606: Giving The Gift Of 1980 Commercials

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, After Shows

4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

This is an un-vaulting of EEHG 388. Haaaaappy holidays! Return with us now to December 3, 1980 -- and all the utterly of-their-time commercials (and by "their time," we kind of mean the '70s) from a rerun of an After School Special, including Barbie food, fights over fluoride, and the worst baby-doll ever. We're also answering your Ask EHG questions about real-life tropes and memorable magazines, and Tara is muttering "Rosebud" in the direction of the Tiny Canon; our Not Quite Top 11 Lists explore roadside attractions and board games. Then we're unwrapping the most important boxes of television. Hop on the Starburst-coaster and join us!

TOPICS
Lead Topic: 🪥 December 3, 1980 Commercials
Ask EHG: ☕️ Standard coffee orders
Tiny Canon: 🛷 The Kids In The Hall S01.E03
Not Quite Top 11: 📍 Best Roadside America Destinations Worth Visiting Between Each Leg Of A Road Trip Comprising TV Shows With American Cities In Their Titles
Not Quite Top 11: 🎲 TV Shows That You Initially Think Should Absolutely NOT Have A Branded Board Game, But Then The More You Think About It, The More You’re Like, But How Would That Even Work, Wait Actually I Kind Of Want To Play That Now
Not Quite Top 11: 💩 Least Enticing Holiday TV Episode Titles
KRTMATIWOTVLM: 🏠 Little House On The Prairie S04.E15: Whisper Country
Extra Credit: 📦 Important TV Boxes
Mini: 🎄 Holiday Varieties (Dec 2016)

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NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
🤑 The 12/3/80 ad reel on YouTube
🥃 Or watch "The Late Great Me! Story Of A Teenage Alcoholic"
📦 "The One With Chandler In A Box"
👋 Long Gone
🎂 Kendall’s “Too Much Birthdays” meltdown
📤 “The Farnsworth Parabox”

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0:29.9	We hope you will enjoy today's presentation. You're welcome to stop by anytime because you're
0:36.6	the reason we do it.
0:43.2	This is the Extra Extra Hot Great Podcast, episode 388 for the December 27th, 2025 weekend.
0:55.4	I am Moment of Discovery, David T. Cole, and I'm here with toothbrush technology, Sarah
1:01.6	Debunting.
1:02.5	Open wide.
1:03.6	And baby crying for you, Tara Ariano.
1:06.4	This is fun?
1:07.3	Yeah. is fun.
1:22.5	Welcome to Extra Extra Hot Great for another weekend.
1:25.2	Thank you so much for your support and for being here.
1:29.3	And for giving us a reason to travel back in time and watch old commercials as we are want to do when we have a pre-taped episode to get through.
1:35.0	We are today discussing a batch of commercials from December 3rd, 1980. These aired during an ABC after-school special rerun of the late great me story of
1:49.4	the teenage alcoholic. We will link that in the show notes as well. I read the book that this was
1:55.2	based on. It was quite something. Her drink of choice was scotch and milk. I never forgot. And I read this when I was like, not even in high school yet. Is that a thing? Or is that just a quirk? I don't know. It's some alcoholics who have an ulcer thing. Ty Cobb. But enough about that. We're not talking about her. We're talking about the ads that were around her.
2:18.0	Chen check-in time, Sarah, should our listeners watch these commercials from December 3rd, 1980?
2:24.0	We always do.
2:25.9	Yeah.
2:26.4	Why not?
2:27.0	It'll really bring you back.
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