JASON ALEXANDER - '80s Commercials Compilation

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  • čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
  • Compilation of 10 '80s commercials featuring Jason Alexander.
    Featured in the article "'80s Levi's Commercials: Full of Future Stars:"
    retropond.com/80s-levis-comme...
    0:00 SOS Pads - 1981
    0:29 Hershey's Kisses - 1981
    0:59 Delta Airlines - 1983
    1:29 Pabst Blue Ribbon - 1983
    1:58 Delta Gold Chips - 1983
    2:29 Good and Plenty - 1984
    2:59 Levi's 501 Jeans - 1984
    3:29 Sony Watchman - 1984
    3:56 McDonald's DLT - 1985
    4:26 Western Union - 1986
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Komentáře • 126

  • @billw4805
    @billw4805 Před 2 lety +90

    Jason must have had a really good agent cuz he was in a crazy amount of commercials

    • @kimakotrotman6860
      @kimakotrotman6860 Před 2 lety +9

      Yeah, he worked alot before "Seinfeld".

    • @m3talentagency680
      @m3talentagency680 Před 2 lety +12

      He had a great mug for TV ads.
      He could play from chubby-dork to hefty-yuppie.

    • @peteradaniel
      @peteradaniel Před 9 měsíci +4

      He’d already won a Tony by the end of the first season of Seinfeld. He was in great demand as a stage actor throughout the 80s and early was in the original Broadway cast of Merrily we Roll Along.

    • @JoeS795
      @JoeS795 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Haha that’s what I was thinking

  • @ilikebread206
    @ilikebread206 Před 2 lety +91

    You can definitely see some George in his acting.

  • @j2times2006
    @j2times2006 Před 10 měsíci +23

    Those delta gold chips were really making him thirsty

  • @greensky01
    @greensky01 Před 2 lety +70

    “You had a lot of hair”
    “I am aware of that!”

  • @vincebrogan2878
    @vincebrogan2878 Před rokem +24

    All actual footage from the Summer Of George

  • @montanajoe4636
    @montanajoe4636 Před 2 lety +53

    Wierd how theres a theme... Delta Airlines, Delta Gold... that's gold Jerry!!

  • @MrGordonSims
    @MrGordonSims Před rokem +25

    He definitely sold me on those Delta Gold chips.

    • @derp8575
      @derp8575 Před 6 měsíci +3

      I bought a bag off Ebay. They were green, not golden. And the taste? 🤮

    • @theJACK__
      @theJACK__ Před 2 měsíci

      he later did rold gold pretzel commercials

    • @JC-xh8xe
      @JC-xh8xe Před 14 dny

      Do they still make them?

    • @theJACK__
      @theJACK__ Před 14 dny

      @@JC-xh8xe
      I think so

  • @tmrevenge
    @tmrevenge Před rokem +15

    4:27 "my george isn't clever enough to hatch a scheme like this"

  • @monkeyb1820
    @monkeyb1820 Před rokem +33

    the 501 blues seemed to be during George's 'bad boy' phase.

    • @user-et6pj4db9s
      @user-et6pj4db9s Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yeah before he lost his hair Jason played a convincing jock.

    • @RatedRMario21
      @RatedRMario21 Před měsícem +5

      You've been the bad employee, the bad son, the bad friend, the bad fiancée, the bad dinner guest, the bad credit risk, the bad date, the bad sport, the bad citizen... the bad tipper!

  • @chrisw6164
    @chrisw6164 Před měsícem +4

    I remember almost all those ads, and that’s why he looked so familiar before I ever watched Seinfeld.

  • @mwright_boomer
    @mwright_boomer Před 29 dny +4

    POV: You’re watching a commercial for a portable TV on the supercomputer you keep in your pocket

  • @bjorn-jameshanrahan8183
    @bjorn-jameshanrahan8183 Před rokem +13

    Truly the ‘80’s commercial boy wonder!

  • @judd442009
    @judd442009 Před rokem +11

    Never knew George Costanza did so many commercials for so many products.

  • @annehebert510
    @annehebert510 Před rokem +18

    Geez, how bad was beer in the 80s when, 1:40 "You can't find better than Pabst."

