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Those Super Naturals look really sweet! More toys/cartoons need to use holograms. Remember how cool the Visionaries toys were?
Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 03/19/2006 08:15 PM EST
Dear lord.
::puts her hand up to Matt's forehead::
You're updating regularly. Are you feeling quite alright?
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/19/2006 08:29 PM EST
Unfortunantly, I don't remember the SuperNaturals. Sure wish I did, because they do look pretty darn sweet. Most of the other ads at least ring bells. We also frequently rented "The Secret of the Sword," as my sisters and I were HUGE She-Ra fans; it was one of our favorites from the (long defunct) Harber View Video in Cape May.
I don't remember the ad for the Fruity Rice Krispies cereal, but I do remember the cereal. I hate marshmallows in cereal and I hate Rice Krispies, so I wouldn't touch this one with a 100 foot pole...but at least the ad is way too cute for words.
I think I vaguely remember that Reeces ad, too. I don't remember if we ever had Underoos; that vogue may have passed by the time we were old enough for them, or maybe we couldn't afford them.
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 03/19/2006 08:36 PM EST
If I was that dude trying to eat a McDLT and my assjerk friends started clapping instead of helping me create a single unit of dining pleasure I would probably break their arms too. Cocky little fully functioning human being jerk faces. Also I wish they made underoos that fit me.
Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 03/19/2006 08:41 PM EST
I have beed hoping ever since I found this site that you might review the Fruity Marshmellow Crispy commercial. Not that it's good, but whatever reason, it's one that me and several of my friends seem to remember the song and motions to-20 years later.
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/19/2006 08:47 PM EST
Ahh...
I remember those underoo's, I'm a child of the early 90's, and I had a pair of Superman ones. I even think there might have been a cape thrown in there too...I used to run from my bed to my parents bed to my brothers crib and then back.
I don't think I've seen them more recently, though they probably have Hulk and Wolverine ones =\
Chestnuts roasted by TPStag @ 03/19/2006 08:48 PM EST
Now if we just had a commercial for TMNT Underoos.
Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 03/19/2006 08:50 PM EST
Holy shit! Super Naturals! Nice, Matt. Once again,you make me long for high speed internet...damn this awful dial-up.
In high school I used to buy the Underoos for the t-shirts that used to come with them. It was the only way I could get t-shirts of Superman, Batman, etc. NOW they make awesome t-shirts everywhere. But back then, cool t-shirts were scarce.
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/19/2006 09:03 PM EST
Just tell me one thing... what were you thinking with that background? x_x
Chestnuts roasted by JDavis @ 03/19/2006 09:23 PM EST
I vaguely remember Super Naturals. They look just as awesome as I remember them.
Not to sound homophobic or anything, but I found it slightly amusing in the Fruity Marshmallow Crispies commercial when the girl exclaims "how fruity" and then shows that kid in the yellow sweater looking rather, well, fruity.
Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 03/19/2006 09:23 PM EST
I am pretty sure they still make underroos. I swear I've seen them at TRU, in the apparel section, of course.
I used to have Wonder Woman underroos. God I loved those things. I wanted to be her - and I even made wrist cuff thingies like hers out of wrapping paper tubes.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/19/2006 09:24 PM EST
Seems like it was 1980 something the last time you did one of these articles.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 03/19/2006 09:26 PM EST
Oh, and I'm a chick by the way (for any new people who didn't know that) so I was able to fit into the t-shirts!
In fact, here's ME- I am sorry that I don't have any computer skills and don't know how to post a link for real. I just took a sudden notion to show my fellow XE-ers a little bit more me. I get to see Mystie, and Matt, and the Manimal, and Erik's entire team in Germany, etc. etc. So, here's a bit more me:
http://www.okcupid.com/profile?tuid=1477114862940448563
I guess you'll have to copy and paste it to see my little spot of the web.
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/19/2006 09:28 PM EST
Hey! The link worked! Cool. I should take a computer course so that I can express myself on a website. Matt- you have inspired me to try my hand at this computer stuff. It seems like it would be a hell of a good time, despite all the work.
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/19/2006 09:30 PM EST
Glad I stopped by. Didn't expect to see X-E greatness. I don't say this too often on here but I HAD TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT ONE. In this case, the Super-Naturals. Wow!! I never had them but I do remember wanting them really bad.
I think that the Fruity Rice Krispies ad can be appreciated a bit more by those who lived through the age. For those who are too young, there was a huge "Island lifestyle" fad in the 80's. Everything from Billy Ocean to COCKTAIL to FRUIT ISLANDS CEREAL. This commercial is a good example of this mania.
Finally, yes, I saw SECRET OF THE SWORD in the theater but, for whatever reason, I cannot remember anything about it. I remember more about the CARE BEARS MOVIE and the HEATHCLIFF MOVIE (??) which is both shocking and sad.
Nice GREMLINS reference on THE SIMPSONS tonight.
P.S. showing the kid pull up the TRANSFORMER drawers was never a good idea...
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 03/19/2006 09:39 PM EST
Matt- regarding the way He-man acted all into She-ra making you think they'd been originally written to be lovers... you're actually half right. The writers and designers behind the She-ra Toyline had her originally positioned to be He-man's LOVE INTEREST. The animation studio had to call a time out on that and inform the toymakers that they'd been working on a romantic sub-plot between He-man and Teela that they didn't want fucked with. So rather than go for a love triangle, She-ra was changed to be He-man's sister.
Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 03/19/2006 09:52 PM EST
Matt-
Holy dear lord. Thank you for yet again pulling some long-lost childhood memory from the netherregions of my mind and back into the front of my cerebellum. The DJ KAT Show. You are a god (not THE God mind you, but definitely a god) among men.
I also love in the Underoos Commercial how Optimus Kid comes lumbering out of the bathroom like Frankenstein.
Chestnuts roasted by Dane @ 03/19/2006 09:58 PM EST
I still say you need to specifically review the Whatchamacallit "Sounds good... smells peanutty!!" commerical.
Chestnuts roasted by Piscez @ 03/19/2006 10:03 PM EST
ha! awesome commercials.. i totally missed the deeper complexity of the transformers commercial until watching it again after reading your write up
Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 03/19/2006 10:12 PM EST
The McDLT...of course. And McDonald's still suffers from this freshness problem. Burger King too to a lesser extent. Y'know, they could just be like Wendy's and make things fresh. Makes a heckuva difference. Instead of bizarre clunky packaging. I like the 80s, but ideas like that just make it look like it was the stone age for crying out loud.
Chestnuts roasted by Frostor @ 03/19/2006 10:26 PM EST
Rockin' Sopranos ep tonight. 
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/19/2006 10:48 PM EST
Never saw Sopranos. Imagine I should someday. Instead I was watching VH1. Yay naked Maven getting chased by a trannie.
