I definitely watched too much TV. I love the memories! One thing: They advertise, “ Making a Living”, but I SWORE it was called, “It’s A Living”. I was obsessed with Ann Jillian. 🤍 Oh! Her hair! 🤍
The show was inexplicably renamed "Making a Living" in the second season. After ABC canceled it, it returned in syndication a few years later under the original title (after Jillian's brief stint starring in "Jennifer Slept Here").
Well, thank you for that bit of info! I don’t remember the change in the name, other than Ann Jillian quitting at one point & replaced. I believe she had breast cancer (?) I appreciate your reply! Thanks! 😊
9:42 the great Joyce Gordon, one of the all-time best voice-over talents. 11:34 the legendary Joe Sirola for Scope. You know his voice from spots for Wendy's, Boar's Head, G.E. and Jack in the Box, plus dozens more. 13:20 Peter Thomas for Gravy Train. It's not a commercial compilation without Peter Thomas!
Joyce Gordon is perhaps TV's first successful female voiceover. She has also been successful in front of the camera, too. In 1965, while shilling Crisco, she asked viewers, "Who's the best cook in Greeley County, Kansas?", and we meet a mother and two daughters who received awards for their cooking. This isn't technically a commercial, but in the early 1970s-to be exact, 1972-Joyce provided the voiceover for a sales film for Mattel's Barbie; it was for "Surprising Barbie", which was made for toystores and department stores. Two little girls are checking out the wares until a cop shows up and sends the girls away.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204 Great information! It's remarkable how few female commercial voice talents we heard years ago... Joyce Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Tammy Grimes.
The Buck-Wheats commercial is hilarious now when you realize General Mills now owns most of those "inferior" Ralston-Purina cereals brands they were knocking down.
They were knocking down a lot of cereals including some their own but every other brand including the other five major brands (Kellogg's, Post, Ralston-Purina, Quaker, Nabisco) as well as smaller independents like Uncle Sam and Skinner's Raisin Bran.
I don't think that's George Segal for Wisk. This was him in 1981 in the movie "Carbon Copy" (With a very young Denzel Washington) Carbon Copy (1981) trailer
Damn it, every time I see one of their ads, I want some Buc Wheats! There was a quick glimpse of Body Buddies in there. That's one almost nobody talks about any more.
Interesting the cereal is called Buc Wheats when the real Buckwheat passed in 1980. I wonder if his son might have sued the cereal and got it successfully removed?
The actor Is Chris Robinson, who had that line in commercials the comedians have always been crazy about, "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV." Even though he was a big soap actor, I've always like him best from the early ' 70s movie "Stanley," a "Willard" variation with snakes instead of rats.
Buckwheat is an actual food. The character was given that name after a food. There was also a character in the "Our Gang" or "Little Rascals" series called Farina. Which is also a grain used to make cereal. It would be like naming a character "Oatmeal" and then suing General Mills for calling a product "Oatmeal Bites."
Wow! TV shows and commercials back those years were using white-only actors. Things have changed so much! Now they make sure to include all races on our TV. We don't want to offend anybody.
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Man, I was 9 years old back then. I still remember these. I was saying the quotes & singing the jingles before they actually played. LOL
"celebrate the moments of your life!" hehe
I was 9 too
The Parkay commercial was gold.
I was 6 at this time, I remember some of these commercials!
Give me nostalgic feelings 😢
First Energizer commercial : that little girl had a rad boom box 👍
That's Gary Merrill doing the voiceover and shilling the Energizer long before they had the toy bunny.
I was born December of 81 idk why I get a kick out of watching what was out there the year I came in to the world 🌎
I was born Dec. 81 too!!
I'm the same with my birthyear, 1971. I know the movies, books, etc that came out that year.
November 81 here
Back when most people didn't suck
So damn true !!
"The energizer even outlasted Suzie" is so fucking ominous
"let me try let me try mom" has been taking up space in my head for decades. I came here in the hopes of exorcising it.
