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Old 10-20-2013, 09:31 PM
 
Location: Mountain Home, ID
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I've been on a classic commercial kick for the past few days, so here are few I found from stores with a local presence. Enjoy the earworms guaranteed to have bored themselves into the brain of anyone who grew up in the Seattle area in the 70s and 80s.


Northgate/Southcenter/Tacoma Mall...


Shoppin' Around (1985) - YouTube

SeaTac Mall:


Sea-Tac Mall Television ad - August 1981 - YouTube

Merry Christmas, from PayLess!


Pay Less Christmas 1989 TV commercial - YouTube

The Bon Marche:


BON MARCHE Day-O - YouTube

Lamonts:


The Coats "Shop Lamonts" Commercial - YouTube

I'll update this thread as I find more. Feel free to add your own. I'd put Sleep Country up here too, but they're still around and using the same jingle 20 years later!

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Old 10-20-2013, 10:17 PM
 
Location: 98166
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Excellent thread! This is a nice break from all the negative/downer threads that have been lingering lately.
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Old 10-20-2013, 10:54 PM
 
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Excellent thread! This is a nice break from all the negative/downer threads that have been lingering lately.
So true.
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Old 10-20-2013, 10:59 PM
 
Location: Mountain Home, ID
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Apparently you can't have that many videos in one post, so here's the F&N commercial again:


Frederick & Nelson Christmas 1985 TV commercial - YouTube

For all you California transplants, here's a name you'll probably remember. Cal Worthington had a dealership in Federal Way, and his commercials blanketed the airwaves up here too. Check out that phone!


1989 Cal Worthington Ford - Federal Way - YouTube
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Old 10-20-2013, 11:18 PM
 
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I know it's been a while but Bon Marche feels like yesterday.
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Old 10-20-2013, 11:40 PM
 
Location: Mountain Home, ID
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I know it's been a while but Bon Marche feels like yesterday.
They ran that commercial several times over the years, and it always reminded me of the dinner scene from the movie BeetleJuice.

My parents still live in Federal Way, and even though it's now Macy's in the mall my mom still calls it the Bon. She still calls the mall the SeaTac Mall too. I suppose the mall needed a name change when Seatac was incorporated as a city, but "the Commons" just sounds so blah.

On the original subject, enjoy some Puyallup Fair commercials. These are tough to find because there were different commercials every year, and they only ran for a short time during the fair. Wish I could find the one from the 80s with the hillbilly band.


PUYALLUP FAIR Do the Puyallup (original) - YouTube


Puyallup Fair (1983) - YouTube
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Old 10-21-2013, 02:50 PM
 
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Here's a collection of Rainer Beer commercials
Rainier Beer - YouTube
(i forgot mickey rooney did a couple of those)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnspnvVzLuo
(i tried but couldn't find that Phyllis Diller Nalley's ad)

and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo8KMsQKUiw

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Old 10-21-2013, 04:37 PM
 
Location: Mountain Home, ID
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Sea Galley (We've got crab legs!)


We've got crab legs! - YouTube

Godfather's Pizza:


We've Got the Fancy Pizza-Vintage Godfather's Pizza Commercial - YouTube

Ivar's:


Ivar's Dances with Clams - YouTube


Back to Clam Future - YouTube
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Old 10-22-2013, 12:58 AM
 
Location: West Coast - Best Coast!
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Damn! Someone beat me to the Sea Galley ads. TO THIS DAY my mom still says, "Who's got crab legs? We've got crab legs!" when we go to any seafood restaurant with live crabs.
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Old 10-22-2013, 01:46 AM
 
Location: West Coast - Best Coast!
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How 'bout some old Seattle sports team ads?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWhjzhi690c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovWQeroNUtA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nkAMtgLhIU

Or Alaska Airlines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYspsgIjb4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thDbVKB2v7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABbjsL3cfqE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f44h_rfOiWQ
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