80's Retail and Department Store Commercials - 90 minutes of retro commercials!

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  • čas přidán 5. 01. 2022
  • Here is an absolute ton of old store commercials from the 1980's. This is, by far, my largest commercial collection yet!
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    Included in this compilation are some stores that are long gone and a few that we can still visit today such as:
    00:00 7-Eleven
    00:30 Ace Hardware (with John Madden)
    01:32 Ames
    02:04 Beirs Department Store
    02:33 Blockbuster Video
    03:03 Bloomingdales
    03:34 Bradlees
    05:06 Burdicks
    05:38 Child World
    06:40 Circuit City
    07:42 Colortyme
    08:13 DH Holmes
    08:45 Famous Footwear
    08:56 Fayva
    09:27 Fedmart
    10:29 Filene's
    11:30 Foot Locker
    12:35 fotomat
    13:37 Fred Meyer
    14:08 H&R Block
    14:27 Hallmark
    15:30 Harts
    16:02 Hills
    26:24 JCPenney
    31:03 Kaufmanns
    31:33 Kiddie City
    32:06 Kmart
    37:47 Kroger
    38:17 Macy's
    42:46 Marshalls
    44:18 Men’s Warehouse
    44:49 Microage
    45:20 Montgomery Ward
    46:23 Pay Less
    46:54 Payless Shoes
    47:57 Picway Shoes
    49:00 Radio Shack
    51:05 Ross
    51:35 Sears
    01:01:22 Service Merchandise
    01:01:54 Shoe-Town
    01:02:26 Target
    01:03:26 The Gap
    01:03:56 The Money Store (with Phil Rizzuto)
    01:04:26 Thrifty Drug and Discount Stores
    01:04:57 TJ Maxx
    01:05:58 Toys R Us
    01:21:27 True Value
    01:21:56 Uptons
    01:22:27 Walmart
    01:22:57 Woolworth
    01:23:29 Zayre
    01:28:19 Zodys.
    I hope you enjoy watching these old store commercials and please don't forget to subscribe if you like this type of content. There is much more coming soon!
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Komentáře • 761

  • @Free_Samples
    @Free_Samples Před rokem +447

    I sure do miss these days, so much better than the garbage we live in now. Didn’t realize how good we had it until we no longer have it.

    • @zombiefulci3301
      @zombiefulci3301 Před rokem +34

      We live in corporate prison farms

    • @badladyami
      @badladyami Před rokem

      When you meet a twitchy kid obsessed with numbers, never let them near a position of decision-making.
      Those little fuckers ruined all of this.

    • @truthbetold6011
      @truthbetold6011 Před rokem +7

      I know that's right 😒

    • @Rob_1776
      @Rob_1776 Před rokem +3

      Ain't that the truth!

    • @TOMM.E.COCKVOMIT666
      @TOMM.E.COCKVOMIT666 Před rokem +1

      AMEN

  • @X-Factor-by2kz
    @X-Factor-by2kz Před rokem +108

    These commercials are way better than today's commercials.

    • @Inziagold
      @Inziagold Před rokem +11

      I mute the commercials today because they are mainly Big Pharama suggesting illness to the subconscious . I don't care to end up Bipolar with a rash whose cream will insure I die with clear skin lol

    • @legendofzelda2324
      @legendofzelda2324 Před 11 měsíci

      No gays. No whites faking to be friends with minorities. Women weren’t as entitled

    • @CagniLady1-mj7qv
      @CagniLady1-mj7qv Před 8 měsíci +2

      Its all about Medicaid and life insurance and pills

    • @blacksheepgirl
      @blacksheepgirl Před 6 měsíci

      The commercials now a days are just money grubbing. :o WOW. Nastalgia just smacked me in the face! :'O

    • @daniellubin1020
      @daniellubin1020 Před dnem

      You mean tv show

  • @chriswilloughby5295
    @chriswilloughby5295 Před rokem +156

    Blockbuster when people had to go out and interact with people to get a few films, smelling the popcorn and deciding what sweets to get, actually made watching a movie exciting

    • @melissafraser2190
      @melissafraser2190 Před rokem +15

      I don’t miss the late fees though lol

    • @dwnrange7812
      @dwnrange7812 Před rokem +2

      We didn’t get a Blockbuster until around ‘90… had a chain called Erol’s before that

    • @cks7548
      @cks7548 Před rokem +3

      Streaming services are better.

    • @phyrr2
      @phyrr2 Před rokem

      @@cks7548 Not when they cause everyone to become anti-social idiots who end up depressed wondering "Why am I so lonely" when the answer is literally because all they do is stay home with all their fancy "services".

    • @atlantic_love
      @atlantic_love Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@cks7548No they're not. They constantly downgrade their content because they don't want to pay licensing fees. Netflix used to be good but then it severely reduced its stock until there was nothing good in it. CZcams TV is the same way.

  • @tedbell4416
    @tedbell4416 Před rokem +47

    I wanna go back to the 80s so bad such a better world

    • @hectorlopez1069
      @hectorlopez1069 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Definitely with payphones and beepers and buying cameras to take pictures.

