1985 local Chicago commercials

[@Theywaswrong]

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.

[@zz7007]

Nice

[@michiganwannarbor3255]

With the movies that had the dog animation?

[@muckypup-riot]

Literally hadn't heard that harlem furniture jingle in 35+ years... Came back to me instantly

[@Elchino5.7]

Ok it’s 2022 why am I getting sad watching this video? Life is going by too fast :(

[@blackphoenix77]

I go by 79th and Cicero every day and I'm so disappointed that Harlem Furniture isn't there anymore...😞

[@BaseballPlayer0]

what's there now

[@uweshep4578]

@@BaseballPlayer0 The RoomPlace. In a way it's just Harlem Furniture rebranded.

[@BaseballPlayer0]

@@uweshep4578 u'll like our style

[@davep1103]

I LOVE THIS LINK OF COMMERCIALS ! BOY ! THE GOOD OLD DAYZ !

[@That0neMonkey]

Back when there was no need to give an area code because we were ALL in the 312!

[@Zylork0122]

And the only memory thanks to Goose Island’s pale ale.

[@bigpun897]

Haha i remember going from 312 to 708 and was like, what!?! Then shortly after got changed to 630 ughh!

[@The_Gallowglass]

708 and 630 :P

[@OhanaFilms]

AND who could forget Hudson 3 2 700?

[@fnihp30]

Then came 847..

[@waubrowns1]

I wish there was a clip of a Calumet Meat commercial "Home of Moo & Oink" LOL

[@mantisxxx3656]

Baby back ribs!

[@TheKelsmommy]

I love the Kelly Kean jingle! I still remember it over twenty years later. It's so catchy!

[@Cthecool]

Omg this brings back major memories ☺️. Was looking for Old Chicago Amusement Park I never seen it b4, then this came up right after.

[@dataslul]

That aluminum siding guy taught one of my classes at Columbia College.

[@floridafisherman21]

no empire carpets commercial? hell, everyone in Chicago knows the 588-2300 jingle!

[@yucansuckadee8930]

Empire started spreading out, I saw them in Georgia. Or Texas. Was cartoon, I was offended! Traders🤣

[@tonyroan75]

@@yucansuckadee8930 That's true. I saw the commercial in Texas. "800-588-2300 Empire."

[@JelaniWood]

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

[@puncho33]

😂😂😂ok I was waiting on that one

[@kennethoats2322]

1,488...that's how much most Fords are worth nowadays! Lol

[@chooch1995]

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.

[@TimelordR]

chooch1995 Thanks for the inside info, friend.

[@chooch1995]

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.

[@MJ-fj9yv]

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....

[@cheapthrilll6323]

She really saved on that jumpsuit.

[@killosama72]

I forgot all about First Metropolitan Builders and Lincoln carpets. Thanks

[@brianglade848]

My dad bought that Zephyr, wrecked it on 83rd and Pulaski, looking for cigarette butts on the floorboards

[@brianglade848]

What an asswipe

[@AndreOutlaw]

My first car was a Chevy Monza. That car was a piece of garbage.

[@leighahmke]

Damn dude, you need to build a time machine and warn all of Chicago about that garbage car!

[@bpatterson1846]

Hahahaha!

[@johnjarzabkowski8612]

Please...no dealers PLEASE!

[@pat2430]

I could buy 2 cars a month with those prices lol.

[@aishajefferson5420]

The fact that I remember these jingles!!! Wow!

[@purplegurl79]

Geez, I remember all of this!!

[@mikelazar1]

love those years......

[@robertpreston2220]

We all do

[@zachmasterzach]

wow that Kelly Kean song was lit af

[@mrmrsrobinson4725]

YO! You a winner for this one! thanks!

[@Rubycon99]

1:19 LOL the based-mobile ;)

[@dave11686]

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.

[@MrWolfSnack]

That's hilarious how a 6 year old Monza and a 1 year old Escort are both this alleged "$1,488".

