All of the commercials from this special have been posted in higher quality in 80's Commercials Vol. 962: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4qY1readZzdgaQ.html For the TV Guide Special Recipes: i.imgur.com/K6Adojg.jpg i.imgur.com/kjyqPNS.jpg

These retro commercials are so soothing. A brief escape from the madness of modern society...

@Adam95558

4 жыл бұрын

Yes👏

@onionhat745

3 жыл бұрын

They aren't as insidious as modern commercials, which are carefully crafted to get in your head.

@gisellegazda3884

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree! And it’s even more true in 2022, with all the worse stress and bad news to escape from, sadly. 😕

@TRUEC4N4DI4N

Жыл бұрын

It was the best of times!

@TheRheannon

Жыл бұрын

Omg yes thank you couldn’t have said it better..when I’m stressed sometimes I go back and watch these it just takes me back to a simpler time when I was a kid

The days when magic of tv ads was a bit more special.

When the world is going crazy, this is what brings me comfort.

@lucialucia1498

2 жыл бұрын

Exact!

When you heard this guy's voice paired with festive Christmas music and the visuals of Kraft products, you knew Christmas was coming soon.

@rachael943

2 жыл бұрын

YASSS!!!!

@bigtosz

Жыл бұрын

Ed Herlihy. Look him up on Wikipedia-hell of a career.

Here for my yearly viewing. I remember when these commercials played, and watching them each Christmas transports me to my parents' TV room and the anticipation and magic (and simplicity) of Christmas.

I miss these kind of commercials my mom would rush to get a pen and paper and write the recipe ..

@gisellegazda3884

2 жыл бұрын

I have little scraps of paper saved from where my Mom would try to write down all the recipe steps from tv ads or shows or the radio! It wasn’t the most efficient way to get recipes back then lol 🙃

@johnbockelie3899

Жыл бұрын

When people had manners and time to make such cool holiday foods. I miss this stuff.

@elisaastorino2881

Жыл бұрын

@@johnbockelie3899 you hit the nail on the head : they took the time to make special things and they knew that good manners were all about making their guests feel happy and comfortable.

@gingerdurbin2726

6 ай бұрын

Cute

This is making me very sad and depressed. I want things to be like this again. We were good then and the 80's brought me the happiest years of my life.

Christmas in the 80s >>>>>>> Christmas now

If I can turn back the hands of time.. Miss them days

imagine putting kraft singles on your charcuterie board

@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796

2 жыл бұрын

They left the wrappers on, because otherwise Velveeta curls up when exposed to air for more than a few minutes.

@Julia-nl3gq

Жыл бұрын

Imagine being so snobby that you make such a comment

@elisaastorino2881

Жыл бұрын

@@Julia-nl3gq indeed, and we have to remember that the average person didn't have access to authentic gourmet cheeses. In the not too distant past, there wasn't much in the average supermarkets apart from American cheese.

I sorta wish Kraft still made these sort of commercials for the holidays. The chocolate mousse looked so good.

@heavenbounddaughter1125

8 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. They have that home-holiday feeling to it. Sort of like magic.

@taroman7100

6 жыл бұрын

they are not an independent company now part of huge conglomerate like everything we knew

These are burned into my memory of The Christmas Toy forever

Parents record ABC Christmas Special on VHS Kids re-watch so much that Kraft advertisements are forever etched into memories Kids grow to adulthood and KZread "Kraft Holiday Commercials" Many thanks to the uploader!

OMG I miss the 80's

@taroman7100

6 жыл бұрын

Me TOO! best decade ever then it all went to shit.

@elisaastorino2881

Жыл бұрын

@@taroman7100 it was the last decade when our culture was focused on improving, i. e. going above the ordinary and aspiring toward refinement and good taste. Today it's exactly the opposite. The more crass and vulgar it is, the better.

It wasn't Christmas without Kraft and Ed Herlihy!

@calzephyr77

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning the announcer. I listen to a lot of old time radio and the voice was sooooo familiar.

I miss these commercials. They represent a more happy time. Lots of good memories. The 80's were AWESOME! Thank you for these wonderful memories.

This was the first video I watched on this channel. Mom used to cook this way. EVERYTHING was Kraft. Miracle Whip. Velveeta. Parkay. Barbecue Sauce. Easy Cheese. Cheese Whiz. Philadelphia. Parmesan.

These are the ONLY commercials that I loved watching as a kid - partly because they were recorded with our Christmas movies that we watched over and over! They should do these more often around the holidays.

@taroman7100

6 жыл бұрын

christmas has been so cheapened. I mean starting it in July. these big corporations need to die.

