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I know this is not about a particular store but its related to stores and I couldn't figure out any other place to put this.
Ever since the boom of the retail age, stores have been involved in investing in other ways besides commercials.
They have been seen in the media also.
in music,movies,TV, etc. they have had an involvement with our culture
A.K.A. store cameos
heres some examples
Woolworth- seen in movie That Thing You Do
Kmart-mentioned in Lyrics of " Wreck the malls" one of the many songs of the music CD "Twisted Christmas":insane:
Walmart- seen in some famous movies ( even though I'm mentioning them I still dislike them)
Caldor-mentioned in a halloween episode of the Simpsons
have you ever noticed a store(s) mentioned/seen in a song, or TV show or a Movie Film that you saw?
Post it here
( I wonder if Bradlees was famous enough to be even mentioned in the media)
LOL:insane:
In the Movie "Desperate Measures" with Michael Keaton, there is a highway chase in wich an accident occurs. A truck with a Target trailer loses control and you can clearly see the big Target logo with Expect More, Pay Less slogan.
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In the Movie "Desperate Measures" with Michael Keaton, there is a highway chase in wich an accident occurs. A truck with a Target trailer loses control and you can clearly see the big Target logo with Expect More, Pay Less slogan.
interesting...:rolleyes::cool:
its funny picturing a Target truck jackknifing:insane:
Not really retail, but more supermarket related:
Everybody Loves Raymond: clearly shows Pathmark
Married With Children: Ralphs (even though show is supposed to be based out of Chicago and Ralphs is a California chain)
Rosseanne(sp?) Dominick's, which is now a Safeway brand
The Simpsons also refer to Safeway in one episode
And an unusual one: Grand Theft Auto III clearly shows at one point a fake billboard for a fake supermarket that clearly uses the Pathmark logo. (The game is supposed to be based out of New York City which would make sense)
Target has been used in many recent movies: I have yet to see Wal-Mart in a movie.
I also remember hearing an Eminem song from about 1995 that has a breif mention of Builder's Square.
If you have ever seen the movie, "The Blues Brothers", they have a drive through an abandonend mall (an actual real mall, Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Ill. which is still empty), you can see JCPenney, Jewel (grocery store now known as Jewel-Osco and part of Albertsons), Toys R, Us, and some others
If you join the group remembering_retail on Yahoo groups, there was a huge discussion about this a while back
Yeah the Mall in the Blues Brothers is a good example!!
In Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase :
Clark's sled lands in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart and he ends up in a dumpster.
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Pathmark's logo
I think GTA III supermarket's called Supersave
In Driv3r also Burger King I believe makes a cameo too
one called BURGER BURGER in Miami
another in Nice, France named Lucky Burger logos similar to BKs old one
plus Kmart makes a big cameo at the time being BIG K in a movie Kmart becomes part of the storyline because the two main characters in love go inside a REAL Kmart(BIG K) to keep dry from the rain<----- the movie's a love story but I can't recall the name of the film.
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oops I forgot to post Pathmarks logo!:duh:
here it is
I think SuperSave is based on that logo
its actually called Supa Save I've found a picture of it and made a comparison to Pathmark's logo
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ALDO- appears in the background of one scene in the movie Elf
(interestingly I've realized that if you take out the C and R of Caldor you get aldo so I'm not sure if its a real store)
around the 1970s 0r early 1980s
Aldo is a Shoe store mainly in malls. However, I have heard of a small chain called ALCO.
The movie "Career Opportunities" is set inside of a Target store and gets featured prominately throughout. It's worth seeing for the sake of Jennifer Connolly.
tv shows have mentshoin stores in a show or to like in the show the Nanny Blomingdails is mention a lot and so was Macys Cheers mention Filene's a lot on one espsode u even see a chrismas box with Filenes writen on it also Target was avrtised in the Movie Josey And Pussy Cats moved in 2001 and the simspones had hention sortes Suchs As Caldor Safe Way Montgomery Ward Wal Mart and Sears even a BJ's Parody. sorry im a bad speller lol
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tv shows have mentshoin stores in a show or to like in the show the Nanny Blomingdails is mention a lot and so was Macys Cheers mention Filene's a lot on one espsode u even see a chrismas box with Filenes writen on it also Target was avrtised in the Movie Josey And Pussy Cats moved in 2001 and the simspones had hention sortes Suchs As Caldor Safe Way Montgomery Ward Wal Mart and Sears even a BJ's Parody. sorry im a bad speller lol
also Caldor was mention on Saturda night live back in 1993 i cant rember what they sed but most likely they were making fun of it
A few years back there was a movie called, "Where the Heart is" where the main character was homeless and pregnant so she slept in a tent inside a Wal-Mart store.
When she had the baby the baby was known as "The Wal-Mart baby". The movie starred Natalie Portman.
The movie was a bit dated in the fact that the girl slept inside the tent at Wal-Mart after the store closed each night.
As we all know Wal-Mart is open 24/7.
