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80s Commercials – Volume H2RE-46c!

Yeah, it's late, but it's up, here it is: 80s Commercials - Volume H2R3-46c. Another dozen in this batch, including Colgate Junior, the Mickey Mouse Playhouse, Roddy Piper and something about cheeseburgers. I sort of rushed through it so I'd have time to put together another article I've been meaning to write (and one that I spent a little too much money for the materials), but it's all up and there's plenty of downloads for you to check out. By the way, it's way too hot out.

Posted by Matt on 07/11/2004. E-mail me!

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It’s hot here too, luckily, the pool got cleaned just now. Roddy Piper is the man.

Chestnuts roasted by TJeremy @ 07/11/2004 3:12 PM

YES!!!!!!! SECOND COMMENT!!!!! I"m the man!

Chestnuts roasted by SHANE @ 07/11/2004 3:22 PM

I LOVED Mutagen Man. He was SUCH a kick ass toy.

Chestnuts roasted by mindsuckr @ 07/11/2004 3:25 PM

Let’s get rooooooooooowdy!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Rowdy Roddy Piper @ 07/11/2004 3:29 PM

Wow, My First Sony.

You also forgot to mention that Roddy was in Hell Comes to Frogtown.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093171/

Chestnuts roasted by Teirusu @ 07/11/2004 3:38 PM

OMG OMG TONKA HYPERDRIVERS WERE THE BEST…. they went sooo fast and were industuctable and rather large like you said. But to add onto that the track also let you make them crash the only downside to the wide varitey of the cars is that the AA batteries they ran on ran out soooo fast

Chestnuts roasted by hannibal @ 07/11/2004 3:40 PM

Mmmmm…Mutagen Man. Loved him; filled him with water. Loved him even more.

And don’t get me started on Panda Khan… always the second in command villain in my TMNT action figure wars.

And that Colgate commercial reminds me of those Crest Sparkle Mania ads from some odd years back.

Chestnuts roasted by TurriFuri @ 07/11/2004 3:41 PM

Ahh, The old Cocoa Pebbles Cereal commerical. Which remind me of the newest Cococa Pebbles Cereal commerical which Bareny this time gets Fred cococa pebbles by cloning himself Apparently, ceral Barney was much more intellent than we thought he was.

Chestnuts roasted by Beta-Theta @ 07/11/2004 3:43 PM

I found it a little creepy how the My First Sony ad has a child saying "It won’t be your last!" What, does a cheap tape recorder brainwash you into buying nothing but Sony for the rest of your life?

Good lord, the Mighty Dog commercial IS really effective. Something about seeing 25 dogs happily chowing down on mighty dog makes me want to run out and buy my dog some too.

Who is the cartoon character next to each of the links in the article??

Chestnuts roasted by lain @ 07/11/2004 3:43 PM

I never thought I’d ever hear that jingle for My First Sony ever again. Now i am scarred for eternity. Rowdy Roddy was definitely one of the best "heals" of all time. I always liked how he sounded like he was growling when he spoke and was really over the top without being cheesey. You can’t forget the fact that he wore a kilt which is the shit. For some reason lately i’ve been craving Magic Middles cookies. I’m sure you all remember them. They were shortbread cookies with the creamy fudge in the middle. I’m really suprised they didn’t last because they were really f’n good. maybe they will rise again someday….

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/11/2004 3:43 PM

Here’s a present.

http://piper.ytmnd.com/

Chestnuts roasted by Teirusu @ 07/11/2004 3:44 PM

Jesus Hubert Christ, I just watched the Piper commercial. I thought you were joking about the Lockness Monster and Grandma. He is fucking insane…

Chestnuts roasted by Mindsuckr @ 07/11/2004 3:44 PM

I’d have to say one of my fondest memories of old school WWF is I believe Wrestlemania 3 when King Kong Bundy wrestled those midgets. I remember when i was young I thought Bundy killed the one midget when he belly flopped on top of him. Pure cheese….you gotta love it

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/11/2004 3:53 PM

Ah yes, and you gotta love how even the midgets on Bundy’s team turned on him for it. Bundy pissed off a bunch of midgets, Hillbilly Jim and 900,000 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome. The year before, he was main eventing with Hulk Hogan.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/11/2004 3:55 PM

Colgate Jr.! Ha, I remember that. I remember eating it right out of the tube (uggh…)- that and the sparkly blue Crest.