  • @Michael-jw6et
    @Michael-jw6et Před 11 měsíci +17

    Kids today will never know how awesome is was to take the family and go to Blockbuster to rent a movie.

    • @lonniemcguire1343
      @lonniemcguire1343 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Imagine a teenager today living back in the 80s.

    • @srs3572
      @srs3572 Před 10 měsíci

      Family Video too!

  • @Bozlee22
    @Bozlee22 Před rokem +19

    80’s i miss you so much, what happened to this world????

  • @winterlynn9012
    @winterlynn9012 Před rokem +85

    As a little girl in the 80's (Born in 83) I find these ads extremely comforting. Reminds me of being a child around the holidays again, the house cozy and warm and filled with Christmas decor and the smell of the Christmas tree

    • @adamantlyadam5201
      @adamantlyadam5201 Před rokem +6

      83 baby myself. Totally agree with you. I miss those days.

    • @retrogamer8085
      @retrogamer8085 Před rokem +8

      im a decade older but these commercials feel surreal. it feels like these times didnt really exist. weird. like a fever dream or something. hard to believe a time like this even existed. because today? it's just constantly bad/evil crap, every day, on tv. the companies are 'woke' and the commercials are flavorless and people are rude and abrasive and think thats how u get ahead in life. crazy... its like an orwell book come to life eh?

    • @phyrr2
      @phyrr2 Před rokem +2

      That comforting feel and smell of Christmas is been long dead now, all thanks to what people have become and have let the world fall into. Very thankful to be last of the Gen X (you early Millennials will get this too) - "Analogue childhood, Digital adulthood"

    • @atlantic_love
      @atlantic_love Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@phyrr2Become and let the world fall into? Oh no, another political rant. The reason Christmas doesn't look and feel like it used to is because corporations stopped making the sorts of things we older people enjoyed, and started mass producing JUNK.

    • @srs3572
      @srs3572 Před 10 měsíci

      ⁠@@retrogamer8085I’m building a Time Machine for us all to go back for the holidays!

  • @summermix5614
    @summermix5614 Před rokem +63

    I really do miss the 80s, when kids can actually be kids. I feel bad for the kids now. They don't know what's it like to go to the toy stores. We had Saturday morning cartoons and really great TV shows. Back in the 80s, we had real playgrounds. Remember those hot summer days when we had those metal slides. You know the slides were hot but you slide down anyway. 😁

    • @srs3572
      @srs3572 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Or to take scraps of paper and create amazing projects. Using one’s own creativity to make stuff. Now it is all phones.

    • @SFBenjaminK
      @SFBenjaminK Před 10 měsíci

      and now kids gets few videos in social media get poplar & Hits, then get paid lots of money & by 18yo , then buy a house or cars for parents in that age instead another way around & most of them dies or become suicide by 25yo ...everything is f*n is out of control these days

    • @marcussmith4913
      @marcussmith4913 Před 10 měsíci +5

      it wasnt just better for kids... it was a better time for adults too. The genie (internet) was let out of the bottle though. We will never have this society again. It was hands down however the best damn decade in the history of the world.

    • @maryyoung4046
      @maryyoung4046 Před 7 měsíci

      And they had teeter totters - remember them? - one kid on one end the other kid on the other end. My city has many playgrounds but none of them as far as I know have any teeter totters. Have city planner thought them too dangerous or something? I used to love getting on the teeter totter with another person and going up and down until we were wanting to do something else.

    • @josephsears3781
      @josephsears3781 Před 7 měsíci +4

      So true. I was born in ‘73 and remember the good ole days when my grandmother would take me to the mall. My favorite store was Kay Bee Toys. Every time I was in there it felt like a museum of awesome toys. I thought she was rich because she would buy me toys everytime I went to visit her. Kids now will never understand that kind of experience. I miss the 80’s so much. I hope when I die that I can be reborn into some parallel universe where it’s the 80’s all over again. Great time to be alive as a child.

  • @joshuarandolph5031
    @joshuarandolph5031 Před rokem +130

    I worked for Kmart back in the day . We popped popcorn all day.

  • @armorybrunotjr.3204
    @armorybrunotjr.3204 Před rokem +24

    RIP, to the following stores-Ames, Bradlees, Circuit City, Fayva,Fed Mart,
    Blockbuster Video,Filene's,Kmart,Fotomat,Sears,Hills, Lionel
    Kiddie City,Montgomery Wards, Payless Shoe Source, Radio Shack, Toys R Us,Woolworth and Zayre.

  • @dumdum3470
    @dumdum3470 Před rokem +89

    Blockbuster doesn't seem like that long ago. Clearly remember standing in the store looking for the perfect movie. Boy does time fly by

    • @bfg9000d1
      @bfg9000d1 Před rokem +10

      @Jesse Pinkman Biggest issue is we don't really have "primetime" anymore as we use to know it. The networks use to pump big time money into their primetime lineup and tried to secure actors that were at least likeable or well known. We have settled on quantity and not quality on programming.

    • @YudazOwn
      @YudazOwn Před rokem +2

      ​@@bfg9000d1"we have settled" ... as if we have any input on what they put on the networks.

