Growing up in the 80's here was awesome. Today, its a fucking lunatic asylum.

@Erizedd

Ай бұрын

Agreed. We're still not America though, thank god. I truly hope we never fall that far.

@janegarnham

Ай бұрын

Agree

@stelmosfire11

Ай бұрын

@@Erizeddthat’s a bit harsh.

@jslasher1

Ай бұрын

@@stelmosfire11 Harsh? Hardly.

Ah, the 80's. BMX, roller-skating, Hubba Bubba, The Goodies, Knight Rider, Monkey, Countdown and kitchen carpet.

@janegarnham

Ай бұрын

Was that scotch tape bust Red ?

Ryan, FYI most Aussies refer to what you call 'Scotch tape' as 'Sticky tape'.

@lyndabignell9660

Ай бұрын

When we first came to Australia in 1979 they referred to sticky tape or cellotape as Durex!

@Parousia001

27 күн бұрын

@@lyndabignell9660That’s hilarious! 😅

I was born in 1960 and remember these all so well. What a great time to be alive it was!!

Keep bringing back the blasts from my past mate. 👍🇦🇺🪃🦘🐨

Pretty sure that was Deb Hutton in the hair shampoo ad. Gorgeous lady who has aged so well. I don’t recall any of these ads at all!!! Amazing! Looking out for part 2!

@monicaking2140

Ай бұрын

And she has a beautiful tone in her voice, that slight husk 😊

Great stuff, Ryan I'm looking forward to parts 2 & 3. 👏 life was so less complicated back then.

"I didn't know flowers made that noise" you crack me up Ryan 😂

The next time you go in for an x-ray, chances are the x-ray machine or some part of it like the x-ray tube or digital flat panel image receptor will be Toshiba.

Esso was the local name for Standard Oil (S.O.) in Oz.

@jimdale6001

Ай бұрын

Now Exxon.

It's scary that I still remember all of the words of Aussie Bonds! I was 11 in 1981 and in Grade 6.

@FionaEm

Ай бұрын

I was 12 and remember it too!

A lot of those voice overs were done by John Blackman of Hey Hey its Saturday fame. He did the voice of Dicky Knee in the show.

I'm a 70's Kid & remember the 70's & 80's well, you know everyone from that era knew " Mrs Marsh doing the Colgate test with that purple liquid " or " Professor Julius Sumner Miller doing the Egg in the Bottle " but sad I didn't see " Kingswood Country with Ted Bullpit "

@oodles_of_noodles.

Ай бұрын

"Put your money on the fridge wog!" 🤣

@judithstrachan9399

Ай бұрын

Aww, KC was great. My hubby & I used to go to the recordings. They did it twice & used the best takes from both.

@judithstrachan9399

Ай бұрын

One of my favourite exchanges was “You’re not taking the Kingswoood!” (of course) “Take the Mercedes instead!” “ What Mercedes?” “The one with the driver & conductor!” All the Sydney buses were Mercs back then.

@FionaEm

Ай бұрын

"Ooh, it does get in!" 😅

@AnoJanJan

Ай бұрын

What about the Palmolive dishwashing liquid... "you know you're soaking in it, relax, it's Palmolive!" 🤣

“Besides using Scotch as a prefix in its brand names (Scotchgard, Scotchlite, and Scotch-Brite), the company also used the Scotch name for its (mainly professional) audiovisual magnetic tape products, until the early 1990s when the tapes were branded solely with the 3M logo.” The bust is of Beethoven, a very recognisable face!

@mika72.-Bois

Ай бұрын

I recognised him. Perhaps not everyone! 😅

@Chrisamic

Ай бұрын

Yep, Beethoven = Music is not a meme that Australians would have missed, back in the day. Now, I'm not so sure...

@vinsgraphics

Ай бұрын

Toshiba is still around. They’re HUGE (electronics, defense systems etc). As for computers and TVs, you can still get them but there’s many more alternative brands now. Back then they were a major player in consumer electronics (along with Sony, Hitachi and others).

Growing up in South Australia in the 80s was THE BEST! We lived just off the esplanade from one of the best beaches in the world and it was brilliant! 🎉

@CLAWCUZBRO

Ай бұрын

Hell yeah Adelaide was so good

In the early 80s the Aus dollar was around parity with the USD. From memory, in the 70s it was worth around $1.40 USD.

@veddyveddygood

Ай бұрын

wow!

