YouTube Gold: Be Like Mike

The Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan reacts after hitting the game-winning basket over Cleveland’s Craig Ehlo, left rear, in Game 5 of the NBA playoffs May 7, 1989, in Cleveland, Ohio. | Ed Wagner Jr./Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

This Gatorade commercial from before Michael Jordan became iconic, is a classic of the form.

In the mid-1980’s, Michael Jordan burst onto the NBA scene like an absolute supernova. He wasn’t a stranger - people knew that he was very...