80s Commercials!

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Life Call (now Life Alert)

"I've fallen...and I can't get up!" Why, of course!


Lucky Charms

The leprechaun would sing,"Pink hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, green clovers, and blue diamonds!" These were followed soon by the "purple horseshoes!"


McDonalds

"Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun - BIG MAC!" The campaign started the 70s, but continued into the 80s.
My friends and I used to jump rope to that song.
From 1989, the McDonalds Menu song campaign: "Big Mac, McBLT, a Quarter Pounder with some cheese, Fillet O' Fish a Hamburger, a Cheesburger, a Happy Meal, Mc Nuggets, tasty golden fries, regular or larger size, a salad, Chef or Garden or a Chicken Salad Oriental, big big breakfast, Egg Mc Muffin, hot Hot cakes and sausage, maybe biskets, bacon, egg, and cheese a sausage, danish, hash browns too, and for desert hot apple pies, sundaes three varieties, soft served cone, three kinds of shakes and chocholaty chip cookies, and to drink a Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Orange drink, Sprite, a coffee decafe too, a milk and also orange juice, I love McDonald's, its a "Good Time Great Taste," and I get this all at one place!"

One can never forget the ingeniousness of the McDLT (this commercial stars future Seinfeld genious Jason Alexander):

Of course there were tons of McDonalds commercials. Too many to list!


Memorex

"Is it live? Or is it Memorex?"


Monchichi

"Monchichi, Monchichi, oh so soft and cuddly!"



Motts

"I got the Motts!"


My Buddy

"My buddy, my buddy, my buddy and me!" (catchy, eh?)Yes, it's okay for boys to play with dolls!


Nestea Iced Tea

Take the Nestea plunge! People would take a drink and fall backwards into a pool.


Nike

Bo Diddley plays his guitar, then athlete Bo Jackson tries the same and fails miserably. Bo Diddley says, "Bo, you don't know diddley!" This spawned a seried of "Bo knows" ads that seemed to carry on forever.


Nuttin Honey Cereal

"What are you eating?" "Nuttin Honey"


Orange Crush

"Don't drink it!" I remember one in particular taking place on a little-league baseball field. One kids gives his drink to another to watch so he can bat, instructing the kid, "DON'T drink it!." When he rounds the bases and gets home, his drink is empty, implying Orange Crush is impossible to resist.


Oscar Meyer

"My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R. My bologna has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R. I like to eat it every day, and if you ask me why, I'll saaaay, that Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A!" I think this began in the 70s, as I know a version of the song that relates to Jimmy Carter!


Parkay

A person argues with the tub of fat, trying to call it "butter," but the tub insists it's "PARKAY!" In one example, the man is Vic Tayback, who later stars as "Mel" in the hit sitcom "Alice."


Pepsi

"The choice of a new generation," Pepsi is deeply into the cola wars with Coca Cola. The blind taste test called "The Pepsi Challenge" is a huge hit at State Fairs nationwide. I think I even did it once!

One 1984 Pepsi Commercial starred Michael Jackson and Alfonso Ribiero.

...and don't forget Pepsi Free!



Peter Pan Peanut Butter

"Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter, it's the peanut butter picky people pick!" That was as hard to type as it is to say!


Pringles

"Then you've got the fever for the flavor of a Pringles!" One question...what is "A PRINGLES???" :o)


Putt Putt

"Putt putt for the fun of it - so bring a date or your brother or your mate or your mother and Putt Putt for the fun of it!" May have been regional in the upstate NY / tri-state area.


Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

Two people, one eating a candy bar, the other inexplicably carrying an open jar of peanut butter, run into each other, ramming their food together. Then they start arguing, "you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!" "You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!" until they taste is and decide, hey, that isn't so bad. Of course, "There's no wrong way to eat a Reese's," either!


Rolos

"You can roll a Rolo to your mate..."


Seagrams

"Seagrams, golden wine cooler!" Sang with bravado by one Bruce Willis.


The Seventies Preservation Society/Freedom Rock

Remember that awesomely corny commercial for the compilation "Freedom Rock?!" People totally overacting their hippie-dom. Great stuff. :o) Here's a link: Freedom Rock Commercial


Slinky

Possibly the greatest slogan of all-time: "What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, and makes a slinkity sound? A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing! Everyone knows it's Slinky. It's Slinky, it's Slinky, for fun, it's a wonderful toy. It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun for a girl or a boy!" This definitely started before the 80s, but was still around, and definitely deserves a mention!


Snoopy Snow Cone Machine

"Its yum yum fun and its cool and clean and its name is the Snoopy snow cone machine. You drop an ice cube in and get a snow cone out yum yum fun is what its all about."


Strawberry Shortcake Dolls

See also: "Strawberry Shortcake, Huckleberry Pie, Blueberry Muffin just two inches high......"


Sure Deoderant

"Raise your hand if you're sure" had people raising their arms because they used Sure and were sure they didn't have pit stains. Nice!


Term Life Medical Insurance / Publisher's Clearinghouse

Good old Ed McMahon and his boring ass commercials!


Toys ‘R’ Us

"I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys 'R' Us kid. There's a million toys at Toys 'R' us that I can play with! More bikes, more trains, more video games, it's the biggest toy store there is!I don't wanna grow up,cuz maybe if I did, I wouldn't be a Toys 'R' Us kid!



Transformers

"Transformers, more than meets the eye. Transformers, robots in disguise!"


Trapper Keeper

This was awesome...remember this one? A boy is at his locker in high school, having a hard time getting it open. A girl comes up behind him and says, "Hi Jeff!" The boy turns around and asks, "How did you find me?" The girl looks down at the floor where paper is scattered, and says, "I just followed your notes." She then shows him her Trapper Keeper binder. He opens his locker, and after tons of papers, notebooks, and junk fall out he turns to the girl and asks: "Do you think Mead makes a locker sized Trapper Keeper?" Or something like that. Classic stuff! :o)


Twizzlers


Velveeta

Set to the tune of the camp classic "Hello Mutha, hello fatha": "It's Velveeta, versus Cheddar. Our Velveeta, melts much better. Cheddar's runny, cheddar's oily - cheddar drips right off the plate onto your doily!"


Wendy’s

Duh..."Where's the beef?" Spawned a ridiculous amount of t-shirts, paraphrenalia, and jokes.


Whatchamacalit

"Whatcha eatin?" "Whatchamacalit" "But what do you call it?" "Whatchamacalit" etc, etc, etc!


Wheat Thins

Sandy Duncan: "They're baked, not fried!"


Wisk

"Ring around the collar!" Always in a snotty tone. Definitely started before the 80s, in fact - this example is a 70s commercial:



Zest

"Youre not fully clean, unless you're ZESTfully clean!"



PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS!


"It's 8:15 - do you know where your children are???"


"From you dad, I learned it by watching you!"


"This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?"


Compiled by Kelly

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