Last time I had them in GA visiting relatives, there was barely any sauce in the pizza. It tasted.. mediocre.. And yet look how much better Domino's has become.
Spam Man I do remember them having delicious pizza in the 90s, I loved their crispy pepperoni and the personal pan pizza. I never experienced it as a sit-down family restaurant, I would've liked to see that. Seems like everything was better in the 80s/90s, that's why we're all here watching these old commercials and reminiscing.
My family used to sit down at Pizza Hut fairly often. I have fond memories there! We'd order a pizza or two, a big pitcher of Mountain Dew, and we would play PacMan or whatever arcade game cabinet they had while we waited for our pizza to arrive!
Spam Man That was such an excellent description you gave, I feel like I just experienced the old Pizza Hut. And the old arcade games at restaurants, I'll always miss that. I'll never forget begging my parents for quarters and running over to the machines right after placing our orders, it didn't matter that the joysticks were always greasy. I can't help feeling that modern technological convenience has taken away all of our important social meeting places, like sit-down restaurants and arcades.
My heaven would be when I pass, I would wake up as a kid in the 80s in my bedroom looking around on Saturday morning wondering when my friends were coming over to play later after I watched my cartoons.
Amen brother, we're all fortunate to have grown up in the 80s. I would really hate to be among today's youth, they never go outside or even look up from their smartphones.
@@chegadesuadebrother today kids aren't the kids we where. We had imagination and actually got to be a kid. Staying out till dark the cartoons the lifestye. Now cellphones and looking down all day is the norm. Kids today are small adults. They missed out on a good childhood like we had. So sad .
Riding bikes, wandering around the woods with your friends, going to the local gas station ALONE to buy soda and candy. Going to the movies with your dad on the weekends.
@@MrTurbowhitey riding to the movies with your friends. We felt so cool when we did that. Reading the movie times in the paper. Shame those times are gone. We had an awesome childhood.
mikel carrow You speak the truth man, in the late 80s my friends used to make fun of me if I ever wanted to stay inside. We were either biking around the town or trekking around backyards playing games with our imaginations. We spent only a few hours watching cartoons, and that was the only media we needed. Kids today have no imagination and no motivation, I feel sorry for today's generation.
I was born in 1975, and these ads feel bittersweet to me. I remember when going to Pizza Hut for a sit-down meal was a big deal. My family had a Lincoln Continental, a real boat car, that felt so luxurious, and I could sleep in the back seat like a princess back in the day. I had the first Atari on the market, and brought friends over to play after school. My mom would bake us cookies full of gluten, refined sugar, and lots of love. And she made me do my homework when my friends went home. No matter how much I tried to argue. We had problems, but we still felt optimistic about the future, because the 80s were nothing if not optimistic. No, my childhood wasn't all rainbows and unicorns, but they were special nonetheless. I'm a gen-x 80s kid, and, for me, those were the good old days. Probably the happiest days of my life. But the 80s raised me to face the future with optimism and determination. I try to keep that spirit alive and do that every day. But, man, sometimes, I really do miss those days ❤💗💝.
I was very young at this time, but I strongly remember the Atari vs. Intellivision War. Then Colleco Vision came along, and things really started to blow up for a little while, until the home gaming market crashed. We were lucky enough to have both Atari and Intellivision in our house, but it was mostly my older brother who played it. Then I got a NES for Christmas in 87, and I was hooked for life. Still collect retro games for the NES and SNES to this day.
1980"s! No cell phones or internet. Malls were crowded and Polo cologne was all that. HIV would not become really big until 1987 when Rock Hudson and Liberace would pass away. You could go to the store and buy a VIC20 computer and if you were lucky you got cable TV.
Dammm good old school memories, i miss Saturday morning cartooons, the best . im a 74 baby so i remember these commercials.and being from Detroit i remember the stores and locations.💗💗💗💗💗😊😊
My hubby and I went on our first date to see "An Officer and a Gentleman". He was an ROTC cadet at the time. Now, he's retired from the military and we celebrate our 37th wedding anniversary later this year.
The year I was born. '82 baby. I'm a late 80's-90's kid. I still enjoy these. My faves are the Road Warrior & Fri the 13th part 3 trailers. I wish drive-ins were still big. There's still a few here & there. It was exciting to go to the drive-in & play on the playground while movies were showing back in the day.