In the year 2000? A movie called "Wonder Boys" was released. It had a scene where the main Characters (Michael Douglas and Chris O'Donnell met and ate dinner at a Howard Johnson's restaurant. It was in fact an original Nims styel HoJo restaurant that the studio spent quite a bit of money to update the eatery for is scene in the movie. The waitress even wore an original HoJo waitress uniform. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed as HoJo shortly after and has scene been torn down to make room for a gas station and a Burger King---like we dont have enough of them allready. HoJo's we miss you! :(
i was watching the simpsons last week and homer was reading a book called Montgomery Warden and it looked just like the Montgomery Ward logo they used in the early 90's
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in the tradition of ten-thirteen productions
"I made this" lol :insane:
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I am happy to help keep the topic going, in fact, it is a great way to learn retail history from each other. :yup:
In "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", when Pee Wee goes down to the shopping center to pick up his bike horn, there's a Woolworth's in the backround
Waldbaum's was mentioned just a few minutes ago on an episode of King of Queens
one of the characters invited to Doug's granfather's party was a Waldbaum's bag man LOL:insane::insane::insane::P
On an episode of The Worlds Most Wildest Police Videos some crooks stole money from K-mart and led police on a wild chase and got caught as usual LOL:insane:
crooks are so dumb
I forgot where it happened they'll might re-air it though, seen it more than one on Spike TV
union 76 is seen in a lot of movies including:
Diamonds are Forever
Smokey and the Bandit
and Jurrasic Park: The Lost World
the simpsons latley have been useing reitle in there shows from Montgomery Ward to wal mart aka Sprwal Mart Safe way was even mention
i was also watch reruns of old shows and Rosseanne was on and i saw her carring a bag that had the Garfunkls logo on it thos epsoied was from 1988 2 years before the chin went bankruped
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In the year 2000? A movie called "Wonder Boys" was released. It had a scene where the main Characters (Michael Douglas and Chris O'Donnell met and ate dinner at a Howard Johnson's restaurant. It was in fact an original Nims styel HoJo restaurant that the studio spent quite a bit of money to update the eatery for is scene in the movie. The waitress even wore an original HoJo waitress uniform. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed as HoJo shortly after and has scene been torn down to make room for a gas station and a Burger King---like we dont have enough of them allready. HoJo's we miss you! :(
There also another HoJos that can be seen in the original Blues Brothers
Its in the scene where Jake and Elwood are going to make a phone call ( yes in the booth that gets shot up in the air by Elwood's ex-crazy fiance shotting in with some weapon I forgot what it was) and tell the band to "get a bite to eat" and you can see a lighted Howard Johnson's sign in the background (which is on the roof of the restaurant duh
:duh: )
If you have this movie (I do) check out this scene and you'll notice it too no lie!:saint:
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There also another HoJos that can be seen in the original Blues Brothers
Its in the scene where Jake and Elwood are going to make a phone call ( yes in the booth that gets shot up in the air by Elwood's ex-crazy fiance shotting in with some weapon I forgot what it was) and tell the band to "get a bite to eat" and you can see a lighted Howard Johnson's sign in the background (which is on the roof of the restaurant duh
:duh: )
If you have this movie (I do) check out this scene and you'll notice it too no lie!:saint:
I was quick enough to grab my camera and get a shot of the scene ! I first saw the restaurant when they walked to the booth and took the picture during the explosion.
He he....on The Simpsons just now they showed Homer working at a store called Sprawl-Mart (with a star between the words) that had the slogan: "If you worked here, you'd be poor by now"...
Of course it's true...
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He he....on The Simpsons just now they showed Homer working at a store called Sprawl-Mart (with a star between the words) that had the slogan: "If you worked here, you'd be poor by now"...
Are you kidding or are you not wow if this is true THAT MEANS FOX likes to poke fun at WAL*MART!
COOL!
anouther one is were homer is tlaking to falnders about how his leftoriom is doing and he says well i have been loseing costerms since LEFT MART opened witch looked just like Wal Mart lol it hadthe star and evreything:insane:
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I just saw today an Office Depot banner blowing in hurricane winds on tv while watching Hurricane Dennis live coverage today LOL:insane:
You have a nerve making fun of people who probably had their homes or businesses damaged, no matter how big or small they are.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah whatever you're just trying to make me angry.
I DON'T MAKE FUN OF THINGS WHEN PEOPLE DIE IN DISASTERS AT LEAST!
I NEVER LAUGH WHEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOMES!
look actually things/material ARN'T important THEY CAN BE REPLACED its more important to think about people's lives and if they survived or made it out.
BESIDES JUST TRY TO NOT TO LAUGH AT THE FOOTAGE OF THE RAMADA SIGN BEING BLOWN APART!!!!
IT GOES FROM "RAMADA" TO "RAM" in less than 30 seconds!!!!
look damage from a hurricane WILL always happen until we make more durable material until then DON'T BE SO SERIOUS
SHEESH!!!!
besides I was originally laughing at the fact that I saw a Office Depot banner blowing in the hurricane wind because its an odd way to be spotted in the media! :insane:
BTW I was hoping you had posted a store/company cameo instead of criticizing oh well :rolleyes:
1. I didn't mention people dying. I just said that you shouldn't make fun of businesses, even if it's a Wal-Mart, that have been damaged by a hurricane.
2. Nobody's laughing if stuff from a hurricane is being damaged or blown away.
Ames cameo in the media - Sept 6 2005 on CBS News
There was a report by Cynthia Bowers that aired around 7:05 about "Camp Katrina" and they shown people based in a camp in a Big Kmart parking lot and i saw an Ames cart twice in the report. The camp was in Waveland Miss.
http://video.cgi.cbsnews.com/video/video.pl?url=/media/2005/09/06/video818475.wmv&sid=201&dart=news.video3
I don't know if anyone remembers the movie "The Perfect Storm" with George Clooney, but in one of the scenes, one of the ship crew asks his wife where she got their kid's new shoes from, and she said "There was a sale at Ames" I'll have to get out the DVD so I can see where in the movie that was.