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/19/2006 10:59 PM EST
Yeah, I never got into the Sopranos either. Which is weird, since I like almost all the other HBO dramas. But Edie Falco was better on Oz...
Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 03/19/2006 11:56 PM EST
So amazing (Sopranos). The consensus seems to be that it was boring but that's total crap. Big Love, now that was a snooze fest. I really want to like it, too :/
The week will not pass fast enough...Is it Sunday again yet? Yay for new article to cushion the wait at least
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/19/2006 11:57 PM EST
Hey Matt...if you ever get a chance to come to the southeastern PA area, you definitely have to check out a place called Zern's Farmers Market in Boyertown, PA (Berks Co.).
www.zerns.com
I was there recently and found, among other items...
--Diet pepsi "Uh huh!" cups
--California raisin figurines
--Tiny Toons figurines
--Dick Tracy action figures
--TMNT action figures of, among others, the Rat King, Usagi Yojimbo, Bebop, Rocksteady
--"Dinosaurs!" action figures
--TWO stores selling HORDES of old 8-bit NES games...old 8-bit NES systems...and Atari!!!
Definitely column-worthy
Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 03/20/2006 01:02 AM EST
What a fun article. Don't come out of the closet much to post here (though I'm here all the time, go fig), but keep 'em coming.
Chestnuts roasted by Jim @ 03/20/2006 01:03 AM EST
Mike: Mystie beat you to it. Click her name for a Zern's article. That NES wall is really something to drool over--I hope you didn't buy the whole thing.
Matt: I hope you answer this....can you please tell me what compression program you used for these ads? They look very clean and yet they loaded very fast (except for the Secret of the Sword trailer). What did you use this time?
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 03/20/2006 02:02 AM EST
I don't remember the DJ-Kat show, but I remember a million shows like it.
I wonder if he was local to your area. Fox always has a "local Kids Show host" for every area. I know that because my cable company had both my areas version of Fox (where a clown named Pete McTee hosted the cartoons) and the Baltimore MD version of Fox (where a 20-something guy in a clubhouse full of puppets hosted the cartoons).
Anyway, is there any chance that we'll see Mac Tonight in a download for this site? I miss Mac Tonight.
Also, if you're ever in central PA you must check out "The Old Sled Works", it's an antique/junk store just a couple houses down from my house. I just bought a tape of the Transformers movie a couple days ago, and the weird stuff there includes...
-A Charlie's Angels board game
-A Welcome Back Kotter puzzle
-A Farmer Donatello TMNT figure (with tractor)
-An Earl Sinclair action figure
That's all I can think of off-hand.
Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 03/20/2006 02:50 AM EST
Zern's is like the motherfucking holy lands. I'm usually there every other weekend which works out perfectly as I have off every other Saturday. Unfortunately I agreed to swap days with a girl at work so she can go to her friend's birthday party so I won't get to hit the place up til April 8. But at least it'll give Larry's Hardware time to get some new stuff in for me. They don't know me by name but I'm sure if you mention "The weird X-Entertainment girl," they'll know who you're referring to.
But yeah, maybe by the time it gets warmer out it'll bring in some new vendors. Did you get to hit up the action figure stand run by the deaf lady? They have a ton of cool dinos and Ghostbusters.
If anyone ever wants to hang out and look for expired cereal with me at Zern's, don't be a stranger.
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/20/2006 07:37 AM EST
Hate to be so insanely off topic. But, yesterday I saw Tab energy drink at my local convenience store. And yes, it was that Tab, and it was 1 calorie. Has anyone else seen this, and have you tried it? i think I must get two cans, one to drink and one to keep on my desk.
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/20/2006 10:13 AM EST
Anyone else havin problems downloading or even viewing the new 80's article? 
Crap... So close, yet so far away....
Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 03/20/2006 10:17 AM EST
Did anybody else feel really sorry for the McDLT kid? I mean, he's hanging out with these complete assholes who use every spare breath to mock and verbally abuse him, and he just grins and buries his seething anger deep inside. Why? What unfortunate series of life choices has led him to be the bitch of a group which obviously keeps him around for their own vicious entertainment? And it's obvious that somebody busted that arm for him. He can't even get his story straight. "I...I fell down some stairs." In fact, based on repeated viewings, I can only conclude that one or all of his "friends" inflicted the injury, either by daring him to do something willfully dangerous or just throwing an old-fashioned blanket party, and they're gloating over the fact that he'll never reveal the dark truth. The most likely outcome of all this is a rage-fueled schoolyard massacre. "All I wanted was to eat my trendy damn sandwich, you twats! Now you can just eat lead!"
Here's to you, flannel-wearing tormented 80s teen. Hope your meds are working okay.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/20/2006 10:21 AM EST
The Sopranos - Last night's episode I'm sure could be viewed as almost jumping the shark. I don't want to give anything away here, but we've seen the same kind of storyline in other (lesser) tv series. I guess it should be no surprise that it was directed by a former X-Files director.
That said, great episode. I think they crammed a full seasons worth of character development into on 53 minute episode. They've just set up the rest of the series. Good stuff.
Anybody else hoping that Meadow takes over the family business? That would just be so kick ass.
Chestnuts roasted by Chris Martin @ 03/20/2006 11:26 AM EST
I had Spider Woman underoos with matching spidie-eye-shaped sunglasses. Totally bitchin' I had Wonder Woman 'roos too but they weren't quite as cool.
Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 03/20/2006 11:51 AM EST
The McDLT commercial with the West Side Story-type dancing people beats this one by far. And the HOT (beat beat) stays HOT! The hot stays hot, the cool stays cool.
It's a good time for the great taste of McDonalds. I watched Supersize me for the first time, now all I want is some fries and a cheeseburger.
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 03/20/2006 12:53 PM EST
Was that Joey Cramer in the Jedi ad?
Chestnuts roasted by H Double @ 03/20/2006 12:54 PM EST
Finally. Man what memories... and yea, the Jason Alexander McDLT commerical is tops. (Matt has it somewhere), I like the underoos commercial... I used to transform into He-Man all the time.
Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 03/20/2006 01:33 PM EST
DJ KAT, Oh my. For years I thought that show was but a dream. I used to love that show. I still remember the DJ Kat theme.
This is the DJ Kat show,
and I am DJ Kat.
With a D and a J and a Kat with a K,
You better stick around Ohh kaaaayyyyyy!
Right after it, I remember watching Dr. Science. (I know more than you do, call me Dr. Science).
I cannot tell you WTF either show was about, but still remember the day I tuned in and the show was no more.
Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 03/20/2006 01:55 PM EST
"...I'll have successfully killed 20 minutes of your day."
