I feel a great deal of comfort watching commercials from my childhood. I wonder if it is as simple as "it makes me feel like I'm young and still have my whole life ahead of me"
I feel such a great deal of comfort from watching these ads. I was an 80's baby and I think the comfort comes not from it making me feel young or free, but reminding me of when I had a family. It was nice to have parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. I remember seeing these commercials at different homes from my childhood, like at my Great Grandma's or my Granddad's house. I still have a husband, daughter, sister and her two kids but that's a far cry from what I started out with. I'm not complaining and I'm grateful for what I do have, but it's really nice to remember.
What I appreciate about these vintage commercials is how they could not rely on digital graphics to enhance/carry a commercial so more attention was paid to the music and actors.
Great video Dave! Finishing it with Christopher Cross & Bill Withers at the Grammys was the icing on the cake. I turned 12 in 1980, teen years in the 80's were the best!
Absolutely awesome thank you for the entertainment. The 80,s greatest decade ever for toys movies music celebrities cars fashion TV shows and so much more, never to be replicated.
Another banger as usual Dave. I really loved that Benson spot, and 100% true story, I was named after Clayton from the show, as it was my mother's favorite show at the time in 81, and it was playing on the TV in the hospital when I was born 😊
I love the retro commercials. For some odd reason I find them very comforting. Maybe it’s because they bring back memories of a simpler time in my life. Now if you had some that were 8 or 10 hours long, then I could fall asleep to them….lol That would be wonderful! 😊🥱😴
Another amazing upload as usual. Despite being born in 1990, I enjoy the nostalgia of the 70s and 80s. Like my grandmother always say: Always appreciate the classics. And you bring them out for everyone to enjoy, and I enjoy them too. Thank you, Dave. =)
To my knowledge, my current company has never run TV ads in at least the 6 years I’ve worked there. So to hear their name and see their product in this compilation really startled me! I’ve got to show this to my coworkers.
I was born in 89 so I guess I'm a 80s baby and 90s kid but I really wish I was old enough to have experienced that time period, it seemed so cool...the movies and music from that time are certified classics in my opinion... How the hell am I nostalgic for a time period I truly couldn't understand and enjoy..
@jamesdiaz5975 80s babies 4 life and its funny cause I was supposed to be born in 88 buy I was taking my own sweet time until the Dr's had to do an emergency C section and evict me from my one womb apartment..the 80s just seemed like so much fun and the movies and music from that time period image iconic..
Yes!!!!!The 80’s the cheesiest, brightest and best commercials of all time!!!From the best Decade ever!!!!💯 Thanks 🙏 Dave!!!📼📺📽💯 Can’t wait for Friday Night LiveStream P.S. Will Molly be there?🧈🧈🧈
Love it Dave, you brought back so many great memories!! I had forgotten how great the Playtex was:) Just the two of us song was crap to me, I was a young man though. Thank you for the trip!!!
23:20 This commercial for pain relief tablets sealed in individual packets shows the result of the Tylenol poisonings of the 1980s. Before that most bottled products didn't have a safety seal. After that, and continuing today, you can't buy a bottle, can, or box of anything that doesn't have some sort of safety seal on it.
Haven’t seen that many male rears in ads since the 80s lol. What gems from Jack Klugman, Telly Savalas, Roger Miller…and Peter Scolari?!? So many commercial actors that were so familiar for years. What a great time in my life. Thanks for the memories!
Was that Kirk Cameron, Jason Hervey, Danny Ponce and Tiffany Brissett all in one fruit rollup commercial? And Christopher Hewitt in a computer commercial?
I swear those Sunkist ads even today makes me want to run out and get a Sunkist, and I'm not even that big on fruit-flavored soda like grape and orange.
My mom's best friend had a son that starred in that Sunkist commercial. It was his first commercial and his mom knew exactly what time it was supposed to first air. My mom took me over to her house and her whole family was gathered around the TV just waiting to see her son on national TV for the first time. When it came on and he appeared, the whole family went crazy yelling and screaming. I think I was about 10yo but I still remember.
