second cut of the Super Metroid ad! also I forget where I learned about it but I remember finding out that tootsie pop ad was actually a minute originally but got cut down and that's how we've seen it ever since!
For me, that was my favorite era of Cartoon Network. Don't get me wrong, I love some of the cartoons and the original programming to come out after that, but THAT specific era (early-mid 90s) was awesome. Loved the little secret mail bit where you had cartoon characters respond to kids letter. They don't do stuff like that anymore. I'm also pretty sure my little sister had that pink tea play set. Oh, and always gotta show props to seeing that old Tootsie Pop commercial, which STILL airs from time to time as of recent. It might the LONGEST running commercial of all time, with that Cadbury Easter Bunny Audition being the second (it still airs around Easter too) and the Fruity Pebbles Santa Commercial being the third (Ho ho ho, I'm hu-hu-hungry!), which I don't think airs anymore, but did up into the 2000s.
Of all things that I liked, it was that Conway Twitty that really took me back. Saw that commercial so many times, that I practically know the best line from his best songs.
I miss when corporations exposed my young self to their sweet, colorful advertising. They told me everything was going to be alright... so as long as I told mom and dad to buy that thing for me. I never did get that LP of Conway Twitty's best loved hits.
Anyone here have Better Blocks? Were they as cool as the commercial made them to be? I always wanted them but knew my parents wouldn't go for it. Especially since that woman in the commercial said they're expensive. LoL
My fifth grade class did the tootsie pops experiment. Since the teachers knew most of us were going to end up nibbling on the tootsie pop a little (whether absent-mindedly or deliberately, lol), we went with the total class average. I don't remember what it was, sadly.
Awwww, I love that Cozy Cat Blanket! I think it's cuuuuuuuute! Incidentally, I wrote to Quick Draw McGraw when I was 12. I couldn't believe it when I got a postcard in the mail from him!
@@80sCommercialVault I was gonna say its made for kids and bound to get busted, it better be full of something non-toxic..... Surprised nobody ever choked to death on this one.....
The corn syrup in it is gelled and has virtually all liquid content removed so it is basically a stretchy solid mass and has some other stuff (white limestone, micro particles of glass, gum resin, wood, flour, pine pitch mixture, limestone and talc) added to thicken it and reduce the amount of syrup needed per toy. It's probably technically still edible and non-toxic. I've never heard of anyone eating what was inside, let alone choking on it.
I always wanted one but never asked for it. That's the N64 Era I was anticipating on. My little kid mind would often imagine how'd I play with the blocks though every time I saw the commercial.
Ah, the classic version of The Bugs and Daffy Show, from a time when Turner had the rights to earlier Looney Tunes shorts. So on channels like Cartoon Network, TNT, and TBS you'd only see shorts prior to mid-1948, while other channels like Fox, WB, Nick and ABC showed everything after that. So Cartoon Network only had a handful of shorts with characters like Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, and Marvin the Martian, and nothing with Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner or Speedy Gonzales. And I think I have that Super Metroid commercial on one of my tapes. I need to do some searching.
Tootsie Pop-to this day we'll never know if Mr Owl was correct.. Kool-Aid-Naughty By Nature shouldve asked for royalties Conway Twitty-just doesnt sound the same w/o Peter Griffin introducing him Cozy Cat Blanket-wait this not a actual blanket for cats?
Nintendo made some fantastic games back then, but boy, they did not know how to advertise them. Aside from that annoying Super Metroid one, I remember there was one for Yoshi's Island where a fat guy kept on eating food until he exploded. Obviously, they were trying to emulate the more "edgy" marketing that Sega had been successfully doing at the time, but it just did not work.
As I'm watching this, I'm imagining that I'm 9 years old, at my Grandparent's house. After I finish watching my morning Saturday cartoons, I would go play Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis for a few hours, eat lunch, and then go outside and play Basketball with friends and ride bikes. I'll be 34 years old next month, but I swear I'd do anything to relive those days, to have my Grandparent's back :(
Oh man I have the same feelings I’m 33 and boy has time pass by. I remember those days of just being kids.
35 and same. Now it's all work and no play.
32 here, and I miss those days constantly.