  • @TheAngryIntellect-
    @TheAngryIntellect- Před 9 měsíci +10

    He had jobs other than Seinfeld? Who knew.. I'm guessing people who sat at home watching commercials in the 80's knew.. I was always outside, playing with my golden chips and sending money by western union to my friends to get cheap tickets on Delta to come see me so we can enjoy Friday nights eating McDonald's.

  • @RatedRMario21
    @RatedRMario21 Před měsícem +4

    The Sony Watchman, now you can catch your favorite show while eating a sandwich and being intimate with that special someone all at the same time

  • @JustSoLeopard
    @JustSoLeopard Před 2 lety +43

    4:27 no way Frank is sending that money

    • @tonysustarsic5212
      @tonysustarsic5212 Před rokem +3

      His George isn't clever enough to hatch a scheme like that 🤣

    • @jsphat81
      @jsphat81 Před rokem +4

      Estelle: Frank, you have to bail Georgie out!
      Frank: No WAY Estelle! He did the crime LET HIM DO THE TIME!!
      Estelle: YOU HAVE TO SEND THE MONEY, FRANK!
      Frank: ALL RIIIGHT!!

    • @Tornado1994
      @Tornado1994 Před 8 měsíci

      @@tonysustarsic5212 You can hear the "Duckman" in him!

    • @imaouima
      @imaouima Před 18 dny +3

      @@jsphat81 Serenity now!

  • @mst3kanita
    @mst3kanita Před 2 lety +10

    I’ve seen that Levi’s commercial a million times and never noticed Jason!

  • @daric_
    @daric_ Před rokem +19

    Those Good n Plenty commercials referenced commercials back from the 60's..and yet twice as much time has passed from these 80s commercials to the 2020s. Wild.

    • @unknownkingdom
      @unknownkingdom Před rokem +1

      actually much more time has passed.

    • @unknownkingdom
      @unknownkingdom Před 2 měsíci

      @markwickering7000 nope you misunderstood it

    • @unknownkingdom
      @unknownkingdom Před 2 měsíci

      @markwickering7000 not really

    • @unknownkingdom
      @unknownkingdom Před 2 měsíci

      What if the good n plenty commercial came out in 1969?

    • @unknownkingdom
      @unknownkingdom Před 2 měsíci

      @markwickering7000 how do you know that? Oh wait you dont

  • @Squiggy2010
    @Squiggy2010 Před 2 lety +36

    Everyone talks about his hair but no one mentions his singing talents.

    • @chrisw6164
      @chrisw6164 Před měsícem +3

      There was so much singing in 80s commercials (and before) that it turned into background noise. If you remember, you remember.

    • @jenniferh5649
      @jenniferh5649 Před 2 dny +1

      🎵 Believe it or not George isn't at home...🎵

  • @sketcharmstrong8491
    @sketcharmstrong8491 Před rokem +14

    It's always entertaining to see a 30-something year old man pretending to be a high school student. 80s TV and movies were awesome... 😂

    • @bob1986
      @bob1986 Před rokem +6

      Actually Jason was only about 21-22 in that commercial. Still a bit older than an actual high school student but somewhat closer at least

    • @LunaLoki12
      @LunaLoki12 Před 11 měsíci

      Low 20's

    • @Potidaon
      @Potidaon Před 5 měsíci

      The man's got dealt a bad card at the genetic lottery. Ain't his fault.

    • @billsav57
      @billsav57 Před 6 dny

      He claims he was 14 when he did that.

  • @socorrovaldez9326
    @socorrovaldez9326 Před 2 lety +8

    George's playing Jason Alexaner 😀😁

  • @shawnoates2181
    @shawnoates2181 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Worlds are colliding!

  • @Layput
    @Layput Před 2 lety +8

    Look at how far we have gone. When you send money through western union in 1985, it took around 15 minutes. Today, you can send the money anywhere in the world and the recipient can get it in 1 second.

    • @vanhagar3000
      @vanhagar3000 Před 2 lety +2

      Also your bulky to go TV could only get local stations, now its slim and you can make phone calls, watch everything including 80s commercials on demand, and write meta references about it for people with nothing better to do but to read it!

