Every night on TV in the 90s, between the shows you remember and the ones you’ve forgotten, there were commercials. Car ads with jingles you can still hum. Toy ads that made Saturday mornings electric. Local furniture store spots so bad they circled back to great. Local news promos, phone company pitches, and PSAs that feel like time capsules today.
Nobody saved these on purpose. They were recorded over, thrown out, or left on tapes that sat in basements for decades. 90s Craig opens those tapes live on Twitch, four nights a week, and the commercials are always the best part.
This is a growing archive of VHS commercials from the 1980s and 1990s — local broadcast TV, cable, and retail tapes that survived because someone hit record and never hit stop. Browse the full tape archive or dive into the commercials below.
Commercials in the Archive
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