@chriswharton

Ай бұрын

That was way before Keating floated the Aus dollar. We just said how much it was worth and crossed our fingers that others agreed. Pretty much none did. The floating of the dollar was undeniably the best thing that has ever happened in terms of Australia’s economy and time hasproved it. Paul Keating was Australia’s greatest Treasurer. He did so much and people hardly know it.

@jslasher1

Ай бұрын

These days we refer to the Aussie Dollar as the “Pacific Peso”. ‘Strewth!

The first ad was narrated by Michael Willessee, a popular and well-respected TV journalist in Australia. He’s gone now.

@keithevans1442

Ай бұрын

as a side note Michael Willessee's son is married to Allison Langdon who is the current host of a Current Affair on the 9 network

@Kimmy58

Ай бұрын

Yes he had a very distinct voice didn't he??? I knew it was him as soon as he started talking 😊

@Laraine3

Ай бұрын

@@keithevans1442I did not know this. Thanks for sharing this info

Until the end of 1982 the Aussie dollar was quite a bit stronger than the US dollar. I had a Toshiba computer until recently... Toshiba makes high-end consumer-level Japanese products.

@AnoJanJan

Ай бұрын

Aussie dollars downfalll began when Malcolm Fraser put it on the international trading platform

@WarLordArtos

Ай бұрын

It was stronger again in the mid to late 2000's and very early 2010's at around $1.10USD from memory

I watched all these ads on a rank-arena 😂

"Probably not here anymore" hahaha !! You're funny ! Loved the clip, those were the good old days when life seemed so much simpler..

@wilsonperez2668

Ай бұрын

Yep! 😢 Wu Tang Clan - Can It Be All So Simple 🎉

Good for us Australians to watch brings back memories when your in your 80’s like me 👍🏻

Wow, i didnt even think you could find an American that didn't know Dallas and Dynasty. Dont worry Ryan thats only the biggest tv show you ever made. Was there even a country that didnt show Dallas for 8-10 years or so ? Germany went even further than some places with all the specials up through the 90's and if you count the revival show into the 21st century.

I bought my first 12 inch Toshiba tv in 1980 for $200. This was 2 weeks pay. I have since had many tvs, VCRs and laptops made from Toshiba.

I also looked up Toshiba and then went on X and immediately got an ad for a Toshiba OLED TV😂

1981 dollars, the Aussie dollar was worth more than the US dollar. Toshiba must still be making things because I drove past a very large building with Toshiba on the side out in a Western Sydney industrial park. My wife and I discussed this issue of what they are doing these days because neither of us had seen Toshiba products in many years. It is not TV's and other consumer electronics that they used to make. When I looked on the Toshiba Australia website it seems they make industrial machinery, lithium ion batteries, bar code scanners, retail POS equipment, power generation components, and printers. No wonder they had such a huge factory building.

@sutherlandA1

Ай бұрын

In the UK Toshiba just destroys peoples lives

Damn. I turned 17 in 1981. I remember Apollo and grew up watching this schitz in Australia. I saw your eyebrows go into orbit at the 12 1/4% on the Aussie bonds LOL. The 60s to the 80s was the best time in Australia. It's been downhill ever since, but still the lucky country. Scotch did lots of products. Including professional grade audio and video tape, which became 3M later on. Iconic brand. I can still buy scotch (sticky) tape today. Thin film polymers were state of the art in the middle of the 20th century and supported recording media well into the digital age. I believe the Scotch/3M secret was bonding layers indelibly onto the substrate, and of course the consistency of the thin film polymers. Real world material science that everybody used. If you're having trouble imagining this period, think old fashioned decadic telephones, zero personal computers, zero takeaway food in most places, and if you wanted to bootleg your favourite songs you recorded them off the AM radio, onto scotch tape if you could afford it.

@cherylemaybury9967

Ай бұрын

In 1981 I was 24 years old and loved living in Australia then. We were definitely the lucky country.

@Chrisamic

Ай бұрын

@@cherylemaybury9967 Ha, do you remember pubs in the 70s used to close at 1PM on Saturday and stayed closed all day Sunday. Most service stations and practically everything else were closed from 12AM Saturday until Monday so if you needed fuel you had better get it before then. We didn't care, we had air rifles and push bikes and AM radio and the ABC plus one local TV channel. You mowed the lawn on Sunday and Dad let you have a beer and $2 pocket money afterwards. You learned to make "apricot chicken" off the recipe on the back of a packet of french onion soup, and you thought it was the best food. Different times, the best times.

