Archive.org is cataloging old commercials

dave shared a tweet said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 1:02pm ET

This archive of commercials from the last 30 years is way more entertaining than makes sense. According to Jason Scott, this is just the start:

Find any old favorites?

Even just hearing the HBO theme song was incredibly nostalgic for those one week trials they used to do: https://archive.org/details/vhs_Commercials_HBO_1983

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therealjrn said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 1:20pm ET:

Haven’t been there yet, hope to find “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” and “Time to make the donuts”

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f00l said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 1:41pm ET:

But “Where’s the beef?”

“Plop plop fizz fizz”.

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duodec said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 3:18pm ET:

“Please don’t squeeze the Charmin”

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dave said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 4:08pm ET:

Imagine a powerful computer only 2 1/4" thin!

https://archive.org/details/vhs_Commercials_CBS_WFSB_Hartford_1984-05-30

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medz said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 4:16pm ET:

What if there wasn’t any beer?
https://archive.org/details/vhs_Commercials_Fox_5_WNYW_New_York_City_NY_1994-06

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- 2nd commercial and again around 8:40 mark.
  
  medz said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 4:23pm ET
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f00l said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 5:13pm ET:

“I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV.”

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duodec said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 6:44pm ET:

“My balogna has a first name
its oscar…”

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- @duodec this was my fav!
  
  SPARKS71214 said Thu, Jun 27th 2019 at 9:46pm ET
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tinamarie1974 said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 7:42pm ET:

I can bring home the bacon…

Or

Calgon, Take me away…

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eonfifty said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 8:45pm ET:

The internet Archive is awesome.
I’m going to look for those fast talking guy Federal Express commercials.
/image fast talking guy FedEx

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- KRULL! A SKULL! BRETT HULL! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 8:45pm ET
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- @eonfifty YES! The Micro Machines Guy!!
  
  yakkoTDI said Fri, Jun 28th 2019 at 2:04pm ET
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walarney said Wed, Jun 26th 2019 at 10:34pm ET:

Disappointed in the indexing – tough to find any particular commercial. But if you’re just looking to browse indiscriminate nostalgia, guess it’s a place to start.

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- @walarney Yeah. I assume they just took VHS tapes and transferred the whole segment of commercials. So only somewhat organized by year and station.
  
  medz said Thu, Jun 27th 2019 at 4:15pm ET
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- @medz Hmmm… I wonder if I could get them to convert my old VHS porn tapes?
  
  baqui63 said Fri, Jun 28th 2019 at 12:18am ET
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f00l said Thu, Jun 27th 2019 at 12:09pm ET:

What was his name?

/giphy Joe Isuzu?

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  /image joe isuzu
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Isuzu
  
  http://mentalfloss.com/article/77518/many-lies-joe-isuzu
  
  f00l said Thu, Jun 27th 2019 at 12:10pm ET
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  More commercials are here
  
  https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCRkFWhvWGbwC8KyTL8ZgmEMnAcPQmQP5
  
  f00l said Thu, Jun 27th 2019 at 1:00pm ET
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