5:44 W.B. Brydon does a nice voice-over for Renault. 15:18 Edward Binns on the voice-over for Centrum vitamins. 20:18 The great Mason Adams sells us on stuffing instead of potatoes. 26:05 Peter Thomas on the v/o for the American Express card. 34:41 William Schallert tells us about Yes detergent. 36:31 Squire Fridell (what a name!) for Toyota.
I do love these commercials. Many great memories of being a kid. I was thinking the other day of that obnoxious as and song..Lady in Red.... remember that? It was on about 50 times a day! 🤣😂
I would've never been into 80s commercials if you didn't start introduce to them through the stream. Now I appreciate their nostalgia because of it. Reminds me of when i was really than teen. And those are memories i rarely even tap into lol
@@OofusTwillip Yep, for a very long time Deodorants, and antiperspirants(really bad for your body) where a general purpose item that both men, and women used, till things like Secret for ladies, and old spice for men came along with companies realizing they could make more money that way with a couple buying 2 cans/sticks at a time instead of just one.
I was born in 60 and I remember most of these 80’s commercials. No Nonsense Pantyhose… do they even sell pantyhose anymore? 😂 Riding an Amtrak train across America went from $250-$275 in one decade. What a deal! My favorite is the Christmas commercials Hallmark and especially Folgers. Good coffee too and I still drink it today! But oh how I miss the Mervyn’s store. I use to love going there and buying my L.A. Gears high top shoes. They were at least a $100 or more but well worth it! Good times! 😊
Well, I think pantyhose have gone the way of the dinosaurs too. When I grocery shop I buy a 10# bag of onions and then I store them in pantyhose to preserve them. Drop in an onion into the leg, tie a knot, then keep that up until both legs are full. Tie them at the end and hang them up in the pantry, if onions don't touch and have good air circulation they last a long time. But now I have a bag of onions but can't find any pantyhose, I've looked at Walmart, Dollar General and every drug store in my area. Either I'll have to order them or figure something else out. Never thought pantyhose would become obsolete 😂🤣😂🤣😂😭
20+ years ago when TV Land channel was actually good, they would sometimes play these vintage and retro commercials for products that are still on the market. I specifically remember Charmin toilet paper with Mr. Whipple. "Please don't squeeze the Charmin!"
Not my favorite Christopher Cross song by far, but what a trip to see that footage. Too bad he wasn't doing Ride Like the Wind. The man is a secret guitar genius.
Dave, Mask was an exclusive to HBO! You had to watch it on HBO back in the days just to see it! I'm not sure who has the rights to it today! I'm not sure if you can buy the collection on DVD! I can't find the collection on DVD?
Same here! I swear, that's the ONLY kind of fish I ever ate. All LJS's in my area closed up about 6 years ago, but we do have one in a neighboring state which is about a 45 minutes drive from where I live. So when we have to travel to that area we always hit the one there. My son is 19 now and he has loved LJS's his entire life so that's one stop that's a must for us. I miss them and wish they were still popular. 😪
Took my future ex-wife on a date to see Stripes in the theater. Also bought my first new vehicle, a new ‘81 F-250 4X4. Was fortunate enough to get an APR of 18.9%. That was an era where scoring a vehicle loan under 20% was rare. 😂😂😂
Same, and I also had a Commodore Vic-20, and Commodore 128 as well. In fact I still do have a Commodore 128 with an IDC to SD card reader, RAM expander for use with GEOS, along with some various demos, a Commodore Mouse, and Commodore Joystick. Are you keeping up with the Commodore? Because the Commodore is keeping up with you!!!!
I didn’t have the greatest childhood. But man these commercials shows how much innocence there wAs. We all know we still had a lot of issues. But technology really hurt us
I'm right on the edge of Gen X having been born in July 81, and even as a kid I thought Burns was awesome for his age living up life, and telling the world to piss off with his cigars, women, fand liquor lol!