Obviously you over estimate my reading, and internet connection, speed.
Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 03/20/2006 02:04 PM EST
Chris, it's a cool idea but it would be just a touch too Godfather III for my liking. I want to see what AJ is going to get into...
I am hearing a lot of Worst. Sopranos. Ever. which I think is nuts. I thought it was haunting. I can't stop picturing it.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/20/2006 02:17 PM EST
Where to begin? First of all, God bless you, Matt, for the Fruity Marshmallow Krispies. That jingle has been running through my head for 20 years with big holes in it that I thought I never had hopes of filling. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Your comments about the McDLT made me laugh because I remember a very specific incident from my childhood. We didn't live near a McDonald's (hard to believe, I know) and one night, on the way to Grandma's, we stopped at a McDonald's to get some food since we were going to get there way after dinner time. Mom and Dad both got McDLTs and I BEGGED for one. In my little five-year-old mind, this was more than a burger, it was an experience. I needed it. Alas, because of my youth my requests were denied and I was heartbroken. Apparently I was REALLY heartbroken since I'm going on 27 and I can still remember the night like it was last week. I remember a similar incident with the Wendy's Big Classic that came in a styrofoam dome that I had to get my hands on. No dice.
As for Underoos, I had Barbie and, most disturbingly, Daisy Duke. The panties were made to look like little jean shorts. I may have had others, but those are the only ones I remember. Incidentally, I found my Barbie Underoos at the bottom of a box the other day. On one hand, the sentimentality is huge, on the other, ewww....old underwear...
Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 03/20/2006 02:35 PM EST
Lori:I hope they were laundered! blech.
Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 03/20/2006 02:51 PM EST
I remember SuperNaturals, but I liked Visionaries more. I still have Arzon and Cravex.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash, knight of the wild frontier @ 03/20/2006 04:04 PM EST
Here's a bigger question about the McDLT ad. The guy with the broken arm is obviously a jock and is older. So why is hanging out with younger nerds?
My grandparents had the lion Supernatural figure at their house so that's how I one of the few to actually remember them.
We had the FOX Kids Club in our area hosted by a magician and later a pretty girl. They had the a regular thing called "Word of the Day" where if you submitted a word, you got a toy. I submitted "stethoscope" (I was in second grade I think) and was picked, but don't remember what I won. I just found it exciting that my name was said on tv.
Also never got into Sopranos. HBO is hit/miss with me. Loved OZ, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Tracy Takes On, Larry Sanders, Dennis Miller, Tales From the Crypt, and Deadwood. Pretty much didn't give a hoot about anything not listed.
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/20/2006 04:06 PM EST
Lori- I too, have a McDonald's memory that is still with me- I STILL remember the ONE time I had McDonald's using their chopsticks...and I guess I would have only been about 4 years old, too! I am not so sure I like the fact that a fast food restaurant can have such impacting, haunting memories...
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/20/2006 04:13 PM EST
McDonald's memory... Forest and Broadway.... my friend and i had just started eating our big macs when a horrid smell hit our noses... "did you fart!?" we each exclaimed simultaneously to each other. "no, wasn't me" we both replied... yet the scent lingered and actually got stronger... what the hell was the smell?! we look around and behind us and there on the floor is a trail of shit smelling foulness some old lady leaked out of her pants on her run to the bathroom.... needless to say, we didn't finish our meal, and I don't think I ate fast food again for a year. blech.
Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 03/20/2006 04:22 PM EST
I had that same He-man shirt the kid in the under roos commercial had on. And I had Super Natural figures, they sucked if the hologram sticker got sun damaged. But if they didn't they rocked, because when I was a kid holograms blew my mind.
Wait, holograms still blow my mind. Is it 3D, is it just a sticker? Can I touch it? I'm so confused!
Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 03/20/2006 04:37 PM EST
Sorry for being so late in commenting on this, but the Manimal mentioned Fruit Islands cereal. FINALLY, someone else remembers it! I was almost starting to believe it was a hallucination brought on by some other fruity goodness out there, but now I know this is not true. Thank you for saving my sanity Manimal. Also, if I remember correctly, there was a commercial for the cereal in which the king (I don't remember his name) was lost out in the ocean in a boat. There was a contest running to help him find his way home. I believe that the cereal was yanked out of production before the contest ended; therefore, I am forced to assume that the good king suffered a horrible, scurvy-filled death on the open seas. Can anyone confirm if this contest did indeed happen and that the cereal ended its run before the conclusion of the contest? I need your help!
Chestnuts roasted by Bludge @ 03/20/2006 04:39 PM EST
Sadly I have zero recollection of the cereal/contest of which you speak. However, if it were a King lost at sea, I would strongly suspect that his ultimate fate involved pirates. Especially if he's on TV telling everybody about his situation. Maybe the cereal was pulled because they had to pay a ransom and just couldn't afford to produce it anymore. Tragic. Oh well. Maybe after that the Fruity Islands themselves held free elections and became democratic republics.
But I ramble. Yeah, but definitely pirates.
Silly fruit boat king...
Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 03/20/2006 04:51 PM EST
I could be wrong, but the kid in the tux announcing the star wars action figures looks and sounds a lot like the kid from the movie 'Flight of the Navigator' of the the greater live action Disney movies of the 80's. The kid from the movie is named Joey Kramer. Anyone have an idea?
Chestnuts roasted by Garrett @ 03/20/2006 04:51 PM EST
Claps for the guy who can get so old commercials 
Chestnuts roasted by Yelinna @ 03/20/2006 04:53 PM EST
I think the McDLT had some of the best commercials ever. I hadn't seen the broken arm one in forever. "Comedians."
I've seen the Jason Alexander one all over the net, but there was another one that Jessica Marie eluded to. It uses the same song as the Costanza one, but it features Fame style dancers in a West Side Story type setting. I'm talking 80's headbands, leggins, spandex, and sweat.
It's a good time......
HOT BEEFY McD!! (I always wondered what exactly a beefy McD was)
For the great taste......
COOL CRISP LT!!
From McDonalds.
Chestnuts roasted by T.J. @ 03/20/2006 05:50 PM EST
It's McBeefy.
I've never seen the West Side Story version anywhere but on my vhs. For shame, such a treasure.
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 03/20/2006 06:22 PM EST
Woohoo, I got the He-Man commercial to run all the way through today. Yesterday it would get to the halfway point and stop. I like the bad guys palling around "just like the old days"... even bad guys need a little help sometimes. And I forgot how much Skeletor sounded like the Cryptkeeper.
Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 03/20/2006 06:25 PM EST
holy crap! I had totally forgot about Super Naturals! My brother had a ton of them and would never let me touch them. He was afraid I would damage their holographic abilities or something. As being the eldest child, I would then try to take them from him by force when he wouldn't share. I usually didn't succeed. He had no qualms about hitting girls and then going steal the heads of the cherished Barbie dolls...bastard
Chestnuts roasted by earthwormgoddess @ 03/20/2006 07:03 PM EST
So nice to see a little Supernaturals love. One of the most overlooked toylines of the period unfortunately.
Their magical holographs amazed me and my cousin many a time in my grandmother's bathroom.
That sounds weird, I know. But it was awesome. You weren't there and you missed out.
Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 03/20/2006 07:14 PM EST
I can remember when McDonald's used to package everything in styrofoam. It seemed like everytime i opened one of those styrofoam conatiners the screeching noise it made gave me the same sensation that nails-on-a-chalkboard gives most people. THen again I was afraid to get on the escalator that was moving downward too...and the count from sesame street...Yeah I'm totally lame.
Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 03/20/2006 07:35 PM EST
Is it just me or does the voice-over at the end of the pepsi commercial sound a hell of a lot like Martin Sheen?
Chestnuts roasted by LP @ 03/20/2006 07:49 PM EST
Matt - any chance we could see Burnheart make an appearance in the advent calendar? A Burnheart/Mare matchup would rock.
Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 03/20/2006 08:08 PM EST
I had stormtrooper and Boba Fett underoos. I remember in kindergarten we had bragging rights if we happened to be wearing the coolest underoos that day. God, kids are weird.
Tetsu Deinonychus and others, you reminded me of my own local Fox afternoon cartoon host- Major Astro! I think he was just in the Wichita, KS area, but I could be wrong. He wore a space suit (which, if I remember correctly, was pretty cool) but his set was basically the local studio control room. The TVs in the background would play random shots of stock footage from Space Shuttle space walks. I think they were supposed to be windows. I didn't really care about "Major Asshole" (as we called him) but his bit delayed the start of Transformers. This was great, because the school bus would always drop me off JUST in time to catch that show. Man, what a trip- I had totally forgotten about that guy.
Double G- I had a similar experience about six months ago. Me and some other guys from work were in the Canonsburg, PA area for some on-site testing, and nobody wanted to make breakfast, even though the company sprung for the rooms with kitchens since we were going to be in the area for a month. We went to McDonald's almost every day to snag coffee and McMuffins, until IT happened. I was in front and opened the door to the little foyer that leads into the restaraunt. An awful smell pretty much slapped me in the face. I stopped dead in my tracks, and the guy behind me bumped into me and pushed me forward some. Fortunately I was able to stop myself. Lying directly in the middle of the tiny foyer was the biggest turd I have seen in my entire life. It was as long as my forearm and a little bigger around as a d-cell battery. There was a trail of brown goo leading from this thing off into the restaraunt. No way this was an accident- some asshole did this deliberately. We stopped and stared for at least a few seconds. The worst part was the look of utter dejection on the face of the employee who was coming out from the restaraunt to clean it up. You've never seen anyone looks so sad and hopeless. We didn't even know what to say to the poor guy. We just turned around and left.
Whenever I start to bitch about my job too much, the ridiculous paperwork and the idiotic rules that we have to follow (something about public safety and environmental damage), someone reminds me that at least we're not picking up turds at McDonald's. That usually perks me right up.
Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 03/20/2006 08:22 PM EST
Tetsu:
I, too, remember Pete McTee. What a good clown. He had a scientist friend named Noodles. I'm guessing this means you're in the same general vicinity as me if you know the McTee, so what town is this Old Sled Works of which you speak?
Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 03/20/2006 08:41 PM EST
Bludge, I don't remember if the Fruit Islands contest was ever completed, but I do remember the King's name. It was King Ayummayumma.
I remember the commercial fairly clearly because it was included on a videotape filled with episodes of the Alf cartoon I had when I was a kid.
Chestnuts roasted by Weredog @ 03/20/2006 09:18 PM EST
I swore I'd hold off on reading the new article until Sopranos withdrawl overwhelmed me.
So I just finished the new article...awesome as expected...the Underoos reminded me of the Johnson's Soothing Naturals lotion commercials I'm seeing everyday lately. One version is geared toward selling to parents, but the other is geared towards selling to adult women and they use the same baby footage. There's something unsettling about watching a woman step out of the shower intercut with reaction shots from various multiculti babies while the announcer points out the woman isn't wearing a towel. It's just too many kinds of wrong all smashed together.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/20/2006 10:30 PM EST
TV has really made me want some Thumb Warriors. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/20/2006 10:50 PM EST
Matt, I'm not lying when I say that Burnheart was the king of my action figures as well. My favorite part of Supernaturals were the little guys, I remember them being especially cool. i also appreciated the face mask. I was a sucker for a knight's helmet any day.
Chestnuts roasted by B-log @ 03/20/2006 10:50 PM EST
I loved the Mc DLT. I remember them trying to make that jingle popular like the Big Mac ingredient one.
Chestnuts roasted by The Dinner Genie @ 03/20/2006 11:04 PM EST
The McDonald's ad with Jason Alexander is a classic.
One fast food ad that I remember very well is this ad for Little Caesar's where there were these muppetesque Caesar dolls playing to the tune of Wooly Bully and some kid skyrocketing into the air after getting his surprise prize. You had to say "prize prize" to get something there.
Much of my watching Saturday morning shows came from when I was around eight or nine years old in the late 80s/early 90s in Evansville, Indiana. There were these two kids (one boy and one girl) on the local Fox station that would make silly jokes and have little contests for the kids, including a Dick Tracy lightup watch. I tried so damn hard to win it and I couldn't get it done! I know that today's Fox stations would not have anything like that, thanks to the rise of syndicated programming and Fox having second rate anime knockoffs every Saturday morning.
Chestnuts roasted by mjf7583 @ 03/20/2006 11:09 PM EST
I agree, Fox HAS gone downhill. I remember the glory days of coming home (from HIGH SCHOOL mind you- I AM a geek after all) and watching 'X-Men' (the GOOD one), 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' (the GOOD one), and 'Spiderman'...
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/20/2006 11:14 PM EST
I know this post is gonna be random, but I just have to ask. If no one knows the answer, that's cool too. But I figured I probably have the best shot at asking you guys.
Does anyone remember an old children's book, sort of like Casper, but it really had nothing to do with him, or at least I don't think so. I remember having this book when I was little, and I even dressed up like him once for Halloween. He had a pointy little tuft on top of his head, and he would try to scare people but just couldn't, and was all depressed about it. I know it sounds like Casper, but I swear it was another ghost, and I SO have to remember his name. It's really driving me insane.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/20/2006 11:23 PM EST
Ryane, was it...the Ghost with the Most? ahaha, I love Ghost with the Most!!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/21/2006 01:10 AM EST
The Old Sled Works is in Duncannon. It's kind of a landmark there.
Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 03/21/2006 02:21 AM EST
Hey did anyone else notice that the kid from the ROTJ sweepstakes commercial (exp. 1983) was the same kid in the Watch'n'Play contest? (exp. 1988) He must have found his niche early in life. I wonder if he still has the same haircut today.
Oh, and I have also been to Zern's a few times(it was mentioned above). Yes it is a strange and sometimes wonderful place. Sort of a mutant city/farmers market...you'd like it.
Chestnuts roasted by OnePizzaPoint @ 03/21/2006 03:48 AM EST
Ryane: I used to have a book that might match your description. It was just called "Little Ghost," and it involved a ghost who wasn't going to pass his scaring exam because he couldn't scare anyone. And so he decided to go to a nearby elementary school to try and scare some kids, but it turned out that it was Haloween and people kept mistaking him for either a decoration, a costume or, in one memorable scene, a hand towel. Anyway, he eventually ends up onstage in the middle of the school play and then Bill Murray jumps out of the wings and captures him in a writhing stream of protons. Okay, so maybe I don't remember exactly how it ended, but that's the way I would've written it. And I can't find any pictures of the dude, but he did indeed have a pointy little tuft on his head, and as far as I know his only name was Little Ghost. Hope that helps.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/21/2006 06:25 AM EST
Did anyone else think the voice that said "Pepsi... the choice of a new generation" sounded like Martin Sheen?
Chestnuts roasted by MDH @ 03/21/2006 07:31 AM EST
Nope DJ Kat was worldwide as we had him in the Uk back in the early 90s.When did he origionaly air out there?
Chestnuts roasted by Greg @ 03/21/2006 07:55 AM EST
Kidneyboy - I love Ghost with the Most, too. I wish he was a year round thing!
Jedoc - That sounds like a cute story! Well, minus the Bill Murray part. 
Unfortunately, it wasn't either of those, but I did end up remembering his name about 2 minutes after I turned my computer off last night. His name was Georgie, and I must not have gotten the story right because I looked it up on Amazon, and the story I remember didn't jive with that book. Unless there were other books... I dunno. But I know it was him. Thanks guys! I totally wanna order those books now.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/21/2006 10:41 AM EST
The X should create it's own "I Love...." list before VH1 does another one. I nominate, "....Video Games" and "....Saturday Morning" for our own. Thus, in the name of Matt, X-Entertainment, String Cheese, Hermit Crabs, and Fossilzed Nougat, I hereby decree that we claim all rights to the above titles, and if they become VH1 shows, they owe Matt three times his weight in Lego bricks for each title. So it is written, so shall it be done.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash, the underwear that goes nowhere @ 03/21/2006 12:35 PM EST
I think the entire site is pretty much Matt's "I Love..." list.
But let's all just cross our fingers that we don't see, "I Love Kool-Aid and Cereal Prizes" popping up on VH1. Then it's time to throw down.
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/21/2006 12:39 PM EST
I am cooking up a can of Spagetti-O's with meatballs for lunch... mmmm this is gonna be goooooood.
Chestnuts roasted by Xenophobe @ 03/21/2006 01:56 PM EST
anyone know what to do when you're windows media player says this?? Whenever I try to watch a commercial that Matt has or use the player for any purpose it says "Windows Media Player cannot play this file. Connect to the Internet or insert the removable media on which the file is located, and then try to play the file again"....i'm confused....
Chestnuts roasted by Mike the Great @ 03/21/2006 02:03 PM EST
I Love Saturday Morning would rock, or After School, whatever.
The best afternoons ever were when the Disney line-up used to come on. I don't remember the exact order, but it included:
The Gummi Bears
Talespin
Ducktales
Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers
and Darkwing Duck
Man it was the best! But I don't remember my area having any host.
Also, on Saturday mornings, I remember being really bummed out when Looney Tunes would come on, because I knew that was the last cartoon of the morning. Today's after school and saturday morning shows suck.
Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 03/21/2006 02:04 PM EST
Thanks, Mystie, for making me realize that I forgot "....Snack Food" to the list. I hereby decree "....Snack Food" blah blah, yadda yadda, and so forth. That will include Kool-aid, ChocoDiles, and of course, most breakfast cereals, orangutans, stoats, carnival food, and the stuff that German kid eats on The Simpsons.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash, now mit iodine! @ 03/21/2006 02:15 PM EST
It has been fun to catch some of the former Boston kid show hosts pop-up in other projects. Tyrone Burton, went from being a co-host of the preteen hosted segments for the Fox 25 club, to becoming a regular on Robert Townsend's The Parent 'Hood sitcom. Paul Wagner went from co-hosting "WLVI Kids Club" (The UHF channel wasn't part of the WB yet, so his own info is wrong) to having a small role in Brad Anderson's Next Stop Wonderland.
Chestnuts roasted by Phil @ 03/21/2006 02:46 PM EST
fox yes! those were the greatest. Especially the gummi bears. ......bouncing here and there and everywhere
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/21/2006 03:10 PM EST
Ah, you refer of course to the Disney Afternoon. I have like 10 postcards from the original line-up, one of which is hanging on my desk at work.
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/21/2006 05:14 PM EST
All this talk of McDonald's yesterday got me in the mood for some Mickey D's, so after work I'm headed down to the SI Ferry and I miss the 7:40pm boat so I walk over to the McDonald's on Water Street. I order nuggets and fries. The girl gives me the bag and I dash back towards the ferry terminal to make the next boat. I get on the ferry, go up to the top deck. (It was the new shiny fancy ferry... ooooh) and I sit down. Rummage through the bag and grab some fries while reading the latest issue of MK4. Finally I decide to eat my nuggets, so I go into the bag and pull out.... what the f&^k! A Filet-O-Fish!!? So now I'm dinnerless, my McDonaldland dreams have been dashed and some crazy guy keeps telling me to be quiet when I havent even said anything since I got on the ferry. Maybe he could read thoughts and knew I was yelling profanity in my mind. Bleh, what a sh&^ty night!
Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 03/21/2006 05:18 PM EST
I found the Disney Afternoon soundtrack on Soulseek. Unfortunately, it seems like it was released before Darkwing. Still, it has Gummi Bears, Duck Tales, Chip N Dale, and Tail Spin, as well as any number of incidental songs from those shows...
Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 03/21/2006 05:49 PM EST
I was more into Visionaries than Super Naturals, but both rocked. I really felt like the holograms on both sets were worth as much as gold.
Chestnuts roasted by Tolos @ 03/21/2006 08:14 PM EST
Bludge, in case you missed it, Weredog answered your question about the King Ayummayumma, Lord of the Fruit Islands. I remember the commercials but I think I only had the cereal once. I do not remember that contest. All cereal contests will pale in comparison to the "Save Capn' Crunch from the Soggies" campaign circa 1987.
