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These commercials aired on MTV on October 9th, 1993
1. Promo for "MTV Free Your Mind Forum"
2. Sega Genesis (Though some concessions had to be made, the Genesis port of Mortal Kombat was the closest you could get to the arcade game at the time. The SNES version famously lacked blood/violent fatalities and suffered from severe input lag)
3. Starburst
4. Vidal Sassoon
5. TV Spot for "The Age Of Innocence"
6. Time Life Classic Rock 1968 Collection
7. Partnership for a Drug-Free America PSA
8. "Headbangers Ball" Commercial Bumper
9. Slim Jim (With Macho Man Randy Savage)
10. Sony Autosound
11. Max Factor High Definition Lipstick (I wonder what resolution it was running at?)
12. Levi's Jeans For Women
13. Milk
14. MTV Blocktoberfest Promo
15. TV Spot for "Rudy" (A modest success when first released, this is now regarded as a classic sports movie)
16. 1-800-OPERATOR (7:29 Tobias, is that you?)
17. Cover Girl Clean Make-Up (With Niki Taylor)
18. Soloflex
19. Envision Contact Lenses
20. Promo for "The Jon Stewart Show" (This aired on MTV from 1993-94 as a 30 minute talk show. After Viacom purchased Paramount Communications...the parent company of MTV in 1994...it was retooled for syndication as a 60 minute talk show that aired from 1994-95 to replace "The Arsenio Hall Show". Though it didn't last long, the relationship with Viacom later helped him land the hosting gig for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" in 1999 after the original host Craig Kilborn left to host "The Late Late Show" on CBS)
21. Big Red
22. Coca Cola
23. Pringles
24. Miller Genuine Draft
25. Magnavox (With John Cleese robot)
26. Milk (With Tiffani Amber Thiessen)
27. Butterfinger (The thief was later revealed to be Krusty the Clown disguised as Homer: youtube.com/watch?v=ruG1sDdPLkQ)
28. NordicTrack
29. AIDS PSA
30. "Headbangers Ball" Commercial Bumpers
31. MTV Promo
32. TV Spot for "Rudy"
33. Cover Girl Long 'n Lush Mascara (With Niki Taylor)
34. Twix (The last kid at 16:53 is Tahj Mowry, who later starred on the WB series "Smart Guy")
35. Clairol Glints (With Rebecca Gayheart)
36. Azuma (Possibly the most 90's board game ever?)
37. Viper Auto Security Systems (One day our cars will be protected by CG holographic snakes)
38. Step Trainer Workout
39. MTV Promo
40. TV Spot for "Judgment Night" (Not a success at the box office, making about half of its budget back)
41. Skittles (With Heidi Lucas from "Salute Your Shorts")
42. Subway
43. Finesse Conditioner
44. 1-800-COLLECT (With O.J. Simpson's mother Eunice Simpson. Part of the joke of this commercial was that she had severe arthritis and needed a cane to walk. She later appeared at her son's murder trial in a wheelchair. She died at age 80 in 2001, RIP)
45. "Point Of No Return" on VHS
46. Totally 80's (This is actually...a pretty good compilation. The full tracklist can be seen here: discogs.com/release/632787-Various-Totally-80s)
These commercials aired on MTV on October 9th, 1993
1. Promo for "MTV Free Your Mind Forum"
2. Sega Genesis (Though some concessions had to be made, the Genesis port of Mortal Kombat was the closest you could get to the arcade game at the time. The SNES version famously lacked blood/violent fatalities and suffered from severe input lag)
3. Starburst
4. Vidal Sassoon
5. TV Spot for "The Age Of Innocence"
6. Time Life Classic Rock 1968 Collection
7. Partnership for a Drug-Free America PSA
8. "Headbangers Ball" Commercial Bumper
9. Slim Jim (With Macho Man Randy Savage)
10. Sony Autosound
11. Max Factor High Definition Lipstick (I wonder what resolution it was running at?)
12. Levi's Jeans For Women
13. Milk
14. MTV Blocktoberfest Promo
15. TV Spot for "Rudy" (A modest success when first released, this is now regarded as a classic sports movie)
16. 1-800-OPERATOR (7:29 Tobias, is that you?)
17. Cover Girl Clean Make-Up (With Niki Taylor)
18. Soloflex
19. Envision Contact Lenses
20. Promo for "The Jon Stewart Show" (This aired on MTV from 1993-94 as a 30 minute talk show. After Viacom purchased Paramount Communications...the parent company of MTV in 1994...it was retooled for syndication as a 60 minute talk show that aired from 1994-95 to replace "The Arsenio Hall Show". Though it didn't last long, the relationship with Viacom later helped him land the hosting gig for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" in 1999 after the original host Craig Kilborn left to host "The Late Late Show" on CBS)
21. Big Red
22. Coca Cola
23. Pringles
24. Miller Genuine Draft
25. Magnavox (With John Cleese robot)
26. Milk (With Tiffani Amber Thiessen)
27. Butterfinger (The thief was later revealed to be Krusty the Clown disguised as Homer: youtube.com/watch?v=ruG1sDdPLkQ)
28. NordicTrack
29. AIDS PSA
30. "Headbangers Ball" Commercial Bumpers
31. MTV Promo
32. TV Spot for "Rudy"
33. Cover Girl Long 'n Lush Mascara (With Niki Taylor)
34. Twix (The last kid at 16:53 is Tahj Mowry, who later starred on the WB series "Smart Guy")
35. Clairol Glints (With Rebecca Gayheart)
36. Azuma (Possibly the most 90's board game ever?)
37. Viper Auto Security Systems (One day our cars will be protected by CG holographic snakes)
38. Step Trainer Workout
39. MTV Promo
40. TV Spot for "Judgment Night" (Not a success at the box office, making about half of its budget back)
41. Skittles (With Heidi Lucas from "Salute Your Shorts")
42. Subway
43. Finesse Conditioner
44. 1-800-COLLECT (With O.J. Simpson's mother Eunice Simpson. Part of the joke of this commercial was that she had severe arthritis and needed a cane to walk. She later appeared at her son's murder trial in a wheelchair. She died at age 80 in 2001, RIP)
45. "Point Of No Return" on VHS
46. Totally 80's (This is actually...a pretty good compilation. The full tracklist can be seen here: discogs.com/release/632787-Various-Totally-80s)
