80's? You should have been around in the 70's
Bionic Man on the operating table getting his "eye" worked on, cut to a commercial for...
ANICIN, some shit headache medicine which probably fixed the headache while it gave you bladder cancer. Except for aspirin, nearly all the "over-the-counter" drugs get phased out, like cars and tooth paste, because we like it "new and improved".
If you really like subliminal messaging, pick up the old Spy magazine which ran the article about Newport Cigarette billboard ads. That shit was cold blooded, but of course, we all know who smoked Newports (well, Ameerican's know). They had to be "reached".
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