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I don't know if anyone remembers the movie "The Perfect Storm" with George Clooney, but in one of the scenes, one of the ship crew asks his wife where she got their kid's new shoes from, and she said "There was a sale at Ames" I'll have to get out the DVD so I can see where in the movie that was.
i remeber tat movie but in never saw it i was watching this cheesey 80s flick were some teenages are traped in a mall and theres a sean were one of them is running from teh killer and u see the May Company store in teh backround
hears the pic from that movie
Roseanne has mentioned Woolworth, Montgomery Ward, Kmart, Target, Wal-Mart
In the movie "Rent", in the scene when the two ladies marry each other on the city sidewalk, you can see a CVS Pharmacy in the background. Also. in the New Year's Eve part, you can see them walking past a Nobody Beats The Wiz. It's very clear, too.
Wow, I am surprised no one has mentioned this already
Stop & Shop has been seen several times on Family Guy (Brian even pees in one). The exterior of the market is similar to the old style from years ago not the newer super stores. Brian also likes the breakfasts at Denny's
There is a futuristic McDonalds in Woody Allen's "Sleeper"
Kentucky Fried Chicken can be seen in "Superman II"
In the sitcom "Gimme a Break" Nell talks about being given a ride to K-mart
The music video "Rock the Casbah" by the Clash has a sheik and a rabbi running out of a Burger King with food
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Wow, I am surprised no one has mentioned this already
Stop & Shop has been seen several times on Family Guy (Brian even pees in one). The exterior of the market is similar to the old style from years ago not the newer super stores. Brian also likes the breakfasts at Denny's
There is a futuristic McDonalds in Woody Allen's "Sleeper"
Kentucky Fried Chicken can be seen in "Superman II"
In the sitcom "Gimme a Break" Nell talks about being given a ride to K-mart
The music video "Rock the Casbah" by the Clash has a sheik and a rabbi running out of a Burger King with food
the chili's jingle was sang on austin powers, big boy was on austin powers, arby's was on a power rangers episode, a woolworth was shown in leprechaun 2, pizza the hut was the name of a character that was a pizza, and I cannot think of others.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody_Beats_The_Wiz
In an episode of the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld, Elaine becomes unknowingly infatuated with "The Wiz," a man she soon realizes was the fictional pitchman for the Nobody Beats The Wiz chain.
How about the early part of "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" where he passes by a F.W. Woolworth that is near the bike store where he gets all his stuff???
:insane::insane::insane::insane::insane::insane::insane::insane:
In The Beginning of Gremlins Where Pete is Running to Work he runs past Montgomery Ward Having a Xmas Sale and People Window Shopping then in the end Stripe runs into Montgomery Ward and the scene Called "The Final Showdown" was shot in there you can see the signs on the inside of the store later in Back to the future the store was a car dealership
A Target truck in the Simpsons and something about Bed, Bath & Beyond:
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A Target truck in the Simpsons and something about Bed, Bath & Beyond:
that the esp were homer gets a gun i have that eps on dvd and i never nodiced teh target truck
The Simpsons version of Home Depot ... ;) (from the episode with Ray the roofer)
I just saw an episode of "The King of Queens" where Doug shows up at spence's apartment after Christmas Shopping at "Target"
On "The Golden Girls", there are many references to stores. They mention 7-11, Wendy's, McDonald's, K-Mart, A&P, Neiman Marcus, Woolworth's, JCPenney, and Sears, and maybe others.
Also on "Everybody Loves Raymond", they mentioned Waldbaum's.
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On "The Golden Girls"...
I distinctly remember Dorothy mentioning "the A&P" and one time where Sophia asked for a cough drop and Dorothy saying 'does it say Kmart on my back?'
Good stuff.
Anyone see the recent Family Guy, where this old guy mentions he got slacks on special at Caldor? :)
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Anyone see the recent Family Guy, where this old guy mentions he got slacks on special at Caldor? :)
Yes, last week i think!
There was also an episode of the simpsons where marge and apu went to a sams club/bj's parody called "monstro mart". And theyve also shown stop and shop on family guy.
We forgot the mall from the original Dawn of the Dead movie. Plenty of regional and local stores were clearly seen. Also in the plaza in the back of the mall an A & P can also be spotted.
an episode of I Love Lucy has Lucy buying a dress from Gimbel's and Ethel buying an identical dress from Macy's
Macy's also features in A Miracle on 34th St
the campers from "Meatballs" board their busses in a K-mart parking lot
In "Moscow on the Hudson" Robin Williams' character defects inside Bloomingdales
I can't believe none of you mention the movie SPLASH. When Madison (Darryl Hannah) went shopping, she went to Bloomingdales.
In the show "Homicide: Life on the Street", I noticed on an episode named "Abduction" one girl questioned for a kidnapping claimed she babysits. She said it's better than working at Caldor! This episode was originally shown in early 1998.
Also in the movie "Hard Rain", an old couple (the wife played by Golden Girl Betty White) live directly across from Sears. Their last name was even Sears.
Jackyl shot their video for "I stand alone" outside a k-mart when they refused to carry their album. Heres the video (you get a good shot of the k-mart logo at the time as well):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCm6re-RTdc
In 1986 country singer Kathy Mattea released a song called "Love at the Five and Dime" which takes place at a Woolworth store
And this (Wal-Mart) store from Family Guy:
thats a funny ep :insane:
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Jackyl shot their video for "I stand alone" outside a k-mart when they refused to carry their album. Heres the video (you get a good shot of the k-mart logo at the time as well):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCm6re-RTdc
That video is hilarious!
