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Jiffy Pop — Was It More Fun to Make Than Eat?

It’s Friday night, and this one brings back that whole feeling of the weekend finally being here. Maybe there was…

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Cathy Rigby Built Quite a Career After the Olympics

This old Cathy Rigby Stayfree commercial brings back a completely different Cathy Rigby memory for me. Back in the 1990s,…

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Shopping For Phones

Who remembers when we were finally able to go shopping for our own telephone? For years, the telephone was basically…

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1984: Red Dawn Invades Theaters

Today marks the anniversary of the release of Red Dawn, which opened in theaters on August 10, 1984. For anyone…

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Burger King Sold Veal?

Do you remember when Burger King sold veal? Watching this commercial again, it almost seems impossible that one of America’s…

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Peter Pan Peanut Butter

How many of you remember this Peter Pan Peanut Butter commercial? This one really seems to have stuck with people,…

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Remember the Fruit of the Loom Lady?

A lot of us remember Fruit of the Loom commercials because they were just plain fun, but this one has…

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Whoop-dee-doo for my Subaru Midas Ad

I recognized Midas right away, but the lady driving the Subaru is another familiar part of this commercial. That’s Loretta…

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7 UP the Uncola

How many of you can still hear Geoffrey Holder’s booming voice and unforgettable laugh before this commercial even gets going?…

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New Coke

Wearing one of his familiar sweaters and sitting against a dark background, Bill Cosby holds up the can, calls it…