Does anyone else remember?

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BagNo6512@reddit

I ran into the guy who was Crazy Eddie like 20 years ago or so at Hinks Turkey Farm. The place was interesting. I bought a Casio pocket tv there.

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101violations@reddit (OP)

That was cool. Did you immediately recognize who he was?

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BagNo6512@reddit

In a heartbeat. was wearing a turtleneck and blazer like he did in the commercials.

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Haha yeah man they were on non-stop! Here are some more core memory hits for you!: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJzysc4pIV8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJzysc4pIV8) (Mt. Airy Lodge) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcVno8saeZY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcVno8saeZY) (Carvel Cookie Puss 1985) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwlvkUMsDgI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwlvkUMsDgI) (Milford Plaza) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNZTCQCA-Kc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNZTCQCA-Kc) (CATS at the Wintergarden theater) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-q-7WG7CRA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-q-7WG7CRA) (The Magic Garden) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb540QTFzkg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb540QTFzkg) (Nobody Beats THE WIZ!!!!) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS6ki8D7zQA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS6ki8D7zQA) (Carvel Fudgie The Whale) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6zOdfigS0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6zOdfigS0) (Food Emporium 1988) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmbxEiAVOq0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmbxEiAVOq0) (D'Agostino 1987) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdpYxZzhATQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdpYxZzhATQ) (Shoprite does the can can)

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101violations@reddit (OP)

I always wanted to go there because of those dang commercials. 😆

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

BTW if you want to see the whole set of them (since my post here linked to above got banned(!)) the mods over at Xennials had no issue with my post so you can see it over there: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Xennials/comments/1k53aw9/mount\_airy\_lodge\_ad\_1989\_beeeautiful\_mt\_aiiiry/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Xennials/comments/1k53aw9/mount_airy_lodge_ad_1989_beeeautiful_mt_aiiiry/) should be lots of great core memory unlocking there! enjoy :)

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101violations@reddit (OP)

You are the GOAT for that list!

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

thanks!

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

Me too the song was just so dang catchy and happy sounding!

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

Well never mind about seeing some more core hits. The mods once again deleted another post of mine. I guess it is cool if everyone posts things but heaven forbid I post anything to the sub. Jeez, this sub is LESS free range than Millennial or Z subs....

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GreatGreenGobbo@reddit

We had Crazy Joe's in Toronto for drapery.

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Trying to recall any fabric commercials but none are coming to mind. There had to be some memorable U.S. based ones. Commercials were peak tv back then. Lol

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handsomeape95@reddit

I was going to respond in the post about ads supported streaming subscriptions but this one is more appropriate. We'll never see these goofy local ads anymore. I'm sure they're still out there, but I'm either streaming or watching something via an app. Now it's all the same three commercials from T-mobile or whatever drug pharma is trying to convince me I need. Why the hell are there even ads for prescription drugs!? <rant complete>

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Yeah, I miss those tv ads. The jingles were so dam catchy. We'd all be singing them in school... 🎵🎵byyyy Mennen🎵🎵

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

beauuutifulll Mt. aiiiiry loooodge....

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Yeeeess!!! 🤣🤣

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

Yeah a lot more rare but goofy local ads still exist, even in the huge market greater NYC region: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Op74d8S\_yU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Op74d8S_yU) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgqD04CYUUM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgqD04CYUUM) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oZb2gPcttE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oZb2gPcttE) these are on still a LOT but yeah 80% is just drug commercials and one or two other things

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thelongorshort@reddit

I think I found it for you! Here's the YouTube Link : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTIfUnfZSrM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTIfUnfZSrM) 😁🌟😁🌟😁 https://preview.redd.it/viralw2ng8we1.png?width=634&format=png&auto=webp&s=8980033944ff656c18eec128a9e169134ad08ceb

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Hahahaaaa!!!!! I can't believe these are the types of things that I remember most about my childhood. 🤣🤣

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

The Goldbergs also did an episode on this! LOL They probably picked up WWOR 9 in the Philly suburbs.

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currentsitguy@reddit

If you had cable WOR was a Superstation and was on cable all across the country, so we all pretty much got those ads.

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

haha nice!

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

And some more core memory hits!: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDfsr1vvqy4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDfsr1vvqy4) (The Children's Aid Society) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQHQkuv9l0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQHQkuv9l0) (Phil Rizzuto for the Money Store) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23\_KH0X\_AfY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23_KH0X_AfY) (The Oldsmobile Guys 1987) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcIrNPcknpk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcIrNPcknpk) (Pathmark 1985) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDHqfhyCbbM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDHqfhyCbbM) (Action Park 1980s) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjW-DHfZZWE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjW-DHfZZWE) (Raceway Park 1986) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p5MvdtDcY4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p5MvdtDcY4) (Five-eight-eight Two-three hundreeeed Empiiiiiiiire) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTc3PsW5ghQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTc3PsW5ghQ) (Mt. Airy Lodge) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QthtJ6VEpU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QthtJ6VEpU) (Action Park)

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Megatapirus@reddit

In SoCal, we had late night legend ["Crazy" Gideon Kotzer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlUYmMLDgtk).

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101violations@reddit (OP)

OMG, that was freaking hilarious 😂

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TheJokersChild@reddit

I don't know, I think [Shadoe Steven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N8AzoDzQhM)s for Federated did it better (and there's a spoof of Crazy Eddie at 7:02).

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101violations@reddit (OP)

🤣 avoid where inflatable.. buy bonds! 🤣 The Bates Motel - Stop doing that, you'll go blind. Glad I got to see these! Thanks

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Large-Welder304@reddit

I thought for sure you were going to reference Fine Young Cannibals.