    • @johnmguzman7491
      @johnmguzman7491 Před rokem +4

      There is still ONE BLOCKBUSTER left standing. Whew!

    • @kylep3759
      @kylep3759 Před rokem +1

      That's because it wasn't that long ago. The one down the street from me closed in 2013. 10 years ago isn't that long ago

    • @thegamingchef3304
      @thegamingchef3304 Před rokem +1

      When I moved to Columbus Ohio in 2009 I was surprised to see they still had a Blockbuster. I think it shut down in like 2011 tho. I remember they had a bunch of stuff on clearance, including the new Madden video game that just came out. I got that and a few other games for really cheap.

  • @GODDESS1966
    @GODDESS1966 Před rokem +36

    Sad to see how many of these stores are gone. I was in my teens and early 20s in the 80s and I miss those days terribly.

    • @starlaminde8436
      @starlaminde8436 Před 6 měsíci

      Same I’m 58 and to escape todays bullsh** I’m her for comfort and nostalgia

    • @GODDESS1966
      @GODDESS1966 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@starlaminde8436 I'm 57 and I can relate sis! If only we knew what we had we would have appreciated it more! Who knew the world would turn to sh##! GOD bless my friend, Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy New Year!

  • @MsDellis1
    @MsDellis1 Před 2 lety +93

    I sure do miss kmart

    • @zaq55
      @zaq55 Před 2 lety +15

      The Blue Light Special 😁

    • @christopheryanoski6899
      @christopheryanoski6899 Před rokem +5

      Hills was way better....

    • @jenniferhansen3622
      @jenniferhansen3622 Před rokem +4

      @@christopheryanoski6899 I've never heard of Hill's. I'll have to look it up.

    • @christopheryanoski6899
      @christopheryanoski6899 Před rokem +7

      @@jenniferhansen3622 they had a snack bar with the absolute best pop corn.

    • @jenniferhansen3622
      @jenniferhansen3622 Před rokem +2

      @@christopheryanoski6899 That's awesome. Looks like they were mainly in the East and in the South.

  • @rexflexall30044
    @rexflexall30044 Před rokem +36

    I want to live in these commercials

    • @dafullclip
      @dafullclip Před rokem +1

      Thats why they're called *commercials* 😆

    • @johnmguzman7491
      @johnmguzman7491 Před rokem +4

      Sounds like a perfect short story about a guy who does that...

    • @heartofthunder1440
      @heartofthunder1440 Před rokem +3

      And if I had half of the things that I got for all them Christmases I’d be sitting on a small fortune

  • @gspendlove
    @gspendlove Před rokem +55

    The reason I love these commercials so much is because they show us a world where people treat each other with respect, fairness and an honest desire to help. In this world, the place is clean, the shelves are always stocked, the associates are always smiling and happy to help you find what you're looking for. And you can always find it at a reasonable price. A world with no hassles, no discourtesy, no dismissiveness, and always someone around when you need them. Wouldn't it be great if we lived in that world?

    • @pmccoy8924
      @pmccoy8924 Před rokem +12

      Life was so much easier for everyone. No social media, no cell phones with access to every corner of the world within seconds, no political bickering non stop, politicians didn't try to divide us at every aspect of life. The WW2 greatest generation was still in charge. They all knew real despair, struggle, desperation. Cordial was easy. It was a natural reaction to them. 90% saw hell with their own eyes on Earth. More than once.

    • @davidarmitage289
      @davidarmitage289 Před rokem +1

      Well said. Agree 100%

    • @aaqilian5.085
      @aaqilian5.085 Před rokem +7

      It starts with you. But you like everyone else is waiting for someone else to do it

    • @gspendlove
      @gspendlove Před rokem +4

      @@aaqilian5.085 Q: Since you seem to know so much about me, tell me what is it I do for a living, hmmmm? And now you're going to say, "probably" this or "probably" that, but the fact is you don't know. Before you voice your unsolicited opinion, you really ought to know what you're talking about. There's an idea starter for you.

    • @sg1770
      @sg1770 Před rokem

      Now you can just take whatever you want and don’t have to pay. It’s so sad what this country has become. Democrats truly ruin everything they touch.

  • @jamieSp69
    @jamieSp69 Před rokem +27

    Just watching this makes me feel good.

    • @sharonm.t.2492
      @sharonm.t.2492 Před rokem

      You must have had a good youth/childhood/young adulthood. If you're not from that era maybe it's the cheer & humor & kindness & positivity.

    • @jamieSp69
      @jamieSp69 Před rokem

      @@sharonm.t.2492 I live in the most toxic environment imaginable. My adulthood has been a living hell. Everyone that I meet who had even a single negative experience growing up wants me burn in hell for being a happy kid, so I don't talk about my childhood. I simply don't let people drag me down. Sorry if this comes across as negative, but I don't like masking the truth.

  • @payattention5633
    @payattention5633 Před rokem +5

    I'm not sure how people survived the 1980s without big pharma constantly advertising like they do today.

