80's Commercials Vol. 899

These commercials aired on NBC on May 24th, 1985 1. New Coke (With New Edition. This almost makes me want to try New Coke!) 2. McDonald's (She was immediately fired from her modeling gig after her next weigh-in) 3. Bain De Soleil Sunscreen 4. Ford Mustang 5. Toyota (The actor here is Squire Fridell, who started playing Ronald McDonald in McDonald's commercials that year) 6. Great America (An amusement park in Santa Clara, California. Originally built/owned by Marriott, it was later owned by Paramount in the 90's/early 2000's and is now owned by Cedar Fair, who renamed it "California's Great America" in 2007. Despite living about an hour away, I haven't visited the park in a very long time, the last time being shortly after Cedar Fair took over. A lot of the Paramount themed rides I grew up with like Top Gun and Drop Zone had to be renamed to generic names after the Cedar Fair acquisition) 7. Miller's Outpost (When grapes start singing to you, it's time to lay off the moonshine) 8. Diet Pepsi (With Joe Montana and Dan Marino. This was a few months following Super Bowl XIX, where the Miami Dolphins lost to the San Francisco 49ers. Dan Marino would never appear in another Super Bowl) 9. "Friday Night Videos" Commercial Bumper 10. Promo for "Deceptions" 11. Promo for "Saturday Night Live" (RIP Harry Anderson) 12. Terminal Building 2 at Oakland International Airport PSA (Ok then) 13. New Coke (With Bill Cosby. Never mind...I don't want to try it anymore) 14. Barricini Ice Cream (With David Ogden Stiers) 15. KRON Station ID 16. Sea & Ski (This uses footage from an earlier commercial dating from 1982 that I posted in Vol. 442:    • 80's Commercials Vol. 442   It's interesting to see that just three years later that ad was considered outdated and they opted to play New Wave-ish 80's synth music over it) 17. Waterproof Sea & Ski 18. Miller High Life 19. Fritos (How exactly does one join this Snackers gang? Asking for a friend) 20. TV Spot for "Fletch" 21. TV Spot for "Rambo: First Blood Part II" 22. Coppertone 23. New Coke 24. Ford Escort 25. New G.I. Bill/Army College Fund 26. Le Tigre 27. Valvoline Turbo V Motor Oil 28. Miller High Life 29. "Friday Night Videos" Ending/End Credits