As a Wisconsinite, I hadn't realized Menards hasn't changed there's commercial jingle. It's the same exact one. Kinda crazy, but its cemented in everyone's minds so I guess it works lol.
And it plays every 5 minutes in the stores. On The Fucking Clock Idk if that's what they've ALWAYS done, but I know I timed it when I worked there ten years ago, and the few times I've popped in since it's been the exact same.
True, At least it ain't "Listen up: The soap you shower with? It's $#!+. You need to buy my awesome Dr Squanch soap or else you'll never be as cool as me. Do you want to be mommy's little man?"
I don't think I've ever been so caught off guard by a commercial. I expected the standard commercial format of "ours is better than the other because of the following not very good reasons" yet next thing I know I am hit with an uncalled for "our competitor does a fantastic job at stopping dandruff and there is really no actual difference in our products... UNLESS YOU WANT SOME TINGLES"
"Do I look more attractive when I'm recorded on a low-res tape?" You look like you should be sitting in front of a bunch of seventh-graders with an acoustic guitar, but hey, you wear it well, so...yes?
I mean, if he's sitting in front of seventh graders with an acoustic guitar, then surely he's doing that in a church basement while singing about God. Trying to get the kids involved, no one wants to join in. That kind of vibe.
Somehow this is a very romantic concept to me, like you’re peering into someone’s interests in a super intimate way lol. Kinda like meeting them through space and time without knowing their name or face or where they are now, how melancholic.
@@seandaemon to be fair, Ian claims that it was likely a bootleg, which means the original owner might have been just bootlegging the show, and not actually into westerns
Sadly, Papa Palermo passed away in October of 2012. I guess we kept him waiting for too long... RIP Papa Palermo. He waited for us when no one else would.
"For now I'll just stick with skipping through the show and watching the commercials" Ian doing the exact opposite of what the people who originally made this tape were doing.
♫ Plumbing, electrical appliances too, the savings will always come right back to you! You save big money, you save big money, when you shop Menard's! ♫
There is a long decade ahead friend. Something good has gotta happen at some point. For example, no matter what, Trump wont be the president by the end of the 2020s.
@@WhaleManMan I mean I can't physically go into work at the moment, think I'll have to spend all my PTO before I do, and have to hear my vulnerable/immunocompromised/ homeless clients panicking about the global situation while I can't really help in any meaningful way, so I'm really not thinking about the end of the 20s right now...
I'm from Wisconsin myself and I couldn't agree more. It was definitely from Southeastern Wisconsin. The channel 18 w was a dead giveaway as well as the address for another commercial.
I was about Ian's current age back in '93, so this was a huge nostalgia trip. I was probably still working at the local Dairy Queen about that time, so seeing that ad was fun - brings back fond memories of the time I got pistol-whipped at said Dairy Queen. Ah, good times. Can't wait for the next installment!
"When people record westerns, they record a lot of different westerns." Can confirm. When I was digging through my parents' tapes to record our home movies, I found a LOT of Dr. Quinn, Grizzly Adams, Guns of Paradise, and Country Music Awards. Hell, just last week I recorded a western for my Dad. On VHS.
Ian is a crazy talented editor. Like, I've been watching him since he just did game reviews, but at some point during the televoid era I realized just how talented he was. I always loved his STYLE and I always thought he was FUNNY but I had no idea just how creative he was. Like, if I could learn editing skills on that level I'd be hyped af. And now with skillshare you can! -instert ad here- P.S. the way Ian does his video sponsor ads are the best.
He really started flexing hard around the start of the food reviews. Some stellar and hilarious edits. His dream bunny review is a super underrated example.
The fact that this is litterally just Ian having fun fun with vcr compatible cameras and the said medium made me smile most of the way through. I love this new direction
I’m literally crying. I used to have a little tv with a built in vcr like the one he’s using. I had it for over ten years. It broke about two years ago. I really miss it....
I picked one up at a local thrift shop for 20 bucks just so I could play my NES without the disgusting hard edges you get with a modern TV. Also an absolute must for fighting games.
Wow, the fact that at first when everyone was talking about the menards jingle not changing in 30 years I thought they meant since 1970...and then I realized it's 2020 and ian was watching tapes from the 90s
Being from Michigan, I'm also impressed to realize Menard's has been around for that long and still used the same song throughout all these years in their commercials. Most companies and stores change it up every few years, but they seem committed to that jingle.
