I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to see that Freedom Rock ad again.

(Thanks, Neatorama!)

Update: Watching these commercials has reminded me of how much I was obsessed with Max Headroom at a certain point. We children of the 80s (actually 70s, but who’s counting?) sure grew up in strange times. I was really into Max Headroom and Spuds Mackenzie. Let me repeat that: I was into Max Headroom and Spuds Mackenzie (the Budweiser pitch dog). I bought books and t-shirts (or probably more accurately, whined until my parents bought them) featuring these characters who were designed to promote products, and I didn’t think twice about it. And my parents, who I would say overall did an exceptional job of raising me, probably didn’t think twice about it, either. I wore my Spuds Mackenzie t-shirt to school all the time and my teachers didn’t say boo. It was a t-shirt promoting a mascot who promoted beer. That was the 80s, I suppose.

That being said, here’s an amazingly creepy video by the Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom. If I remember correctly, this song came out when the Max Headroom craze was on the wane. Matt Frewer (the actor who played Max Headroom) really phoned this performance in. He must’ve been getting tired of playing a head in a box.

Update Update: This sequel to the 80s commercial collection is much better than the first collection. One gets the feeling that the first list was put together by some dude clicking on random links on YouTube who then got schooled by the readers, because the second list is the one that actually contains the memorable commercials.