    • @gunthro3327
      @gunthro3327 Před rokem

      @@vanhagar3000 ha 🤯

    • @paulorocky
      @paulorocky Před 4 měsíci +1

      But it takes two weeks for a parcel to arrive from across the city

  • @emptybarloop8993
    @emptybarloop8993 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Everyone always talks about his hair but no one mentions his hands

  • @juandough1
    @juandough1 Před rokem +3

    it's the little bulldog himself!

  • @johnb1150
    @johnb1150 Před rokem +4

    He certainly paid his bills during the 80s with all these ads, and Patricia heaton in the Pabst ad with him too

    • @chrisw6164
      @chrisw6164 Před měsícem +1

      Wow, that was totally her. I didn’t recognize her until the end, chewing on the pencil.

  • @phillydisco
    @phillydisco Před rokem +4

    Oddly enough, none of these show him modelling with his hands.

  • @darrylcrozier265
    @darrylcrozier265 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Jason Greenspan is quite the actor

  • @kittensmakingcandles
    @kittensmakingcandles Před 2 lety +7

    Talented Actor. But of the ads, it's that Western Union one that I remember from back in the day. Great ad.

  • @fonz1020
    @fonz1020 Před rokem +6

    The Pabst Commercial was filmed at Vazacs Horseshoe bar E 7th St & Ave B in NYC- my old neighborhood

    • @Thunderchild-gz4gc
      @Thunderchild-gz4gc Před rokem

      B you're brave

    • @fonz1020
      @fonz1020 Před rokem +1

      @@Thunderchild-gz4gc by the time I lived there, it had calmed down a lot

  • @jonyivre4541
    @jonyivre4541 Před 15 dny +1

    On the thumbnail (far left), he reminds me of Richard Dreyfuss. In addition to having worked with a Dreyfus. Lol.

  • @hf_313
    @hf_313 Před rokem +5

    Those delta prices though

  • @JustSoLeopard
    @JustSoLeopard Před 2 lety +18

    3:29 he went on to combine his little TV with food and sex....

  • @mae2759
    @mae2759 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Iola from Mama's Family in the first commercial.

  • @bcancun123
    @bcancun123 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Mcdlt song was lit 😂

    • @chrisw6164
      @chrisw6164 Před měsícem +1

      Should have used the longer version here.

  • @Kevin-ty7hx
    @Kevin-ty7hx Před rokem +6

    You’re telling me Pabst is better than Pepsi? No way Pabst is better than Pepsi

  • @DingDimlewitz
    @DingDimlewitz Před 4 měsíci +2

    Where is Jason Alexander in the SOS comercial?

  • @dogeknows6086
    @dogeknows6086 Před 8 dny

    He should try to get into a sitcom

  • @fredbates1922
    @fredbates1922 Před 5 hodinami

    He looks a lot like my favorite actor, Buck Naked.

  • @cme2158
    @cme2158 Před rokem +1

    I remember him in the Hershey Kiss commercial..😂

  • @BigAl_00
    @BigAl_00 Před 2 lety +31

    No homo. But Jason look attractive with that full head of hair.

    • @Lordmij
      @Lordmij Před 2 lety

      But u look like a girl

    • @BigAl_00
      @BigAl_00 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Lordmij but your bald. So lol

    • @Lordmij
      @Lordmij Před 2 lety

      @@BigAl_00 i am xoxo

    • @archstanton9547
      @archstanton9547 Před 2 lety +11

      Not that there's anything wrong with that.

    • @BigAl_00
      @BigAl_00 Před 2 lety

      @@archstanton9547we were just roasting each other lol

  • @gradeacontent-o1751
    @gradeacontent-o1751 Před 2 dny

    1:39 "thats right, a prize fight between a homunculus and an inchworm"

  • @Livnglrg
    @Livnglrg Před 10 dny

    Well..I want some Delta Golds and a PBR now.

  • @owenb8636
    @owenb8636 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Flight prices haven't changed in 40 years

  • @carpe996
    @carpe996 Před 2 lety +4

    Pipe down chorus boy.

  • @Brog1976
    @Brog1976 Před rokem +4

    Bodysuit man!!!

