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Old 10-06-2016, 04:48 PM
 
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Remember Crazy Eddie, where the prices were INSANE?

Eddie Antar, later a fugitive, died last month at the age of 68.

Eddie Antar, Retailer and Felon Who Created Crazy Eddie, Dies at 68 - The New York Times
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Old 10-06-2016, 05:03 PM
 
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Couldn't watch TV without seeing one of his commercials.
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Old 10-06-2016, 05:06 PM
 
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Old enough here to remember those commercials as a kid hahaha. Gotta love the crack era lol
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Old 10-06-2016, 05:30 PM
 
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First stock i ever owned. I bought 300 bucks worth . I think i lost about half of it
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Old 10-06-2016, 05:48 PM
 
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Couldn't watch TV without seeing one of his commercials.
Right up there with Cookie Puss and the yellow balloon from Young People's Day Camp.
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Old 10-06-2016, 05:51 PM
 
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COOKIE PUSS!!!!!! I used to beg for one of those Ice Cream cakes for my birthday every damn year and always wound up with some busted ravioli-looking tasteless cake from a local Italian bakery. (perhaps my grandparents were correct in their purchases) but I was never happy with those cakes. I wanted Fudgie the Whale!
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Old 10-07-2016, 08:18 AM
 
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Bought partner's first stereo system at Crazy Eddie's ORIGINAL outlet on Flatbush Avenue. Deal was incredible. Had to have been 1974 or 1975 when we were still living in the Village.
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Old 10-07-2016, 09:27 AM
 
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i remember he had the acousti-phase line of speakers he brand labeled . they were so bassy and had such a bad bass bump everyone sounded like scott muni
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Old 10-08-2016, 05:28 AM
 
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I do remember those crazy TV commercials of his.
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Old 10-08-2016, 05:38 AM
 
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he was a master of creative accounting . i am surprised we have not seen his story on american greed yet .i love that show
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