Pizza Hut was definitely the best back then! Pan Pizza, the awesome Priazo and the jukebox. Not the same anymore, but not bad either pending what PH you go to.
TV Guide-really miss the smaller format Star Trek-another good episode."The Doomsday Machine"..was like Moby Dick in space The Face Of The 80s-must be a precursor to America's Next Top Model Mickey Short Car Audio-that jump scare at the beginning lol Henry Fonda R.I.P :( Star Voyager=actually had this game..was an alternative to Star Raiders Intellivision Baseball-had always thought that was Ted"Lurch" Cassidy doing the voice of the umpire.."YOU'RRE OUUT." Teen/Man-guess she didn't like his wardrobe The Road Warrior-another one of the best car chases in a film
80sCommercialVault: That’s true. I’ve often said that a lot of movies that are rated PG-13 today have more violence in them than the R-rated movies of yesteryear.
??? PG-13 movies today are tame by comparison. Most of them would have been rated PG back then. The 70's and 80's were probably the height of explicit content in cinema, from violence, to nudity to profanity. The PG-13 rating has led to everything being watered down to appeal to the maximum number of people.
I would have been one year old....man Pizza Hut actually looked good. Sure doesn’t look like that anymore lol also my god that the face of the 80s commercial is the most 80s thing I’ve ever seen lmfaooooo wow
steph soppanish late 70's early 80's Pizza Hut was FAR different from what we have now. They were more like a sit down restaurant. Some stores even sold beer.
Remember when businesses could have "cash only" sales? When paying with cash actually meant you were paying for it? If you decided to not include credit customers during a sale nowadays, youd might as well not even have the sale. Sad but true.
Steely Cent because a lot of people don’t like to carry tons of cash on them. They get killed and robbed for it. But there’s still some stores that do cash only sales. It’s a rarity but they have the chance to cater to certain customers who am very well be old school.
Veronica Williams its just more of a product of people using credit to purchase it. Credit cards were charging retailers big fees too...so it benefitted the store to receive cash as payment. Now stores just drive up the price because an overwhelming percentage of people make larger purchases like carpet with credit anymore. Whether they pay it or not...its almost like its not a virtue to be able to pay for something debt free anymore.
No BS at Mickey Shorr? That guy looks almost like another shady audio/video guy we had back in Jersey around that time - Arnold Drucker's discount warehouse! Taco Bell REALLY needs to bring back that grande taco! You mean Teen/Man wasn't a new series in '82?
Oh yeah! I was born 1989, when I was a kid I loved sitting with family N friends @ pizza hut! They had a great salad bar too! It's not like that anymore in the USA, but pizza hut still has lots of sit down restaurants internationally!
They were awesome for a kid in the late 70as early 80s. You really felt like you were going out someplace and they served the drinks in big pitchers with big red stained glass looking cups. Tacky but so neat and the pizza was way better than it is now.
Pizza Hut used to be an institution when it came to family style dine in restaurants! They rivaled a lot of restaurants back then. I have two near me, but it's not the same as it used to be sadly.
I didn't say so in the last video but I may have to look up 'the challenge' see if it's anywhere online looks like one I'd regret missing out on! and I'm sure I played atari at some point as a kid but I had far more fond memories of the NES, but I'll save those stories for another video. :P
I explained his show in the description to Vol. 615. He was a former actor who hosted this movie show on WKBD from 1969 until his retirement in 1983. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kennedy_(actor)
I wish Pizza-Hut was still as high-quality today as it was back in the 80s.
Yes! Now their pizza is just okay. Back in the day, Pizza Hut had good tasting pizza.
Last time I had them in GA visiting relatives, there was barely any sauce in the pizza. It tasted.. mediocre.. And yet look how much better Domino's has become.
God bless the 80's. You could go into a grocery store with a hundred dollars, and buy half the store.
I can't believe Pizza Hut was once a "home town restaurant". Incredible.
Pizza Hut was a great sit-down family restaurant, not to mention DELICIOUS in the 80s/90s. It is very different today, sadly.
