Old commercials that are awkward to watch now

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

Particularly ones that feel like given current events or events years after the fact make it hard to look back at certain ads.

I think most Bill Cosby ads are hard to look at given current situations, but seeing this classic Coke Thirstbuster ad is hardest to watch without thinking about the more sinister things Cosby's done with beverages.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Don't forget the obesity epidemic.... 3 liters of sugar water think of the calories and diabetes

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

Sept 6, 2015 17:12:56 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

Don't forget the obesity epidemic.... 3 liters of sugar water think of the calories and diabetes

Three liters of pop was pretty much my diet as a teen

[ISO Mid Thigh Pull]

Mid-2000's bodyspray commercials are hilariously dated and somehow even more silly in retrospect.

I WANT THAT BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

B O D FOR ME

[Surfer Sandman]

I remember when 3 liter bottles were still around. They're extinct and I feel that the 2 liter will go the same way eventually.

[Welfare Willis]

Jared's subway ads.

Pol Pot Pies.

Mao-w Mix

[Sephiroth]

Those berries and cream starburst commercials are still weird

[rapidfire187]

Sept 6, 2015 17:19:57 GMT -5 Surfer Sandman said:

I remember when 3 liter bottles were still around. They're extinct and I feel that the 2 liter will go the same way eventually.

Larger bottles like that are useful for groups though. Nobody is supposed to be drinking that much soda alone, but for a family of 4 you can easily kill a 2 liter in a day without anyone having drank a ridiculous amount. They're also useful for parties when you need a lot of soda for mixed drinks. There have been quite a few nights in my home where we went through 3 or 4 of them.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Not old, new, the one where the woman is apparently f***ing the red M&M and the husband catches them and protests they were supposed to share, then the red M&M protests, "So this is what you meant by dessert!"

This wasn't some fevered dream I had, it's a real commercial. Apparently tag-teaming an anthropomorphised M&M should entice you to buy chocolate candy.

[Chainsaw]

It's a well-worn topic, but those WWE Don't Try This At Home ads with Benoit taking his nasty spill onto the announcer's table and looking completely out of it in the ring are...really hard to watch now.

[Reflecto]

For the same one for old commercials...every single commercial that Caitlyn Jenner did in the late-'70s/early-'80s as one of the biggest athlete endorsers. Doubled since every one of them had said "Bruce Jenner for..." before the commercial started. Not only are they awkward to watch now, they're even awkward to mention the awkwardness of mentioning the issues there, and the very fact they exist brings to mind the equal awkwardness there.

Even mentioning how awkward the old commercials are that they exist and are out there makes them inherently awkward to even say "they exist, and now that she is Caitlyn Jenner, current events have changed how you can look back at them and not know she's being misgendered in these 30-35 year old ads that'll never be seen again."

["Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly]

[Ron Woodsman aka Shempaholic]

I hated 3 liter bottles of soda. By the time my family and I got down towards the bottom it was flat as hell.

[Urethra Franklin]

There used to be an old PSA where a young boy is playing baseball at a park and turns down an offer of drugs.

He says that he's not going to take drugs because he wanted to grow up and be just like...Darryl Strawberry. Yup.

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Back when I was obese I used to get the Dollar General brand grape soda from there before I got my Mexican Food. Then I'd go home, eat the Mexican Food, and drink the entire bottle of soda playing Batman: Arkham Asylum.

[Mozenrath]

Sept 6, 2015 17:00:50 GMT -5 Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast said:

Particularly ones that feel like given current events or events years after the fact make it hard to look back at certain ads.

I think most Bill Cosby ads are hard to look at given current situations, but seeing this classic Coke Thirstbuster ad is hardest to watch without thinking about the more sinister things Cosby's done with beverages.

Would you by any chance be a Dinosaur Dracula fan?

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Not a commercial but Vince and the locker room had to be laughing their collective asses off at this old PSA.

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

Sept 7, 2015 3:17:01 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Sept 6, 2015 17:00:50 GMT -5 Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast said:

Particularly ones that feel like given current events or events years after the fact make it hard to look back at certain ads.

I think most Bill Cosby ads are hard to look at given current situations, but seeing this classic Coke Thirstbuster ad is hardest to watch without thinking about the more sinister things Cosby's done with beverages.

Would you by any chance be a Dinosaur Dracula fan?

A tad.

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Sept 6, 2015 22:41:25 GMT -5 Reflecto said:

For the same one for old commercials...every single commercial that Caitlyn Jenner did in the late-'70s/early-'80s as one of the biggest athlete endorsers. Doubled since every one of them had said "Bruce Jenner for..." before the commercial started. Not only are they awkward to watch now, they're even awkward to mention the awkwardness of mentioning the issues there, and the very fact they exist brings to mind the equal awkwardness there.

Even mentioning how awkward the old commercials are that they exist and are out there makes them inherently awkward to even say "they exist, and now that she is Caitlyn Jenner, current events have changed how you can look back at them and not know she's being misgendered in these 30-35 year old ads that'll never be seen again."

[DoubleDare]

So awesomely cheesy and 80s.....then the reveal at the end of creepy rapist cosby lmao.