From 1986 (although that should be pretty obvious)

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You can barely hear this one, but it's worth it just for the Eatons and Woolco (!!!!!!) logos.

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I remember this ad (from '89). What I never noticed, however, is that almost all the shots take place somewhere other than the actual mall they are advertising...

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Woolco. That takes me back. heh.

By the by, since Eatons folded, Eaton Place in Winnipeg is now called City Place.

...and if they have over a hundred shops in there now, I'll eat my computer...

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Ah, Lisa Best.

She won some sorta contest thingie or something to be in these commercials (IIRC - she just mighta been hired for it, I dunno) and spun that out into a pretty decent local media career.

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...you know, Lisa saying Wicked at the end of this commercial should be a lot dumber-sounding than it actually is...

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Don't mind me. I'm just into serious nostalgia mode right now.



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As far as I know, Elvis still has a pawn shop on Main Street...

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Most of the places in this video are an easy walk from my apartment.

Oh, and I love the one comment on this video on YouTube:




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...a surprise fashion show?

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I actually went to this place around the time the commercial was made ('88) - I worked just around the corner from it for a year or so at an art store.

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Stan Kubicek.

What else is there to say, really.

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And just in case you were jonesing for some Andrea Martin...

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Christmas 1979.

I'd just like to say that I was at Polo Park earlier today.

It doesn't look a whole lot like this anymore...

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Let me introduce you to a Winnipeg icon -

Nick Hill.

Kern-Hill Furniture Co-op commercials were a staple of TV as far back as I can remember.

Let's start with a fairly relaxed one:

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