  • @fleasflea1928
    @fleasflea1928 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Oh man, the good old days!! How I miss these days 😢

  • @kingjoeytheape1657
    @kingjoeytheape1657 Před 2 lety +44

    Bunch of stuff you can find at Goodwill today. 😆👍

  • @lemonhead162
    @lemonhead162 Před rokem +51

    I remember Kmart always smelled like popcorn. Target too...

    • @Mr-Raoui
      @Mr-Raoui Před rokem +5

      It's funny how u mention that cause that's true what happened to that smell 🤔

    • @derikdragon80
      @derikdragon80 Před rokem +1

      Same with Hills.

    • @jean-philipperameau4220
      @jean-philipperameau4220 Před rokem +3

      Yeah, I remember that too!
      Thank god they replaced that popcorn with coffee / starbucks. I hated that smell (I personally don't like popcorn).

    • @derikdragon80
      @derikdragon80 Před rokem +2

      @@jean-philipperameau4220 Well...I'd rather have the popcorn, since the last presweeten coffee drink I had made my blood sugar skyrocket. But, to each his own. :)

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 Před rokem +1

      Woolworth always did too in the seventies. I wonder why??

  • @goodtroublemaker143
    @goodtroublemaker143 Před rokem +6

    That lady in the Ace commercial looks like a Star Trek character

  • @bwy553
    @bwy553 Před rokem +13

    And to think, you used to groan when these came on! They were always too long when you were watching and too short when you had to go to the bathroom!

  • @sharonm.t.2492
    @sharonm.t.2492 Před rokem +7

    I so remember that guy saying, "I could've bought a better TV!" Circuit City commercial. I remember those stores back in the bay area!

  • @pittsburghsarah7008
    @pittsburghsarah7008 Před rokem +6

    The Fiero pulling away from the Fotomat says everything about why I miss those days.

  • @TheRedDevil_NC
    @TheRedDevil_NC Před rokem +35

    I worked at an Ace Hardware for 2 years while in High School. I really enjoyed it. The owner was really stressed with all the big stores like Lowes and Home Depot starting to build more and more stores. He was out of business by the mid 90s after about 15 years in business. Customers were even nicer back then. You couldnt pay me to work retail as a teenager now.

    • @adamlong9728
      @adamlong9728 Před rokem +1

      My town of Gatlinburg, TN has an Ace as its one and only hardware store. They have nothing in stock and their employees are worthless and just sit around. I would kill for a Lowes.

    • @sg1770
      @sg1770 Před rokem +3

      There are still some really nice Ace hardware stores left

    • @staciereyes-kidd3010
      @staciereyes-kidd3010 Před rokem +1

      The lady in the Ace commercial looked like she was from Star Trek.

    • @merfwriter
      @merfwriter Před rokem

      My Dad prefers Ace over Home Depot and Lowes. I see him going into Ace more than he does the other stores.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před rokem

      I know of a few local HW stores. I try to go there first when possible.
      Problem is that they're not open at 6am 6 days a week, and close at midnight. :(

  • @acewalker
    @acewalker Před 11 měsíci +7

    I was born in the year 2000. I never existed in these times so I don’t know what it was like to be a person in the 80’s or 90’s.
    But when I watch these it has so much character and life to it. When today’s commercial feels like robotic NPC ads.

    • @lonniemcguire1343
      @lonniemcguire1343 Před 11 měsíci +3

      I was born 1977 lived through the 80s and I really miss it. Good times bad times the fashion, music movies will always be remembered.

    • @srs3572
      @srs3572 Před 10 měsíci

      I was born in 1978. Sure miss the 80s. I really feel for the young people today who missed out on the analog world.

  • @mynewyork165
    @mynewyork165 Před rokem +49

    $69 for a cordless phone & answering machine was still pretty expensive for that time.

    • @sharonm.t.2492
      @sharonm.t.2492 Před rokem +2

      I saw one of these ads had a cordless phone for $200. Whoa!

    • @sharonm.t.2492
      @sharonm.t.2492 Před rokem +2

      Yeah, I think $69 was a bit high, too. I think I remember some for $39.

    • @neil4306
      @neil4306 Před rokem +6

      Might have been expensive but wasn't made like today's junk

    • @goodtroublemaker143
      @goodtroublemaker143 Před rokem +4

      All electronics were expensive back then

    • @LostinMIA
      @LostinMIA Před rokem +3

      It was state of the art back then.

  • @mcpingas
    @mcpingas Před rokem +5

    man, out of the 52 stores in this video, 27 of them are defunct now

  • @johnschade90
    @johnschade90 Před rokem +8

    I miss the 80s

    • @tedbell4416
      @tedbell4416 Před rokem +2

      Me too buddy best time ever

    • @CodyCole80
      @CodyCole80 Před 5 měsíci

      Me too! I was born at the very beginning, 1980, so I remember the majority of this decade fondly.

    • @ryanwallace6921
      @ryanwallace6921 Před 2 měsíci

      Me too 😢

  • @oldschool8983
    @oldschool8983 Před rokem +12

    As these commercials continue to roll I can't help but to cry because as I see the prices on things from back in those days it just gets you right in the heart.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před rokem +2

      Well, we made less. I might have 20 bucks fill an Oldsmobile (1980, when they were BIG cars) but I was barely making 5.00 an hour.