  • @yuriesaa1299
    @yuriesaa1299 Před 2 lety +7

    1:59 George been George more than George his self

  • @AK-47ISTHEWAY
    @AK-47ISTHEWAY Před 18 dny +1

    Isn't this the same guy that tried to force himself on top of Julia Roberts in that movie, Pretty Woman?

  • @drpx5927
    @drpx5927 Před 2 měsíci +2

    4:27 He got caught for being a bootlegger.

  • @volovskosrce57
    @volovskosrce57 Před rokem +1

    1:55 that is not enough foam

  • @Scallion_D
    @Scallion_D Před rokem +5

    He was pretty handsome with hair and when he was slimmer.

  • @thedarklordchinchin4873
    @thedarklordchinchin4873 Před 2 lety +1

    Got damn it George

  • @starlite025
    @starlite025 Před 17 dny +1

    I…WAS bald

  • @shellyt556
    @shellyt556 Před rokem

    The jason alexander chip commercial reminds me of conan o brien doing the commercial for shrimp

  • @cefinau
    @cefinau Před 9 měsíci +4

    I wonder if the jeans ad was where the writers got the idea for the khakis commercial that Jerry hated

  • @chanfle78
    @chanfle78 Před měsícem

    00:03 i thought that was Seinfeld

  • @briansmith2990
    @briansmith2990 Před rokem +4

    What is that stuff on Jason's head? Oh it's hair!

  • @theodorecarter6601
    @theodorecarter6601 Před rokem +5

    Damn George really lost a lot of hair.

  • @Savorist
    @Savorist Před rokem +1

    13,500 of these views is Jason Alexander showing this to his acting classes

  • @mikegeiler2347
    @mikegeiler2347 Před 17 dny

    Really weird seeing him try and be a hip young guy

  • @jamesbowers7343
    @jamesbowers7343 Před rokem +1

    The girl with the glasses in the S.O.S. commercial at the beginning looks kind of like a female Jerry

  • @nathanwhite9555
    @nathanwhite9555 Před 11 měsíci

    hi

  • @SpaceClick
    @SpaceClick Před rokem +1

    I didn't see anyone that looked like Jason Alexander in the first commercial (S.O.S. Pads).

    • @retropond
      @retropond  Před rokem +5

      He's about 7 seconds in to that SOS commercial, holding the large pot.

    • @SpaceClick
      @SpaceClick Před rokem

      @@retropond Doesn't look like him.

    • @clinteastwood6875
      @clinteastwood6875 Před rokem

      @@SpaceClick It’s him

    • @SpaceClick
      @SpaceClick Před rokem +1

      @@clinteastwood6875 Do you have any corroborating evidence?
      EDIT: Here is a clearer version, even more so does not look like him: czcams.com/video/9je9Ri20g-s/video.html
      Also a few commenters on this video agree with me: czcams.com/video/udPhMg0DheM/video.html

    • @Thunderchild-gz4gc
      @Thunderchild-gz4gc Před rokem +2

      @@SpaceClick jeez get a life

  • @coryjacobs3253
    @coryjacobs3253 Před 11 měsíci

    2 millon a day? Jesus Christ

  • @m3talentagency680
    @m3talentagency680 Před 2 lety +1

    So. Much. Hair.

  • @johnyvico
    @johnyvico Před 2 lety +1

    Mcdlt
    McDonald’s worst blunder

    • @chrisw6164
      @chrisw6164 Před rokem +4

      I worked at McDonald’s in 1987. You had to make the McDLT to order because there was no way to pre-make them and “keep the hot side hot and the cool side crisp”. People didn’t want to wait, even thought it only took about 2.5 minutes

    • @TheREALSofaKing0306
      @TheREALSofaKing0306 Před rokem +2

      ​@@chrisw6164 mine usually had the cold side hot & the hot side cold. I loved them, but I can imagine it was tough getting them right

    • @Thunderchild-gz4gc
      @Thunderchild-gz4gc Před rokem +1

      The Arch Deluxe was

  • @NudePostingConspiracyTheories

    Notice that as he gets older, his parts get longer. They started to see his quirky specialness

  • @assholejohn
    @assholejohn Před měsícem

    Take that money I would too but my God is he a girl's nightmare..
    Impossible to like.