Eh. The 80s commercials were so cornball and not very PC. The better commercials started in the 90s. Thank you for bringing us all these memories. You are literally making people happy ❤
There's something oddly nostalgic about looking at video where the tracking, I think that's what it was, badly needs to be adjusted on the vcr. 8:35 Apparently, that woman is carrying her child halfway up her chest. Never heard of "Baby Makes Five" but that dad character looks like he has all the personality of a block of wood. Jesus, the woman at 40:41 is staring into my soul. She looks she's about to poison me and just watch me slowly die.
I feel a great deal of comfort watching commercials from my childhood. I wonder if it is as simple as "it makes me feel like I'm young and still have my whole life ahead of me"
Wow me to I find it very calming and make me happy! TV Today is all so depressing and negative
@@mattm1686 uh no it's not
I feel such a great deal of comfort from watching these ads. I was an 80's baby and I think the comfort comes not from it making me feel young or free, but reminding me of when I had a family. It was nice to have parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. I remember seeing these commercials at different homes from my childhood, like at my Great Grandma's or my Granddad's house. I still have a husband, daughter, sister and her two kids but that's a far cry from what I started out with. I'm not complaining and I'm grateful for what I do have, but it's really nice to remember.
Last best decade. Ain't it funny we all hate the TH-cam ads but love these🤗
Agreed.
I have these videos playing in the background...it makes me feel like a child again at grandma and grandpa's house. Rip loved them both.
What I appreciate about these vintage commercials is how they could not rely on digital graphics to enhance/carry a commercial so more attention was paid to the music and actors.
OMG Sarah Michelle Gellar as a little kid in that Burger King commercial...so cute!
She also appeared on All my children. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I know right? She's even cuter now.
Great video Dave! Finishing it with Christopher Cross & Bill Withers at the Grammys was the icing on the cake. I turned 12 in 1980, teen years in the 80's were the best!
Nice bonus performances with Christopher Cross and Bill Withers at the end. Thanks for another great compilation.
You never disappoint dave reliving my early adult years through you thanks!
Absolutely awesome thank you for the entertainment. The 80,s greatest decade ever for toys movies music celebrities cars fashion TV shows and so much more, never to be replicated.
Another banger as usual Dave. I really loved that Benson spot, and 100% true story, I was named after Clayton from the show, as it was my mother's favorite show at the time in 81, and it was playing on the TV in the hospital when I was born 😊
I love the retro commercials. For some odd reason I find them very comforting. Maybe it’s because they bring back memories of a simpler time in my life. Now if you had some that were 8 or 10 hours long, then I could fall asleep to them….lol That would be wonderful! 😊🥱😴
Another amazing upload as usual. Despite being born in 1990, I enjoy the nostalgia of the 70s and 80s. Like my grandmother always say: Always appreciate the classics. And you bring them out for everyone to enjoy, and I enjoy them too. Thank you, Dave. =)
These take me back. Who would think it would be so enjoyable to watch old ads?? The snippet of Bill Withers at the end is awesome!
Loved the Sunkist commercials when I was a kid
Hot damn, a jumbo edition. What a welcome surprise.
To my knowledge, my current company has never run TV ads in at least the 6 years I’ve worked there. So to hear their name and see their product in this compilation really startled me! I’ve got to show this to my coworkers.
@ 2:18. Sarah Michele Geller selling Burger King before slaying vampires.
Thanks for the editing material to add to the Vaporwave track.
I was born in 89 so I guess I'm a 80s baby and 90s kid but I really wish I was old enough to have experienced that time period, it seemed so cool...the movies and music from that time are certified classics in my opinion... How the hell am I nostalgic for a time period I truly couldn't understand and enjoy..
I was born in 88😂 but yeah I feel the same way too, I wish I was born like a few years earlier than that to experience this stuff
@jamesdiaz5975 80s babies 4 life and its funny cause I was supposed to be born in 88 buy I was taking my own sweet time until the Dr's had to do an emergency C section and evict me from my one womb apartment..the 80s just seemed like so much fun and the movies and music from that time period image iconic..