    • @tarrantwolf
      @tarrantwolf Před rokem +5

      ​@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 we made less but we're able to buy more. Wages have not kept up with prices.

    • @srs3572
      @srs3572 Před 10 měsíci

      I am crying too.

  • @shawneamarrow4082
    @shawneamarrow4082 Před 2 lety +9

    Never will see these prices again

  • @averageskyfatherworshipper9342

    I just realized that the reason these commercials feel different is because they were advertising to an altogether different demographic.

  • @forhisglory7489
    @forhisglory7489 Před rokem +12

    Kmart will always have a part of my heart because thats where my dad used to work in the early 90s till our kmart store close , i remembered he used to take me to work with him on the weekends and i would have a blast in the toy aisle and everybody that worked there was so friendly that even the little ceasers lady would give free cookies .

  • @joseWeiss8888
    @joseWeiss8888 Před rokem +25

    We should bring this styles of ads back

    • @youlllog9627
      @youlllog9627 Před rokem +9

      I wish!! Today's ads are so loud, obnoxious and totally chaotic!

    • @jamieSp69
      @jamieSp69 Před rokem +8

      ​@@youlllog9627 Just like society in general.

    • @jamieSp69
      @jamieSp69 Před rokem +8

      We can't. The ads are a reflection of society in general. We lived in a fucked society now, so the ads have to be a reflection of that in order to be affective.

    • @scarlettyoung4744
      @scarlettyoung4744 Před rokem +2

      @@jamieSp69 adverts are so frustrating nowadays. most media in general actually. there's little craft involved and everything is LOUD as fuck. i don't think I've seen many even tolerable movies that have been released after 2015 LOL. i know that there are some people within my generation who feel exactly this way though, so i have a small amount of hope. kind of.

    • @YudazOwn
      @YudazOwn Před rokem

      🎯🎰💯

  • @coreybabcock2023
    @coreybabcock2023 Před rokem +6

    I miss these days!

  • @IK_4
    @IK_4 Před 11 měsíci +5

    I loved growing up in the 80's. These commercials are so comforting. Some of these commercials are from the 90's though, and it's sad how you could already see the difference.

  • @shawntimm2678
    @shawntimm2678 Před rokem +10

    Loved Kmart. Ace is the place with the helpful hardware MAN. That's how it's supposed to be!!!!!

    • @badladyami
      @badladyami Před rokem +1

      Thanks for the contribution, micropecker.

    • @rollandjoeseph
      @rollandjoeseph Před rokem +1

      Shawn you're sadly as dated as those commercials

    • @shawntimm2678
      @shawntimm2678 Před rokem +1

      @@rollandjoeseph At least I appreciate a time when our country wasn't being destroyed by this insane liberal wokeism

    • @Thrifty032781
      @Thrifty032781 Před rokem

      Oh good lord. Even in the 1980s we weren't that sexist.

  • @marr5969
    @marr5969 Před rokem +8

    Politics and corporate greed is what we have today. The 80's will always be remembered as the golden decade.

  • @briansinger2298
    @briansinger2298 Před rokem +8

    My father would get a Sunday paper every Saturday night and as a kid I loved going through all these stores paper ads to look at their toy, electrical and sporting goods sales. Not a single kid does that today there's no way of it. ☹️

    • @srs3572
      @srs3572 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I miss the Sears catalog and TV Guide!

  • @AConcernedCitizen420
    @AConcernedCitizen420 Před 8 měsíci +2

    @26:20 “Hills! The anti-inflation department store!” 😂 I remember low prices in the 80’s and I loved their toy section!

  • @skyangel6336
    @skyangel6336 Před rokem +4

    Please take me back there! Life was normal!

  • @jackdoe552
    @jackdoe552 Před 2 lety +29

    Interesting to see ads for stores we didn't have in my part of the country. First time I've seen many of these, and I watched a lot of TV as a kid!

  • @grgmj1980
    @grgmj1980 Před rokem +55

    Even commercials were magical back in the day. World today is garbage

    • @hugokeys602
      @hugokeys602 Před rokem +6

      so what do you do to improve it or do you just moan?

    • @zerocal76
      @zerocal76 Před rokem +2

      @@hugokeys602 lol seriously. Its easy to complain so most... just complain 😏

    • @Missmarple007
      @Missmarple007 Před 12 dny

      Merely making a judgment call, I'm trying to do what I can to fix it

    • @grgmj1980
      @grgmj1980 Před 12 dny

      Ohh I’m sorry did I hurt your vaginas, can’t do or say anything nowadays because everyone gets offended

    • @musicnerd72
      @musicnerd72 Před 3 dny

      ​@@Missmarple007WTF?