Spam Man I do remember them having delicious pizza in the 90s, I loved their crispy pepperoni and the personal pan pizza. I never experienced it as a sit-down family restaurant, I would've liked to see that. Seems like everything was better in the 80s/90s, that's why we're all here watching these old commercials and reminiscing.
My family used to sit down at Pizza Hut fairly often. I have fond memories there! We'd order a pizza or two, a big pitcher of Mountain Dew, and we would play PacMan or whatever arcade game cabinet they had while we waited for our pizza to arrive!
Spam Man That was such an excellent description you gave, I feel like I just experienced the old Pizza Hut. And the old arcade games at restaurants, I'll always miss that. I'll never forget begging my parents for quarters and running over to the machines right after placing our orders, it didn't matter that the joysticks were always greasy. I can't help feeling that modern technological convenience has taken away all of our important social meeting places, like sit-down restaurants and arcades.
@@chegadesuade very true, DoorDash lets us enjoy restaurant food at home.
My heaven would be when I pass, I would wake up as a kid in the 80s in my bedroom looking around on Saturday morning wondering when my friends were coming over to play later after I watched my cartoons.
Amen brother, we're all fortunate to have grown up in the 80s. I would really hate to be among today's youth, they never go outside or even look up from their smartphones.
@@chegadesuadebrother today kids aren't the kids we where. We had imagination and actually got to be a kid. Staying out till dark the cartoons the lifestye. Now cellphones and looking down all day is the norm. Kids today are small adults. They missed out on a good childhood like we had. So sad .
Riding bikes, wandering around the woods with your friends, going to the local gas station ALONE to buy soda and candy. Going to the movies with your dad on the weekends.
@@MrTurbowhitey riding to the movies with your friends. We felt so cool when we did that. Reading the movie times in the paper. Shame those times are gone. We had an awesome childhood.
mikel carrow You speak the truth man, in the late 80s my friends used to make fun of me if I ever wanted to stay inside. We were either biking around the town or trekking around backyards playing games with our imaginations. We spent only a few hours watching cartoons, and that was the only media we needed. Kids today have no imagination and no motivation, I feel sorry for today's generation.
TacoBell and Pizza Hut has sure changed a lot over the last 30+ years.
I was born in 1975, and these ads feel bittersweet to me. I remember when going to Pizza Hut for a sit-down meal was a big deal. My family had a Lincoln Continental, a real boat car, that felt so luxurious, and I could sleep in the back seat like a princess back in the day. I had the first Atari on the market, and brought friends over to play after school. My mom would bake us cookies full of gluten, refined sugar, and lots of love. And she made me do my homework when my friends went home. No matter how much I tried to argue. We had problems, but we still felt optimistic about the future, because the 80s were nothing if not optimistic.
No, my childhood wasn't all rainbows and unicorns, but they were special nonetheless. I'm a gen-x 80s kid, and, for me, those were the good old days. Probably the happiest days of my life. But the 80s raised me to face the future with optimism and determination. I try to keep that spirit alive and do that every day. But, man, sometimes, I really do miss those days ❤💗💝.
Preach! Born in '74 and loved growing up during the 80s and 90s!
I was born in 84 & remember the late 80’s. Many of these commercials bring back memories & feelings of a better time.
12:16 - Teen/Man sounds like a superhero that champions puberty.
I was very young at this time, but I strongly remember the Atari vs. Intellivision War. Then Colleco Vision came along, and things really started to blow up for a little while, until the home gaming market crashed. We were lucky enough to have both Atari and Intellivision in our house, but it was mostly my older brother who played it. Then I got a NES for Christmas in 87, and I was hooked for life. Still collect retro games for the NES and SNES to this day.
I always thought that Intellivision was slightly better than Atari.
That's when Pizza Hut was good and you could dine in. Heck, that's when food was better overall.
Pizza Hut really doesn't look that good anymore.
Preach
Very true
Wow, back in the 80’s we bought Old Milwaukee when we couldn’t afford any other beer lol 😄
A bunch of crap beers had ad campaigns back then. Colt 45, Schlitz, Mickeys, Miller High Life, Milwaukees Best, ect.
Nice of Prince Adam to do the voice over for The Gap.
