Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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A nostalgic collection of health, hygiene, and medicine commercials as they aired on WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa, Florida in 1987.

This compilation highlights how late-1980s television advertising approached personal care, wellness, and everyday health concerns, with memorable spots for shampoo, toothpaste, allergy relief, feminine hygiene, disinfectants, and over-the-counter medicine — many featuring familiar faces and reassuring messaging typical of the era.

These commercials originally aired during a prime-time broadcast and are presented in their original form to reflect how viewers experienced health-related advertising in the late 1980s.

Digitized from an original VHS recording.
Picture and audio quality reflect the source tape.

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🔗 FROM THE ARCHIVE

This video is part of a larger September 26, 1987 WTVT Channel 13 Tampa prime-time broadcast archive, preserving commercials, station IDs, bumpers, and TV promos exactly as they aired.

▶️ Watch the complete broadcast compilation here:
youtu.be/90ND5AMRk-w

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⏱️ CLIPS INCLUDED
• Head & Shoulders Shampoo
• Stayfree – Gabrielle Carteris
• Actifed – Apollo Astronauts
• Benadryl Allergy Relief
• Certs Breath Mints
• Aquafresh Toothpaste
• Bayer Aspirin
• Lysol Disinfectant