Comments on: 80s commercial nostalgia

By: iwanttofitin

iwanttofitin — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:56:16 +0000

You forgot the Dr. Mario commercial with the Witch Doctor. The only one I’m not familiar with is the Coke commercial. Stupid Colgate. Kids don’t care for toothpaste no matter how many stars you use.

By: Valeri

Valeri — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:33:30 +0000

Oh thank you so much for the trip down memory lane. Mr. Wizard and Today’s Special were two of my FAVORITE shows I’ve done the same thing – I have a couple VHS tapes recorded from early 90s and I normally enjoy watching the commercials more than what I actually was recording.

I find it funny that Encyclopedia Britannica’s biggest competitor, the computer, also appeared it’s the commercial.

By: JBT

JBT — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:43:02 +0000

Damn it - YouTube is blocked at work. Next time I’m at your house, remind me to watch these videos.

By: em

em — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:31:10 +0000

I loved sitting with my child to watch Danger Mouse and Mr. Wizard’s World, together. I wish those would be re-digitalized and promoted again.

I never cared for the commercials, but they are a genre unique to the time, and therefore, in retrospect, are more “valuable” as sociological markers, than when first broadcast. They are fascinating, but I still can’t stand them.

Best to all — Em

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By: socialorb

socialorb — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:58:00 +0000

One day when media companies get it right, they will allow people to upload what they have at home so we all can watch the oldies… EVEN THE COMMERCIALS!!! You can’t watch an old Smurf cartoon without the commercials. Its just not the same.

I read some articles on a few companies looking at bit-torrent as the client for this, but so far so bad. Smae thing for music. iTunes has a big collection, but nothing like what 200 million people have at home put on a server for you to hear and buy.

By: Dean Barr

Dean Barr — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:21:44 +0000

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