1980"s! No cell phones or internet. Malls were crowded and Polo cologne was all that. HIV would not become really big until 1987 when Rock Hudson and Liberace would pass away. You could go to the store and buy a VIC20 computer and if you were lucky you got cable TV.
Dammm good old school memories, i miss Saturday morning cartooons, the best . im a 74 baby so i remember these commercials.and being from Detroit i remember the stores and locations.💗💗💗💗💗😊😊
I remember going to A&P Grocery store with my grandmother
I was 8 and I remember all these commercials Thanks for posting this awesome
The TV spot for An Officer and a Gentleman gave away the ending.
Knightrider Media might as well roll the credits after the commerical...lol
Damn I miss the 80's it really was the best of times.....
I miss when you could walk into a Hickory Farms store and get samples.
Then you could cross the mall to Karamel Korn and grow your cavities
I used to work at a Hickory Farms store. Too bad they closed all their stores.
My hubby and I went on our first date to see "An Officer and a Gentleman". He was an ROTC cadet at the time. Now, he's retired from the military and we celebrate our 37th wedding anniversary later this year.
"Duck Soup" promo is from 8/11/82. "Grapes of Wrath" promo is from 8/18/82.
Ah, 1982. Mom and I watched "Solid Gold". Great times.
Bill Kennedy's toupee is hard to forget!
Nice, when Gap was still selling Levi's and not their own jeans.
01FozzyS their jeans stink! They’re so oddly made.
Who knew He-man was the spokesman for TheGap?!
A MEDIUM SOFT DRINK FOR A NICKEL!!!!! 😭 those were the days!
It looks like a small.
A "Medium" now a days would be an extra large.
Free refills? I would opt for the smaller cup back then.
I love how he calls Freedonia a "mythical kingdom" like the Marx Brothers are gonna fight dragons or something...
Nothing screams "The 1980's!!!" like having the commercial voice- over guy walk out from backstage and past the props.
The year I was born. '82 baby. I'm a late 80's-90's kid. I still enjoy these. My faves are the Road Warrior & Fri the 13th part 3 trailers. I wish drive-ins were still big. There's still a few here & there. It was exciting to go to the drive-in & play on the playground while movies were showing back in the day.
The Datsun 310 has a quartz clock. I sure wish I could get a quartz clock in my car.
Wish Granted
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The Macco ads haven't changed much at all in 30+ years.
The SOlid Gold episode was a rerun from 1/30/82
Pizza Hut was definitely the best back then! Pan Pizza, the awesome Priazo and the jukebox.
Not the same anymore, but not bad either pending what PH you go to.
I miss the Priazzo. Back when I had a teenage metabolism I loved getting those.
TV Guide-really miss the smaller format
Star Trek-another good episode."The Doomsday Machine"..was like Moby Dick in space
The Face Of The 80s-must be a precursor to America's Next Top Model
Mickey Short Car Audio-that jump scare at the beginning lol
Henry Fonda R.I.P :(
Star Voyager=actually had this game..was an alternative to Star Raiders
Intellivision Baseball-had always thought that was Ted"Lurch" Cassidy doing the voice of the umpire.."YOU'RRE OUUT."
Teen/Man-guess she didn't like his wardrobe
The Road Warrior-another one of the best car chases in a film
I loved the Lamborghini vs the clunker ad. And yes, I'd have gone for the clunker then AND now.
The guy driving the clunker was hot and making the moves.
There sure seemed to be a lot of R-rated movies coming out in the 80s. 😂
PG-13 didn't exist until two years after this. Most movies intended for teens and adults were rated R.
80sCommercialVault: That’s true. I’ve often said that a lot of movies that are rated PG-13 today have more violence in them than the R-rated movies of yesteryear.
??? PG-13 movies today are tame by comparison. Most of them would have been rated PG back then. The 70's and 80's were probably the height of explicit content in cinema, from violence, to nudity to profanity. The PG-13 rating has led to everything being watered down to appeal to the maximum number of people.
I would have been one year old....man Pizza Hut actually looked good. Sure doesn’t look like that anymore lol also my god that the face of the 80s commercial is the most 80s thing I’ve ever seen lmfaooooo wow
steph soppanish late 70's early 80's Pizza Hut was FAR different from what we have now. They were more like a sit down restaurant. Some stores even sold beer.
