Greatest Commercials of the 1980s
Posted on December 13, 2006, in Television. Bookmark the permalink. 21 Comments.
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Awesome.
My brother emailed me these two the other day:
Man, I could watch those commercials all day.
Indeed, as a child, that’s precisely what I did.
ah, the “I learned it by watching you, dad” commercial. Classic!
Duuuuude! I have Freedom Rock!! And it’s one of the best compilation’s ever!
Pretty Sneaky, Sis.
Can I say how much I miss Max Headroom? The commericals were so-so but I thought the TV show was a bit of pre-cyberpunk goodness that was well ahead of its time.
Those were great. As a total tv junkie, I can’t believe that I only remember about 60-70% of those. Excellent time waster, dudes.
I have such an 80s glow about me right now.
Could anything have been more schmaltzy than Mr. Microphone? “Hey good-lookin, we’ll be back for YOU later!”
And when I complimented the interviewing skills of the guy who replaced me in the Bishopric he looked me dead in the eye and with the perfect inflected said, “From you, alright? I learned from watching you!!!” I couldn’t go back to Sunday School I was laughing so hard.
Oh, and if they are going to break the “Nationwide Commercials Only” rule with that stupid “you’ve got to eat some kind of breakfast everyday” slug-looking thing from ABC Saturday Morning cartoons then there should have been at least a little Schoolhouse Rock Love too.
How can the Apple Macintosh commercial not be on there? It’s often considered the greatest commercial of all time.
No way, the crying Indian is the best.
I believe they addressed the absence of the Mac ad, saying it has been over-hyped (which I agree).
If it’s any consolation, the current Mac vs. PC ads make me want to hurl something through my TV screen, so maybe it’s an homage.
NFlanders,
I would have to argue that the Mac Vs. PC is by far the best ad campaign to come around in a long, long time.
I was just reading about the Mac vs PC ad campaign, and how it’s backfired a bit. Apparently most people identify more with the PC guy than the Mac guy. He does steal the show, IMO.
Tim J.– I’ll admit that they’re memorable, which is half the point, but to me they are grating.
I’m no PC fan, but condescending Mac hipster smugness is not going to win me over.
Regarding the 80s ads, Jason Alexander in the McDLT ad is priceless.
What, no “time to make the doughnuts?”
Anyone else grow up in the Bay Area and remember the Charlie and Humphrey commericals? “Borrowing without asking” ?
I like the early Mac vs. PC commercials. The recent ones are vexing.
Susan, the issue though isn’t who they identify more with but how it drives sales. Many of the most memorable commercials actually didn’t drive sales terribly well. Reportedly Mac sales are booming although it’s debatable how much of that has to do with the recent ad campaign and how much with the Intel switch. (Running Parallels on a Mac and having Mac and Windows windows intermixed is pretty amazing)
Clark, it’s amazing, but it’s very buggy, from what I hear.
No California Raisins??
Those guys rocked