I lived in North Central Arkansas in the mid 70's. Small town with a local cable provider because we couldnt get TV signals with just an antenna because of the hills. I got four channels for 5 bucks a month. The three Little Rock stations and WGN Chicago. Sunday mornings, if you didnt want to watch a sermon, you watched WGN and man, do I remember all those Bert Weinman Ford commercials and the Lincoln Carpet commercials.
Until I moved out the Cali in 2000 and I turn on the TV in the first commercial I see is the empire carpet commercial! Turns out empire carpet was national this whole time and as a kid I always thought it was only in Chicago my mind was blown
Wow! 29 years later & what a difference - Harlem Furniture is gone { it was folded into the The Room Place }, First Metropolitan Builders folded the doors, Bert Weinman Ford closed up shop, Lincoln Carpets wore out, Evening Tides Waterbeds is down the drain, and Kelly Kean is just Kelly. Kinda sad.
N Weld Essentially you are a miserable old wo/man, who can’t stand the fact other ppl miss a beautiful time in their lives. You are the know it all jerk who had to always bring folks down just a tad. You know the kind that walks in the room and kids simmer down, grown ups stop chuckling. You sound just like a sad lonely know it all....
Gotta love that catchy Kelly Kean(now Kelly Nissan) commercial. I was born in Oak Lawn and still attend church there, and wonder whatever happened to Kean.
3535 North Ashland Avenue? That would put it near the corner of Ashland and Addison if I'm not mistaken. One time I was riding on the CTA's Addison bus and I was looking for the address on Ashland.
I bought a 79 Monza, same color combo..metallic dark blue with baby blue interior., it was a dealer demo. lasted 40 thousand miles before the oil pump failed and burned up the engine. My sister had the same color 79 Fairmont and it lasted 200k miles.
$1488? For ALL three cars? You've got to be kidding me....😕 In my hometown, prices for selling cars was usually around $1000 or $1200 dollars. And were much cheaper than this.
@Idoljunky32: Nope!!!! I've had a waterbed up until 2005!!! The last leak I've had, I've switched to a traditional mattress!!!! Since then, I've never had to worry about leaks!! LOL LOL
LOL! When ever I thought of a water-bed, I remember back in the 70's when this one neighbor of ours had a van with a water-bed in it!! My sister had a water-bed also!! She gave it up in the late 90's! I found them uncomfortable!! Are they still in style?
I lived in North Central Arkansas in the mid 70's. Small town with a local cable provider because we couldnt get TV signals with just an antenna because of the hills. I got four channels for 5 bucks a month. The three Little Rock stations and WGN Chicago. Sunday mornings, if you didnt want to watch a sermon, you watched WGN and man, do I remember all those Bert Weinman Ford commercials and the Lincoln Carpet commercials.
Nice
With the movies that had the dog animation?
Ok it’s 2022 why am I getting sad watching this video? Life is going by too fast :(
Literally hadn't heard that harlem furniture jingle in 35+ years... Came back to me instantly
I go by 79th and Cicero every day and I'm so disappointed that Harlem Furniture isn't there anymore...😞
what's there now
@@BaseballPlayer0 The RoomPlace. In a way it's just Harlem Furniture rebranded.
@@uweshep4578 u'll like our style
I LOVE THIS LINK OF COMMERCIALS !
BOY ! THE GOOD OLD DAYZ !
I wish there was a clip of a Calumet Meat commercial "Home of Moo & Oink" LOL
Baby back ribs!
Back when there was no need to give an area code because we were ALL in the 312!
And the only memory thanks to Goose Island’s pale ale.
Haha i remember going from 312 to 708 and was like, what!?! Then shortly after got changed to 630 ughh!
708 and 630 :P
AND who could forget Hudson 3 2 700?
Then came 847..
That aluminum siding guy taught one of my classes at Columbia College.
I love the Kelly Kean jingle! I still remember it over twenty years later. It's so catchy!
1,488...that's how much most Fords are worth nowadays! Lol
Omg this brings back major memories ☺️. Was looking for Old Chicago Amusement Park I never seen it b4, then this came up right after.
Please...no dealers PLEASE!
She really saved on that jumpsuit.
no empire carpets commercial? hell, everyone in Chicago knows the 588-2300 jingle!
Empire started spreading out, I saw them in Georgia. Or Texas. Was cartoon, I was offended! Traders🤣
@@yucansuckadee8930 That's true. I saw the commercial in Texas.
"800-588-2300 Empire."
Until I moved out the Cali in 2000 and I turn on the TV in the first commercial I see is the empire carpet commercial! Turns out empire carpet was national this whole time and as a kid I always thought it was only in Chicago my mind was blown
😂😂😂ok I was waiting on that one
love those years......
We all do
The fact that I remember these jingles!!! Wow!
I forgot all about First Metropolitan Builders and Lincoln carpets. Thanks
Wow! 29 years later & what a difference - Harlem Furniture is gone { it was folded into the The Room Place }, First Metropolitan Builders folded the doors, Bert Weinman Ford closed up shop, Lincoln Carpets wore out, Evening Tides Waterbeds is down the drain, and Kelly Kean is just Kelly. Kinda sad.
chooch1995 Thanks for the inside info, friend.