  • @PaladinLarec
    @PaladinLarec Před rokem +43

    Bradlees was a pretty good store. I remember going there as a kid because they always had the best toy aisle. There was a Kay Bee Toys in the mall, the Bradlees still had a better selection. Also, Child's World was underrated. There was one next to the Toys R Us in Mays Landing NJ in the 90s, and though their selection wasn't as good, they had a lot of older games and consoles that Toys R Us no longer sold. Their bargain bin was amazing.

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 Před rokem +6

      I remember Child World and Bradlee's. We had them up here in Massachusetts too. Did you guys have Zayre's and Ann & Hope?
      They were the best as far as toys go. They always had ALL the Star Wars figures!!

  • @forrestmalcom8351
    @forrestmalcom8351 Před rokem +8

    10:00$ for a He Man / Transformer figure was actually expensive at that time . I still miss the early 80s Kmart .

  • @MrStayOnTop5683
    @MrStayOnTop5683 Před 11 měsíci +3

    The actual Good Ol Days. This is awesome and beyond nostalgic.

  • @Dudeitsmeee
    @Dudeitsmeee Před 2 lety +19

    Those Hill's commercials with the aisles of toys advertising layaway up until x-mas eve. There are two traditional retailers left, Wal-Mart and Target, and neither do layaway. I still know of outliers that do layaway, but nothing like the old retail version with the little counter out back. Quaint memories of old-skool retailers.

    • @sharonm.t.2492
      @sharonm.t.2492 Před rokem

      Walmart around here did layaway in recent years. I'm in WA State. No more?

    • @Dudeitsmeee
      @Dudeitsmeee Před rokem +1

      @@sharonm.t.2492 Wally world might still do it! I know Target does not.

  • @jszoradi8650
    @jszoradi8650 Před rokem +22

    I love this brings back childhood memories 💓

  • @CollectingCardboard
    @CollectingCardboard Před rokem +10

    00:38 - I _SWEAR_ ; when I first saw this segment, I thought it was a segway for a StarTrek television episode or movie!!?!!? Tell me that her outfit & broach doesn't look....well,.... *STAR TREK'ish* !!

  • @AnniePA1960
    @AnniePA1960 Před 2 lety +11

    My mom LOVED the Kmart when it came to our neighborhood in 1977. Then she loved Ames. Before that it was all about EJ Korvette.

  • @mywienersyoumusttouch6446

    Block buster video 😂 they closed entirely in 2002 if I'm not mistaken . Wow I really miss them .

  • @jbw9999
    @jbw9999 Před rokem +11

    These collections are always full of so many stores I've never heard of.
    That smile at 17:44 cracks me up.

  • @MauriceCooper-tp8xv
    @MauriceCooper-tp8xv Před 10 měsíci +1

    Ah, the great department store days. I wish these would come back. Shopping would be fun again!

  • @schaeferschaefer2624
    @schaeferschaefer2624 Před rokem +6

    Hit “skip ad” to watch more ads. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

  • @velaphitshabalala2912
    @velaphitshabalala2912 Před rokem +2

    Shopping used to be friendly and fun. Now it's quick and easy. Would take the first one anytime.

  • @Hvenbound
    @Hvenbound Před 4 měsíci +2

    Can't believe this was before social media. Way to go!!!!!❤

  • @dawnagordon2333
    @dawnagordon2333 Před rokem +6

    Sad some of this places out of business. I loved Kmart. Went down after Walmart came around 😢😢

    • @hectorlopez1069
      @hectorlopez1069 Před rokem +1

      I believe so

    • @joancavanaugh965
      @joancavanaugh965 Před 8 dny

      I still have some Basic Editions cable knit winter sweaters, I treat them like gold! They were made well and are still holding up pretty well for 15+ years old.

  • @Alifrom-Texas
    @Alifrom-Texas Před rokem +3

    I miss those times when I use to go to Walden Book Store, when I use to buy stuff from Kmart, the times when my fav electronics store was Circuit City, the times when I use to work in Radio Shack, The times when I saved money and bought me a Packard Bell PC, The times when we use to listen to Michael Jackson, The times when cars had pinstripes, Yes !!! that was my Time !!! the Time when there was real love among people. It all went too quick. Now I am in my 50's and always remember those wonderful times !!!!

  • @charlesmurphy1510
    @charlesmurphy1510 Před rokem +4

    It seems like just yesterday.

  • @ladennayoung2939
    @ladennayoung2939 Před 11 měsíci +1

    OMG. Blockbuster video. I used to really like going into a video store. But I really like the streaming apps we have now and the convenience they bring.

  • @muttBunch
    @muttBunch Před rokem +5

    I miss these days, when life was actually easy!!!

  • @daphne4983
    @daphne4983 Před rokem +5

    Woman in ad two is a Star trek officer

  • @luisreyes1963
    @luisreyes1963 Před rokem +6

    All those Toys R Us ads makes me feel old, as I was once an avid customer. 🧸

  • @sailingonasummerbreeze7892

    What a throwback! Thanks for sharing! I am guessing that 90% of these stores are either out of business or close to being gone. Time relentlessly marches on.

  • @amandaclick3590
    @amandaclick3590 Před 2 lety +7

    I do remember these ads, watching them as a kid!

