My friend Tom works at the Firestone plant in Bloomington, IL. The History Channel did a segment about the enormous mining equipment tires he helps build. Pretty cool stuff.
This jingle rocks out compared to all the other junk I've posted. This is a generic spot for Pontiac's whole 1987 auto line with the "we build excitement" jingle.
One of many commercials featuring the California Raisins, a group of motown-singing anthropomorphized raisins made out of clay Peter-Gabriel style. If I looked down and saw my raisins walking out of the box and dancing around, I don't think I'd ever eat another one. From 1987.
Sadly, no "time to make the donuts" line in this quickie :10 spot for Dunkin Donuts. It does have the little guy with the moustache though. Circa 1986.
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"The Great American Road" jingle! Full-sing, tailored just for the Regal. In my mind, 1987 is when a lot of GM cars started to look more stylized and contemporary and less boxy, and this is a good example. My parents had both an '86 and an '87 Olds and they were very different from each other.
Yet another commercial for the original 8-track-based 2XL educational "robot". It was basically a glorified 8-track deck with some cleverly-produced (but horribly-voiced) tapes. For more info on 2XL visit http://www.pickletre ats.com/2xl/
I'm not sure why the Fry Guys (or the gender-neutral Fry KIDS as they are referred to in this ad) were what they were. How does a colored ball of yarn with legs represent fries? From 1987.
Ahhh, two classic ABC sitcoms from 1987 promoted here: Perfect Strangers and Head Of The Class. I always had trouble seeing Howard Hesseman in any role except for Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cinncinnati.
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