You help me to live in the past Dave.
Yes!!!!!The 80’s the cheesiest, brightest and best commercials of all time!!!From the best Decade ever!!!!💯 Thanks 🙏 Dave!!!📼📺📽💯 Can’t wait for Friday Night LiveStream P.S. Will Molly be there?🧈🧈🧈
Man, McLean Stevenson never could catch a break after he left MASH.
Also, that ending with Christopher Cross and Bill Withers. Damn.
McLean Stevenson made a huge mistake leaving mash. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
“Man, that’s a badass Renault.” - Things nobody ever said
My mom was a big fan of Oil of Olay when I was a kid.
My mom, too. That & Noxzema. She would always apply one or the other right before bedtime.
Love it Dave, you brought back so many great memories!! I had forgotten how great the Playtex was:) Just the two of us song was crap to me, I was a young man though. Thank you for the trip!!!
23:20 This commercial for pain relief tablets sealed in individual packets shows the result of the Tylenol poisonings of the 1980s. Before that most bottled products didn't have a safety seal. After that, and continuing today, you can't buy a bottle, can, or box of anything that doesn't have some sort of safety seal on it.
At 2:35 , that girl reminds me a lot of a really young Buffy the vampire slayer
Cause it is lol
Oh.
Nice I was sitting here contemplating which rabbit hole to go down, but now I get all the Dave fun!!! Thanks :) This Julio's for you 🥃
Haven’t seen that many male rears in ads since the 80s lol. What gems from Jack Klugman, Telly Savalas, Roger Miller…and Peter Scolari?!? So many commercial actors that were so familiar for years. What a great time in my life. Thanks for the memories!
I enjoy watching Kojak, Who loves ya baby lol
Me too.
Was that Kirk Cameron, Jason Hervey, Danny Ponce and Tiffany Brissett all in one fruit rollup commercial? And Christopher Hewitt in a computer commercial?
Definitely liking this!
All right!! Always makes my day, Davey!😎👍
Awesome as usual!
I remember and miss Revco
Apparently When EF Hutton Talks People Listen?? 🤨
Awesome! You bookended my weekend Dave! 📼🧈📼🧈
It's always funny watching these old commercials. They're corny, but nostalgic.
Hey Dave 🍺 this bud is for you...
I swear those Sunkist ads even today makes me want to run out and get a Sunkist, and I'm not even that big on fruit-flavored soda like grape and orange.
Back then Sunkist soda was caffeine-free, now they have caffeine. ☹
My mom's best friend had a son that starred in that Sunkist commercial. It was his first commercial and his mom knew exactly what time it was supposed to first air. My mom took me over to her house and her whole family was gathered around the TV just waiting to see her son on national TV for the first time. When it came on and he appeared, the whole family went crazy yelling and screaming. I think I was about 10yo but I still remember.
Man, it's so strange seeing some of these old commercials in actual 60fps. This feels trippy, Dave.
My childhood!
I was born on July 6 1980 I was a baby when these early 80s commercials came out
These must be really early 80's, I'm not remembering any of them so far.
5:44 W.B. Brydon does a nice voice-over for Renault.
15:18 Edward Binns on the voice-over for Centrum vitamins.
20:18 The great Mason Adams sells us on stuffing instead of potatoes.
26:05 Peter Thomas on the v/o for the American Express card.
34:41 William Schallert tells us about Yes detergent.
36:31 Squire Fridell (what a name!) for Toyota.
2:20 Sarah Michelle Geller. So adorable.
Oh my gosh! The pantyhose that used to come in an egg! I so remember that! LOL! All of this really, as I went from age 10 to 19 from 1980 to 1989..
