Commercials - Totally the 80's

A glowing CRT television sits beside retro snacks, tapes, a toy microphone, and popcorn.

80s Commercial Jingles That Start the Sing-Along

One bright, brassy note, and your mouth is already moving. Before television commercials reach their first chorus, you're already back on the carpet, too slow to reach the remote. That's…

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Hubba Bubba Gum and the 80s Bubble-Blowing Craze

Before selfies, there was the schoolyard bubble test. Could you blow one big enough to cover your nose, hold it for a second, then pop it without wearing the evidence?…

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Mr. T Cereal and the Breakfast Kids Begged For

Some cereals fed you. Mr. T Cereal sold you a whole Saturday morning fantasy. One look at the box and you were in. Before the spoon hit the bowl, you…

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Why E.T. Cereal Was the Movie Tie-In Kids Had to Try

Some 80s products didn't ask for your attention, they grabbed your sleeve in the grocery aisle. E.T. cereal was one of those. If you were a kid then, you already…

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Sony Walkman Memories and the Cassettes We Wore Out

You didn't just own a Sony Walkman. You carried your whole mood around with you. Before phones turned every pocket into a jukebox, that little cassette player felt like freedom…

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Donkey Kong Cereal and the Barrel-Puff Breakfast Craze

Some cereals gave you flakes. Some gave you marshmallows. Donkey Kong cereal gave you barrels. That was the hook, and what a hook it was. In the early 1980s, when…

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Jell-O Pudding Pops and the Summer Feeling Kids Still Miss

One bite of a pudding pop and you were gone. Not to some grand cinematic place, but to that small, perfect corner of childhood where the freezer door slammed after…

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California Raisins and the Claymation Craze That Took Over the 80s

A singing raisin in sunglasses should've been a one-joke commercial. Instead, the California Raisins, conceived by the California Raisin Advisory Board, turned into one of the biggest pop-culture curveballs of…