Because technology was not as advanced back then. Therefore, people focused more on talent. If we don’t want to get dumber while technology keeps getting wiser, we have to know what should and should not have to do with technology.
All of us who grew up with Nick in the 80s and 90s had the best of it. That will always live on with us, and we can see a lot of the best of it here. So despite the crap they're airing now, all is not lost.
I never get tired of thinking about something completely random from something 37 years ago and then finding it on youtube. My 5 year old self remembered that chrome sphere logo and I have not seen it since. Never ceases to amaze me how much of this randomness is on youtube.
Wow. I miss the days when they actually had commericials for toys, food, candy and fun things. Now it's nothing by Drug Companies, Law Firms and 24 hour useless "news".
Thank Reagan for the lawyer commercials and drug commercials. Of course toy cartoons (like TransFormers, My Little Pony, Jem, He-Man etc) were part of that bill. So to be certain it was a double edge sword.
I agree. I actually started watching Nick very early(caught the end of the Silver Ball era), and generally grew up on both PBS and Nick. I miss everything Nick in the 80s. They SHOULD create a new channel and dedicate it to showing nothing but 80s Nick!! I totally miss it!
You can still watch The Children of the Stones on RU-vid. That was one of The Third Eye's biggest hits from the UK. Back when Nickelodeon had taste :-)
Ah, 1980's M&Ms. I remember them well. Green, yellow, orange, brown, and tan. No red because the dye was toxic so they discontinued them. And blue M&Ms didn't yet exist. Obviously in the time since they figured out how to make red food coloring safely and reintroduced the red M&Ms at some point in the 1990s. I remember them making a big deal out of it.
Right around 4:00 there was a very brief clip with the Red and Blue clay figures. I thought those films were HILARIOUS! Does anyone know where I can find more of them?
The view master light up lightstick commercial has the same soundtrack/background music as Giggles Cookies commercials circa 87-88. Loved those cookies back then.
79 and I just remember it. I literally hadn't thought about it until this moment and looked it up. Amazing what you can find on here that zaps 37 year old memories back into present day.
i wish i was born so i could witness the nickelodeon of the 80s i only got to witness the nickelodeon of the 90s which for me was a great time nick shows now a days piss me off D:
_Jenna_ is #1, _You Can't Do That on Television_ without _Standby Lights Camera Action_ *OR* _The Third Eye_ all with _Mr. Wizard_ - Nick on with us at Nickelodeon!
More likely, Fred Newman was picked for his resemblance to Phil Donahue, who was still a major public figure at the time, and the KING of daytime talk.
I was born in 1988 so of course I grew up with the 90s Nickelodeon. Obviously I don't remember most of this stuff, but it seems a hell of a lot better than the garbage they play today.
Watching these commercials makes me wish there was such a thing as time travel so I could go back and watch these shows. TV nowadays is just junk for kids.
I always wondered...what is that little beepy-tone thing that sounds like an old fashioned touch tone phone...they played it during commercials or in between.
Nick was great in the 80's the only great thing about nick today is well nick@nite but I wish they would make a classic channel for the shows we just saw in this video
@playhouserage Being a photographer, I can tell you it's probably because a glowing lightstick would only show up well on camera in total darkness. You couldn't show everyone having fun in the backyard in that case.
Nick Rocks- our cable provider didn't have MTV...so for us rural kids, Nick Rocks was our way to see videos. What was the show that had Matt Dillon on it???
I totally hear you! I think the problem is that grown ups let their childhood stuff grow up with them to the point that the kid friendly stuff of yesteryear has become more adult/tongue-in-cheek jabs at nostalgia. Let the kids have their stuff and let it remain unadulterated. It's kinda pathetic when you see adults trying to mature property they loved as kids because they can't let it go. Kids already have it worse than we did, just throw them a bone. Let them live in child-like whimsy.
Right around 4:00 there is a brief clip of the Red and Blue clay figures. I thought those were hilarious! Does anyone know where I can find more of them?
Sorry, I'm the same exact age as you and I have to HIGHLY doubt if you're able to recall the Nickelodeon pinball era of 1981-'84. It's highly improbably for you to have TV viewing memories dating back to your infant years (if many infants even "watch" TV). Seriously you don't have to pretend. Sure the Gen X stuff is awesome, but there are plenty of clips here on RU-vid from our early Gen Y childhood which are finely old-school in their own right.
Does anybody have the nickelodeon commercial from the 80s with George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson where Thomas Jefferson says the declaration of independence due today my dog ate it
How many commercials/product manufacturers used that same annoying jingle? The one for the glowsticks and the song for Nabisco's Giggles cookies (in another 1980s commercial sequence posted by WREYNetwork) have that same song in the backgorund...go figure.
