80s TV Commercials

Even if you don't remember Bonkers, Alfonso Ribeiro or Small Wonder, Giant Magazine's picks for the 50 greatest commercials of the 80s are pretty fascinating. Nostalgia and entertainment aside, watching these is also an excellent exercise in perspective—20 years from now, people are going to be laughing at your cutting edge ideas (yes, the McDLT was once a successful gimmick and yes, the graphics in that Pringles commercial really were mindblowingly modern then). What I also find remarkable is that I remember all the words to the Big Red theme song, the Tater Skins song, the My Buddy ad... behold the warped power of advertising. As the article jokes, "To this day, most kids of the '80s can still tell you it's supposed to be red hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, green clovers, blue diamonds, and purple horseshoes... but they can'’t find Canada on a map."

And—"because every great thing from the '80s gets a sequel"—50 More 80s Commercials. This set includes the infamous Chiat/Day Ridley Scott 1984 Apple Superbowl ad.