[@emeyer6963]

Escort was 4 years old

[@SK-mz4cq]

Volkswagen should be there for that exact price 😂

[@ladiiblue2u634]

damn Harlem Furniture I remember them memories

[@mixon270]

me too

[@jennibennecke669]

I still remember that tagline

[@BaseballPlayer0]

@@jennibennecke669 u'll like our style

[@old-style8642]

I remember when i went to none of these stores cause i wasn't born yet. But i love the commercials.

[@adanvaldcontreras4283]

Wrestling on Sunday mornings.. followed up by Tarzan then used cars comercial. Those were the days....

[@hutchcraftcp]

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.

[@emeyer6963]

Monza was just an upgraded Vega.Once junk always junk

[@tcidolfan]

@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

[@yucansuckadee8930]

I loved Harlem Furniture!

[@scoobycarr5558]

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.

[@boataxe4605]

There’s now a large condo building there.

[@isaiastoledo3083]

i put this up on my tv and dress old to pretend I am old

[@TurboVW2004]

Omg I remember some of these commercials....

[@brandonmorris92]

$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.

[@TheZeke1974]

1979 Chevy Monza!!! You dont see them anymore!

[@fit4lifenickzagorov592]

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!!!

[@robertpreston2220]

Good old days!

[@milfordcivic6755]

I have just one question.....is this the FULL DELIVERED PRICE?

[@daveh2612]

Full. Delivered. Price.

[@ir10031981]

1:40, my dad used to drive a black Chevy Monza back in the mid-1980s.

[@JoshCraver9000]

2:56 Nice Mark VII Limited parody! lol

[@galleryofrogues]

All this audio makes me feel like I have tinnitus or severe hearing loss

[@byronbenguche]

I remember Front Row my mom used to drive out there with my.aunt

[@marcomacias3960]

Lincoln Carpeting doing a Dragnet parody lol

[@marilyncopeland1984]

The fashions! XD

[@johnjarzabkowski8612]

See this carpeting? Gorgeous, huh? It matches my drapes.

[@CubsFan2812]

PLEASE.... no dealers PLEASE

[@The_Gallowglass]

I was a year old. Trying to see if I can remember anything.

[@Idoljunky32]

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?

[@johnjarzabkowski8612]

Your sister gave it up in the late 90's!!!

[@twilapeck369]

What was the ad that featured a gruff, gangster-like voice ominously saying "TWO DAYS"?

[@jonathanjoestar2329]

Is it me or are these giving me wgn ( channel 9) vibes?

[@byronbenguche]

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

[@luisreyes1963]

All those Chicago TV ads.

[@MAGNUM05]

I'll take the Fairmont!

[@landyachtfan79]

1:35..........HE SAID IT!!!!!!!!!

[@ltlarrow1]

wait a second, I thought Nissan was still Datsun back then

[@theneocubeguide303]

Nissan and Datsun were different brands. Datsun cars stopped in 1986, and went back to business in 2013.

[@EgaoNoGenki]

I guess not. It must've been a fad to the '90s - even I had a waterbed of my own in middle-elementary school.

[@customerservicemanager7184]

@ 2:03 (meh), @ 2:09 (meh), @ 2:12 (doable), @ 2:15 (doable), @ 2:18 (back to meh...)

[@Farinadog13]

Incfedibly poor quality American designed and built cars, no wonder why the Japanese passed us up and Detroit went into the toilet

[@scoobycarr5558]

Incfedibly Flint went into the toilet as well

[@timm_3r]

"That old car is worth money!" You should see if they will buy it at Silozzi & Eddleson, call now, 588-2300 today!

[@danielrice7234]

Hahaha clever! #1 Bensenville #2 Elmhurst #3 Franklin Park... all right around where I was born and raised

[@timm_3r]

@@danielrice7234 Not just anywhere in Bensenville. 710 E Green xD

[@danielrice7234]

@@timm_3r hahaha near O'Hare!

[@scoeon7]

84

[@EgaoNoGenki]

@gli7utubeo Well, how much did the foreign ones cost?

[@john.john.johnny]

2:15 HOT. Eyes wow

[@runaway0]

1985:harlem furniture 2013:do the Harlem shake