Watch All '80s TV Advertising Mashed Up In A Single Mesmerizing Supercut

It's hard to believe now, but there was a time when we all watched ads on TV because we...had no choice, if we wanted to watch TV, which we obviously did. So when you watch YouTube user g1MisterBo's incredible mashup of '80s-era TV commercials -- set to "I Ran" by A Flock Of Seagulls because WHAT ELSE would it be? -- you may be surprised by how many of these spots you remember.

The one for L'Oréal hair gel was the one that rang the most bells for me. (Born after about 1984 or so? YMMV.)

As befits Throwback Thursday, the past is very present in today's TV coverage.

• Diggle struggles with his brother's non-death on Arrow!
• As Survivor's game returnees continue battling it out, Jessica Liese reaches even further back for a very Shakespearean take on the latest episode!
• It's old home week on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Huang returns on the wrong side of a case!
• Empire gives us more glimpses of Lucious's tragic, park-sleeping childhood -- DO YOU HATE HIM LESS YET?!
• Nat is pitifully nostalgic about the Peach Pit's Old Hollywood glory days in the latest Again With This podcast on Beverly Hills, 90210 -- and don't worry, Brandon finds a way to make it all about himself, obnoxiously!
• And today's Extra Hot Great Mini challenges us to give old-school explanatory theme songs to shows that really need them!

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