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Ten Classic Restaurant Commercials from the 1980s

blogs.houstonpress.com — Just as classic TV shows from your childhood have remained with you all these years, so have some equally classic commercials.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 10, 2009

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  • serobill, on 06/10/2009, -0/+18Hamburger University > University of Phoenix
  • Garmonbozzia, on 06/10/2009, -0/+8The omission of a single "t" made your comment really, really nasty. :-)
  • lebruf, on 06/10/2009, -0/+7Dugg for Jason Alexander's break-out performance.
  • Garmonbozzia, on 06/10/2009, -0/+7PLEASE McDonald's, bring back the McDLT!
  • Kajico, on 06/10/2009, -0/+6Where the hell is Mac Tonight?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCtndp3bUZc
  • jordanlgta, on 06/10/2009, -0/+6The Land Before Time Pizza Hut commercial:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G7IdhjBkrk
  • SkippyDoorknob, on 06/10/2009, -0/+5I thought Adam West killed him?
  • inactive, on 06/10/2009, -0/+4Where's Herb?
  • diggdowner, on 06/10/2009, -0/+4Sure is a lot of tuba in those commercials. Oh, the 80s...
  • terrya64, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3The McDLT was my favorite McDonalds sandwich. It really did taste better with the lettuce and tomato being kept cool. I wish they would bring it back.
  • DaClamp, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3I know it's from 1990, but what about the Pizza Hut commercial with the kid in right field who finally catches the ball and wins the game?
  • ShArKSe7eN, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3Dug for the Wendy's "Where's the Beef" commercial.


    And the Noid too...
  • Alphateam, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3That IHOP girl was kinda hot for an 80's chic.
  • TheObviousChild, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3I'm pretty sure I had a pajama outfit that said "Where's the beef?" ...for anyone who doubts the popularity of that commercial.

    Anyone else remember Commercial Crazies? It was a VHS game filled with all the 80's commercials. I think it was hosted by the fast-talking Micro Machines guy.
  • Nairebis, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3*sigh* The good ol' days when America pioneered DLT technology. How far we've fallen.
  • durnit, on 06/10/2009, -0/+3George likes his chicken spicy
  • offrdbandit, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2Anybody else hear anything?
  • fragMasterFlash, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2No love for Rodney Allen Rippy?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zS5yDj4n-M
  • TheObviousChild, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2I nominate the first Cherry 7-Up commercial:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBh3o7eqJI
  • bigteebo, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2Domino's would later get "Bad Andy", an energy-wasting antagonist saboteur of pizzas for Domino's. The second rate Muppet didn't go over well with consumers.
  • zagatbuzz, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2Those are some classic commercials; love the Jason Alexander musical and Hamburger University!
  • kd1s, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2I'm surprised this classic didn't make the list:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va_IIOKYl6M
  • Choplifter, on 06/10/2009, -1/+3Ever wonder what happened to the Noid?
    http://offthegridcomic.net/#/comic/noid2/
    http://offthegridcomic.net/#/comic/noid3/
  • Liverboy, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2How 'bout a burger baby?
    I don't want no burger, I said down with the clown today, I want a fresh delicious sandwich, the kind of sandwich they serve at Subway.
    I don't want no greasy chicken, don't want my dinner from a big machine, I wanna savor every bite I want a treat tonight, I want a Subway subshop submarine.
  • Volath, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2And ninja turtles.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBsoU0tsxk
  • JinxCrow, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2FTA : "...he's kidnapping adolescent students from Ronald's class with the full intent of devouring them at his home later on, John Wayne Gacy-style."

    Wow. I will never view that commercial the same. Thank god they don't play it anymore.
  • timmeetheturtle, on 06/10/2009, -0/+2that commercial is on the vhs of hook....
  • TheObviousChild, on 06/10/2009, -0/+1And so began my love of Bobby Darin.

    No seriously...he's cool as *****. Before he got all folky.
  • david4041, on 06/10/2009, -0/+1Not a restaurant commercial, but I like the Tab Commercial better. Sort of SFW (girl in bikini).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ

    A young Elle MacPherson did the Australian version of the commercial.
  • DulcetTone, on 06/10/2009, -0/+1I was fairly tasty. The sauce was entirely different.
  • inactive, on 06/10/2009, -0/+1The little old lady from the Jack in the Box commercial deliverd one of my all-time favorite 80's movie lines in Moving Violations:

    "Yeah, ***** him. RIP HIS NUTS OFF!"
  • jordanlgta, on 06/10/2009, -1/+1Try not eating fast food for once.
  • protogenxl, on 06/10/2009, -2/+2That's a Spicy MeatBall!

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