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80s TV Commercials All Gen X Should Love! 🔥📼 Retro TV Commercials VOL 453

Dave's Archives | December 19, 2025



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  6. @TammyDeetz410

    December 19, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    Some of these ads I never knew existed and my life is better for having seen them 🙂 always awesome Adam. Thank you!!!
    ❄️ 😎 😎 😎 🆒 😎 😎 😎❄️

  23. @resolute123

    December 19, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    During this time there was a use of old photos and films with edits like used in the Hersey's commercial. I loved that treatment. It was fun and playful. I think they kinda did the same with the Whatchamacallit commercials too.

  28. @TMoody

    December 19, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    Watching some of these almost makes me wanna cry…. life was simple and when it was a great to be 17 in the best year in the history of the world….. 1987.

  33. @DouglasByram

    December 19, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    ♪ Crossland Savings: F that guy! ♪
    Duncan Hines: Who lights the candles before you enter the house? Moist, delicious yellow cake…and perms!
    Many of those laid off Eastern Airlines flight attendants had excellent hair…sucks they got laid off in a CROSS cutting move…religious groups didn't like that I bet!

  34. @poolkennedy7611

    December 19, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    Tele Hell- KGB commercial is definitely more form generation X that the 1980’s commercials that is showing right now. The generation X commercials from the 1980’s is more for older generation Xers who was born in between 1965-1966

  42. @carcrasher88YT

    December 19, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    I love how that BMW ad mentions having outperformed the Energy Crisis and Economic Crisis, caused an automotive identity crisis…but doesn't refer to the fact that it was the US market that almost killed BMW in the first place.

    Of course, I'm referring to the 507, which was intended mainly for the US market, meant to revitalize their image as a performance brand, and compete with the Mercedes-Benz 300SL.

    Instead, it was more costly to produce than expected, and nearly drove the company to bankruptcy. Every 507 built, BMW lost money on.

    It's also crazy to think of how many brands and companies were introduced by major retail companies, and have either outlived them, or are simply thriving, while their creators struggle. The Discover card is one exapmple, one of the biggest credit card companies in the world…created by Sears, which is on the verge of possibly dissappearing completely.

    Also, gotta love seeing a public service announcement in one of these videos. Ever think of doing a decade-specific compilation of PSAs, Dave? A video of ones from the 80s could be quite interesting to watch, especially if you come across uncommon ones.

  46. @melvinshine9841

    December 19, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    2:35 – 2:42 Yeah, I think that date would be over, and she'd be telling that dude to take his broke ass home.
    They really went in on that "Grape Nuts in nature" thing in the 80s, huh?
    6:07 – 7:05 Jesus, I could feel the cringe coming in waves before a single word was spoken.
    9:53 Could they not find a better picture to honor the woman? Come on People.
    I'll give the 80s one thing, they truly went hard on the jingles.

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