Twice now in the past day and a half, my Cosby Show video has been marked dead, when in fact, in isn’t. If you go to the YouTube source, the vid is fine. Yes it may take a while to load, or it may be region blocked depending on where you are (and I can't help that, I'm sorry), but as of this writing, the vid is there, trust me.
Furthermore, the YouTube submitter is "cosbyshow", and the name is Carsey Werner, the company that distributes the show. So unless you see a "video removed for terms of use violation" or something similar, it's NOT dead.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled sifting, already in progress...

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10362 from http://digg.com/television/13_Commercials_That_Make_You_Miss_The_80_s

I Can Haz Cuervo?

And you're looking for a glossy new book to grace your coffee table... then check out Taschen's new American Ads of the 80s book... its pretty kickass, and I found myself totally mesmerized by the scads of acid wash jeans, heavily padded shoulders, hair metal glam rockers, and mullet wearing celebs that grace its pages...




Yes... Benatar does rock... am glad they got that sorted out

And apparently, they also have books for other decades as well, like the 60s:

Astronaut Baby Approvez of Ur Ride

and 70s:

Now that's Frolicious!

I will have to hunt those down as well, because if they are like the 80s book, the sample ads on the website don't even begin to scratch the surface!

... and the nice thing is, that it can be this cheesy, and I get to say, that it's playful mockery- all carefully planned to give it that great 80s kitsch.

(The truth is, I have no sense of color - I usually wear black because it's safe -and I think lavender and green look great together)