Dress and Dazzle. I had a few bits and bobs of these sets but I’ve now realized why I never had the "dress" sets- they were bloody expensive! I have a Sears Wish Book from 1989; $47.88 for a crappy poly-satin "Princess Di" hat and belt and some plastic jewelry. Too pricey? Okay, how about $14.99 for some fake hair?

Chestnuts roasted by Jess @ 07/11/2004 3:55 PM

I find Mighty Dog to be a sickingly cute dog. Tee hee.

Oh, has anyone here picked up that Transformers: Ultimate Guide book? I got mines yesterday for $25 (gasp) at Borders. Now I’m disappointed that it was also at Walmart for "only" $18.99 -_-

Chestnuts roasted by marril159 @ 07/11/2004 4:02 PM

Panda-Khan, an ally of the TMNT that I don’t remember. He kind of remind me of another ninja panda from another show. Does anyone know what show I am taking about?

As Lain stated before, the talking Colgate toothpaste indeed reminded me of the Crest Sparnkle Man. But, the Crest Sparnkle Man never made an appearance in (I guessing) an educational pamplet, like the Colgate toothpaste, preventing children from going to evil carnival run by germs that only wanted to ruin the children perfect, normal teeth.

Chestnuts roasted by Beta-Theta @ 07/11/2004 4:06 PM

Holy shit i forogt about Hillbilly Jim being in that match. What a great name for a wrassler. Another moment I vividly remember was I believe on Saturday Night Main Event that was on NBC. Akeem the dream got knocked over the ropes flipped backwards and squashed Miss Elizabeth. If I’m not mistaken that was one of the events that led to the split between Macho Man and Hogan because Savage got pissed because Hogan didn’t do anything to save her or something. Maybe you would know more about this Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/11/2004 4:07 PM

It was something like that — Boss Man and Akeem were fighting Hogan and Savage in what was basically the end of their big moeny feud…Liz got busted, so Hogan took her backstage, leaving Savage alone. So after months of build, Savage returns backstage after the match, loses his mind, destroys Hogan, somehow segues into kicking Brutus Beefcake right in the balls, and ultimately puts on one of the best performances of his career. I still loved him way more than Hogan.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/11/2004 4:11 PM

Awesome, you are right. I’m sure Brutus deserved a kick in the nuts no matter what but no one needed it more than Ravishing Rick Rude. He was such a pussy.
Here’s another question (i’m sorry if my constant postings are getting annoying) I’m sure you remember the manager named Slick. Who was he the manager for because i can’t remember for the life of me. Its funny how most of the big time guys back then had "managers." People like Mr. Fuji and Bobby "the brain" Heenan. Jimmy Hart was an annoying little fuck. But i’m sure you knew that already…

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/11/2004 4:17 PM

Ironically enough, he managed Akeem and the Big Boss Man at the time. Slick ruled.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/11/2004 4:18 PM

Wow. You are indeed a treasure trove of info Matt. All I gotta say is Koko B. Ware was the mack daddy.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/11/2004 4:23 PM

The song in Ghostbusters two was the same song in Death to Smoochy! everytime I hear that song on the oldies radio station it makes me happy!!! And man! I laughed hard at that girl in the party dress ad, I wonder how many takes they had to do for that?

Chestnuts roasted by Loozer @ 07/11/2004 4:54 PM

I miss the old WWF. WWE needs more old-timey wackyness like that now. Matt, has ya ever talked about the Crest ads with the Cavity Creeps? (imitates cavity alarm) CRE-EST! CRE-EST! CRE-EST!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 07/11/2004 5:04 PM

I’ve asked this question several times, and I wont stop until YOU FRIGGIN ANSWER ME [Starts Hyperventilating]: What do you think of Butch Hartman’s other Nickelodeon show Danny Phantom? I know you loathe the Fairly Oddparents, but is this any better? ALso, can you please do an X-e exclusive interview with Butch Hartman (Just for X-E, not for UGO).

Chestnuts roasted by TOM @ 07/11/2004 5:33 PM

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