Sarah Michelle Geller in Burger King commercial
My boy Dave let's goooo Ive got some fire hash rosin for this one 🙏🔥💚
No cell phones anywhere in sight ! The analog year’s
were so much better!
not one Pharmaceutical commercial? unbelievable
Mark Harmon in the coke commercial
Man I thought so. I tried looking it up but could only find an old Coors commercial. I knew that was him though. Nice catch.
One of my favs Blue Lagoon
I can't get over how old fashioned they look and act. I remember so many of these and it seemed so modern at the time - because it was.
80's Retro
It was a better country, a better time.
I do love these commercials. Many great memories of being a kid. I was thinking the other day of that obnoxious as and song..Lady in Red.... remember that? It was on about 50 times a day! 🤣😂
Oh yeah, you heard it everywhere.
I wonder if Wendy's had a Singing Instructional Video on how to add Bacon to they're sandwiches??? Either way... I could go for a Baconator right now!
I'm from El Paso Texas and I sure do remember those television stations.
Very Cool! Thanks!
I would've never been into 80s commercials if you didn't start introduce to them through the stream. Now I appreciate their nostalgia because of it. Reminds me of when i was really than teen. And those are memories i rarely even tap into lol
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Never could figure out why the guys in the Secret Deodorant commercials wanted to use that stuff. I tried my mom's bitd. Man, does that stuff stink.
When it was invented, it was marketed to everyone. Then, a marketing genius suggested they promote it to women only.
@@OofusTwillip Yep, for a very long time Deodorants, and antiperspirants(really bad for your body) where a general purpose item that both men, and women used, till things like Secret for ladies, and old spice for men came along with companies realizing they could make more money that way with a couple buying 2 cans/sticks at a time instead of just one.
Ugh.
I am not able to figure out why FEMANISTS want women to be men. and men to be women.
My husband and I met while working at a Burger King in '79. Been married for 43 years now.
But yes I love these old commercials from my childhood too 😊..ok the kraft and safeway one made me cry and miss real food prices 😂
I was born in 60 and I remember most of these 80’s commercials. No Nonsense Pantyhose… do they even sell pantyhose anymore? 😂
Riding an Amtrak train across America went from $250-$275 in one decade. What a deal!
My favorite is the Christmas commercials Hallmark and especially Folgers. Good coffee too and I still drink it today!
But oh how I miss the Mervyn’s store. I use to love going there and buying my L.A. Gears high top shoes. They were at least a $100 or more but well worth it! Good times! 😊
Well, I think pantyhose have gone the way of the dinosaurs too. When I grocery shop I buy a 10# bag of onions and then I store them in pantyhose to preserve them. Drop in an onion into the leg, tie a knot, then keep that up until both legs are full. Tie them at the end and hang them up in the pantry, if onions don't touch and have good air circulation they last a long time. But now I have a bag of onions but can't find any pantyhose, I've looked at Walmart, Dollar General and every drug store in my area. Either I'll have to order them or figure something else out. Never thought pantyhose would become obsolete 😂🤣😂🤣😂😭
Thank you so much for uploading these.
Still use Rubbermaid products they have stood the test of time ..year after year after year 👍
20+ years ago when TV Land channel was actually good, they would sometimes play these vintage and retro commercials for products that are still on the market. I specifically remember Charmin toilet paper with Mr. Whipple. "Please don't squeeze the Charmin!"
Awesome 📺 How do u get all these commercials?
A lot of dusty VHS and Beta tapes :)
@@DavesArchives 👍🏽👏🥰
@@DavesArchives keep up all the amazing work 📼📹 preserving history 📺
@@DavesArchives yes dave yes.
Gandhi crushed at the 55th Academy Awards (35:52)
Why is that Levi's commercial incredibly satisfying?
Not my favorite Christopher Cross song by far, but what a trip to see that footage. Too bad he wasn't doing Ride Like the Wind. The man is a secret guitar genius.
Yoo you got it in HD.. looks wonderful, really brings out the pixles.
Dave, Mask was an exclusive to HBO! You had to watch it on HBO back in the days just to see it! I'm not sure who has the rights to it today! I'm not sure if you can buy the collection on DVD! I can't find the collection on DVD?
