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1986 Sanyo Electronics Commercial is the Most '80s Commercial Ever

Proof that everyone was doing cocaine at the time

By Rain Noe - April 2, 2020

in Object Culture

Sony, Panasonic, JVC--these were the Japanese consumer electronics giants that made inroads into America in the 1970s and '80s, gaining household brand recognition.

A lesser-known brand was Sanyo, who like the others made everything--answering machines, portable cassette players, camcorders, VCRs--and probably hoped that you confused their name with "Sony." Here's a Sanyo TV spot from 1986:

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What I wouldn't give to see the pitch meeting or the "script" for this coke-fueled piece of 1980s marketing! And the song sounds like something you play, on repeat, to break a prisoner's spirit.

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