Mystie, bad news; VH1's "I Love Kool-Aid and Cereal Prizes" has already wrapped and will be airing this summer
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 03/21/2006 08:16 PM EST
And in a couple of years they'll run out of good things to steal and resort to "I Love Jedoc."
Random Outdated Celebrity: "Yeah, man, remember the time Jedoc talked about spices? Those were the days, man. Those were the days."
VH1 Exec: "Of course! 'I Love Spices!' Why didn't we think of it before?"
Random Outdated Celebrity: "I guess my favorite spice is paprika. Wait, no. Which is the one that looks like marijuana? Oregano. I meant oregano. Wait, no. I guess I just mean marijuana. Man, do I love marijuana. Wait, aren't we supposed to be talking about socks?"
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/21/2006 08:35 PM EST
or maybe MTV True Life: I Have A Sock Fetish
Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 03/21/2006 09:41 PM EST
Since it's gotten quiet here I'll start a article-related theme question. What commercials do you currently hate?
My top 3:
The Chase Credit Cards that has the "I'm 22 for the moment." song. Hate it because there's more going on in his life at 22 then there is in mine.
The car commercials with that weird German guy that "Unpimp the auto." What the...?
I hate the "Slither" movie trailer. Stupidest thing I've ever seen. Gross too.
What's yours?
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/21/2006 10:55 PM EST
Sock fetish, did someone say sock fetish? I didn't say I had a sock fetish, where did anyone get the idea I had a sock fetish? Sock fetish, that's crazy, sock fetish psh. I certaintly do not have a sock fetish, no matter what you've heard. Espicially not a pure white or pink ankle sock fetish.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 03/21/2006 11:47 PM EST
I'm all about the knee socks...oh me oh my.
I like the German guy car commercial, but only because it's Abruzzi from Prison Break!
Old Navy commercials always tend to irk me.
Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 03/21/2006 11:54 PM EST
Hot tip! If you have HBO On Demand you can watch the new episode of Big Love before it airs on Sunday. I just watched it and I'm officially sold. The first two eps were slow and just odd but everything clicks together and starts being really entertaining in the third. Still reminds me of Carnivale in a lot of (mainly good) ways.
I listened as close as I could and it has GOT to be Martin Sheen hawking the taste for the new generation.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/22/2006 12:02 AM EST
I'm wearing socks that have lamb finger puppets in little barn-shaped holders on the sides.
When you procrastinate and you're still reading poorly-written ghetto-fabulous fiction at 12:15am, working from home SUCKS.
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 03/22/2006 12:15 AM EST
awwww....nobody answered my question about how to fix my windows media player....that's ok, i fixed it myself!
Chestnuts roasted by Mike the Great @ 03/22/2006 12:21 AM EST
oregeno? only with a mild blend of basil leaves and rosemary!! ...dur, maybe just some nutmeg
been quiet around here, Tonto...too quiet.
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/22/2006 02:31 AM EST
hey Jessica Marie...what's this ghetto-fabu fiction you speak of?
lay it on me, homes.
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/22/2006 02:36 AM EST
Actually, the Volkswagon commercial with "German Engineering In Za House" is my current favourite! I love it!
As for ones I hate...
-That car commercial where the whole city turns into a giant dance club.
-Any Lawyer commercial
-Any "Become a Mediacal Assistasnt" commercial
-Any "Kids Bop" or simular album commercial.
Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 03/22/2006 03:35 AM EST
"You geet an Eff!" --German woman
Whenever the subject of "annoying commercials" comes up, it's inevitable that the latest overdone effort from Partnership from a Drug-Free America is mentioned. Or the Truth psychos. I don't smoke or generally approve of it, but dang...if the target wasn't tobacco they wouldn't be allowed to mudsling this far.
Don't make bad choices, kids, or a giant elephant will apparently step on you!
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 03/22/2006 04:03 AM EST
Any "Become a Mediacal Assistasnt" commercial
You refer to the college ads of daytime television.
"Now that I'm an assistant to an assistant's assistant, I finally feel significant!" --cheery female idiot
Chestnuts roasted by Mars again @ 03/22/2006 04:05 AM EST
WOW, I have no idea a "Secret of the Sword" trailer existed. I don't think it appears in any of the BCI DVD sets. Great coup!
And the McDLT... man, my mouth is watering just looking at the screen cap on your site!
I finally found a local source for those Shamrock Shakes. The day before St. Pats, I went into a local McD's, my heart full of hopelessness, and asked the absolutely mammoth woman behind the counter, "You don't have Shamrock Shakes anymore do you"? With an annoyed expression, looking me like I asked if McDonald's served hamburgers, she said "Uhh, yes..." I quickly ordered a large (at a cost of $3.50, geesh!), and left. My heart happy and full of joy because I got my Shamrock Shake, and relived some favorite memories bought back to me by Matt's website.
The kicker though? There was NO advertising for the shakes, none on TV, no shamrocks inside the restaurant, there wasn't even a mention of them on the menu board! There was NO record of them at all! I never asked before, so I assumed they didn't have them. What's up with that? Anyone else had the same experience in a McDs?
Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 03/22/2006 06:08 AM EST
They've been playing Shamrock Shake ads on the radio here. A couple different ones since before V-Day and are still playing. Mine always has advertising on the menu board and sometimes a display by the drive-in. They might have taken them down after St. Patty's because they're just finishing off whatever is leftover.
Commercials I hate right now? Ummm... I dunno. I hate how there aren't any fun McDonald's commercials and they're all centered around the full day of exercise you'll need to work off a Happy Meal. They should bring back Cosmo. Nothing makes me hungrier for a cheeseburger than a chubby white kid.
And yeah kidneyboy is has been kinda quiet lately. I wonder where Matt's run off to now, haven't seen him online in a bit...
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/22/2006 07:37 AM EST
My least favorite commercials are those fat-burning pill commercials. Basically everything they say is viciously misleading. Like the fact that "it's so powerful it was granted a U.S. patent." Considering there's also a patent on the books for a "Scented Doll With the Appearance of an Aged Person," that's not terribly impressive. And then there's the whole "Warning: this product is so powerful it will actually make you lose body fat. Only order if you want to lose body fat." It's like Cingular making a commercial with the tagline "Warning: this product is so powerful it will actually connect and exchange audio information with other phones. Only order this product if you wish to exchange audio information with other phones." And all the badly-emoting people exclaiming about how they didn't eat right, didn't exercise, and still lost weight. They actually refer to it is a "magic pill." It just drives me crazy. I mean, these people are still going to kill themselves from cholesterol poisoning and heart disease and diabetes and all the other problems you get with obesity, but hey at least they get to wear smaller pants am I right?
