“Spread on any bread – makes pizza fast.”

Here’s wishing you all a very Happy New Year! We’ll cap off 2023 with our first ever Eighties Week.

Presenting four commercials from early in the decade. From 1980, it’s People magazine’s Year-End Special Issue and Windex (with spokespersons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara). From 1981, you’ll find spots for Wheat Thins (with spokes Sandy Duncan), and Pizza Magic. For maximum enjoyment, dance in a new wave style while watching.

PIZZA MAGIC COMMERCIAL (1981)

_{Pizza Magic Pizzeria Style Sauce commercial. Narration by Peter Thomas. Spot aired January 1981 (likely produced in 1980).}

WHEAT THINS COMMERCIAL (SANDY DUNCAN, 1981)

_{Nabisco Wheat Thins commercial featuring actor-spokesperson Sandy Duncan. Spot aired January 1981 (likely produced in 1980).}

WINDEX COMMERCIAL (STILLER & MEARA, 1980)

_{Windex commercial featuring the husband-and-wife comedy duo of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Spot aired September 1980.}

‘PEOPLE’ MAGAZINE’S ‘YEAR END SPECIAL’ COMMERCIAL (1980)

_{‘People’ magazine commercial featuring the Year-End Double Issue. Features include; ‘The 25 Most Intriguing People Of 1980,’ with Ronald Reagan, Goldie Hawn, Robert Redford, and many more. Spot aired in late 1980.}

Previously on 70s Commercials: 70s Holiday Commercials: Hickory Farms, Butterball, Super Shooter, Kraft Christmas (1973-79)

More Wheat Thins with Sandy Duncan: 70s Spots: Triscuits (Betty Buckley) & Wheat Thins (Sandy Duncan) (1977)

More Stiller & Meara: 70s Commercials: Avon, Gravy Train, Whirlpool, ‘Time Express’ (Vincent Price, 1979)

More People: People Magazine Jan 30, 1978: Lenny & Squiggy