I was born in December of 81 love all of these
Born in December of 76 and I remember these,even though I was only 5 lol.Good times😀
General Foods International Coffees is the only product still carrying the General Foods name today.
I definitely watched too much TV. I love the memories!
One thing: They advertise, “ Making a Living”, but I SWORE it was called, “It’s A Living”. I was obsessed with Ann Jillian. 🤍 Oh! Her hair! 🤍
The show was inexplicably renamed "Making a Living" in the second season. After ABC canceled it, it returned in syndication a few years later under the original title (after Jillian's brief stint starring in "Jennifer Slept Here").
Well, thank you for that bit of info! I don’t remember the change in the name, other than Ann Jillian quitting at one point & replaced. I believe she had breast cancer (?)
I appreciate your reply! Thanks! 😊
@@SisuGirl
As a child, Jillian also starred
in one of the hour-long episodes
of the original
"Twilight Zone"--"Mute".
I think the show’s name was changed
Yes it was called it's a living😊
Ahh, the year I was born. Now if I can just find a bottle of "Hawk" so I can be a real 80's man.
thank you for posting this
6:01- Senor Wences (and "Johnny") for Parkay.
The hell with brushing your teeth, all you need is Scope mouth wash.
I was 8 years old then and I remember some of these commercials. TV shows were great back then.
EVERYTHING was great back then. Unlike today.
@@josebro352 Truth!🙌🙌
Women looked much better back then. Nowadays everybody is inked up.
They all look like female ex-cons.
but the tats "all have a story to tell"
MJA I’d rather write a book instead. Or have keepsakes.
Buncha boomers lmao
@@jeansimons6788 Right lol 😂
Women were sexy in the 70's and 80's
Hell yeah
Now they all want to look like men
Kimberly~ What do you mean?
Rick, luv, you’re looking for love in all the wrong places. 😉
They also had bush, like real women. Made you feel naughty to go down on them.
@@rick3747 ok...hahahah
The heartbreak of dandruff...that guy is waaaaaaaaaaaay too picky 🤣
😂
Wholesome.
At first, I thought the mom in the Aqua-Fresh commercial was gonna say "You do everything half-assed." Whoops!
9:42 the great Joyce Gordon, one of the all-time best voice-over talents.
11:34 the legendary Joe Sirola for Scope. You know his voice from spots for Wendy's, Boar's Head, G.E. and Jack in the Box, plus dozens more.
13:20 Peter Thomas for Gravy Train. It's not a commercial compilation without Peter Thomas!
Joyce Gordon is perhaps TV's first successful female voiceover. She has also been successful in front of the camera, too. In 1965, while shilling Crisco, she asked viewers, "Who's the best cook in Greeley County, Kansas?", and we meet a mother and two daughters who received
awards for their cooking. This isn't technically a commercial, but in
the early 1970s-to be exact, 1972-Joyce provided the voiceover for a
sales film for Mattel's Barbie; it was for "Surprising Barbie", which
was made for toystores and department stores. Two little girls are
checking out the wares until a cop shows up and sends the girls
away.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204 Great information! It's remarkable how few female commercial voice talents we heard years ago... Joyce Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Tammy Grimes.
Am I the only one who recognizes Carey Lowell in the JC Penny commercial?
I knew I recognized her from someplace. She's a Bond Girl! She was in _Licence to Kill_ with Timothy Dalton!
The college 'kid' is as old as, or older than, his 'mother' 😂
Now HIDDEN VALLEY HAS THE BEST
I miss BOLD Laundry detergent
Literally the year my dad was born
blink, blink
I feel old!
Rosko (aka Bill Mercer) doing the voiceover for JC Penney.
Great catch!
I used to like TV.
Year I was born October 26 1981
is that Marnie Nixon in the
Gravy Train commercial
The Buck-Wheats commercial is hilarious now when you realize General Mills now owns most of those "inferior" Ralston-Purina cereals brands they were knocking down.