So sorry. I think I'd better go lie down for a while.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/22/2006 07:47 AM EST
Yeah, the medical assistant commercials are pretty bad. At my gym they are always playing the retarded channels that play Judge Joe Brown and stuff like that. Those are the shows that are heavy on the "get on the right track fast" commercials. i suppose if it's 3pm and you're on the couch watching the Judge...
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/22/2006 09:01 AM EST
Kidneyboy -
I read stuff people have written and want to pay to get published, so it's like a literary magazine rejects festival.
These ghetto fabulous ones are always the same. Last night's was about a dude who gets out of jail, goes on a huge shopping spree because his friends are loaded, then decides to try to keep things clean. Well, of course he or one of his friends get mixed up in some bad business with drugs or thugs, and they end up fleeing the country. The main character also bangs several chicks along the way.
Doesn't it sound awesome?
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 03/22/2006 09:22 AM EST
kb"fox yes! those were the greatest. Especially the gummi bears. ......bouncing here and there and everywhere"
Talk about the biggest blown opportunity ever!! When that show was in it's heyday, Disney should have been selling jolt like sugar drinks in those little bottles the gummie bears had and called it "Gummie Berry Juice" they would have made billions!
Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 03/22/2006 09:33 AM EST
Also, on Saturday mornings, I remember being really bummed out when Looney Tunes would come on, because I knew that was the last cartoon of the morning.
I wholeheartedly agree. Saturdays at our house were cleaning days, and as soon as the cartoons were over we had to get to work. I remember that I never really enjoyed the Looney Tunes, but I watched them anyway to postpone the inevitable. I once said to my husband, "Remember how bummed you'd be when Looney Tunes came on and you knew Saturday morning was over?" He said, "No, I loved Looney Tunes! I looked forward to it!" I hate it when that happens.
On the topic of the "I Love The..." specials, they should make more of an effort to find people who actually CARE about this stuff. My favorite moments are the ones where usually-cool celebrities see something and almost flip out. "Oh my gosh, I totally had these!" and then they start enthusiastically telling some story from their youth regarding said item. That's so much better than these pseudo-comedians trying to look cool by pointing out how stupid the stuff we loved was. It's ironic that the shows named "I Love The..." are full of people saying, "This was the worst toy ever invented. That was the most awful song ever. That was the dumbest TV show. This was the ugliest thing people ever wore..."
Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 03/22/2006 10:56 AM EST
Double G: You can also put the Smurfs on the blown opportunity list. I would love to have eaten a Smurfberry.
Yea. Those Truth ads are annoying.
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/22/2006 11:27 AM EST
Socks, socks, socky socks. Sock sock socko, sock. sock sock sockitty sock. sock sock, sock in the mouth, sock.
I just wish that chubby guy would just quit crying over losing clients to Ditech.
Not to mention that ads for feminine hygene products are now the new Hair Club for Men. "You can now live an active lifestyle! Swimming, biking, weight lifting, Quantum Mechanics, you can even run your fingers through it!"
"X-Entertainment's I Love I Love" We can all talk about how all the unknown comedians they use really, really suck.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/22/2006 12:08 PM EST
Destro: If by "same experience in a McDonald's" you mean that an employee was annoyed that you made them do their job and couldn't read their frickin' mind, I absolutely have had the same experience. Also had it in a Verizon, Wal-Mart, post office, gas station, Burger King, grocery store, Best Buy, etc., etc.
Chestnuts roasted by Bludge @ 03/22/2006 12:28 PM EST
Disney Afternoon was AMAZING- what a line up! They have Darkwing Duck on DVD now, and Chip n' Dale, so now I eagerly await...GUMMI BEARS! That is one DVD set I NEED in my collection to complete me as a person.
The only line ups that can possibly compare to the Disney line-up would be Sunday morning Nick (Rugrats, Doug, Ren + Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life) OR certain years of SNICK...years that included Clarissa Explains it All, Are you Afraid of the Dark? and ROUNDHOUSE. WHY can't any station put together a few solid hours of programming anymore?
That DiTech guy is awful- those commercials are terrible.
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/22/2006 01:00 PM EST
Ok, top three commercials I hate.
1) Anything involving Larry the Cable Guy
2) That DisneyWorld commercial with the criminally annoying kid. "We're too EXCITED to sleep!"
3) Boost Mobile, I think.
On a different note, does anyone remember when, at the height of TGIF's popularity, ABC tried something similar on Saturday night? Don't remember what it was called, but it was very short-lived.
Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 03/22/2006 01:36 PM EST
If you think the Vh1 commentators are unfunny you've obviously never sat through one of E!'s ridiculous Top Whatevers shows.
The Soup (E!'s one funny show) did a great parody of the Bryant Academy commercials recently about learning to be an oversexed doctor (Grey's Academy).
New Lost tonight! Yay for slight relief from Sopranos withdrawl anguish. One of the guest stars listed for the ep gives me hope that we might finally get the answer to one of the big questions from season one (this sentence has been spoiler sanitized for your convenience).
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/22/2006 02:17 PM EST
I loved SNICK, when is there going to be a classic Nickelodeon station for us?
Pete & Pete, Ren & Stimpy, Are you Afraid of the Dark
Remember Salute your Shorts and Hey Dude, man I miss those!
Awesome!
Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 03/22/2006 03:20 PM EST
I can't stand that bank commercial with the girl who gets her first paycheck. I thought the the song they played in the background was the LAverne and Shirley song, but I think it was from something else. Anyway, who the hell gets that excited about banking? Nevermind that the girl in the commercial looks like she's in her 30's. If you don't have a bank account by then, what are you doing with your life?
Any Old Navy commercial usually irks the hell out of me. I think they make them as annoying as possible. I think they take direction from the Devil himself. He takes a trip up from whatever level of hell he resides in just to make those annoying commercials.
I also hated when Looney Tunes came on. Cleaning days at my house were on Saturdays also, and once Looney
Toons came on, we knew we only had an hour left of our saturdays.
IT's sad that no network has any good after school afternoon cartoon blocks like they used to.
Chestnuts roasted by Darth Galvatron @ 03/22/2006 03:45 PM EST
I've been waiting for a classic Nick station for years. I mean, they already have one for Nicktoons, and some "games and sports" channel, you'd think the natural Nick Classics wouldn't be that far behind. I miss Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, etc, and unless you find crappy bootlegs of them, you can't see them anywhere. I'd even be happy to see Welcome Freshmen again.