I loved being a teenager in the 80's. What a time to be one in Australia. Best of times 💚💚💚🇦🇺

DALLAS was the biggest drama show in the 80's in the US and Australia. In 1981 the Aussie dollar had the same value as the US dollar. Donald Campbell was British. I enjoyed the video on Aussie ads but it kept being interrupted by bloody ads.

@geetee4459

Ай бұрын

The Aussie ads are ❤‍🔥 Those damned YT ads are 🤮

I was 12 in 1981 - found myself singing along to the Aussie Bonds jingle. It's amazing jungles aren't used much in advertising any more they were so effective in promoting a brand. Our generation is so sun aware because of the "Slip, Slop, Slap" jingle - it was so effective it's no longer needed. And yes it was an AFL (yes we call the game that here too) footy.

The 80s really were awesome. Best decade of my life. Nothing felt impossible. 43 years ago? I am SO old.

Omg.i cannot believe I still remember the words to Aussie Bonds!

TVs were very expensive back then - relative to incomes. I recall taking out a personal loan to buy a tv and video player in the mid-80s. The two were around $1200, with our annual income being about 20k

Thanks for a fantastic trip down memory lane... I was 26 then. Keep up the great work you're doing - your reactions are fantastic, mate.

“Dallas, American television soap opera that revolutionized prime-time drama and was one of the most popular programs of the 1980s. Dallas started as a five-part miniseries on CBS in April 1978 and continued to air for 13 full seasons (1978-91), becoming one of the era's signature shows and a global phenomenon.”

@elowishusmirkatroid4898

Ай бұрын

Dull Ass

@optimusmaximus9646

Ай бұрын

Can't believe Ryan has never heard of it. How downright American 🤭

@irishflink7324

Ай бұрын

This was big here in Sweden ​@@optimusmaximus9646

@nolajoy7759

Ай бұрын

Cannot understand why Ryan couldn't comprehend the ad for a famous American TV show..if the name "Dallas" wasn't a dead giveaway, you'd think the accents would be? Even The Simpsons did a spoof on the "Who Shot JR?" episode! 😅

@infin8ee

Ай бұрын

"Who shot JR" was a mystery that everyone wanted solved at the time . Funny now but even the papers posed the question and we waited impatiently for the answer 😂

Esso oil is associated with ExxonMobil Oil, Dallas was a dram show from the US - their main star was JR "Larry Hagman" who was also in the TV show "I dream of Jeannie", prior to DVD & CD's cassette & VHS tapes were made by companies like Scotch, TDK, Sony, BASF, Maxell, JVC & Fuji. The AFL "Aussie Rules" ball is slightly thinner & smoother than a rugby ball and have a more pointed end - designed for kicking in the air vs rugby balls that are mostly passed by hand. Toshiba electronics are designed and owned in Japan, they make everything from batteries, semiconductors and lights to laptops, SSD storage devices, medical equipment and home appliances. In 1981 the Aussie Bond rate might have been 12.25% but Home Loan rates were ~16%.

The bloke on the 'plane is Allan Seale. He had a gardening program on ABC TV (our ABC, not yours).

folding the washing is just as important LOL 😆

@geetee4459

Ай бұрын

just as important as wearing or sleeping in clean laundry lol ;)

Omigosh the superman ad! Those movies were soooo exciting (then) 😂

Ryan! How do you not know Dallas, it was the biggest show on American tv in its day! It was HUGE when JR was shot on the show. The newspapers had headlines saying...'Who shot JR' Dallas was big here as well. It did so well that a competing show was created, called Dynasty. Also, the actor that played JR Ewing was called Larry Hagman and he played Tony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie. I thought his acting was really good in it.

@jenniferharrison8915

Ай бұрын

Ryan is only approx only 29 ish, and lives in semi rural Indiana! 🤔

I don't know, Ryan. There were SO many great ads from the 1970s and 1980s, but these didn't seem to be those ones. They were okay, but hopefully, the next ones will be the good ones. I suppose the number one will be the best, so I will keep watching. You should know about Dallas as it is an American soap opera!!

In 1981 the AUD was worth more than the USD at about 1.10 or so from memory. This was prior to it being floated in 1983 (made available to be traded as a commodity basically).

The older man in the Thailand holidays ad was a host of TV and radio gardening shows for many years. That's why she said something about the right time to pick orchids.

