By David Griner
Grating jingles, DayGlo wardrobes, shrill child actors, cheesy dance montages. If you wanted annoying, you could find it in the TV-commercial breaks of the 1980s. But today, 21 years removed from that decade of regrettable advertising, a few spots from the era do manage to spark a glimmer of misty-eyed nostalgia. AdFreak sifted through the morass and picked 21 such relative bright spots—presented here for your enjoyment. No, these aren’t the best ads of the ’80s, so don’t expect Apple’s “1984” or Wendy’s “Where’s the beef?” We also bypassed enduring earworms like “My Buddy.” These are just ads that, for better or worse, made us smile in looking back at them—a glimpse of a simpler time when, occasionally, it wasn’t so bad when Knight Rider went to commercial.
1. APPLE IIC “You Can Take It Home”
Hard to believe, but there was a time when “the computer wizards at Apple” actually competed with PCs on both performance and price instead of just style and usability. Yes, when this 1984 spot debuted for the Apple IIc, nothing said “must have” quite like 10,000 sweet-ass floppy discs and a price point of $1,300. That’s a mere $2,700 in today’s dollars, not counting the monitor and optional mouse, of course.
See the rest here: 21 Ads That (Almost) Make You Miss the ’80s.
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