80′s Commercials Vol. 11
A bunch of commercials that aired on local ABC affiliate KGO on October 29th, 1989. Commercials for: 1. Nabisco Shredded Wheat (After this and the commercial in Vol. 1, I’m convinced the Nabisco ad people were on acid throughout the 80′s) 2. Wendy’s (With Dave Thomas! RIP Big Guy!) 3. Promo for “Who’s The Boss” (:In Tony Danza voice: “Angela!”) and “The Wonder Years” (Kind of a strange joke to use for a commercial) 4. Wrigley’s Gum (Share a little piece of America!) 5. Subaru Legacy (Love the cartoon sound effects) 6. Anti-Drug PSA (I love the veiled suggestion that marijuana causes permanent brain damage) 7. Promo for “The Real Ghostbusters Halloween Special” (It’s gonna be fun, fun FUN!) 8. Promo for “Doogie Howser MD” and “Anything But Love” (Richard Lewis had a sitcom? With Jamie Lee Curtis?) 9. Bounty Candy Bar (The dark chocolate commercial gets an African-American model, naturally) 10. Luvs Diapers 11. Little Lost and Founds (Who the hell wants an orphaned stuffed animal that cries constantly? Is this the start of the Emo fad?) 12. Toys “R” Us (Awesome!) 13. Promo for “The Final Days” (Nixon TV movie FTW!) 14. Toys “R” Us (Is it my imagination or are a few of the kids here British or Semi-Canadian?) 15. Downy Fabric Softener 16. Hasbro Toys/Downy “Night Before Christmas” sweepstakes 17. “Bambi” on Videocassette (With $3 back with the purchase of Crest Toothpaste!) 18. Matchbox Superfast (Which will win, Slicks or Knobbies?!?) 19. Promo for “Full House” and “Family …
March 15th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Soooo….bad drivers buy volvo?
March 15th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I agree with you on those “Little Lost and Found” toys. I mean, you get a critter that looks absolutely miserable no matter what you do for it. We’re having some fun now!!
March 15th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
@vivien44 I must be odd. I loved shredded wheat when I was a kid
March 15th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Oooo Full House commercial!
March 15th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
sawdust aaaahahahaha!
March 16th, 2010 at 12:32 am
I like the lUvs Deluxe diaper commercial. Does anyone have the one where the boy says at the end “I like that diaper?” Who is the woman in that diaper commercial? If you have any more let me know please.
March 16th, 2010 at 1:12 am
I know! It looked like frosted nummy goodness,but it tasted like dry,nasty….sawdust! Yeah,thats what I was looking for!
March 16th, 2010 at 1:47 am
oh goddddd shredded wheat always looked so good in the commercials and when i got suckered into buying it, i was painfully disappointed! it was horrible! lol
March 16th, 2010 at 2:41 am
@barber747
They are available everywhere, dude! Even up here in Canada!
March 16th, 2010 at 2:46 am
Haha So Cheesy
March 16th, 2010 at 2:47 am
These were recorded exactly 20 years ago.
March 16th, 2010 at 3:09 am
In addition to those two Nabisco Shredded Wheat commercials from the ’80s, there’s another crazy one where everybody falls through the floor after finding out their cereals have salt, fat, sugar, etc. in them. Only the Shredded Wheat guy remains… lol
March 16th, 2010 at 3:23 am
The model in the Bounty ad looks possibly mixed or bi-racial to me.
And I believe Bounty candy bars, within the U.S., are only available in NY and here in Chicago.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:21 am
I think Hasbro is going for complete Monopoly over all toy/game companies. No pun intended.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:30 am
Me three..Wendy’s quality/quantity went to crap since he died.
March 16th, 2010 at 5:18 am
I’m disappointed. I was looking for the actual “Ugly but safe” Volvo commercial. This wasn’t it.
March 16th, 2010 at 5:56 am
I was watching the Real Ghostbusters by then. How’d the Halloween special slip by me?
March 16th, 2010 at 5:58 am
the wrigley one killed me
March 16th, 2010 at 6:37 am
Wendy’s crap now that Dave’s gone…won’t be the same again.
March 16th, 2010 at 7:07 am
I don’t wanna grow up cause’ baby if I did I couldn’t be a Toys-R-Us Kid.
LOL!
March 16th, 2010 at 8:00 am
i remember when i was a kid i thought i’d be big and strong if i ate a lot of shredded wheat. I didn’t think i’d ever stop shittin’ lol memories
March 16th, 2010 at 9:00 am
I dun wanna grow up!! Toy R Us’ ad is awesome!:D
March 16th, 2010 at 9:51 am
yes he did
March 16th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Man, not the overly dramatic Wrigley’s commercial again.. Ahhh.. behold, they made it shorter. LOL
March 16th, 2010 at 10:41 am
I`t could be how it use to with the shape of our economy. Just look at gas prices!