I’m a Minnesota native and my fiancé is from Wisconsin and we’re probably gonna get married at the lawn and garden section of a local Menards next year if he had his way, lol. And yeah, he sings the Eternal Menards theme randomly at me from time to time
Oh man my mom's still got one of those ShowBoxes! She saved way too many pictures into it and it doesn't really work anymore, but when she pulled it out while doing some cleaning the other day I thought it was the coolest thing.
In the UK there was this car insurace company called Premium Search that used the same ad for at least 10 years, despite the increasingly-dated cars and fashions in it.
@@michaelmartin9022 phenomenal, Menard's isn't that bad but they still use the same jingle, fonts, and announcer. They put out new ads all the time but they all feel like they could've been made the same day as the one from 1993...
I found an old vhs tape at Goodwill, label said “Area 51”. $2. I took it home, eagerly plugged it in. It was Rick Astley. Never gonna give you up. I had been rick rolled
@@huskysvideoarchive2256 Man, I should start advertising in my local area that I'll pick up VHS tapes. I already got a big showbox full of home recorded BETA tapes I need to go through one day.
Fun fact: menards door styles hasn’t changed in 30 plus years and in the Midwest we get commercials for doorknobs from menards constantly. I haven’t even seen another commercial
Relevant to my interests. I wrote a paper about Dave Thomas in high school. He used to be a cook in the Army, that's how he learned to cook food for a ton of people efficiently. I got a pretty good grade on it, and it was enjoyable. Shortly after I turned in the assignment, Dave died. The same thing happened when I wrote a paper about Mister Rogers a year later! I was pretty freaked out the 2nd time, that was really sad.
Y'know, I was thinking about making a joke about how "look how dedicated Ian is to record his whole video on VHS" when I assumed that he was just using a filter to make it look like it was a VHS, but I scrapped that idea when I found out he actually did it
I legit wanted to cry when i seen the wendys commercial.....i miss my childhood. Side note if you find ANY(!!!!!!!!) of the disney channel “hi im so n so and your watching disney channel” post them as over half are lost media.
I might have them - but I am not sure what I have. I just have a ton of Tv recorded VHS from all over the country and all over the years. Maybe not the 2000's but who knows. There's a lot of unlabeled ones. I know I have Disney Channel pay per view satellite TV stuff from when the channel first started.
In the far off year of 2020, over one hundred of the world’s most notorious furries went back in time to the year 1993 to get the long since banned Arby’s Horsey Sauce...
sadly it turned out to be just horse raddish and now there stuck using 1993 computers internet and phones the poor buggers but at least then can enjoy it before they have to get a job and be an adult
how is no one talking about how he uncovered subliminal messaging in an old commercial in the comments at 12:02 ? "oh my god that's terrifying." could not stop laughing thanks my dude.
I remember the k-mart in my town as a perfectly nice shop that felt really similar to 90s target. Basically no actual recollection of shopping there but it's a fond and positive memory from when I was, like, 7. I still think of the shopping center where it used to be as "where K-mart was". Thanks for being part of the dream while it lasted 😅
Oh that's what it is! I didn't recognize the old logo. They didn't use to have Hardee's in California but I think Carl's Jr. acquired them and now they just have Hardee's stuff at Carl's Jrs here
I've actually eaten that healthy choice meal. the "brains" is actually a fruit compote. if i remember right, it was made of apples and cherries and the sauce was cherry. i actually kinda liked it.
Regarding the Medical Card, I will say when I was in China, I did have a Medical Card like in the commercial. It acted more as card for logging in at the Hospital, and they still required identification to confirm it was me, but they did use it to access the account that was made that did hold my medical information and not matter what hospital I was in, they had access to my medical records. Something that was nice about it was that since I got bronchitis three times there when they told me about my scoliosis the different doctors didn't have to tell me twice because it was logged saying I was aware. They also didn't have to constantly ask if I was allergic to things because it was logged. That being said I can't say whether or not it was secured, but it was at least convenient for the few months I was there on as a volunteer teacher.
Dear Ian, not sure if you get around to reading all the comments on these but! This video was awesome! Thanks so much for combing through and finding the quirks in media that no one pays attention to anymore, it brings life to old media, and teaches advertising students like me how company's did commercials in the past! so THANKS!!
That's probably because they were using real food. Later ad companies started making "model" food for the "perfect" look. We've been adjusted to this ideal imagery, so the real thing looks like trash in comparison.
