I was born in 73’ so for me, early to mid 80's was by far the worst as regards tv & movies but nothing stands out more then being bombarded by commercials! Here I was sitting at home on the weekends, if my family wasn’t doing anything, watching a Saturday night show on ABC called The ABC Saturday Night Mystery Movie and all the commercials???
J-E-S-U-S!!!!
It was like Pampers, Huggies and Luvs were in a bare knuckle street fight to out do the other guys! So loads of commercials like Luvs deluxe with all the Sesame Street characters on them, Pampers had that variation with the very white diaper with a contrasting blue pleated waistband with teddy bears on them and they had an actual choice between the ultra-thin or the Pampers thick!! TV commercials back in the 80s practically killed me whilst sitting in the family room, siblings and parents present while sitting there trying to be non-interested. I developed my regressive interest at age 5 for some very messed up reasons related to family issues but between say ages 10-15 during the 80s, friggin TV commercials featuring several choices had me so rattled! This was at least a decade before the internet as we know it came into being so here I am sitting there bombarded by TV commercials, realizing what was going on my head but not totally understanding why though.
But..
As regards movies, at age 14 circa 1987 Three Men and a Baby came out. If memory serves that was the first time those blue and white colored boxes of Pampers extra large came out, featured in the movie as being way too large for the baby but it provided a reference as regards their size. The sweet way the guys were with the little girl as well as the way the actress who played her Mom was with her, I thought that’s the love and attention little kids are supposed to receive! All confined within an act of fiction but still neat'o none the less.
Of course the other preoccupation with Three Men & A Baby was looking for that one part midway through the film where there was a camera shot of an alleged ghost!