A whole bunch of cool retro commercials - VIDEOS

I'm a sucker for commercials. I think they're needed, and when they're done right they can sometimes be better than the shows they're inserted into. I also think they can tell more about a certain time than the shows themselves.

After the jump is a bunch of commercials from the 60s, 70, and 80s. Some you'll remember instantly, and some you'll see for the first time. Another reason to love the internets: commercials you thought you'd never see again can live on forever!

It's weird how you remember an old commercial like it was yesterday but had no idea that person was in the commercial. Here's Jason Alexander getting waaaaay too excited over lettuce and tomatoes.

Whatever happened to Joey Heatherton?

"You, alright? I learned it from watching you!"

Once upon a time, cigarettes were perfectly safe to smoke

Mrs. Olsen saves a marriage:

Andy and Barney really liked coffee too (the "nice to hold jar??")