Chestnuts roasted by Rob @ 03/22/2006 03:53 PM EST
I picked up a Berries 'n Cream Dr. Pepper from the grocery store. I've only had a couple of sips, but my initial reaction: it's like there's a party in my mouth, and everyone is extra delicious.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/22/2006 03:58 PM EST
My favorite afterschool show is still He-Man. (Ducktales is a close second). And after re-watching all of Season 1 a few times that's to the advent of the DVD, that show stands the test of time... and damn anyone who says otherwise!!
Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 03/22/2006 04:23 PM EST
Well, I've never posted any comments before but I felt it absolutely necessary to communicate how awesome this is. I've ritually checked in on your site every few days or so for updates for the last 3 years and this was one of the best batch of commercials yet. Thank you for allowing the kids of the 80s to relive their youth and rediscover how awesome it was! You're awesome Matt, keep it comin'!
Chestnuts roasted by EBrock @ 03/22/2006 11:06 PM EST
HAPPY! HAPPY! JOY JOY more 80's commercials and I SEEN IT!
Chestnuts roasted by nickr. @ 03/22/2006 11:45 PM EST
Well, I do seem to remember that whole McDLT (or whatever). No, the lettuce and tomato weren't crisp or cold.
The Underoos (Underroos?) commercials were a bit much, even at that time. Maybe I was a bit perverted in the ol' membrane 15-20 years before everyone else, but kids parading around in their underwear? On TV? That ain't right.
Chestnuts roasted by kinderscenen @ 03/23/2006 12:38 AM EST
On a different note, does anyone remember when, at the height of TGIF's popularity, ABC tried something similar on Saturday night? Don't remember what it was called, but it was very short-lived.
It was called "I Love Saturday." I know Growing Pains and Who's The Boss (two sitcoms eternally linked together) were part of it...possibly the other half was filled with sitcoms that didn't last the life of the block.
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 03/23/2006 03:01 AM EST
Those "Fat Burning Pills" commercials are just an extension of the "Snake Oil Venders" of old. "Hurry Hurry, Step right up! Try the magical mirical tonic!"
And, as for there being no "Solid Blocks Of Programming" I think CN still delivers the goods with Toonami, Adult Swim, and to a lesser extent Miguzi (Code Lyoko rocks and YuGiOh GX is corny but entertaining).
Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 03/23/2006 04:33 AM EST
Oh looky, my first post after reading the site for at least 5 years turns out to be a ponderous, talking-to-myself affair.
I wonder what exactly it is that led to the downfall of Saturday morning/afterschool kids' shows? Did the kids change as the years passed, or was it more to do with those FCC requirements for "educational" programming?
Whatever it is, they've surely ruined an entire generation. Kids *need* constant marketing and cheap animation. It's part of this balanced breakfast.
Chestnuts roasted by lugnut @ 03/23/2006 09:33 AM EST
Those miracle fat-burning pill commercials are the absolute worst. I can't believe that those people get away with it, the claims are so ludicrious I can't believe they are not arrested. The Kevin Trudeau informercials are also horrible. I also agree about those Larry The Cable Guy movie ads; seriously, anyone plan on seeing it? It looks totally horrible.
Speaking of informercials, anyone have any old favorites? I loved that bizarre "Santo Gold" infomercial they ran in the late 80s.
Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 03/23/2006 07:53 PM EST
Thank you Thank You Thank You for posting these. You made my day today...
Chestnuts roasted by Shawn Robare @ 03/23/2006 10:42 PM EST
I loved that bizarre "Santo Gold" infomercial they ran in the late 80s.
I sadly hadn't heard of Santo until Googling the name, and now that I've seen the two clips I could find...wow. Just...wow.
Words fail me.
And now I know my life's mission is to find the complete program.
Chestnuts roasted by lugnut @ 03/24/2006 09:10 AM EST
Yo WHere you get that jake the snake vs kat Video you know where a video of the show is or any other rare WWF Videos you can watch? hitman
Chestnuts roasted by trav @ 03/25/2006 12:26 AM EST
Thank you for posting up more commercials, especially the Fruity Marshmellow Krispies one. I hope you put more up soon.
Chestnuts roasted by Bert Raccoon @ 03/25/2006 11:35 PM EST
That kid in the Jedi commercial sounds like Daniel from Transformers. I didn't see Hotrod anywhere though.
Chestnuts roasted by Sir Jokesalot @ 03/26/2006 09:17 AM EST
This brings up an interesting memory from my childhood: That Empire was, by far, the last Star Wars movie I watched of the original trilogy by a mile. Why did it take so goddamn long for me to see it? Why did Saturday afternoon movies always seem to either show A New Hope (or as I knew it then, just plain ol' Star Wars) or Jedi? Why did they only play the LOTR animated movie in its entirety once, to my memory? I don't know, but goddamn did I love me some Saturday afternoon movie.
Chestnuts roasted by yode @ 03/29/2006 11:06 PM EST
i would like some new old commercials very soon on x-e take care of me twins skip-it zack the lego maniac blow pop and caramello
Chestnuts roasted by nick @ 04/01/2006 11:40 AM EST
Thanks for once again showing me why this is the greatest site on the internet. I love the old commercials. One thing though, I don't mean to nitpick (ok yeah I do) but in your review of the Reeses commercial you mention that they are playing on a Colecovision. However those are most definately Intellivision controllers they are holding. Anyway I knew I would not be able to sleep until I posted that so there it is. Hope to see more of these great commercials soon, thanks!
Chestnuts roasted by Kevin @ 04/05/2006 03:32 AM EST
Do you have a high rez copy of the Zips commercial?
Chestnuts roasted by Erizzle @ 04/06/2006 01:23 PM EST
Super Sunday and Super Saturday fans of Jem, Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines, Robotix, and Inhumanoids, please vist this SUPER SUNDAY WEBSITE, and this site also contains commercials for Robotix and Bigfoot. You can also sign the "Super Sunday & Super Saturday Petition", by scrolling down the page of this website.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryan Lepore @ 04/08/2006 12:04 AM EST
Ahhh, after nearly a year long exile I've spent the last two days re-immersing myself in the magic that is X-E. Thanks for all the great memories, Matt! I loved every single one of the commercials, and they brought a few things to mind that I hadn't thought of in almost 20 years. I would appreciate a Mac Tonight commercial in a future entry though. I loved the Mac!
On a side note, I was also sad when Looney Toones would come on every Saturday. Nothing worse than the end of the cartoon goodness! I loved D & D, Kidd Video, Galaxy High, Pole Position, Laser Tag, Smurfs, and the Wuzzles...those were some good times.
Chestnuts roasted by Kieran Alexis @ 04/09/2006 12:38 AM EST
With just minutes to spare to ensure that I don't miss tonight's new Sopranos and thus rob myself of the opportunity to bicker about what a letdown it was around the water cooler tomorrow morning, I finish this weekend's new article: 