@shawnchristopherwhite3271

5 жыл бұрын

It's funny - the only commercials I loved to watch too.

I actually went on ebay and bought the TV Guide issue with these recipes in it.

@melpy84

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!!

@mcel33

2 жыл бұрын

I did too!

@Julia-nl3gq

2 жыл бұрын

Ooo I might have to look that up! And see if there's any more.

@RyanJohnson-ed5hv

8 ай бұрын

Same here!!

@CoraFrances

7 ай бұрын

Me too!

Some of my favorite commercials to watch, Thank you for sharing!

I need a time machine because I really want to go back to the 80's

@brookesyfan8496

6 жыл бұрын

YES! Back to the 80s for sure!!

@taroman7100

6 жыл бұрын

can I join you. that was the decade I met my beautiful husband and best friend. Now he's gone along with everything else that was good and right.

@Cavillier1970

5 жыл бұрын

Take ne w/ You!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!! LOL

I miss the 80's

Everything was better back then, what happened? Thanks for sharing this time capsule 👍

@SwobyJ

Жыл бұрын

You can make all this today if you want. Or hopefully, far better but similar recipes.

I used to love watching these commercials with my mom and family during the holidays... always made us hungry! lovely memories

I watch these commercials every year! Did we really think this processed food was good? Hahaha... Merry Christmas everyone!

Confession time 😳: I actually made the blushing apple tart recipe for a work Christmas party a decade ago. I found the actual recipe online. My co workers were raving about it as if Martha Stewart herself had made it! I can't bake for crap.... So there😅 It was very tasty 😋.The cheez whiz one, though? Yeah, leave that one in the 80s where it belongs! 🤢

Ed Herlihy, THE VOICE OF KRAFT.

@corpusseofficialchannel7857

2 жыл бұрын

he makes it all good, sensible and wonderful.

Nothing says Christmas like processed cheese.

I keep coming back to this advert year after year as I actually like the recipes.. plus today is the first of December 2018 so just fab

These commercials bring back such happier time and wonderful Christmas. Thank you for uploading.

I still have The Christmas Toy on VHS and still have pieces of these commercials intact! I am in the process of converting it to DVD.

I remember the Christmas of '86. I got my Rainbow Brite Viewmaster that year. :) And I very much remember this special. I miss those days, so very much.

I wonder if the producers got high before making this. "I know, how about onion and mayo dip?" "Yeah, with APPLES!"

It all sounds like a cardiologist's dream come true, but scrumptious, nevertheless! Thanks for posting!

Wasn't Christmas without hearing it's the Cheeeesiest. Happy Christmas in July.

Take me back bros :'(

Sweet! Let's put cheese on everything! I loves it. I came here craving some 1980s culinary inspiration. Thanks!

My oldest son convinced me to do this this year :) Christmas dinner is gonna be awesome!

Omg i remember watching this commercial when I watched Christmas Toy as a toddler. I felt it was so magical and so christmasy.

2:59 colorful cheesy fruit dip. Man, that started out so well. Applesauce, pecans, and cinnamon and then lolololol add cheese whiz???????? I think I'm going to be sick

@epcotman32

2 жыл бұрын

Whomever came up with that idea, is sick in the head and to who approved should have been fired for suggesting it.

@MrGingin82

2 жыл бұрын

@@epcotman32 I think it was mostly, "we make cheese products, lets put cheese in everything".

@SNESdrunk

2 жыл бұрын

I want to hear the narrator's outtakes on that one in particular. "Add Kraft cheese product Cheez Whiz to... applesauce? What? That's horrible."

@corpusseofficialchannel7857

2 жыл бұрын

Always kind of took it almost as a joke. I was a kid. But as the years passed, I could see they were serious. Awful or not, this was the signal the holidays were coming up real fast and tv had all the specials and commercials to prove it.

The Cheez Whiz fruit dip isn't as bad as I thought. The apple sauce tones down the strong taste of Cheez Whiz and it doesn't taste too cheesy overall. Mix 1/3 cup apple sauce (I think sweetened) 1/4 cup chopped pecans, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, dash nutmeg with 8oz (jar?) of melted CheezWhiz. Serve with apples and pears.

@Julia-nl3gq

Жыл бұрын

I can see how that would be good. I mean people eat apple slices with cheese slices all the time, this is just basically the same thing.

1:03 If someone wrapped me up a fancy basket of lunchmeat, american cheese slices, & margarine and gave it to me as a Christmas gift, I would probably think they were insane. :)

@katkathi8882

5 жыл бұрын

slut4berniesanders actually for a work treat around Christmas time, this is greatly appreciated by co workers, instead a ton of cookies, and it is a fun pot luck offering when you are just doing a quick Christmas lunch during working hours.