Brings back memories. I turned 24 that year. Didn't watch much tv, but I remember half of those ad's.

Part 2 and 3 would be 👍

Keep going, I quite enjoyed this.

Loved seeing the old commercials.

Love watching ads too. Goodonyamate.

That was fantastic. In 1981 I turned 12. Some of them I don’t remember so they might not have been shown in Victoria. Others like the Bond add I could sing along to. Looking forward to watching the rest with you 😘

Brings back alot of memories 👍

Enjoyed seeing the old ads, and found myself singing along to the Aussie Bonds ad lol. Surprising what the subconscious retains :)

Yes we have scotch tape here too. Yes it's an AFL ball. We call it AFL not the full name so you're all good with the AFL thing.

@Bellas1717

Ай бұрын

Yes we say AFL or Aussie Rules. Australians won't take the time to say Australian Football lol.

@BadBoy-re8ow

Ай бұрын

The footy was a VFL (Victorian Football League) football back then. It did not become known as AFL (Australian Football League) until 1990 (9 years later)!

Wow I was 6 so I don't remember alot of those commercials but we as kids in the 80s were always outside anyway on the old trampoline or playing dress up or riding our bikes. Those were the days! 😀

Companies sponsor surf life-saving clubs. Hence the name on the boat.

Bringing back memories 😎

I remember all those ads. I had just started high school in that year. Remember all the jingles to the ads as well. More would be great to see.

Hi Ryan, I'd love to see other 80s ads and promotions, amazing how things have changed

Hi Ryan, I sang in an ESSO advertisement when I was a choir boy in the 1970s. I watched a lot of TV in the 1980s and don't remember most of these. Actually, in 1981, AUD1.00 was worth about USD1.15.

I migrated to Australia 1987, so those ads as in the 1981 , are new to me, of course many of the items were in ads then and still are, but interesting, please continue reacting to the rest of them.

Keep them coming. They were great.👍

That was entertaining, Ryan, going back along memory lane to the early 80s.

Love the memories need more! Thanks Sunshine 👏

7:15 Deborah Hutton?

Loved it! I'm going to ask my parents if they got any 'Aussie Bomds" during the 80's. I'll let you know. I absolutely ;ove your channel.

So enjoying seeing adverts from my childhood - wonder if you need Uncle Sam ad will pop up

Aaah, 1981, when it was inconceivable that anyone but a woman, could take on the 'OMO' challenge and all the most spoiled housewives got to have their own telly in the kitchen, Glory days 🤣🤣🤣🤣. ❤

Love your faces when the cassette and video tapes came on 🎉

I really enjoyed the ads, even though I don't remember most of them. The one that shocked me most, was Thai Airlines, and the low cost of holidays in Thailand! I flew to Bali in 1981. I'm guessing my holiday for 10 days must have been something similar. I'm going again this year and it will cost me around $1500, including airfares.

@rg6163

Ай бұрын

The Thai holiday was excluding flights, just accommodation

That was great to see Aussie 80’s adverts. I would like to see more of them please. I think that you should do British 80’s adverts on your other channel.

One of the prettiest ads was the AGL natural gas one with the blue ballerinas. Although it first aired in 1979, it ran right into the 80's

Look forward to watching more ads..(never thought I'd say that!) 😅

Looks like Toshiba is 'sort of' still operating and was bought out by a Japanese consortium. It has since been delisted from the Stock Excahnges.

Loved it. My son born Dec'79 had one of those cuddly blue soft Smurfs. The Aussie Bonds advert mentions one, now disgraced ex-icon. The model with the lush hair, I think is a very young Deborah Hutton. It was a little naff back then I think, if you go by this video.

That was funny to look back at some old ads from forty years ago. I remember them all. My youngest child was born in 1980 so I was a housewife back then.

Loved the smurfs tried to collect them all

Don't know where you got those ads from. I was in my 20's in the 80's but do not remember any of these ads. Maybe I was out partying too much and not watching TV.

@ACDZ123

Ай бұрын

That's exactly what it was lol ..I was 12 in 81 so I remember all these adds well because I was home every night..86 on forget it once I had my licence 😅

Nup. Iconic was the Harris coffee and tea ad, the ants pants ad, the Naomi Watts lamb dinner ad, the Telstra overseas calls ad etc etc. these sure sub par.