Exactly, Erik! 29 years is obviously an eternity to a lad like yourself. To me? It was yesterday. A lot of changes in a pretty short period of time.
N Weld Essentially you are a miserable old wo/man, who can’t stand the fact other ppl miss a beautiful time in their lives. You are the know it all jerk who had to always bring folks down just a tad. You know the kind that walks in the room and kids simmer down, grown ups stop chuckling. You sound just like a sad lonely know it all....
YO! You a winner for this one! thanks!
My first car was a Chevy Monza. That car was a piece of garbage.
Damn dude, you need to build a time machine and warn all of Chicago about that garbage car!
Hahahaha!
Geez, I remember all of this!!
wow that Kelly Kean song was lit af
My dad bought that Zephyr, wrecked it on 83rd and Pulaski, looking for cigarette butts on the floorboards
What an asswipe
I could buy 2 cars a month with those prices lol.
Gotta love that catchy Kelly Kean(now Kelly Nissan) commercial. I was born in Oak Lawn and still attend church there, and wonder whatever happened to Kean.
I remember when i went to none of these stores cause i wasn't born yet. But i love the commercials.
damn Harlem Furniture I remember them memories
me too
I still remember that tagline
@@jennibennecke669 u'll like our style
1:19 LOL the based-mobile ;)
I loved Harlem Furniture!
Wrestling on Sunday mornings.. followed up by Tarzan then used cars comercial. Those were the days....
That's hilarious how a 6 year old Monza and a 1 year old Escort are both this alleged "$1,488".
Escort was 4 years old
Volkswagen should be there for that exact price 😂
3535 North Ashland Avenue? That would put it near the corner of Ashland and Addison if I'm not mistaken. One time I was riding on the CTA's Addison bus and I was looking for the address on Ashland.
There’s now a large condo building there.
I bought a 79 Monza, same color combo..metallic dark blue with baby blue interior., it was a dealer demo. lasted 40 thousand miles before the oil pump failed and burned up the engine. My sister had the same color 79 Fairmont and it lasted 200k miles.
Monza was just an upgraded Vega.Once junk always junk
Good old days!
Omg I remember some of these commercials....
1979 Chevy Monza!!! You dont see them anymore!
All this audio makes me feel like I have tinnitus or severe hearing loss
1:40, my dad used to drive a black Chevy Monza back in the mid-1980s.
I was a year old. Trying to see if I can remember anything.
The fashions! XD
$1488? For ALL three cars? You've got to be kidding me....😕 In my hometown, prices for selling cars was usually around $1000 or $1200 dollars. And were much cheaper than this.
See this carpeting? Gorgeous, huh? It matches my drapes.
I remember Front Row my mom used to drive out there with my.aunt
What was the ad that featured a gruff, gangster-like voice ominously saying "TWO DAYS"?
I have just one question.....is this the FULL DELIVERED PRICE?
Full. Delivered. Price.
PLEASE.... no dealers PLEASE
I'll take the Fairmont!
i put this up on my tv and dress old to pretend I am old
@Idoljunky32: Nope!!!! I've had a waterbed up until 2005!!! The last leak I've had, I've switched to a traditional mattress!!!! Since then, I've never had to worry about leaks!! LOL LOL
All those Chicago TV ads.
2:56 Nice Mark VII Limited parody! lol
Lincoln Carpeting doing a Dragnet parody lol
1:35..........HE SAID IT!!!!!!!!!
LOL! When ever I thought of a water-bed, I remember back in the 70's when this one neighbor of ours had a van with a water-bed in it!! My sister had a water-bed also!! She gave it up in the late 90's! I found them uncomfortable!! Are they still in style?
Your sister gave it up in the late 90's!!!
Cars were $1,500 new back then? Lol. A waterbed for $199? Can i still get one hahaha.
Now new fords are $120,000 what a time to be alive,shit!!!
Is it me or are these giving me wgn ( channel 9) vibes?
Because it is WGN....The Bert Weinman Ford Commercials used to be show during the Late Show Movies on WGN Channel 9 all the time
wait a second, I thought Nissan was still Datsun back then
Nissan and Datsun were different brands. Datsun cars stopped in 1986, and went back to business in 2013.
I guess not. It must've been a fad to the '90s - even I had a waterbed of my own in middle-elementary school.
84
@ 2:03 (meh), @ 2:09 (meh), @ 2:12 (doable), @ 2:15 (doable), @ 2:18 (back to meh...)
@gli7utubeo Well, how much did the foreign ones cost?
Incfedibly poor quality American designed and built cars, no wonder why the Japanese passed us up and Detroit went into the toilet
Incfedibly Flint went into the toilet as well
1985:harlem furniture
2013:do the Harlem shake
"That old car is worth money!" You should see if they will buy it at Silozzi & Eddleson, call now, 588-2300 today!
Hahaha clever! #1 Bensenville #2 Elmhurst #3 Franklin Park... all right around where I was born and raised
@@danielrice7234 Not just anywhere in Bensenville. 710 E Green xD
@@timm_3r hahaha near O'Hare!
2:15 HOT.
Eyes wow
#MyChildhood😍