@Julia-nl3gq

Жыл бұрын

If someone rejected the basket I gave them because they were an unappreciate food snob I'd probably think they were insane. ;)

If anyone is intersted in the actual recipes for these, I have a few of them. You can also fined them at your public library if you just look for the magazine. TV Guide Dec. 1986. Enjoy!

My favorite recipes were cheesecake and the chocolate mousse.

Aahhh!! No way!! :D I can't believe someone found these awesome commercials after all this time! I always watched these while watching Jim Henson's The Christmas Toy!

Thanks so much for uploading these these are some of the few commercials I remember from my childhood on the Chirstmas Toys :)

I remember wanting that poster! It's humorous just to see the old packaging!

I have the VHS of this! It was shown during The Christmas Toy (my all time favorite X-mas movie ever!!)

For the tape being damn near 25 years old, you got some pretty good quality out of it. Our tape of this hasn't looked that good since 1990.

The fruit dip was looking good with applesauce, pecans and cinnamon. And then they added Cheez Whiz and I threw up a little in my mouth.

You know, a lot of these recipes sound great, I might try them. Though I do keep thinking, "Except I won't use Kraft..." lol. :P

I’m pretty sure my grandma Marilyn and my great grandma Gracie came up with a lot of family favorites from commercials like these and many others

Apples, onions and mayonnaise dip sounds gross. I miss those days, though.

This guy has such a great voice.

Thank God I found this. I almost forgot how gross applesauce and cheez whiz can be.

@jenniferp1127

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t intrigue you to make any of these old school recipes??? Lol this is still my favorite Christmas commercial!! Lol

Thank you for uploading these! I watch these EVERY Christmas, they're so nostalgic and funny!

I made that Cheesecake this Christmas it was amazing!

@josephforest7605

6 жыл бұрын

The mousse looks easy, like to know how much of each item should be put in.

@staceyking7911

3 жыл бұрын

@Jay Bennett, CONGRATS 🎉 on the turnout on your vintage 1980s dessert recipe

So far I have made the cheese whiz apple sauce dip (back in 2008) and tonight I made the chocolate orange mousse. Both were yummy!

Wow! I was 3 when this aired! We taped it on VCR and watched it all the time! I loved these little segments! Thanks for uploading.

Thank you so much for posting! They remind me of preschool so much. Watching The Christmas Toy isn't quite the same without these commercials.

I bought this TV Guide off of ebay and got in the mail today. I could not resist.

It's so interesting to see! Just about all the labels on these products are a lot different today. I think most of them still exist although I'm not sure about Kraft strawberry preserves. I really like the 80's elegance conveyed here too and the way everything is described.

80sCommericalVault, you have the hardest job....and all so we can remeber the good ole days. You are the bomb. I love you!! Keep 'em coming.

was thinking about these the other day, I remember seeing them when I was a kid. Showed them to my parents, and we all had a good bit of nostalgia. Thanks for posting =)

i wouldn't give the sandwich tray as a gift, but i would serve it at a party.

I remember these well. i particularly like the voice of the announcer. It was also the SAME announcer for all of these commercials no matter what show they were on. His voice also goes back earlier than the 80's. Would not be surprised if he narrated these for 20+ years or so prior to this date. Does anyone know who that was? The commercial would not be the same if the voice were different. Thanks for posting.

@DaveHof

7 жыл бұрын

Russell- his name was Ed Herlihy, and he did indeed have a long and prolific career in broadcasting.

Thank you SO MUCH for uploading this, 80sCommercialVault!!!! If I could, I would make the Kraft dishes shown in this, and give them to you for your reward for preserving and uploading! Although you deserve a lot more more for your efforts and sharing, than just this food.

Came here from the wacky MST3K “Klack” commercial. It all makes sense now…

I'll give it a look. Thanks for the tip. You picked one hell of a weird time of the year to watch nostalgic holiday commercials.

I always loved these commercials! Wish Kraft would do these again.

i want to try that barbecue sauce and orange juice mixture, with meatballs.

Would you really give someone a sandwich platter with Velveeta processed cheese in the plastic wrap? I don't even think that would've been socially acceptable even in the 80s.

@Julia-nl3gq

Жыл бұрын

That is so snobby.

Velveeta.. there's no single cheese like it... True most cheeses aren't created in the lab...😬

@80sCommercialVault

2 жыл бұрын

Processed cheese is essentially natural cheese with an emulsifier added. That's it. You can make it in your kitchen: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpV7rcuQgdGzesY.html

@apl175

Жыл бұрын

Velveeta gets a bad reputation but the reason it melts easily and consistently is due to an added emulsifying agent - usually sodium citrate. Without emulsifiers, the cheese would split in to proteins and oil like when you try to melt natural cheeses in to a sauce.

