Comments on: Summer Megaparty: ’80s Commercials!

By: Toni

Toni — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:31:30 +0000

“On the plus side, it was the only catalog I can remember reading that sold sex toys and called them “personal massagers”

I remember those! Consumers Distributing (same company) was in the Bay Area of CA when I was growing up. I remember getting the CD catalog when I was a kid and circling what I wanted for Christmas. I distinctly remember thinking the very cool Millenium Falcon toy was too expensive. I ended up with the Death Star Space Station instead (which i had in pristine condition until I was 20 years old, when my three year old nephew got ahold of it and tore the cardboard pieces, lost the foam from the trash compactor. he also tore the wings off my battle-scarred (soot stickers) X-Wing).

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:52:31 +0000

The catalog style store near me growing up was called BEST. We didn’t shop there much because they never had anything, but I do remember picking up some cool toys there over the years including Wheeled Warriors and some figures that when you pulled their legs down at the waist, their rubbery skin on their face and chest would deflate and make them look very monstrous and wrinkled

anyone remember those?

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:35:07 +0000

I was a big fan of Consumers… I live(d) right near the one you are speaking of Matt, and your description is pretty on target- except you’re forgeting one important thing… everything you ordered came out on steel rollers… You’d wait, and wait, and then finally your action figure or Ninendo game would come rolling out from the back.

Roll’n Roaster used to be in that plaza too.

By: April

April — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:25:53 +0000

AHH! I was just thinking about berry bears the other day! That’s actually how I found this article. I used to be completely obsessed with berry bears as a kid and I really wish they hadn’t been discontinued (I’m assuming so because I haven’t seen a box in years). Anyway, that was a pretty hilarious bit you wrote on them. I was completely unaware at the time how incredibly weird their marketing schemes were.

By: Shuanfu

Shuanfu — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:01:16 +0000

Can I just say I went to the SAME movie today. The theater was still full. And there were movie talkers, but movie talkers that were into the movie and whose comments -more sounds really- added to the experience. There were teenagers still (the after church crowd) but there was more of a sense of “We’re here to see a movie” instead of “we’re here to have social hour”…I think that was the problem with the crowd -both teens AND adults- at the Friday night showing.

By: Annette

Annette — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:06:41 +0000

On the topic of theatres, I think they and certain other public places should be allowed to jam cell phone signals. For God’s sake, it’s not hard to turn your damn phone off for two hours, and if you’re expecting a really super important call, then don’t go to a damn movie!

The one that really gets me is when teenagers are sitting there texting each other or playing a game the whole time. Why did they even go in the first place?

In case you hadn’t noticed, I really hate cell phones. And teenagers. They are a deadly combination.

I have lots of other rants about going to the movies, but I’ll save it for my LiveJournal or something.

By: meepy

meepy — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:07:31 +0000

I remember Best….had the coolest waterfalls falling out front.

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