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Lol!!! Good guess, I'm actually surprised it wasn't what popped into my head. Geeze I forgot all about them. Welp it's stuck on a loop in my brain now. So there's that.

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Large-Welder304@reddit

...heh-heh-heh...*my plan is working beautifully*.....heh-heh-heh.... >)

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101violations@reddit (OP)

I read/hummed that as their Ohh ohh ohh 🤣

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jediphoenix1976@reddit

I remember Dan Aykroyd doing his own version of Crazy Eddie on SNL one time; Crazy Eddie's brother, I think it was.

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Oh shit. That's right! 🤣

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Slugggo@reddit

wanna hear a really 80s sentence? Crazy Eddie is where I bought the tape drive for my Vic-20

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No_County_old@reddit

I remember getting games for the commodore there. There was one by a movie theater where we’d go get a game and then to watch a movie.

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Slugggo@reddit

did this happen to be in Brooklyn? There was a movie theater across the street from my Crazy Eddie's there too.

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No_County_old@reddit

If I remember correctly, Kings Highway and Ocean Parkway. Saw Nightmare on Elm Street there… always sold us youngins tickets for R movies.

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Slugggo@reddit

almost, Kings Highway and Coney Island Ave!

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No_County_old@reddit

That sounds right. I could go for some Roll n Roaster… it’s only 300 miles away from me.

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classicsat@reddit

There was a hi-fi store in London Ontario with the same schtick. I am sure no relation. That was when it was common to rent-to-own TV/Hi-Fi/Furniture, and that business was in on that as well (at least the electronics side of it).

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MorningPooper4Lyfe@reddit

The Criminal podcast has a 30 minute episode on this guy. It’s hilarious. If you’re in a Crazy Eddie mood, you gotta check it out

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hells_cowbells@reddit

Another podcast called World's Greatest Con did a couple of episodes on Crazy Eddie.

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MorningPooper4Lyfe@reddit

Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/407uS4ViLWYKl9Apwp6FnN?si=2-YZ_mD-RceruDFFGN-DFg

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Definitely will have to give it a listen! Thanks

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit

I remember being surprised when I learned that the guy on the commercials was just an actor, not the actual so-called Crazy Eddie. The real Crazy Eddie was imprisoned for 7 years after being found guilty of fraud and racketeering charges.

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FormerCollegeDJ@reddit

TIL!

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NassCeary@reddit

I knew this because my teenage brother worked at a Crazy Eddie! Those commercials are still a core memory. Those and the Carvel ones.

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NorseGlas@reddit

Carvel had the best soft serve ever.

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NassCeary@reddit

Yes, and the crunchies! The crunchies in the cakes are the taste of childhood birthdays for me. I live on the West Coast now and I grab Carvel cakes from freezer sections whenever Is see them. It's somebody's birthday o'clock somewhere!

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Xistential0ne@reddit

Fudgie the pants oh I mean whale 🐳 for Father’s Day.

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NassCeary@reddit

A whale of a cake for a whale of a dad!

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101violations@reddit (OP)

That's so 80s lol!

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Glittering_Estate_72@reddit

I love this so much

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FormerCollegeDJ@reddit

Crazy Eddie’s was definitely a New York/New Jersey/eastern Pennsylvania thing (probably part of Connecticut too). I remember it. 😊 What I can’t remember is if I saw the advertisements on Philadelphia area TV stations or only New York area TV stations. (We got both at my house, but primarily watched the former, along with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area TV stations.)

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briizilla@reddit

Crazy Eddie commercials during the annual thanksgiving Godzilla marathon on WOR. Ah memories.

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Ejmct@reddit

I had a friend who worked at Crazy Eddie in high school. He also installed car stereos on the side. I’m pretty sure he stole the units and then installed them and made a lot of money. He implied to me that no one seemed to care about inventory there and it turned out he was correct. I think they would take the stuff and just leave the empty boxes in the back room so it looked like the stuff was in-stock.

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Beneficial_Jacket962@reddit

And We Mean It!

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two_awesome_dogs@reddit

I remember that! Grew up in Pittsburgh.

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MurkyMitzy@reddit

I did a paper in college for an auditing class on Crazy Eddie's and alllll their fraud. It was a long paper.

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Btw, your name reminded me of Murky and Lurky 🤣 ![gif](giphy|1VTIHXaAOUCxx1cp31)

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101violations@reddit (OP)

That's freaking wild. I just read on someone's comment about the owners imprisonment.

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MurkyMitzy@reddit

It was seriously 15 pages long (was supposed to be 10) and I cut another 5 pages of material. They did almost everything wrong and had terrible auditors, too.

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101violations@reddit (OP)

The 80s were a wild and seemingly lawless time, until they weren't.

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cgiuls1223@reddit

I thought this was gonna be about toonces the driving cat 😂

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101violations@reddit (OP)

Omg 🤣🤣🤣 Another memory unlocked 🔓

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schec1@reddit

Got my first walkman at crazy eddies. I believe they were only located around the NYC area.

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lgramlich13@reddit

I was just thinking of Crazy Eddie yesterday, myself. We must both be....INSANE!!!

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101violations@reddit (OP)

🤣

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hrwinter14@reddit

Used to have a Crazy Eddie's in my hometown growing up, Norwalk, CT. Bought my first digital car car stereo there in 1985 or so.

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Weak_Employment_5260@reddit

In our area they had the add that included,"Same prices for civilian and military personnel!"

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MaximumJones@reddit

Every city had a "Crazy (insert name here). Eddie was famous because he was in NY so it got lots of cultural attention.

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LeafyCandy@reddit

Ah, Crazy Eddie. He cracked me up. I lived in central NY, but we got WWOR and WPIX, so I got to see Eddie a lot. I always wanted to go to one of his stores, just to see what it was like, but I never made it down.

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