Saturday morning at my grandma's house
Both are gone :(
That better blocks commercial though was awesome! I saw that commercial SO MANY TIMES and it’s the reason I clicked! I always wanted to be that “commander of a star fleet” or the shimmering beauty queen 😂
Holy shit, I heard the thing about the queen as I read these words on your comment!
I miss the 90s I remember watching these commercials as a kid and back when toys were a thing, mannnn those were the days
I’m 34, and I still want that magic tea party, man. 😂
Veronica Williams same girl same loll
Me too lets sip some tea
I had that set 😂 I use to make my little brothers play with me
i was born in 89, I remember most of these commercials like the back of my hand...
Another reminder how creative CN was at the start and how much it has fallen over the years. It's not even so much not showing classic stuff (even though that was great) but that they would do creative stuff like the letters or short shorts to fill time. (The Zan and the Evil Sponge bit will always make me chuckle)
5:21 And now ladies and gentlemen, Mr Conway Twitty.
Family Guy. Lol
That commercial is old as hell it predates Family Guy I saw it back in the 80s.
Hearing that witch screech, “Ahh, chocolatey Quik!” after all these years made my brain explode. My brothers and I used to riff on that all the time.
Yeah, I remember us kids were all about Conway Twitty in '94
omg I loved that Better Blocks commercial when I was 10
Koosh Yo-Yo at Foot Locker - how 90s can you get?
I want this Cartoon Network back
Omg me too.
Better Blocks, The Best of Conway Twitty, and the Cozy Cat Blanket...three sold on TV commercials that are forever seared into my brain due to how often they were advertised.
Dulè Hill pre-The West Wing and Psych!!!!
I literally feel like a child again remembering these.. What a time we live in lol im 29 and i can remember being 5 again
oh god I suddenly remembered the end of that conway twitty promo, LOL! and I think I remember that second cut of the Super Metroid ad! also I forget where I learned about it but I remember finding out that tootsie pop ad was actually a minute originally but got cut down and that's how we've seen it ever since!
For me, that was my favorite era of Cartoon Network. Don't get me wrong, I love some of the cartoons and the original programming to come out after that, but THAT specific era (early-mid 90s) was awesome. Loved the little secret mail bit where you had cartoon characters respond to kids letter. They don't do stuff like that anymore.
I'm also pretty sure my little sister had that pink tea play set.
Oh, and always gotta show props to seeing that old Tootsie Pop commercial, which STILL airs from time to time as of recent. It might the LONGEST running commercial of all time, with that Cadbury Easter Bunny Audition being the second (it still airs around Easter too) and the Fruity Pebbles Santa Commercial being the third (Ho ho ho, I'm hu-hu-hungry!), which I don't think airs anymore, but did up into the 2000s.
Omg when I was little I wanted Better Blocks so bad.
Oh how I begged my parents for the better blocks.
I had the Better Blocks! I saw the commercial and my grandma bought two of each types!
Gnome King I wanted them as a kid....I’m 32 now and I still want them. Especially the glow ones!
The Pirates of Darkwater was one of my favorite cartoons on Cartoon Network
Of all things that I liked, it was that Conway Twitty that really took me back. Saw that commercial so many times, that I practically know the best line from his best songs.
Yeah, and I just now realized that all of his songs were about sexing up middle aged women. Dude was a country pimp.
I miss when corporations exposed my young self to their sweet, colorful advertising. They told me everything was going to be alright... so as long as I told mom and dad to buy that thing for me.
I never did get that LP of Conway Twitty's best loved hits.
2:31 Gus signature "You know that's right" look!
Anyone here have Better Blocks? Were they as cool as the commercial made them to be? I always wanted them but knew my parents wouldn't go for it. Especially since that woman in the commercial said they're expensive. LoL
I always wanted those better blocks that darn commercial is ingrained into my brain lol
I liked them. I was never creative enough to build a merry go round though ha.
Burton Guster was obsessed with food for much longer than originally thought
I came to say just this!
He's lucky he didn't have Shawn there to snatch them up for himself.
My fifth grade class did the tootsie pops experiment. Since the teachers knew most of us were going to end up nibbling on the tootsie pop a little (whether absent-mindedly or deliberately, lol), we went with the total class average. I don't remember what it was, sadly.