Product sponsorship. They were pretty much the only commercials that aired during this special.

I'm not saying I'd actually eat them, but the cheddar crisps and cappuccino cheesecake don't look bad. And I'd totally eat some of that chocolate mousse.

i wish i was a kid again :(

These are great commercials and such a product of its time. Nowadays I can't imagine many modern day foodies would consider buying all their various groceries from a sing food conglomerate.

O' the days when they said "low fat'

My almond jam bars are quite a bit like these. Yummy! I don't usually use Velveeta or CheeseWhiz because they are too salty. I use regular cheese instead.

i miss the 80s soooo much!! these commercials are awsome!! =)

Apples and mayonnaise don't go together, cheese wiz and apple sauce don't go together, I gagging in my mouth right now.

@stephaniespragg5586

5 жыл бұрын

Emily Hogan I agree. I’m not getting why they put cheese in and on top of that apple and cranberry tart or used raw mushrooms in that salad either. Other than that I’m game to try these recipes

@magiccitymama1620

2 жыл бұрын

Apples and mayo are the base of the Waldorf Salad.

@Julia-nl3gq

Жыл бұрын

@@magiccitymama1620 Exactly. And plenty of people eat their apple pie with a slice of chedder cheese in it. The salty sweet combo is nothing new, and you see it all over the place today, ie salted caramel chocolate bars, and yet people act like it was gross back then but it wasn't. What I like about this food is it's not snobby and nobodys getting their panties in a twist about the nine million things they refuse to eat because they're gluten-free lacto-ovo vegan and don't eat processed sugar and is that cheese organic and locally purchased and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

@magiccitymama1620

Жыл бұрын

@@Julia-nl3gq Love salty/savory and sweet together.

I remember these commercials even back in the 70s - they were like a Holiday tradition because they were a number of Kraft sponsored TV speciails. It just seemed to be part of the holidays.

I'm so gonna make these recipes for Christmas this year!!!

Yummmyyy all of these look absolutely delicious!

some of this stuff sound so good

Oh god I love this video. I watch it every year. Never before has such mediocre food been so fancily displayed. God bless the person who compiled and uploaded this.

@mst3kanita

7 жыл бұрын

I have to watch it every year too!

I love the way he narrates words like: Sauce, Zip, Cheese Does anyone else have meatball sandwiches for Christmas dinner?

@678BUMPERLOVER

7 жыл бұрын

i have ate meatball sandwiches for Christmas eve once , so i see nothing wrong with it.

@stephaniespragg5586

10 ай бұрын

The ex of someone I know was half-Italian and his family ate pizza and pasta for Christmas dinner. Apparently it’s commonplace in Italy. Also my ex-friend’s adopted parents hosted a community Christmas lunch with the church they ran, which meant having their Christmas on Boxing Day and they didn’t want to be doing with making two Christmas turkey dinners so they would have nibbles instead. Not everyone has a big roast dinner on Christmas Day.

The Cheddar Crisps, Gala Dip, Potato Rounds, Meatball Subs, Cheesecake, and Chocolate Mouse all sound pretty good. Then there's the Cheese Wiz/Applesauce Dip and Cheddar Cheese Tart ... :I

@stephaniespragg5586

5 жыл бұрын

pkmnan00bis the strawberry almond bars sound good too, I’m gonna make them some time

December 6, 1986...My eleventh birthday. My ass was likely parked in front of the TV watching this...

@tommykovac1360

7 жыл бұрын

I was 3, we taped it and i still have the tape

I love it! Keep it up!

I remember that TV special too!

Throughout this whole thing, my lower intestine just screamed and screamed...

@jptang1701

6 жыл бұрын

Poor little millennial....go back to your safe space!

I love these commercials-- highly entertaining, for sure! Most of these are tasty dishes, and I couldve gotten away with making them in the 80s but I think my guests would run out screaming if I served them applesauce and Cheese Whiz! :)

Ok, most of this stuff straddles the line between "disgusting" and "delicious."

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you !!!

i loved when they gave these "mini" recipes

I'd love to have these recipes. I'd love to find an old TV Guide for the recipe booklet.

@80sCommercialVault

2 жыл бұрын

The recipes are here, you just have to read some of the earlier comments.

@kathiec1333

8 ай бұрын

In the 90s, stores sold manufacturers' recipe booklets.

i found every other Kraft TV recipes book, but not this one, and i want this one.

@stephaniespragg5586

5 жыл бұрын

678BUMPERLOVER they can be found at imgur.com/0scnRrB

Aww :( how the years fllly byyye!