+MrTurbowhitey I remember Pizza Hut selling beer on tap in 89 early 90
I remember when their pan pizzas actually looked like that too, not just how things usually look different from the ads. Thick with the toppings.
Love the voice for The Gap Commercial same person that does the voice for Prince Adam on original He-man cartoon!awesome!
OMG a taco and a drink for just 5 cents! A steal!
The drink if 5 cents
You're right, but still even that is cheap. 😂
Is TV Guide around anymore? I used to love reading it.
it's more of a magazine now.
I loved the Readers Digest my parents had a subscription
Remember when businesses could have "cash only" sales? When paying with cash actually meant you were paying for it? If you decided to not include credit customers during a sale nowadays, youd might as well not even have the sale. Sad but true.
Steely Cent because a lot of people don’t like to carry tons of cash on them. They get killed and robbed for it. But there’s still some stores that do cash only sales. It’s a rarity but they have the chance to cater to certain customers who am very well be old school.
Veronica Williams its just more of a product of people using credit to purchase it. Credit cards were charging retailers big fees too...so it benefitted the store to receive cash as payment. Now stores just drive up the price because an overwhelming percentage of people make larger purchases like carpet with credit anymore. Whether they pay it or not...its almost like its not a virtue to be able to pay for something debt free anymore.
Wow, as a southeast Michigan native this really is a travel back in time.
Back then, if you didn't have either an aftermarket Pioneer or Jemsen Car stereo in your car,you were nobody.
Mickey Shorr Car Audio was only a couple of miles from my house.
'MIC-KAY!!" @ 6:32...LOL
The Toyota ad has the police chief from Robocop.
T E E N M A N
No BS at Mickey Shorr? That guy looks almost like another shady audio/video guy we had back in Jersey around that time - Arnold Drucker's discount warehouse!
Taco Bell REALLY needs to bring back that grande taco!
You mean Teen/Man wasn't a new series in '82?
LOL i thought Teen/Man was a show I must have missed
Intellivision Baseball was awesome! Yer Out!
14:36 I would take that clunker over that Lamborghini any day
Nowdays the clunker is probably worth more than that pos lambo.
Pizza Hut had indoor restaurant? I didn’t know that
Oh yeah! I was born 1989, when I was a kid I loved sitting with family N friends @ pizza hut! They had a great salad bar too!
It's not like that anymore in the USA, but pizza hut still has lots of sit down restaurants internationally!
??? There are still sit-down Pizza Hut restaurants...it's just that a lot of them have been replaced with delivery/pick up only locations.
They were awesome for a kid in the late 70as early 80s. You really felt like you were going out someplace and they served the drinks in big pitchers with big red stained glass looking cups. Tacky but so neat and the pizza was way better than it is now.
Agree with Hidden Fashion History & yes there’s still a few sit down Pizza Huts in my area.
Pizza Hut used to be an institution when it came to family style dine in restaurants! They rivaled a lot of restaurants back then. I have two near me, but it's not the same as it used to be sadly.
RIP Henry Fonda
I didn't say so in the last video but I may have to look up 'the challenge' see if it's anywhere online looks like one I'd regret missing out on! and I'm sure I played atari at some point as a kid but I had far more fond memories of the NES, but I'll save those stories for another video. :P
"All American" Datsun Dealers -- as in, "please, Metro Detroit, don't smash these cars in because they have a Japanese name!" :D
In the 80's just cruising down at Teen/Man
I also meant to ask, was Bill Kennedy a local show? I'm not familiar with him.
I explained his show in the description to Vol. 615. He was a former actor who hosted this movie show on WKBD from 1969 until his retirement in 1983. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kennedy_(actor)
Why is Mom stuck behind the washing machine?
Argh!! That Datsun ad!
80’s new cars look so ghetto
7:22 hot damn....
13:54 the police sarge from the original robocop
what kind store is - was Kingsway
It was a department store. You can see the "DEPART" underneath the logo at 2:20.
$35000 Lambo. LMAO 14:35
$35000 in 1982 is about $100,000 today.
@80scommercialvault thanks for the great commercials...the gap an officer ad a gentleman....atari 😊😊😊