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More Commercials of the `80s!

Well, hello there. Long time no see. As a reward for your loyalty, I present another fine batch of `80s Commercials, including everything from a Mr. T doll to a radio controlled inflatable Hulk. Fer real. I've done this ten-commercials-in-an-article deal a few times before, but I must say, this may very well be the best batch yet. It's even got those Bad Case Of Worms toys I was asking about a short while back. Read the whole way through for a bonus section on "Freezy Freakies," the gloves that changed the world. Henjoy.

Adding a Survey: Well, what are your hobbies? Real ones, not ones that just sound cool in the retelling.

Posted by Matt on 03/06/2005. E-mail me!

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Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 03/07/2005 3:23 PM

I actually had a pair of those Freezie Freakies. I have cheerleader ones (the pom-poms faded in and out). Ironically, I never was a cheerleader. Hehe.

Ahh commercials, the aspect that gives this page tons of redeeming value…along with the crazy articles and humor.

Matt, as always, GENIUS!!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 03/07/2005 4:44 PM

I’m possibly too late, but the bear that you’re referring to, Katherine, is "Nosey Bears." I swear that’s the name.

I had one of those. You pushed the stomach, and voila!! something cool happened inside the nose. I had a basketball one, when you squeezed the tummy, the baksetball would go into the hoop. sometimes it missed. there was three basketballs in the nose, and it was filled with water.

Ironically, I never played basketball either. Thought you’d be enlightened by this information.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 03/07/2005 4:55 PM

I’m a bit young for some of those toys, but I certainly remember the slime buckets and Q*Bert. The slime buckets seem to have held on pretty continuously, I still see them around.

Lets see, hobbies…I make jewelery, a side effect of working with a blacksmith for a year. As she says, "you’ll never starve if you can wire wrap". Yes, I said "she", how’s that for feminism?

I’ve recently picked up the blog virus, click my name if you’re the kind of person that actually reads those things…

I’m an architecture student, that takes away a lot of my hobby time…I play guitar…take naps with my boyfriend…the usual.

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 03/07/2005 4:56 PM

No offense, but I am GOING TO KILL ALTON BROWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m kidding, but seriously, I can’t stand him. My mom puts on his show to torture me.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 03/07/2005 4:58 PM

Thanks, Matt, for another round of 80s commercials. I hope to see more soon.

Freezy Freakies! I totally remember those. I never had a pair though. Was the commercial for those gloves the one with the two penguins going inside and outside to demonstrate the cool features with the polar bear and seal adding in commentary? I remember that anime-style commercial even to this day!

Chestnuts roasted by Bert Raccoon @ 03/07/2005 5:11 PM

crescent fresh again man,
I live on Staten Island also matt, and can you believe that Kay Bee in the mall still doesnt sell the new garbage pail kid sets! That slime stuff rocks, only in the 80s could my unlimited desire for slime be surpressed when it was offered in a pink garbage can with 2 eyes and in huge volume. For some reason alot of crescent fresh things came in garbage cans in the 80s, like candy, trinkets, and slime.
CRESCENT FRESH

Chestnuts roasted by SKYNET1984 @ 03/07/2005 6:30 PM

I’d like to see a toy review of those toys from the early nineties…they were called "sky racers" or something and featured remote-controlled cable cars racing on suspended wire…they were nearly impossible to set up correctly and were basically the biggest toy dissapointment of my childhood

Chestnuts roasted by Ant @ 03/07/2005 7:10 PM

As to hobbies, I’m a writer. Nothing published, mostly short stories or fanfiction for various fandoms. I like to take walks; helps me think. I read a lot, mostly mysteries and anything related to movies, musicals, animation, or 20th century history in general. I collect stuffed animals, and toys related to favorite cartoons (like Sailor Moon or Care Bears). I can’t do as much of the latter as I’d like; I live in a very small apartment and have no money.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 03/07/2005 7:58 PM

Was that Mr. T action figure part of the A-Team line of figures or was it an individual attempt? I know I had a "Face" action figure and perhaps a Mad-Dog Murdoch. I don’t know why I didn’t have T.

