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Commercials that stuck in your head from when you were a kid

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Xerobull, May 20, 2025.

  1. Kemahkeith

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    Couple of lines that stick out to me.

    "You will sleep like a baby on a Superior waterbed"

    I look 60, talk 70, and shoot 80... when my putters hot."
     
  2. Kemahkeith

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    Funniest commercial ever

     
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    I don't care what year it's from, that's one of the greatest ridiculous things I've ever seen.
     
  4. Nook

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    Times were different.

    There was more crime and it was more dangerous overall in the 80's, but people were not as concerned or scared as now. There was no internet and only really bad things were reported on the news. It was just a lot different and in that regard I would argue it was better - people were tougher and less scared.
     
  5. Kemahkeith

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    Bro.
    I used to roll on the mean streets of League City without worry.
     
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  7. Buck Turgidson

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    How many times did you hear the phrase "you're out of your league"?
     
  8. Buck Turgidson

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    Damn shame people ****ing up a perfectly good car like that

    (paraphrased from Better Off Dead)
     
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    ...didn't even need to watch it

    "The San Francisco Treat"
     
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    Don't remember the rest of the commercial, but "Better get Maaco" is etched into my brain next to this ad.
     
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    And now you're in Kemah, Keith.

    Talk about a world traveler.
     
  13. Kemahkeith

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    Drag racing against the bro that learned English form watching Howard Cosell.

    Why people wanna throw a perfectly good white boy away like that.
     
  14. Kemahkeith

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    I'm in Albany NY my man.
    That was 40 years back.
    I know cuz it's 40 year reunion time.
    Facebook told me so.
     
  15. Kemahkeith

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    I was rolling in a Fiero 2M6
     
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    "San Francisco Treat" is also the name of @Xerobull's Hanson cover band, btw
     
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  17. Buck Turgidson

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    My buddy had a Honda CRX back in the day and we managed to fit 4 people in it.

    Other buddy would borrow his mom's miata convertable, and he (tall man) would look over the top of the windshield as he was driving
     
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    Mattress Mack before Mattress Mack.
     
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    Mattress Mack before Mattress Mack was Mattress Smack?
     
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    I remember there being more of these brisk commercials. they were good.
     
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