I remember seeing a video online once of these kids Boycotting music at Wal-mart. They bought a camera at a Wal-Mart in Worcester and filmed themselves sticking these anti-walmart stickers all over cd's at walmart, Target, and other stores music sections. Then they got the video off the camera and returned it to the store!:insane:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070607211409/www.downhillbattle.org/riaa/index.html
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hears the pic from that movie
This movie is called "Chopping Mall". It was shot inside the Sherman Oaks Galleria (which I hear is now an open air plaza). You can see many many stores in here including: McDonalds, May Co., Crabtree & Evelyn, Thom Mcan, Toys'R'us among others.
Apparently this mall was also used in many other films including "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
"Weird Science" has a scene at the Northbrook Court Mall in Illinois. A few stores can be seen like The Gap, GNC and a lady is carrying a Crate & Barrel bag
Saw parts of this really bizzare movie recently called Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nites. It was an animated movie and the mall used the names of real stores.
In a Christmas episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, they mention Monkey Wards when looking at a bunch of catalogs.
Sorry for topic revival, BTW.
Oh man I used to stay up soo late when I was a kid just to watch those robots make fun of movies!
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Jackyl shot their video for "I stand alone" outside a k-mart when they refused to carry their album. Heres the video (you get a good shot of the k-mart logo at the time as well):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCm6re-RTdc
That is.........INTERESTING. Kmart Ticked other bands off too....but now, according to my younger brother, the other day he said there was not one EXPLICIT cd in their store....how corny?
that K-Mart in the Jackyl music video is across the street from Marietta's famous KFC Big Chicken.
in the movie Meatballs(1979) a KMART can be seen in the scene before the buses leave for the camp. one of the counselers(a nerd) goes inside to get adrink and when he comes out, he is harrased by some local tuffs.
i reactley saw the movie Mannequin on one of the movie channles last night and they shot the ending of the movie in boscov's
I was watching an episode of Roseanne today and they showed the exterior on the Landford, IL mall which seems to have a Bradlees
Today on Two and a Half Men Jake had a 50 dollar gift ceriticit to Pizza Hut
On Seinfeld elaines boss want to hold a string on woody the woodpecker in the macys day parade
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I was watching an episode of Roseanne today and they showed the exterior on the Landford, IL mall which seems to have a Bradlees
i never nodiced that wonder what mall they really used for that
anyways ive noticed sizzler has been mentioned in alot of shows including Roseanne The Nanny Full House Saved by The Bell Family matters as so on
There are several episodes of Knight Rider where a Chevron gas station can clearly be seen.
In Gremlins where Mrs Deagle confronts the mother and her children a Burger King can be seen in the background. Billy Peltzer passed this same Burger King earlier in the film.
In full house joey says i cleaned the bathroom if you got to go go to the texaco down the road and on Family Guy peter says lois im not gonna take my anger out on ill do it on my body wre going to dennys
Im watching south park and kyles cheap jewish cousin goes cartmen i saw that coat a boscovs for 29.99 how much did you pay is boscovs a rip off
The Back to the Future Trilogy has many retail cameos:
Part 1 - Burger King, Toys "R" Us, Zales, Texaco, JCPenney, Robinsons, Bank of America
Part 2 - Pizza Hut, Texaco, 7-Eleven
Part 3 - 7-Eleven
The Kevin James Movie MALL COP has a lot of real stores in it. Rainforest Cafe, The Gap, and a lot more that I can't remember right now.
On The Cleavland Show a spin off of Cleveland from family guy and a guy says hey baby lets go to Woolworths ill get you a grilled chese and a parakeet
The Fairly OddParents has a store called ''Wall 2 Wall-Mart''
There was an Ames cameo in the recent CNBC Docunnentary: "The new age of Walmart". They visited the small town of Elensville NY where a former Ames sits vacant and people are for and against the coming of Walmart.
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On The Cleavland Show a spin off of Cleveland from family guy and a guy says hey baby lets go to Woolworths ill get you a burger
Actually he said "I'll get you a parrot."
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QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96
On The Cleavland Show a spin off of Cleveland from family guy and a guy says hey baby lets go to Woolworths ill get you a burger
Actually he said "I'll get you a parrot."
Actually he says "I'll get you a grilled cheese and a parakeet."
IGA and ShopKo were mentioned in the Christmas song parody, "Rusted Chevrolet" (a parody of "Jingle Bells") by Da Yoopers, from their Culture Shock album.
There was the "Kmart sucks" scene in the 1988 movie Rain Man.
On one of the latest family guy episodes "Hanna Banana" Peter goes to a half dead mall and talks about a cinnabon with the gate half down, a fountain thats dry and full of trash, and a store with a labelscar on it.
In yesterday's episode of ABC's The Middle, Mike went to his father's house to find a note on the door that says "went to Montgomery Ward be back at 5" he mentions Montgomery Ward went out of business 10 yrs ago .. his dad opens the door and replaces the note with one saying "went to Circuit City be back at 5"
I've been watching the first season of Maude on DVD. I was surprised in one episode Maude came home from a day of shopping at the A&P, Finast and Big Bear.
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I've been watching the first season of Maude on DVD. I was surprised in one episode Maude came home from a day of shopping at the A&P, Finast and Big Bear.
she must have taking a long trip to go to big bear because there were never any in westchester county ny the show is based in the county i live in btw lol
Part of the new CNBC documentary about Coca Cola was filmed at a Shoprite. http://www.cnbc.com/ for info on future airings.
On little people big world they always go to fred myer and on msnbc show they had eckerd drug containers
On Chuck and Larry there is a man stuck in a vent on the roof of a PC Ricards and Son
On youve got mail shes in the grocery store pushing a stell cart with yellow handle and child seat is it a caldor cart from the 70s its filmed in ny
Stewie mentioned SAV-ON on the Family Guy repeat that aired last night.
