“Bake someone happy!”

Happy what’s left of the weekend! Eighties Week has rolled around again and we’re dipping into 1980 and ’81. The commercials found below feature Betty Crocker and the “Bake Someone Happy” theme, Orbit Sugar Free Gum, good ol’ Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn, and Parkay Margarine (with Parley Baer). Everything is edible. You can even eat the dishes.*

_{*Don’t eat the dishes.}

BETTY CROCKER ‘BAKE SOMEONE HAPPY’ COMMERCIAL (1980)

_{Betty Crocker SuperMoist Cake Mix and Creamy Deluxe Frosting commercial featuring the ‘Bake Someone Happy’ song. Spot aired September 1980.}

ORBIT SUGAR FREE GUM COMMERCIAL (1980)

_{Orbit Sugar Free Chewing Gum commercial featuring a ‘sweet things’ theme. Spot aired September 1980.}

ORVILLE REDENBACHER’S GOURMET POPPING CORN COMMERCIAL (1981)

_{Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn commercial featuring Mr. Redenbacher and a ‘budget-minded’ family. Spot aired January 1981 (likely produced in ’80).}

PARKAY MARGARINE ‘BUTTER!’ COMMERCIAL (1981)

_{Parkay Margarine commercial featuring the famous talking tub (VO by Michael Bell). The onscreen actor is Parley Baer. Spot aired January 1981 (produced in 1979).}

Previously on Eighties Week: Chef Boyardee, Kal Kan, Kraft Mac & Cheese, CBS Promos (1980-81)

More Betty Crocker: 70s Commercials: Doritos With Avery Schreiber, Betty Crocker, Pepsi Light, Kraft (1978-79)

More Orville Redenbacher: 70s Commercials: Frosting Supreme, Campbell’s Chunky Soup, ‘Miss USA,’ Orville Redenbacher (1979)

More Parkay: Sunday 70s Spots: Kraft Parkay Margarine & Spaghetti Meals (1974)