They were knocking down a lot of cereals including some their own but every other brand including the other five major brands (Kellogg's, Post, Ralston-Purina, Quaker, Nabisco) as well as smaller independents like Uncle Sam and Skinner's Raisin Bran.
also was Pet Incorporated's Heartland cereal.
Rice Chex has always been my fav cereal since 1974.
Poland’s Solidarity movement was one of the 20th centuries most important events. It was the beginning of the end of communism in Eastern Europe.
Back when news had no pictures, only real adults could decipher what was being announced.
funny, now it's happening here in the US
7:21- 'West of the Rockies, look for BEST FOODS Mayonnaise."
I don't think that's George Segal for Wisk. This was him in 1981 in the movie "Carbon Copy" (With a very young Denzel Washington) Carbon Copy (1981) trailer
Do you have any Diaparene Commercials?
Nope, sorry.
@@VinnieRattolle Well, then, find it
Hawk cologne.....how hilarious
Hawk? Isn't that a freaking eagle 😂
Damn it, every time I see one of their ads, I want some Buc Wheats! There was a quick glimpse of Body Buddies in there. That's one almost nobody talks about any more.
Takes me back! Is that Willem Dafoe for JC Penny? Sure as hell sounds like him.
RICK WEBBER
5:05 It stings the nostrils
8:22- Stacy Keach, Sr. as "Clarence Birdseye"
The year I was born lol
Me too October 26 1981
The year I went to treatment. We watched Dallas in a halfway house.
now in lightweight shatterproof plastic
Weird, he does look like him, but Segal was already a star and pushing 50 at that time. This dude's clearly not that old.
The actress in the "Bold" ad seems familiar. Maybe I know her from other commercials if not other things.
I.was wondering the same thing. Anyone know?
@@johnudiskey3056 Margaret Whitton. She played the bitch-on-wheels owner of the Indians in 'Major League'.
it's weird cuz I was born in 2005 but I'm a retro gamer
You had a previous life during this era. The aliens brought you back. 😆😆😆
I came here for donkey Kong
Real commercials, selling a product not some SJW/Virtue signaling message.
🎵By Mennen 🎵
I don't mean to double post,but wow, code red looks awful. Why does Danny constantly get in fires and sees plane crashes? Sounds like he's cursed.
And what can the little runt do to help anyway?!!
Interesting the cereal is called Buc Wheats when the real Buckwheat passed in 1980. I wonder if his son might have sued the cereal and got it successfully removed?
The actor Is Chris Robinson, who had that line in commercials the comedians have always been crazy about, "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV."
Even though he was a big soap actor, I've always like him best from the early ' 70s movie "Stanley," a "Willard" variation with snakes instead of rats.
Buckwheat is an actual food. The character was given that name after a food. There was also a character in the "Our Gang" or "Little Rascals" series called Farina. Which is also a grain used to make cereal. It would be like naming a character "Oatmeal" and then suing General Mills for calling a product "Oatmeal Bites."
Isn't 9:30 the actress from Ordinary People who kills herself??
Oh wooptie doo about the Solidarity protests in Poland.
The real bitch of it is they interrupted a show which was never rerun for that stupid "special report."
Vinnie Rattolle What program was it?
Shes scratching her head could be dandruff omg how about could be bugs
😆😆😆
That soap one was the cringiest shit I have ever seen.
why?
Yes ! That whole family LOVED the soap, all of a sudden the Aunt was in the shower !! Weird commercial.
Rude ass hairdresser.
Back when it was ok to be white!
Same sh!t, different year.
Wow! TV shows and commercials back those years were using white-only actors. Things have changed so much! Now they make sure to include all races on our TV. We don't want to offend anybody.
11:15 9/11 precursor
10:13 Margaret Whitton from "Major League" and "Secret of My Success"