Category: 1980’s
Slip ’N Slide Memories
I’ll never forget when we got our first Slip ’N Slide back in the 1970s. I had to be the…
For a lot of us, this is the mail truck we remember.
Before the boxy Grumman LLV became the familiar neighborhood mail truck, the Jeep DJ-5 was the little right-hand-drive postal Jeep…
Did You Get Your Dodge Boys Shorts?
Phil Rizzuto pitched plenty of products in his day, but this Yankees/Dodge Boys spot is one of those commercials that…
Before Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, there was Luke and Laura.
Luke and Laura’s wedding on General Hospital was not just a soap opera wedding. It was a television event. In…
Cocoon: The Movie You May Need a DVD to See
I’m posting the trailer for Cocoon, and it is strange to say this about such a well-known 1980s movie, but…
When a Wine Ad Sounded Like Theater
The commercial was simple, but that was the power of it. Welles sat there with that unmistakable voice, making wine…
The FedEx Fast-Talking Man
Before every company tried to make commercials feel like mini-movies, FedEx gave us one that felt like a full workday…
“Shoop Shoop Hula Hoop”
I remember my mom calling it the “Shoop Shoop Hula Hoop,” and for years I wondered where that came from….
Lee Press-On Nails for Teens
Lee Press-On Nails became a huge 1980s beauty fad because they made grown-up glamour feel easy and affordable. For teens…