Awwww, I love that Cozy Cat Blanket! I think it's cuuuuuuuute!
Incidentally, I wrote to Quick Draw McGraw when I was 12. I couldn't believe it when I got a postcard in the mail from him!
I would give anything to see Conway Twitty in concert!
Super Metroid, and Cartoon Network. That pretty much sums up my childhood.
I am Suddenly Freaked Out that The Tootsie Pop Commercial still released on Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite in the 2010's. I have to wait for the new one.
I remember having a Stretch Armstrong and cutting him open to see what was inside and it was this clear like putty gel.
It's latex rubber filled with corn syrup.
@@80sCommercialVault I was gonna say its made for kids and bound to get busted, it better be full of something non-toxic.....
Surprised nobody ever choked to death on this one.....
The corn syrup in it is gelled and has virtually all liquid content removed so it is basically a stretchy solid mass and has some other stuff (white limestone, micro particles of glass, gum resin, wood, flour, pine pitch mixture, limestone and talc) added to thicken it and reduce the amount of syrup needed per toy. It's probably technically still edible and non-toxic. I've never heard of anyone eating what was inside, let alone choking on it.
Man that is some groundbreaking shit with that cozy cat blanket.
The POWERHOUSE era will be my favorite CN era...but the CHECKERBOARD era is what hooked me!
I really wanted Better Blocks but my parents wouldn't buy me them.
Me too bro. Your not alone. I also was a poor kid.
Same!!
That Morning Crew ad sounds like it was voiced by Billy West.
I wondering if anyone is gonna try to write secret squirrel or fred flintstone to see if It still works at that address
Cats Do NOT melt my heart but the cozy cat blanket commercial DOES and makes my heart laugh too
I want a cozy cat blanket!!!
I need that cozy cat blanket
Reading the comments I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who didn’t get the better blocks. I wonder how long that glow lasted for
I always wanted one but never asked for it. That's the N64 Era I was anticipating on. My little kid mind would often imagine how'd I play with the blocks though every time I saw the commercial.
My mom would like that cozy cat blanket.
Ah, the classic version of The Bugs and Daffy Show, from a time when Turner had the rights to earlier Looney Tunes shorts. So on channels like Cartoon Network, TNT, and TBS you'd only see shorts prior to mid-1948, while other channels like Fox, WB, Nick and ABC showed everything after that. So Cartoon Network only had a handful of shorts with characters like Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, and Marvin the Martian, and nothing with Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner or Speedy Gonzales.
And I think I have that Super Metroid commercial on one of my tapes. I need to do some searching.
Feel old......
That Koolaid song is definitely inspired by Naughty by Nature's Hip-hop Hooray 🤣🤣🤣
Blackdragon6 facts lol 😂 and I remember being such a dork singing this version in school
@@PurpleSilk My kind of humor, I would do the same thing often with all the "other" versions of songs XDDDD
Ladies and Gentlemen... 5:20
Mr. Conway Twitty
Ow, my childhood...
Mine too. I was 9 yrs old back in 1994
Someone saying they hate the kids would fly about as well as a fart in church these days. :P
Back then Cartoon Network was good, it sucks now!🤨
The amount of little girls who always wanted but never got that tea set is terrifying....
7. Stellaaaa...
12. I wonder why she loves hairy guy..
21. Mighty Max toys were just like this.
24. Made with real cat fur!
Tootsie Pop-to this day we'll never know if Mr Owl was correct..
Kool-Aid-Naughty By Nature shouldve asked for royalties
Conway Twitty-just doesnt sound the same w/o Peter Griffin introducing him
Cozy Cat Blanket-wait this not a actual blanket for cats?
Shame they never finished Pirates of Dark Water.
Those better blocks were garbage and even more expensive then Legos.
Nintendo made some fantastic games back then, but boy, they did not know how to advertise them. Aside from that annoying Super Metroid one, I remember there was one for Yoshi's Island where a fat guy kept on eating food until he exploded. Obviously, they were trying to emulate the more "edgy" marketing that Sega had been successfully doing at the time, but it just did not work.