  • @colleenross8752
    @colleenross8752 Před rokem +7

    I remember Hills, Child World, and buying my sneakers at Buster Brown

  • @ljjones5204
    @ljjones5204 Před 2 lety +71

    When 711 was full of goodies not homeless & derelicts & illegal credit card scanners 🤦

    • @riggs20
      @riggs20 Před rokem +5

      Wow! Wherever you live, you need to move!

    • @ralphtom3431
      @ralphtom3431 Před rokem +6

      @@riggs20 yea move from America.you know this country is down the drain

    • @baronvonsvengoonie853
      @baronvonsvengoonie853 Před rokem

      I don't even want to know who you consider a goodie you meet at 7-11.... Old creep

    • @keetahbrough
      @keetahbrough Před rokem

      the economics of your society produces homeless people. Your society is not a good one.

    • @YudazOwn
      @YudazOwn Před rokem

      Fact... they periodically WORK in there too.

  • @daveb2280
    @daveb2280 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Toys R Us bring back the best memories. Even going there as an adult was a real treat. Progress....(sigh)

  • @russellgrimes3491
    @russellgrimes3491 Před rokem +17

    I remember the 80s. My parents maxed out their department store credit cards buying us kids the latest clothing fashions at the mall for school then couldn’t keep up with the payments. I still remember that $120 cordless phone ringing off the hook because they kept hanging up on the creditors. There was no such thing as harassment from creditors back then. They were like pit bulls

    • @lala48224
      @lala48224 Před rokem +3

      We had the SAME childhood 😅

    • @sharonm.t.2492
      @sharonm.t.2492 Před rokem +2

      I started getting my own credit cards in the 80's. And I remember how difficult it was to keep up with $15-20 minimum payments. For some reason. Well $20 was a lot "more" back then, obviously.

    • @jeffwads
      @jeffwads Před rokem +1

      Junior, get back to bed right now!

    • @crb4059
      @crb4059 Před rokem

      lmao

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před rokem +1

      ​@@cecilfoxhound3274 Dressed well? Why do kids have to be dressed well? They'll just outgrow or trash it immediately. That seems stupid.
      Clean, good quality clothes. No stains or holes (unless it's a playing in mud day, and I have a set of clothes like that for ME, too). I wouldn't spend much on it. Seems better to save most of the money and put it away for their first house.
      Make sure YOU own it and no in-law can grab it later on.

  • @Inziagold
    @Inziagold Před rokem +4

    I remember the adults then complaining about prices rising. You used to get a cheeseburger for .15 cents at McDonald's

    • @hectorlopez1069
      @hectorlopez1069 Před rokem +1

      Today is a dollar to get a cheeseburger.

    • @enriquealomia6399
      @enriquealomia6399 Před rokem +1

      @@hectorlopez1069What state do you live in? In California if you want just a burger it’s 5 bucks

  • @kristinazubic9669
    @kristinazubic9669 Před rokem +2

    That Blockbuster commercial brought back my childhood

  • @derekhughes8318
    @derekhughes8318 Před rokem +3

    Thanks for this video it made me smile im glad i grew up in the 80s. Those were magical happy times

  • @catrinag.9262
    @catrinag.9262 Před 2 lety +16

    Nice!!! Thanks for posting! I love retro commercials! And this many retail ones. Love it!

  • @jamesschulziii9098
    @jamesschulziii9098 Před rokem +3

    I was born in 1973 and I'm from Detroit. 😎😎😎

  • @sharonm.t.2492
    @sharonm.t.2492 Před rokem +7

    Kinda sad seeing the now closed down KMart, Sears, Montgomery Ward, Hill's, Bradlee's, etc.

    • @hectorlopez1069
      @hectorlopez1069 Před rokem

      I used to go to Kmart and Sears with my parents when I was a little kid.

    • @Jay-kc1ql
      @Jay-kc1ql Před 8 měsíci

      Oh wow I haven’t heard Hills mentioned in so so long.

  • @ronthatus
    @ronthatus Před rokem +2

    Awwww the Circuit City commercials

  • @iluvamokabodengyoza
    @iluvamokabodengyoza Před rokem +2

    Life in the 80's was day and night better than life in 2023. HD TV, High speed internet and smart phones are the ONLY things better today. Hell, even my 1987 K5 Silverado was more of a joy to drive than my 2022 and was comparatively MUCH cheaper.

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Před rokem +4

    Love it and remember this well!!

  • @andrewbradford8686
    @andrewbradford8686 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for sharing some great memories. Wow how I miss the good old days. Wish the good old days would come back. 90 minutes of peace no drama no stress. Keep bringing more great memories.