All the K-mart talk reminded me. I got hired by K-mart after my senior year of high school and I went away to college 11 years ago. I applied a few weeks before summer started, got an interview a month after it started. A week later I went back, signed the papers met hr, the store manager the whole 9 yards. They then just never scheduled my training, despite me going back a few times and asking what was going on. Few years later in college I’m talking to my friend and he mentions how something very similar happened to him. Funny what stuff like this brings back.
The turkey dinner was actually really good. My mom used to eat those before they changed the ingredients because they didn't bother her allergies and I got to try them. Some were surprisingly tasty.
Those really were pretty good, and the freezer in the breakroom at work was absolutely stuffed with them. I think it was all anybody ate for a few months
God do I adore this kind of stuff. The perfect mix of weird and nostalgic, old TV and especially commercials are my happy place. I sincerely hope that you don't give up entirely on...what was it called? Cooking with Ian? The Moose Kitchen? Brutal Dining? I digress but seriously, seeing someone fumble through making something, the way I would, is weirdly comforting and entertaining. They're definitely some of my favorite videos of yours. Although, as you continually prove, I'm pretty happy with whatever videos you do make, so do what makes you happy.
Same, I really enjoy the food channel. Though the new and exciting "window to the past" in literal lootboxes- How can you resist? I do hope Televoid makes a return at some point.
I miss disposable cameras. It was so fun just taking pictures and hoping they would turn out great. There was a nice mystery box aspect to them,; you never knew the result until you developed your film. Was a much more candid and wholesome experience.
"I can only eat foods that taste good" _[/followed by the sound of unbearable smugness]_ "WOW, I HATE IT ALREADY" x3 Never were truer words spoken, Moose.
Cory E. Lol cause it's a HORSEradish sauce and Arby's kinda has a "western-ish" theme and it's fun to call it that rather than "creamy horseradish sauce". Arby's gets joked on a lot but is undeserved, I generally like Arby's for a change from a burger and it's good value. Soon there will be no fast food available 😬
Just got broken up with in a long term relationship during all of this virus chaos and it's all stacking up very difficultly. I seriously, we seriously could use your wholesome positive content in times like these.
The amount of time I spent hysterically laughing during this video is stunning considering that it's literally just a dude watching someone's old home VHS tapes. Moosie…you have a talent, dude.
@@acid3129 Friend…with all due respect…um…is your username…indicative of what you take before going online? Because that's kind of the vibe I'm getting from your nonsensical comments…
@@Wandergirl108 ow I see you didn't watch the video it's OK don't worry when you grow up maybe your attention span will allow a 32 minute video if you haven't notices by now I was referring to a scene on the tape from that strange cop show bit when she disarm a bomb in a piñata go back watch it and ask yourself why didn't she put all the wires in one cutter and snip them at the same time if you want to me to go into greater detail about why I saw that scene and started to question everything I have ever known about the use of my hands and why a mouth is a good substitute for one I can
I watch a lot of 80s/90s commercial compilations but this really goes a step further with something extra that tingles - to give your scalp a fresh invigorating feeling.
Milwaukee is scary place in which time does not pass, it only remaints stagnant. This means any Menards located within this cursed city are doomed to pull all other Mernards down to their current timeline. Once Milwaukee is able to break the dark spell cast on them, and join the rest of the world in Modernity, Menards return to our current timeline, whether located in Wisconsin or not
Dunno... I do remember getting Menards commercials in the late 90s when I still lived in Winnipeg; with Manitoba being just north of the US border from Minnesota, our cable companies (Winnipeg had 2 before Videon merged with Shaw) carried most of the Minneapolis networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, though FOX was from Rochester, New York for some reason) and as such we got all the "great" commercials from the area as well. To this day the Menards jingle still haunts my memories...
18:21 Yes, I remember when I was 9 in 1998...thinking about a new way to talk on the phone with video... also when watching Pokemon... how Ash would talk to Pr. Oak on a Phone but a video of him talking... I remember thinking that would never be possible in my life time. As a toddler you can't think of the future well since you're still so young. Look at me now... 30 years old and it took your video to remind me of my imagination as a kid!
@@sombrashibe I've actually been wondering when the first video phone was mentioned in fiction. I wanna say "In the Year 2898" by Jules Verne, from 1898, which mentions what's basically a Skype call.
You should do a whole episode focusing on weird commercials you've found! I really loved this episode because of the old commercials. Keep making these please. I rarely laughed this hard.
