1980's TV Commercials
This fast-food chain's famous slogan was "Where's the Beef?"
What is Wendy's?
This actor played Indiana Jones and Han Solo.
Who is Harrison Ford?
This sitcom featured the Huxtable family living in Brooklyn.
What is The Cosby Show?
A young boy befriends an alien who wants to "phone home" in this 1982 hit.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
"I'm stuck on _______, 'cause ________ stuck on me" promoted this adhesive bandage brand.
What is Band-Aid?
This actress starred in Terms of Endearment, Steel Magnolias, and The Evening Star.
Who is Shirley MacLaine?
This action-adventure series followed a team led by Hannibal Smith.
What is The A-Team?
This treasure-hunting adventure featured Mikey, Mouth, Chunk, and Data.
What is The Goonies?
This candy bar encouraged customers to "Reach out and touch someone" ... wait, that's not candy! Instead, the slogan "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" belonged to this candy.
What is Almond Joy/Mounds?
This actor starred in Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, and 48 Hrs., becoming one of the biggest box office draws of the decade.
Who is Eddie Murphy?
Jessica Fletcher solved mysteries in this long-running series.
What is Murder, She Wrote?
This 1981 film introduced audiences to an archaeologist searching for the Ark of the Covenant.
What is Raiders of the Lost Ark?
The "Taste the Rainbow" campaign would come later, but in the 1980s these colorful candies urged people to "Taste the Rainbow's" predecessor: "Melts in your mouth, not in your hands."
What are M&M's?
This actress received an Oscar nomination for Out of Africa and starred opposite Robert Redford.
Who is Meryl Streep?
This family drama chronicled the lives of the Keaton family and featured Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton.
What is Family Ties?
This 1988 film introduced audiences to the action hero John McClane, who battles terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper.
What is Die Hard?
This membership warehouse retailer debuted nationally in the 1980s and became known for selling products in bulk quantities at discounted prices.
What is Costco?
This comedian starred in Ghostbusters, Stripes, and Caddyshack.
Who is Bill Murray?
This police drama starred Daniel J. Travanti as Captain Frank Furillo and was set in a troubled urban precinct.
What is Hill Street Blues?
A writer joins an African expedition to rescue a kidnapped romance novelist in this 1984 adventure starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
What is Romancing the Stone?