Chestnuts roasted by Pig-Malien @ 03/07/2005 8:42 PM

Well, I’m spring break now (thanks goodness I do not have to take four tests this week)and I’m please you update just in time for this week. Most of these commerical I do not remember (hmmm may be its because I’m was born in 1984), but I’m enjoy watching these commerical. For you survey, my hobbies are playing videogames and drawing.

Chestnuts roasted by Beta-Theta @ 03/07/2005 9:17 PM

As a side note, I just realized that I still have one of those "nosey bears". Except mine is a purple rabbit with little easter eggs in it’s nose.

Chestnuts roasted by Dean @ 03/08/2005 12:36 PM

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Chestnuts roasted by maxjenius @ 03/08/2005 2:21 AM

i like to play paintball. it’s an expensive sport (unless you don’t mind playing one on one matches), so i haven’t been out in a while, but that’s going to change. also, i like to play baseball.
computers used to be a big hobby for me. now that i do it professoinally, i hate them.

Chestnuts roasted by Big Jerm @ 03/08/2005 9:55 AM

Hmmmm..hobbies, eh?
1. Reading (Stephen King especially)
2. X-Men Comics
3. Taking pictures
4. Hapkido/going to the Gym
5. Writing
6. Guitar
7. Learning Korean
7. MOVIES…it almost physically hurts me to be here in Korea, where the newest film in theaters is "The Aviator"!!! Ow…it hurts:(

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/08/2005 11:13 AM

Nicely done!! It is refreshing to see that I am not the only one obsessed with 80s nostalgia, and likewise a real pleasure to read the well-written prose that weaves your pages together. The Q*Bert commercial was a real flashback… Coincidentally, I purchased a Q*Bert video game watch from 1983 (by Nelsonic) recently on eBay, and it works perfectly, just like the one I had when I was 10 years old. Additionally, if anyone still likes video games, a new Transformers video game was released for the PS2 that stays pretty true to the original series, features Optimus Prime and is a real blast to play… Anyway, please keep up the good work with this website. Where else would lovers of Skeletor and Swatches congregate????

Chestnuts roasted by Patrick @ 03/08/2005 11:20 AM

I had Freezy Freakies! I believe mine were pastel colors – mainly blue and white, but when you got out in the frigid temps – Ohh, flowers of all colors bloomed on my gloves!

My hobbies:
- Art. Anything to do with paint, clay, etc., I’m there.
- Reading. (Anne Rice-aholic, here)
- Cleaning. (I know it sounds lame, but I’m a Virgo and can’t help myself)
- Writing fiction, or going crazy with my journals.
- Playing video games.
- Watching movies.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/08/2005 11:51 AM

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Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 03/08/2005 11:53 AM

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Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 03/08/2005 12:00 PM

everytime i try to open the 80′s commercial link, I get some stupid spyware ad filling the whole page. it’s for spyspotter. I hate them now.

it’s over-riding your link.

Chestnuts roasted by bitsy&roary @ 03/08/2005 12:41 PM

Anyone else think the producers of the A-Team commercial decided to use the riff from "Beat It", then considered the legal consequences and changed a couple notes?

Chestnuts roasted by DAve @ 03/08/2005 12:47 PM

Anyone else think the producers of the Mr. T commercial decided to use the riff from "Beat It", then considered the legal consequences and changed a couple notes?

Chestnuts roasted by DAve @ 03/08/2005 12:48 PM

D’oh. Sorry for the double post.

Chestnuts roasted by DAve @ 03/08/2005 12:49 PM

Is that William Shatner doing the voiceover on the Fluid Fantasy commercial? Listen to the end again.

Chestnuts roasted by jimcognito @ 03/08/2005 1:05 PM

Wow! I’m finally online again, and I gots to catch up on a lot of things. Once again I can post from work after the iMac has had it’s mind changed. I missed the X. Adjectives fail me.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash is back! @ 03/08/2005 2:57 PM

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