  • @NatalieBear34
    @NatalieBear34 Před měsícem +1

    I remember working for Blockbuster what a great job that was it looked forward towards watching a movie and so grateful I had that life

  • @melissasharer400
    @melissasharer400 Před rokem +2

    Thought the woman in yellow, in the Ace Hardware commercial, was wearing a Star Trek uniform. Lol

  • @walter9724
    @walter9724 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I bought the last remaining blockbuster video sign and post when the local rural blockbuster closed here in Australia. I restored it and mounted it outside my farm barn and man cave on my cattle farm. When I have it lit up at night I often get tourist that may have found their way to my property that stop and ask is it a real blockbuster video store. Can't believe they think it is. I lock my hate now and have a sigh up saying its not a tourist attraction or a video store

  • @nicksullivan4994
    @nicksullivan4994 Před 2 lety +21

    Any More 80’s and 90’s Halloween, Christmas, Saturday Morning, Toys & Games, and Department Stores Commercials soon, Please?🎃❤️📺🎶🎄👍🏻

  • @erikestrada293
    @erikestrada293 Před 2 lety +4

    Hills needs to come back! Sure miss hills I still have some of my toys and my bike from hills.

  • @notfadeaway6617
    @notfadeaway6617 Před rokem +2

    This is so great!

  • @juniorthird7952
    @juniorthird7952 Před rokem +3

    Imagine watching current day commercials so you can watch 80' s commercials. Lol

    • @hectorlopez1069
      @hectorlopez1069 Před rokem

      Thank God we have phones to look at them old commercials.

  • @MIHYLLC
    @MIHYLLC Před 11 měsíci +2

    I wish we knew we were living in the good 'ol days, while we were living in them.

  • @alanschwartz7073
    @alanschwartz7073 Před rokem +8

    90 minutes of awesome retro commercials, broken up between 9 minutes of sad modern youtube commercials.

    • @RememberTheseAds
      @RememberTheseAds  Před 11 měsíci +5

      I'm really sorry about that. I have ads turned off on all of my videos but CZcams insists on running them anyways. I don't make a cent off them if that makes it any better 😞

  • @ZenChickAtl
    @ZenChickAtl Před rokem +2

    Oh wow… On one of those Toys R Us commercials the music sounded like it came from a Casio keyboard from back in the day that had all those preset melodies. Definitely a great memory for me 🥰

  • @soonerborn9073
    @soonerborn9073 Před rokem +3

    That nightmare inducing mascot from Child World is something else.

  • @Mr.Marcuzz
    @Mr.Marcuzz Před rokem +1

    Watching these commercials brings back so many memories. Not all good either. Especially the Christmas ones. We were poor coming up and my parents truly struggled. I remember getting toys from The Goodwill! lol But I played with them like they were brand new because once upon a time, they were. I came from a big family so a lot of things I got as far as clothes were hand me downs. I’d go to school and see the other kids dressed and fresh while I was wearing some Nikes that my pops had got from a garage sale! lol But he tried. He really did. Now that I’m older and have kids of my own, I make sure that they have the best and latest fashion brands. And I know it’s not all about materialistic things. I just never wanted them to go through the bad experiences I did. But now, my family isn’t even close anymore. I guess everybody done got too old to love. And my life as an adult has been hell! Man! I’ve been through so much. If I could go back to the early stages of my life, I’d change so many things. God knows I would.

    • @FiveElements00
      @FiveElements00 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Don't feel bad, I too had poor parents because my real father left the day I was born and never came back. He didn't pay child support. Then my step-dad refused to get a regular job/he was self-employed so my mom had to get me and my brother's clothes at a church homeless outreach. And we were skinny because all we had to eat was a loaf of bread. I was born in 1970, and we were poverty stricken. A lot of it was my step-dad's fault for not working and making money. But sadly some men won't work.

    • @big8news
      @big8news Před 10 měsíci

      I used love going to goodwill before they try be Macy's or another Walmart. Time are our family friend used to work in one which is off of olive and Fresno Street. Before my old corporate Boss shut it down . I remember we poor too and we got in the store pick some stuff they paid for us and we pick lots of stuff animals so on. The lady pass away of cancer sadly the same with my dad too . The old goodwills how had a lot of nice things in there including collectibles and antiques

  • @chrisbuhneing3194
    @chrisbuhneing3194 Před rokem +1

    Amazing to see how many of these business are closed now.

  • @johnryder557
    @johnryder557 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for posting i was a kid at this time lol 😆

  • @magaman5010
    @magaman5010 Před 8 měsíci

    I remember all of those commercials thanks for the memories!!!

  • @mariacardenas4665
    @mariacardenas4665 Před rokem +1

    Miss those days

  • @johnryder557
    @johnryder557 Před rokem +2

    I had great parents at this time but I know kids at the time didn't and I feel bad for them,not that my parents were rich because they certainly wasn't but they disciplined me and show love toward me with time and effort and unfortunately it's gotten worse but thanks for posting...

  • @tinarobinson6902
    @tinarobinson6902 Před rokem +2

    I loved Kmart!

  • @lordcolinb
    @lordcolinb Před rokem +4

    Those prices 🤩

  • @Miss_Cherry
    @Miss_Cherry Před měsícem

    Remember when we hated commercials during this time? Who would have thought we'd miss them so much so we're willing to watch them for an hour straight. However there were some commercials if i heard them I'd run back to the tv to watch it. 😆

  • @digbydark9313
    @digbydark9313 Před rokem +5

    Doritos were 2 for .79 cents. Now they are like $5 for one bag.