On Law and Order SVU elloit says it was easy to get his daughter at target this episode is all new right
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Stewie mentioned SAV-ON on the Family Guy repeat that aired last night.
Not Osco, which they had in New England?
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QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
Stewie mentioned SAV-ON on the Family Guy repeat that aired last night.
Not Osco, which they had in New England?
he also talked about Sav-On in another episode making fun of photography
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he also talked about Sav-On in another episode making fun of photography
That was the episode I was talking about, but couldn't remember the context in which he was talking about it.
This needs to be retilted and on the movie Crank a scene in the mall he runs past a Mervyns
It cracked me up in the movie "Where the Heart Is" when Sally Field recommends that her daughter move into K-Mart since she'd heard that they'd really fixed it up!! :) :) :)
Im watching a documenrty High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell and Boo Boo walks into a caldor grads a box of golf clubs and walks out with out any one noticing i cant figure out were its located tho its a square front with brick on either side and stucco in the middle was there one in lowell mass?
In a few episodes of the FOX TV show COPS from 1989, which were filmed in Broward County, Florida, a sign for a *Zayre discount store can be seen in the background as a few policemen make arrests on a busy intersection.
I have to laugh whenever they walk into a drug store on Seinfeld.
They are invariably the worst planograms and end-cap settings I've ever
seen in my life!
If I had ever left that much pegboard showing I'd have been fired on the spot!
You can see a Fine Fare Supermarket in ROCKY V
In many episodes of the color Dragnet, Adam-12 and Emergency, signs for various retailers (including supermarkets and gas stations) that had locations in Los Angeles in the late 1960's and 1970's can be seen.
In the movie Talladega Nights they visit an Applebees.
In the movie "Looney Tunes: Back in Action", a Wal-Mart Supercenter can be seen.
FAO Schwarz can be seen in the Tom Hanks movie "Big".
A Docktor Pet Supply store can be seen in the beginning of "Beethoven".
JCPenney and Robinson's department store can be seen in "Back to the Future".
Toys "R" Us, Jewel, and JCPenney can be found in the movie "Blues Brothers"
Tastee-Freez was mentioned in the 1982 John Mellencamp song "Jack and Diane."
Taco Bell was featured in the North American (United States/Canada/Mexico) release of the 1993 film "Demolition Man" starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. Taco Bell is presented as a fine dining restaurant in the planned city of San Angeles, California in the year 2032. By the year 2032, Taco Bell has won the "franchise wars" and has become the only restaurant left, resulting in all restaurants being Taco Bell.
Pizza Hut replaces Taco Bell in almost all the foreign versions of "Demolition Man" in countries where Taco Bell is not well-known.
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Pizza Hut replaces Taco Bell in almost all the foreign versions of "Demolition Man" in countries where Taco Bell is not well-known.
Interesting. How do they explain the logo with the bell on it?
Quote from: TheFugitive on October 01, 2014, 07:44:06 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 30, 2014, 06:49:05 PM
Pizza Hut replaces Taco Bell in almost all the foreign versions of "Demolition Man" in countries where Taco Bell is not well-known.
Interesting. How do they explain the logo with the bell on it?
The dinner bell you ring when you want everyone to come get their pizza? ;)
Quote from: TheFugitive on October 01, 2014, 07:44:06 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 30, 2014, 06:49:05 PM
Pizza Hut replaces Taco Bell in almost all the foreign versions of "Demolition Man" in countries where Taco Bell is not well-known.
Interesting. How do they explain the logo with the bell on it?
Well...Does this YouTube video answer your question?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpRzusd9Yi8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpRzusd9Yi8)
The famous classic McDonald's "Speedee" Golden Arches sign outside of a McDonald's somewhere in Los Angeles (I don't know if it's still there today) appears in the background a few seconds into a 1968 Adam-12 episode (the one where a boa constrictor was hidden in the trunk of a white 1958 Ford) as Reed and Malloy are driving.
The sign, if you're not familiar, looks very similar to this one that used to stand at the McDonald's (still there today, but completely remodeled and expanded) on Eureka Road in Southgate, Michigan, but with two arches:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5493/9987519223_a20266521f_c.jpg)
In the the live-action Flintstones film (released to theaters in 1994), a McDonald's spoof called "RocDonald's" can be seen. Fred Flintstone and the rest of his family order a jumbo brontosaurus rib from RocDonald's before going to the drive-in movie to see "Tar Wars". Other business parodies with prehistoric puns seen throughout the film include "Chevroc" gas stations, "Toy SauRus" toy stores, "CNN: The Cave News Network", and "Triassic World Airlines", as well as "UniverShell Studios". In the Flintstones prequel "Viva Rock Vegas", Betty O'shale (Rubble) works at "Bronto King" which is obviously a prehistoric version of Burger King. Both films are filled with prehistoric puns, just like the cartoons, there's a band called the "B.C. 52's" (a prehistoric version of the B-52's) in the first who perform the show's theme song "Meet the Flintstones" at a public park in Bedrock, called "Jurassic Park". The director of the first film, Steven Spielberg goes by the name "Steven Spielrock". In Viva Rock Vegas, Ann Margaret goes by "Ann Margarock", and Mick Jagger is called "Mick Jagged".
