Late 1990s - late 2000s Nostalgic Commercials

[tjmario]

The irony of how agonizing it was getting past these commercials only to find myself years later indulging in the same commercials.

[Brian-gnyv]

“Tired of looking like a fool when your cakes not cool?”

8 year old me: …….Yes

[TheWileGuy]

You drop cable tv, install multiple ad-blockers, even pay a few bucks to avoid advertisements. Then you watch twenty minutes of commercials just for fun.

[ItsJakeAyee]

I'm watching 90's-00's commercials, and my dad is in the living room watching 60's-70's era commercials.

[LocoJ]

We really all 20-30 year olds watching old commercials, reminiscing on a better time

[thestoryvenders]

Never thought I'd see myself watching commercials I was mad at when they interrupted my shows

[lamborghininess]

Never thought I'd willingly watch 20 minutes of commercials

[itsgodnga]

i forgot how committed we were to innovating the cake baking process back then

[patriceb]

the one guy that voiced so many of these commercials really carried the industry

[Elsisalittleconcerned]

Even as a 20 year old adult I still want that cake thing.

[acidhendrix]

Shows how insane marketing really is. The fact these are stored frame for frame in our minds 20 to even 30 years later.. is just insane. Psychology behind marketing is very real

[orangejuice-chan]

Sometimes I put these on to sleep when things are stressful and I cannot sleep. Iunno, just something about these commercials bring me back to feeling secure and happy.

[equaa]

When you finally understand the cliche saying that "time flies". It almost feels unreal to watch something as little as commercials resurface of what seemed like a forgotten memory.

[danem]

It's amazing how effective advertising was on us as kids. I haven't seen most of these or thought about them in 16 years or more, but they never really left my mind. I found myself remembering a unique phrase or manner of speech with no effort at all.

[hotfuzz]

This was both calming and extremely depressing. I miss my grandparents house and not being weighed down by the world. I haven’t felt that level of happiness in years. Every “happy” thing that happens to me now feels more like relief that something in my life didn’t go terribly wrong.

[Sharebearr]

I love falling asleep to this nowadays at 28 years old

[dysenteryworld]

commercials had 3 criteria:
- $19.95
- some kind of bonus item
- end card with payment options + phone number

[sworddemonboggle]

This isn’t truly a collection of commercials until each commercial plays four times in a row one after another

[guitgodd]

I always remembered that Chef Boyardee commercial as a kid and I was always thinking to myself "Damn, her mom is gonna think she stole that."
To this day I'm wondering what happened after the commercial ended...

[Riicckkyy]

I’ve always found these commercials easy to watch growing up - somewhat enjoyable with no reason why. Now, I’ve realized that these commercials, deep down inside, were going to be a connection to my nostalgia when I was 5-14 yr. old kid. I enjoy these commercials more than ever now; good ol’ times.

I’ll be 30 yrs. old next year.
Time sure does fly, blessings.