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K-Mart - "Big Wheels" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1328

Here's a commercial for Kmart, advertising big deals on such big wheels for little kids as Kawasaki's Green Machine Hot Cycles for the boys and Powder Puffs for the girls. Available through Saturday.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 25th 1981.

Mr. Pop! By Lakeside (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1606

Here's a commercial for a bit more obscure game for kids - Mr. Pop! - by Lakeside.

Mr. Pop! - The Game Where Girls Are Only Allowed To Be Spectators...

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 30th 1981.

Alien Action Figure (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2842

Why they would make a kid's toy for this R rated movie is beyond me - but here it is, the stuff of nightmares - an action figure for kids, based on the creature from the the movie Alien.

Still, you have to admit that the thing is pretty wicked cool. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 22nd 1979.

Sweet Pickles - "Circle The Bus" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2919

Here's another commercial for the Sweet Pickles books for kids. This one does feature a bus, but it's not a real bus - just cardboard. Also, it doesn't have the Sweet Pickles jingle - that must have come later.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 7th 1983.

Bubblicious Gum - "Rock Group" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1559

Here is one of those trippy animated commercials for Bubblicious gum. This one features kids in a rock group flying off into space. Wow. Far out, man.

"The ultimate bubble has the ultimate flavors - Regular, Wild Strawberry, and Juicy Orange." Woo.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 23nd, 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - He-Man (Commercial Break #8, 1987)

Views: 2228

Here is a commercial break from He-Man on WFLD Channel 32 from 1987. Includes:

He-Man Orko bumper

The Real Ghostbusters promo (yet again)

Cheerios (Unsinkable Taste)

Scribble Stix by Coleco Kids (again)

Dick Van Dyke Fire Prevention PSA - "Have 2 Ways Out" - Learn Not to Burn (again)

Popeye PSA - "Childproofing Your Household" (jeez, how many of these PSAs were there?)

He-Man Orko bumper

Super Mr. Potato Head (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2556

Here's a commercial for the Super Mr. Potato Head by Hasbro's "Romper Room" line. You can make either a Mr. Potato Head or a Lady Potato Head with the various accessories at your disposal.

This is the classic one, which includes the pipe. Remember when they got rid of the pipe later because they thought it encouraged kids to smoke?

"Comes with everything you see here."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 7th 1980.

Tough Wheels (Commercial, 1982?)

Views: 406

Tough Wheels by Kidco

Lucky Charms - "Lucky and the Three Bears" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1095

Here's a commercial for Lucky Charms cereals, with Lucky the Leprechaun (the voice of the late Arthur Anderson, who ironically wasn't even remotely of Irish descent) conjuring up a cottage to evade the kids out for his Lucky Charms - and ending up losing it anyway, to the Three Bears of Goldilocks fame.

(C) 1981 General Mills, Inc.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 23rd 1981.