In the CHIPS episode "Rally 'Round the Bank" (originally aired February 3rd, 1979) one scene has Ponch and Jon (who are joined by a few other people) eating at an outdoor table at an Arby's, also somewhere in Los Angeles (I don't know if it's still there today either). When that scene starts you can see a glimpse of the classic cowboy hat sign (with the changeable letters reading "HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR" or something like that in red), but the building is similar to my local Arby's on Eureka Road in Southgate, Michigan, but the roof is brown. In fact, that scene actually reminded me a bit of how that Arby's used to look like way back in the 1980's, though by then the Southgate location had already received a newer road sign. In fact, the resemblance is so striking that if you were to take a screenshot of that scene, Photoshop out the palm trees and the background building (and replace that building with the one at the southwest corner of Eureka and Barberry Street, currently an H&R block that's to the immediate east of Arby's) and replace all the (California-plated) cars in the background with 1980's equivalents with either this (http://15q.net/us3/mi83.jpg) or this (http://15q.net/us3/mi84.jpg) as their license plates, you can pretty much recreate what the Eureka Road Southgate Arby's looked like circa 1984.
In another CHIPS episode titled "Crash Course", the beginning scene before the intro has a man in a blue Dodge Charger using the drive-thru at a vintage Wendy's (the name itself doesn't appear, but the vintage menu board signs are in a shape similar to the old Wendy's logo and the sign on the building itself mentions "FROSTIES") on a street ending in an "orn"-like sound near the I-405 freeway in Los Angeles, where he gets two bags, asks the clerk for ketchup and then attacks and robs him.
About 12-13 minutes into the episode, he later visits a vintage Napa Auto Parts store.
Caught the 1977 Paul Newman hockey film Slapshot over the weekend.
Filmed in Johnstown, PA at the War Memorial Arena and at various locations around town.
A number of retailers were up and running in Downtown Johnstown at the time and can be seen in the background of this film. They include RiteAid, Thrift Drug, Revco, Woolworths, and Glosser Brothers (a local Western PA department store chain at the time). Also the omnipresent State Store (which is what we called our government-owned liquor stores in Pennsylvania until fairly recently)
Unfortunately the real life story of Johnstown mirrors that of the fictional Charlestown in the film. 10,000 mill workers went on waivers. The hockey team left town. All of those retail spaces are most likely vacant today. The population has declined by more than half since that time.
Quote from: TheFugitive on January 05, 2015, 12:00:39 PM
Caught the 1977 Paul Newman hockey film Slapshot over the weekend.
Filmed in Johnstown, PA at the War Memorial Arena and at various locations around town.
A number of retailers were up and running in Downtown Johnstown at the time and can be seen in the background of this film. They include RiteAid, Thrift Drug, Revco, Woolworths, and Glosser Brothers (a local Western PA department store chain at the time). Also the omnipresent State Store (which is what we called our government-owned liquor stores in Pennsylvania until fairly recently)
Unfortunately the real life story of Johnstown mirrors that of the fictional Charlestown in the film. 10,000 mill workers went on waivers. The hockey team left town. All of those retail spaces are most likely vacant today. The population has declined by more than half since that time.
...and only two of those chains still exist today: Rite-Aid and those liquor stores you mentioned.
Yet another CHIPS episode, "Tiger In The Streets", has a scene about 17 minutes in where Jon and Ponch are seen eating outside of an old-school Church's Chicken, also somewhere in Los Angeles.
The beginning of the second-to-last act of the Emergency! episode "The Stewardess" (originally aired 9/13/1975) begins with a scene from Engine 51's driver's POV heading down a Los Angeles boulevard. One of several billboards it passes in this scene advertises McDonald's.
The next shot shows a very vintage Radio Shack (vintage enough to predate the logo used until 1995) sign.
In the 2011 movie "Dark Horse", there is a scene where a guy goes into a Toys R Us store. What's funny however, is that the Toys R Us logo on the front of the store is blurred out, because the filmmaker did not have permission to use it (this was an independently made film, mind you).
Saw one I had forgotten last night, in 1988's Rain Man with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman.
Kmart. 400 Oak St., Cincinnati, Ohio
Finally Google Earthed that address and it is actually a rather elegant looking apartment building.
Not a Kmart anywhere in sight.
Just as well cause.....Kmart Sucks! ;D
Old rerun of Matlock this morning at 5:30AM he pulled in and parked across
from a Radio Shack.
Not sure if anyone has checked out the new NBC comedy 'Superstore', but it is most definitely being filmed in a former (or possibly still operating?) Kmart. I've only seen the first episode so far. Pretty cheesy storyline with some funny bits of retail humor, but you can clearly see a lot of Kmart stuff around like the registers and counters, price tags, (and even a 'blooper' where you can see someone quickly pushing a Red Kmart cart (the 'theme' of this fake store is all blue)).
Edit: Upon further research, it looks like it may be being filmed in the still-open Burbank, CA Kmart. The outside shots of that store definitely match the show.
Quote from: store215 on December 07, 2015, 12:49:29 AM
Not sure if anyone has checked out the new NBC comedy 'Superstore', but it is most definitely being filmed in a former (or possibly still operating?) Kmart. I've only seen the first episode so far. Pretty cheesy storyline with some funny bits of retail humor, but you can clearly see a lot of Kmart stuff around like the registers and counters, price tags, (and even a 'blooper' where you can see someone quickly pushing a Red Kmart cart (the 'theme' of this fake store is all blue)).
Edit: Upon further research, it looks like it may be being filmed in the still-open Burbank, CA Kmart. The outside shots of that store definitely match the show.
Well, I guess they have to find some way to make money off the store?
In an episode of The Cleveland Show, Mrs. Brown shops at Stoolmart, whose color scheme resembles that of Ames (turquoise and white).
The Higbee's department store was featured in "A Christmas Story".
The Polar Express featured the Herpolsheimer's department store.