Nice. My brain kept wanting to adjust the tracking tho lol
I’d kill for some Long John Silvers
Same here! I swear, that's the ONLY kind of fish I ever ate. All LJS's in my area closed up about 6 years ago, but we do have one in a neighboring state which is about a 45 minutes drive from where I live. So when we have to travel to that area we always hit the one there. My son is 19 now and he has loved LJS's his entire life so that's one stop that's a must for us. I miss them and wish they were still popular. 😪
Yep gone here in Utah as well. I mean probably the most unhealthy way to eat fish there is, but so delicious.
Yes and Yes!
Took my future ex-wife on a date to see Stripes in the theater. Also bought my first new vehicle, a new ‘81 F-250 4X4. Was fortunate enough to get an APR of 18.9%. That was an era where scoring a vehicle loan under 20% was rare. 😂😂😂
I picked the C64, too... :)
Same, and I also had a Commodore Vic-20, and Commodore 128 as well. In fact I still do have a Commodore 128 with an IDC to SD card reader, RAM expander for use with GEOS, along with some various demos, a Commodore Mouse, and Commodore Joystick. Are you keeping up with the Commodore? Because the Commodore is keeping up with you!!!!
@@CommodoreFan64
I stopped with c64 with 2 floppy drives. 😀
Next step for me was scraping together parts for my first 286 cpu.
I do.
I keep freaking out whenever a YT ad pops up. Like WHOAW! WHY IS THIS CRYSTAL CLEAR AND WEIRD? Lol
Go back and warn everyone about the 21st century
I didn’t have the greatest childhood. But man these commercials shows how much innocence there wAs. We all know we still had a lot of issues. But technology really hurt us
19:32 lip stick commercial was used in the movie electric dreams.
You know your career is over when you're doing a commercial for Playtex tampons
Great collection!!!!!
ah, George Burns, America's Grandpa.
only us Boomers have a soft spot for that old man
Hey, I do too and I'm Gen X.
I'm right on the edge of Gen X having been born in July 81, and even as a kid I thought Burns was awesome for his age living up life, and telling the world to piss off with his cigars, women, fand liquor lol!
Rest in peace.
1970s ads have warm, natural colors. Many '80s ads have "high tech" synth and black background with colors popping more, but the effect seems colder.
Eh. The 80s commercials were so cornball and not very PC. The better commercials started in the 90s. Thank you for bringing us all these memories. You are literally making people happy ❤
2:19 Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar)!!!! She later said that McDonald's banned her from their restaurants while she was doing those commercials.
03:15 - Wendy's - Clearly, someone failed to understand that "makin' bacon" was slang for sex.
Wendy was going for that hog wild love. 😉
Yummy.
Stovetop for BEEF??? 20:19
I'm enjoying these old school ads, but TH-cam is ruining it with their ads 😂
Awesome!
I swear I just saw Jim Walsh (James Eckhouse) from 90210 at the end of a Colonial commercial haha
There's something oddly nostalgic about looking at video where the tracking, I think that's what it was, badly needs to be adjusted on the vcr.
8:35 Apparently, that woman is carrying her child halfway up her chest.
Never heard of "Baby Makes Five" but that dad character looks like he has all the personality of a block of wood.
Jesus, the woman at 40:41 is staring into my soul. She looks she's about to poison me and just watch me slowly die.
The dad character was played by the same actor that played Stephanie's boyfriend/husband on Newhart - Peter Scolari, died last year.
@@johnnyhatesjazz1878 He was cast in Newhart sometime after they canceled his show with the then unknown Tom Hanks, Bosom Buddies.
Radical
3:46 to 4:14 The original Console Peasant vs. PC Master Race :)
I was 5-14 years old in the 80s living in Clearwater Florida and Bensonhurst Brooklyn
Let’s bring glass bottles of soda to the beach!
44:16 absolutely beautiful, stunning
I was of the toddling variety back then