Sure, he defrauded, embezzled and fled the country with $100 million, but every once in a while, I do kind of miss the commercials.
Sure, he defrauded, embezzled and fled the country with $100 million, but every once in a while, I do kind of miss the commercials.
His prices are INSANE!!
Yah, growing up in Jersey around that time, it was hard to miss those commercials.
Their commercials were the best:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fO9XC3tAbkQ
We had a store near us. Yep, it was insane.
I can't begin to tell you how many cases of Maxell and TDK cassette tapes I bought from those clowns! All gone now, of course!
Since not everyone in the US grew up with access to WPIX or WOR-9 in NY/NJ, The guy on the commercials was Jerry Caroll, a stand-up comic/actor ... this is the real Eddie right here.
and here...
And this is family member and CFO Sam explaining the whole thing. No Redemption
My father always took us to The Wiz.
Wall-e wrote: My father always took us to The Wiz.
Nobody beats The Wiz.
David S. Wallens wrote:Wall-e wrote: My father always took us to The Wiz.Nobody beats The Wiz.
When I was in college, there was a sophomore finance major living across the hall from me. He took out a supplemental student loan for $7000 and used all of it to buy Crazy Eddie stock, moments before the whole shebang collapsed in on itself. I remember someone wrote "Crazy Eddie Shares: Take One, They're Free!" over the toilet paper holder in the dorm bathroom.
In reply to Huckleberry:
I had forgoten about the Wiz commercials with Joe Willie.
Unfortunately, I can't erase from my memory the painful Wiz commercials with Patrick Ewing and his son.
Grew up on the West Coast. Cal Worthington was my go-to guy for memorable commercials.
In reply to Woody:
Is this better. Nobody beats the Biz
"My prices are so low, you'll think I've suffered brain damage!"
Will wrote: Grew up on the West Coast. Cal Worthington was my go-to guy for memorable commercials.
Federal Way, The ONLY way, open to midnight every day. 
They've still got a Cal Worthington dealership up in Anchorage.
On Topic:
I honestly thought it was about this Crazy Eddie, and was shocked that he was an actual person
File this under "I Assumed He Was Dead Already" for me.
The Indy area had "Don's Guns" for our share of crazy...
Norton Furniture This guy always makes me laugh
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