Quote from: Hudsons81 on December 11, 2015, 10:16:48 PM
The Polar Express featured the Herpolsheimer's department store.
Herpolsheimer's is not a real department store.
Stores that appeared in the first "Back to the Future" film in chronological order:
* Burger King - Next door to Doc Brown's Garage in 1985 (part of the land which was owned by Doc Brown in 1955).
* Toys "R" Us - Located behind the Burger King in the film's 1985 sequence (only the Toys "R" Us sign is visible).
* Texaco - Located in downtown Hill Valley, across from the courthouse in both 1955 and 1985 (in 1985, the courthouse is called the department of social services).
* Toyota dealership - Located in downtown Hill Valley in 1985 ( in 1955, a Studebaker dealership occupies the site).
* JCPenney - Located at Twin Pines Mall/Lone Pine Mall (Twin Pines Mall becomes Lone Pine Mall after Marty McFly runs over Old Man Peabody's pine trees at Twin Pines Ranch in 1955 and returns to 1985 Hill Valley after spending a week in 1955 Hill Valley.).
* Robinson's - Located at Twin Pines Mall/Lone Pine Mall.
* Sherwin-Williams Paints - Located in downtown Hill Valley in both 1955 and 1985.
* Zales Jewelers - located in downtown Hill Valley in 1955, moved to Twin Pines Mall/Lone Pine Mall in 1985.
* Western Auto - Located in downtown Hill Valley in 1955.
* Allstate Insurance - Located downtown Hill Valley in 1955.
* Bank of America - Located in downtown Hill Valley in both 1955 and 1985.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on December 12, 2015, 12:09:08 AM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on December 11, 2015, 10:16:48 PM
The Polar Express featured the Herpolsheimer's department store.
Herpolsheimer's is not a real department store.
It was a real store.
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/11/herpolsheimer-co-grand-rapids-michigan.html (http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/11/herpolsheimer-co-grand-rapids-michigan.html)
After the store closed, it was remodeled into a mall in an attempt to bring retailers back to downtown Grand Rapids. That failed and the building today now houses several city departments.
Quote from: Hudsons81 on December 12, 2015, 08:06:31 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on December 12, 2015, 12:09:08 AM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on December 11, 2015, 10:16:48 PM
The Polar Express featured the Herpolsheimer's department store.
Herpolsheimer's is not a real department store.
It was a real store.
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/11/herpolsheimer-co-grand-rapids-michigan.html (http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/11/herpolsheimer-co-grand-rapids-michigan.html)
I never knew.
After the store closed, it was remodeled into a mall in an attempt to bring retailers back to downtown Grand Rapids. That failed and the building today now houses several city departments.
The 1991 movie Career Opportunities was on cable this morning.
Starring Frank Whaley (perhaps best known as the guy who gets blown away in the opening scenes of Pulp Fiction and the one who blows away Jimmy Hoffa in Hoffa) and Jennifer Connelly. He plays the geeky overnight janitor in a Target store where he is locked in with spoiled rich girl and shoplifter wannabe Connelly. After a light romance they are presented with a crisis when the store is robbed.
This is NOT a good movie! I'm hard pressed to think of another film that has so much endless, droning, pointless dialogue. I remember when it was being made articles in Discount Store News touted this film as a wonderful promotional vehicle for the retail industry. Really? In my view all it did was reinforce existing public opinion that we abused our people and that we all-around sucked to work for.
Set in Illinois, you can tell it was shot in California because there are racks containing sportswear with the USC Trojans logo which never would have been shipped to Illinois. Also its a bit of an anachronism now as the store has large displays full of cassette tapes and VHS video storage cabinets.
Though when Career Opportunities comes on I am compelled to leave my TV tuned to it, because Jennifer Connelly is absolutely gorgeous in this film. Turning the sound down and just looking at her is still good entertainment IMO ;D.
Kmart will feature in the upcoming 2015 movie "Joy" with an old-school-looking Kmart store located somewhere in Massachusetts.
Was watching the 1979 Steve Martin film The Jerk this morning, and the gas station
where Navin Johnson takes a job is next-door to a Sambo's restaurant.
That chain suffered from allegations that the name was racist (though in reality it was just
a conglomeration of the original owners' names)
I have recently learned that the film Career Opportunities was actually shot in Georgia
and not in California. It was an actual Target store that has since closed. The building
then became a church.
Does not explain the racks of USC Trojan sportswear.
And was watching an episode of the original Hawaii Five-O
where a car chase took them past a Ben Franklin store.
In a George Lopez episode there is a picture of a city and you can see a tower records sign.
In the movie Good Burger you can see a blockbuster in the background.
I have noticed lately that there have been a few references to Caldor in some of James Rolfe's/Cinemassacre's videos. For those who don't know, he's the guy behind The Angry Video Game Nerd YouTube series. One of his series, Rental Reviews, takes place in a fictional rental video store, and the faux exterior shot shows a Caldor right beside it.
The tv show the goldbergs has alot of references to retail stores.
The trailer for the tv show murray and barry were talking about sam goody in a Goldbergs episode murray tells his son to go to hechinger before they close. There is another episode of the goldbergs where the mom goes to the gimbles store closing sale. In a different episode barry and his sister erica get a job at Spencer's.
On the tv show the middle brick (brick is the name of a character of the show) has a microfiche. In the episode the family needed to get a present for someone. Brick found and artile on the microfiche and tells his family that woolworths is selling a sweater.
