the seventies How come no one told me about this Playskool Gilligan's Floating Island playset? Mark Frauenfelder

the fifties This 1952 Mr. Potato Head spot was the first TV commercial targeted at kids Mark Frauenfelder

adam west 1965 commercial for Nestle Quik voices concern over computers stealing jobs Mark Frauenfelder

Proto Karen Madge is a creepy soap pusher Jason Weisberger

tv commercials I love the dancing cats in this 1987 Japanese TV commercial for a CD player David Pescovitz

the eighties 40 years ago, this TV commercial introduced the DeLorean to stunned viewers Mark Frauenfelder

cereal It's Friday, so enjoy these disturbing 1960s cereal commercials Mark Frauenfelder

dog food Before Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit there was Chuck Wagon Mark Frauenfelder

pizza hut Watch the very first Pizza Hut commercial from 1965 Thom Dunn

junk food Dunkaroos are back and here's a 1997 TV commercial for them David Pescovitz

Woolco 1977 Woolworth TV commercial for Halloween masks, candy, and a record of spooky sounds Rusty Blazenhoff

computer animation Watch: New Wave TV commercial for Hawaiian Punch with music by DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh David Pescovitz

dystopian drinks David Fincher's Blade Runner-inspired commercial for Coca-Cola (1993) David Pescovitz

Klingons Watch this fantastic 1994 Pizza Hut TV commercial that's entirely in Klingon David Pescovitz

Levi's Fantastic psychedelic Levi's commercials from the early 1970s David Pescovitz

drug Cannabis ad brilliantly parodies prescription drug commercials Rusty Blazenhoff

comedians Amazing comedian Jonathan Winters riffing between takes in a 1972 Big Boy commercial David Pescovitz

tv commercials Bose locks down central London to shoot commercial Mark Frauenfelder

tv commercials Giant inflatable duck hates drinking water in Japan Mark Frauenfelder

TV ads Thai agricultural fertilizer TV ad may be the best fertilizer TV ad ever Xeni Jardin