Ryan, If you stop and look at the steps for the boot ad, that's what the old $1 note looked like (he obviously climbed 16 of them) before we made it a coin.

Your "Happy Arvo" is adorable...So back at you, just its 4:51pm here in Tassie Australia.

Yes please!

Ah the Desert Boots, DB's as they were known. I don't think they are a thing any more. The cool kids got ripple soled DB's.

@judithstrachan9399

Ай бұрын

I used to have a pair of DBs!

@gregdean8441

Ай бұрын

Wore mine to high school and levi jeans great memories

Ahhh simplify times Prices seem cheap back then like the shoes But wages would've been $100 for a weeks work The difference was food water electricity cost almost nothing You'd pay a teary fee for water no restrictions on ammount used Same electricity was super cheap and gas Most government fees where minimum and cost $8 to fill the car Also homes on quarter acre and everyone had fruit trees and vegetable garden chooks for eggs and eat Used to be able to hunt rabbits for food most bought from pub You'd get two cleaned gutted $2- All you had to do was cook them so people where self sufficient even made jams cream butter from milk cheese Very little sweets or chips / crisps as you say But lots of cakes biscuits made from flour even bread Was lots of stuff persevered for out of season Some used to smoke their meat to make it last a year bacon fish others meat Also pickle meats vegetables so you didn't need alot of Money But interest rates on homes where 18 + % they where like 20 gran but most of wages go on as only $100 a week wages Fridges TV washing machines furniture all expensive due to being made in country So it looks cheap but compare the wage differences at times But your money generally went further as amenities and food but clothes much more expensive and wife's used to make family clothes Which daughter's helped while being taught Boys had to do chores cut fire wood with axe for fires to cook meals and stack inside for the female's of family You'd clean out chook pens and gather eggs help digging in gardens planting food all this after school Was a hard but a great time compared today everyone was taught where their food came from and the effort it took But all natural clean of chemicals as crooks used to look after bugs Much different times why I never agree with bigger the country the better it is for everyone the politicians like to say No more people less resouces land smaller everything unaffordable and now relying on government's and corporations For everything including food and why chemicals as sonny to feed can't afford to loose crops Think of life like a pie small surmount of people all get a piece of the pie and full belly Same pie lots more people to share with less pie and everyone hungry and some don't even get any pie now You can use the same system for money the dollar worth alot when less of it but the more you print the less it's worth Which is what government's have been doing to hide recession or depression Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍

I enjoyed these old commercials, I hope you play someone ❤thank you ryan

Ryan, I have watched you react to magpies in spring when they try to protect their nests. Please do yourself a huge favour and go The Magpie Whisperer. Have a real look at these amazing smart funny and beautiful singers and get a real balanced view of the Australian Magpie. You will love them.😂

Good stuff! More please!

Food adds were the best back then. Maggi ,meadow lee margarine adds even .everything looked more delicious and homely .

How good were the 80's. New music genre, Mobiles were new, Computers were new, Fashion was new, Car design was new, Life was simple. Best decade of my nearly 60 years.....

This was great Ryno, like to see the rest.

Oh shit I remember that Aussie Bonds add and it’s just reminded me to withdraw my money. 😂

@jenniferharrison8915

Ай бұрын

Hurry up, cash may soon disappear! 🧐

the Superman ad was epic 😂

You should watch the 4X Beer commercials.

Dallas is an American TV show. Scotch tape is a brand, they were showing cassettes & VHS made by the brand. Crosby shoes are still made today. Gillette was/is razers. They were probably sponsors in the other add. Keep going with parts 2 & 3 🇦🇺💖

Loved it !! 🇦🇺

Ryan, check out The Comedy Company, particularly Colin Carpenter- it’ll crack you up!

@lindamcgregor4080

Ай бұрын

I watch that today. Makes me lol when I have a bad day.

Not that I'm not familiar with most of the brands advertised here but the only ad that rung any bells was the "Aussie bonds" 1. Feel like that was iconic for the 80s

1980’s was the best years of my life

Ryan, my oldest child was born in 1981 ❤. You need to look at some of our rock live performances from the 80s - just the best 👌 ❤

Nope...Ill debate you on that one...The fifties when I was growing up, were definitely the simpler times....BTW Ryan, we do have scotch tape (as in the adhesive tape) in Australia as well....

Esso was an American petroleum company that changed its name to Exxon.

Love these adds

your face said it all..😂😂😂...seriously ..I grew up with that shite..