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Ya think?

But I have to give you credit for actually discussing something related to the topic you posted.

I live in western Illinois, and we have Good's Furniture in Kewanee. I've never been, but the store's so large they have their own bed and breakfast on site. It's sort of a big deal around here, and they used to advertise their "spacious park-like atrium and wine cellar." Ah, Mary from Good's.

Anyway, other furniture competitors took the low road and made fun of the commercials for Good's. The one I remember most is the man holding a potted plant and claiming it was his "park-like atrium." He then went on to say he didn't need to get you drunk in his basement to sell you good quality furniture. Nice.

Oh, and for those of you near Chicago: Call 588-2300, Empire!

Two of my favorite local commercials were from these guys

1. Big Chuck & Lil John
2. The Son of Ghoul

OUTSTANDING! Great post roygerdodger91. So much of local advertising was erased if caught on vhs. Many of these local commercials are now lost to time. Only the people who saw them will ever know.

We have a few:

Bernie and Phyls-Quality comfort and Price! thats nice.
Pancake Man:

"Who's cokkin breakfast, as fast as has can? Who's cookin breakfast, its the pancake man! I said the Pancake Man!"

Syds Furniture outlet-Syds and Sealy! Sealy and Syds! we don't mark it up to mark it down

Barbo's furniture: Barbos Barbos The furniture you will live with, happily ever after.

Ernie Boch: Come on Down!

Cape Maid Farms: we have evrething to feed 'em and everything to please 'em Cape Maid Farms.

From an old restaurant called Starbucks:

Starbucks: The place, is always cookin' Starbucks!

Hy-Line Cruises: Come on sail away! Sail away on Hy-Line! Sail today, today on Hy-Line! Hy-line, ocean street dock, Hyannis.

Island Airlines: We have the most flights to Hyannis, from early in the morning to late at night.

Thompsons Clam Bar: Hey, where you goin? To Thompsons Clam Bar, 'cuz thats where the tastiest clams are!

I'll post more commericals later.

This site has a bunch of old commercials from the Portland, Oregon area.
http://www.platypuscomix.net/fpo/videos/index.html

Our FOX affiliate (WXXA, Channel 23, Albany, NY) created a character called Ranger Danger around 1993 and put him in these little bits during commercial breaks for a couple of years. He would do these things, something stupid would happen, and Ranger Danger always end the skit with the word, "Aya!". Pretty strange stuff. These days, he goes as Uncle Vito and works as a DJ at PYX 106, a classic rock station here.

Notable Commericals: These days, it's god-awful Fucillo commercials with their stupid "Huge" slogan (The Fucillo group owns 6 car dealerships within 50 miles of here, in addition to a bunch of others). They actually have their own infomerical which contains a half hour of nothing but their stupid commercials.

In the past, there was Terry Morris Ford-Mercury commericals where a voiceover announces that "My dad, Terry Morris, is still #1!" They changed it a few years so it says "My grandpa is still #1."

Also, Resnick's Mattress Outlet commercials. This is/was a small chain of mattress stores that sells remanufactured mattress sets (I'm not sure it's still around, to be honest). Not the most honest business out there. They used to have the cheapest looking ads on television. They did have one ad where they mentioned that Air Tite Windows and Siding (which was next door to their location in Colonie, NY) ripped their sign down.

I grew up in Orlando and in Alabama and

To start with in Orlando we had the

Artie Grindle's Tropic Traveler Vans: I want to sell you a van!

Also

Allied Discount Tires: Tires ain't pretty!

Also in Alabama we had

King's Furniture and Appliances: If we can't beat the price we'll give you a $20 bill

Local car dealers are a hoot! When I was a kid, one car ad was this loudmouth salesman yelling at the top of his lungs:

"It's year-end clearence savings time at Gene Mekins'-Hilltop-Pontiac-GMC-BMW!