Nighttime Trip to the Crazy Eddie Store in 1986

Nelson needs some video tapes, so he goes to the Crazy Eddie store to buy some. Video by Nelson Sullivan

[@shanibloome]

Nelson really knew how to live in the moment! We can learn from him

[@nymike06]

This is so old school. Crazy Eddie's was so known in the 80's. The commercials were hilarious. Brings back good memories.

[@WarriorQueenUnicorn]

Exactly 💯!!!

[@jamesh6971]

He chronicles a time between the rough days of NYC 1977-82 and the beginnings of serious gentrification.

[@aegisofhonor]

such a blast from the past walking down New York City in the mid 1980s. Hairstyles, the lights. This New York City does not exist anymore. It's now been sanitized, corporate, ritzy. Old New York was raw, dirty, full of life and character. You could rent an upstairs loft for a few hundred a month and get a hotdog down the street for 50 cents. That's the New York City everyone misses.

[@jrd3523]

And people in 30 years will say the same thing about NYC of today.

[@thespaundrummer1176]

Well said Galileo. I lived a few blocks from that Crazy Eddies, and I was a stage manager at The Limelight. I've just discovered Nelson's videos. They are a treasure.

[@Akenaten1]

We’re you in any of his videos?

[@thespaundrummer1176]

@@Akenaten1 Not that I saw.

[@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587]

A trip back to a better time. I purchased so many LPs in thisCrazy Eddie on 6th Ave in 1984-1986. This took me back. I still have a good number of the LPs with the Crazy Eddie stickers, then it was on to THE WIZ, SAM GOODY and Tower Records in the Village. B.Balton. The Village was so much fun back then. Not like today the crowds are so different now.

[@ytbytb8103]

Crazy Eddie had a serious financial fraud back before being listed and after being publically traded... good to see how its stores looked like! very special!

[@therealsoulproduct]

Wow, in addition to Crazy Eddie, you'll notice they also went to Nobody Beats The Wiz. For me as a kid in the 80's and as a lifelong lover of music, that was like being in a candy store. Man, do I miss that record store.

[@Lemonjamin]

This is a gift. Thank you for this. I cannot describe how important this is

[@AllboroLCD]

This video may come off at first as fairly trivial, but its a real GEM! Just the capturing of all the nuances of NYC night life back then. OF all the things that change, so so much stays the same as well.

[@vanblaricom5]

Amazing nighttime footage from the '80s! Love it! 😀

[@DjNira69]

Wow this took me on a trip to memory lane. I was 10 years old. Awe the good old days! Wish we could go back!

[@tedbundy3729]

Crazy Eddie ...OUR PRICES ARE INSANE !!! Remember that commercial?

[@johnnyfabulous4410]

The crazy Eddie commercials made me laugh when I was a kid

[@glennjones6574]

Lol. True blue

[@Heramitep]

Brilliant!! Just brilliant!!

[@jpolar394]

I wonder if he was ever at J and R in lower Manhattan.

[@tomkirchhoff4672]

Looks like vice city

[@CW-le8wc]

Anyone have any idea what store is shown at 4:21? I can hardly read it, but it looks like "Moment Slim" or "Movement Slim". Is this some kind of weight watchers competitor? Can't find anything after searching.

[@mattkane8328]

is that the WTC @4:37

[@DjNira69]

Are there anymore videos like this one?

[@SusieSynth]

Djniraken Vega tons!

[@nikolaservis]

Wow,what a natural atosfhere in air,peope was so honest or something like that...This is Amerca which i wish to visit some day,something fat is wrong then and now,is internet bring that or something else,who know,but..I miss some natural freedom feeling in air.

[@superbowlofselfabuse]

I wonder what that Godzilla display was

[@CW-le8wc]

Godzilla was extremely popular at the time. Kinda kitschy. I remember seeing Godzilla blowups or figures at random places in '86.