Click to view. Michael J. Fox braves a mild rain, Kenny Loggins style guitar riffs and the world's least scary biker gang just to impress his new neighbor. The potential threesome at the end shows that this night may be starting with Diet Pepsi, but it's clearly going to end with coke.

Click to view. You know what I love about this ad, other than the hair and the outfits? You just don't see a lot of commercials where people actually know the bartender. Maybe it's seen as a negative to imply that someone's a regular (aka, an alcoholic), but it gives this Coors Light spot a folksy charm that just wouldn't fly now.

Click to view. Commodore packed an incredible amount of '80s star power into this spot for the underappreciated Amiga. But the ending always leaves me wondering. Was there a Tip O'Neill's Congressional Combat 9000 game I missed out on?

Click to view. The '80s were just so darn exciting that the only way to get all that enthusiasm out of your body was to DANCE! One gets the feeling that spandex and leotards were practically required garb, even at the Plymouth Duster factory.

Click to view. Like many children of the '80s, I was first exposed to the Mormon Church through its copious TV advertising, which usually took the form of simple morality lessons. This one, nominated by AdFreak reader Michael Ratty, is nothing short of a Park Slope mini-opera featuring a young Carlton Banks (née Alfonso Ribeiro), who also showed off his dancing chops in another classic '80s ad alongside Michael Jackson.

Click to view. When science finally invents the time machine, I'll be the first in line—holding a spoon and waiting to eat a cloppy frozen turd pile at Carvel. Sure, the chain still exists (it's even been referenced recently on both How I Met Your Mother and 30 Rock), but I doubt its menu will ever reach such heights as Cupie ("Yeah, he's back!") the Chocolate Nut.

Click to view. Hard to believe, but there was a time when "the computer wizards at Apple" actually competed with PCs on both performance and price instead of just style and usability. Yes, when this 1984 spot debuted for the Apple IIc, nothing said "must have" quite like 10,000 sweet-ass floppy discs and a price point of $1,300. That's a mere $2,700 in today's dollars, not counting the monitor and optional mouse, of course.

Epcot Center "This Is Epcot Center" Click to view. There's something so intrinsically '80s about Epcot. It was my generation's version of the World's Fair. And even though Disney has modernized the park pretty well, Epcot to me will always be the future, as seen through feathered bangs.

Folgers "Peter" Click to view. Folgers set the gold standard for Christmas advertising with its heartwarming tale of a young man coming home from college. The spot ran for a mind-boggling 17 years, and then, after a brief hiatus, was "modernized" in 2009 with awkward dialogue and vaguely incestuous undertones.

McDonald's "Piano Recital" Click to view. With a metric million McDonald's ads to pick from in the 1980s, I had to go with "Piano Recital," because it's still all I can think of when I hear Beethoven's "Für Elise." On a related note, Valentina Lisitsa just called and said she's going to strangle me to death with her sinewy arms.

National Dairy Board "Milk. It Does a Body Good" Click to view. Sure, "Got milk?" may be one of the most successful ad campaigns in history, but its predecessor deserves a little credit, too. "Milk. It does a body good" used good old-fashioned vanity to target tweens who felt milk was a "kid's drink." These ads drenched the airwaves, and apparently they worked, reportedly reversing the decline in milk consumption within 36 months.

Nescafé Gold Blend "Gold Blend Couple" Click to view. Most Americans had to wait until the 1990s to experience the greatest romance in instant-coffee history, but the Brits eagerly watched it unfold through the late '80s. Nescafé's Gold Blend campaign was such a popular serial, boosting sales 70 percent over its lifespan, that it was imported to the U.S. with the same actors to sell Taster's Choice. And like Folgers' "Peter" spot, the idea was recently resurrected with unlovable results.

Nestlé Alpine White "Sweet Dreams" Click to view. There was a surprising amount of artistry and melodrama in '80s ads, probably inspired by the music videos of the day. One of the most unforgettable is this Nestlé ad, which, according to one of the actors in the spot, was pulled off the air for stealing the work of artist Maxwell Parrish. Thanks to YouTube, you can see a comparison of the ad and the artwork.