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As the generations that grew up in the 80’s and 90’s is turning into a nice and proffitable target audience, marketeers seem to be turning more and more to the stuff my generation grew up with. Robert pointed you to a nice example; Mr. T aka BA Baracus is making appearances in Snickers ads. Recently, mr T. has also been spotted in a World of Warcraft commercial, an even better one than the Snickers commercial.

Another show I used to watch as a kid was actually created much earlier: Thunderbirds. Here’s an ad featuring “Brains” that’s storming the viral charts at the moment. Again, the Thunderbirds concept has been done before (most recently by Specsavers). And again, this time it’s even better than the last: The “Rythm is a dancer” tune by Snap really completes the ad (20 years younger than the Thunderbirds, but still extremely retro).

I bet these ads aren’t very satisfying to any generation before or after me, but for me, they’re as good as retro gets!

Filed under: Brilliant, Classic, Golden oldie, Parody