In the 2005 movie, Idiocracy, directed by Mike Judge, which takes place in the satirical post-apocalyptic future of 2505 where intelligence is extinct and the people are dimwitted vulgar morons and the sports drink company Brawndo has acquired the FDA and the FCC. A huge city-sized Costco store can be seen in the film. Other businesses seen in the movie include Fuddruckers (which is called ButtF***ers by 2505), Starbucks (which is now a brothel by 2505), and Carl's Jr.
Quote from: Crawford on August 30, 2009, 03:59:29 PM
In Gremlins where Mrs Deagle confronts the mother and her children a Burger King can be seen in the background. Billy Peltzer passed this same Burger King earlier in the film.
That movie had also shown a Montgomery Ward store (Which was first seen in the film before Billy passes the Burger King) which was where the climax of the film took place around the end (Discussing more in detail would contain Spoilers).
A segment of Episode 714 of Rescue 911 takes place at a Walmart in Rockford, Illinois. The store in question is the Northridge Drive location, which still operates, as a Supercenter. At the time (in 1995/1996) it was a Division 1 location.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEGpw4UJA2M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEGpw4UJA2M)
Wasn't Bradlees seen in an episode of Rosanne once?
I never seen the episode but someone posted a screenshot of it onto the from a while back but now I can't find it
Never noticed that. It would be a production error as Roseanne was set in Illinois where Bradlees never had any stores.
The movie Dogma was shot here in Pittsburgh (not good, I would not recommend it).
It included a couple of locations that I was personally familiar with.
There is a scene where they visit a fictional burger joint called Mooby's. This was actually a recently closed
Burger King on Banksville Road across from the Banksville Plaza Shopping Center. It had been painted
mostly purple. Not long after they shot here it was torn down and a Rite Aid was built on that spot.
And in another scene they meet with an angel in an aisle of a toy store. This was the Family Toy Warehouse
store on Noblestown Road in Green Tree. Family Toy was a small local chain in the PA-WV-OH tri-state area
that went out of business in the early 2000's. I had actually worked briefly in this building when it was a
Shop n Save grocery store in the early 1980's. It has been repurposed several times and is currently a tire store.
On a December 1998 episode of Sally, a "decorating guru" shops for Christmas decorations at a Treasure Island store in order to redecorate a couple's house for Christmas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdWX0-F54Io
Quote from: TheFugitive on March 01, 2023, 11:03:16 AMNever noticed that. It would be a production error as Roseanne was set in Illinois where Bradlees never had any stores.
The movie Dogma was shot here in Pittsburgh (not good, I would not recommend it).
It included a couple of locations that I was personally familiar with.
There is a scene where they visit a fictional burger joint called Mooby's. This was actually a recently closed
Burger King on Banksville Road across from the Banksville Plaza Shopping Center. It had been painted
mostly purple. Not long after they shot here it was torn down and a Rite Aid was built on that spot.
And in another scene they meet with an angel in an aisle of a toy store. This was the Family Toy Warehouse
store on Noblestown Road in Green Tree. Family Toy was a small local chain in the PA-WV-OH tri-state area
that went out of business in the early 2000's. I had actually worked briefly in this building when it was a
Shop n Save grocery store in the early 1980's. It has been repurposed several times and is currently a tire store.
I found the original post, but the image attached to it is long gone now:
Quote from: ameskmart1 on July 17, 2009, 06:24:51 PMI was watching an episode of Roseanne today and they showed the exterior on the Landford, IL mall which seems to have a Bradlees
Lanford, Illinois is a fictional town. It does not really exist.
They probably used a stock photo of some mall in the Northeast.
I wouldn't doubt it
Television network TNT has a new thing coming out (not sure if it's a movie or a series) and I noticed something in the trailer...
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Quote from: Retail_247 on August 09, 2019, 11:38:07 PMThe tv show the goldbergs has alot of references to retail stores.
The trailer for the tv show murray and barry were talking about sam goody in a Goldbergs episode murray tells his son to go to hechinger before they close. There is another episode of the goldbergs where the mom goes to the gimbles store closing sale. In a different episode barry and his sister erica get a job at Spencer's.
On the tv show the middle brick (brick is the name of a character of the show) has a microfiche. In the episode the family needed to get a present for someone. Brick found and artile on the microfiche and tells his family that woolworths is selling a sweater.
The Goldbergs had it's series finale last week. The convenience store chain Wawa was featured prominently in this series. Wawa is a Philadelphia institution and the series was set in the Philly suburbs. The Gimbels department store chain, which also was present in Philly, is portrayed in a couple of episodes.
Brick was actually a character on
The Middle, another ABC series which I think was the work of the same production company. The two shows used to run back-to-back. That series featured a fictional store called The Frugal Hoosier, a discount place several cuts below Ollie's.
Quote from: TheFugitive on March 01, 2023, 11:03:16 AMNever noticed that. It would be a production error as Roseanne was set in Illinois where Bradlees never had any stores.
The movie Dogma was shot here in Pittsburgh (not good, I would not recommend it).
It included a couple of locations that I was personally familiar with.
There is a scene where they visit a fictional burger joint called Mooby's. This was actually a recently closed
Burger King on Banksville Road across from the Banksville Plaza Shopping Center. It had been painted
mostly purple. Not long after they shot here it was torn down and a Rite Aid was built on that spot.
And in another scene they meet with an angel in an aisle of a toy store. This was the Family Toy Warehouse
store on Noblestown Road in Green Tree. Family Toy was a small local chain in the PA-WV-OH tri-state area
that went out of business in the early 2000's. I had actually worked briefly in this building when it was a
Shop n Save grocery store in the early 1980's. It has been repurposed several times and is currently a tire store.
Went by there the other day and the former Family Toy Warehouse store is now O'Reilly's Auto Parts.