Montgomery Ward 1982 Commercial

[skitch88]

back when everything was still made here

[uofmrules1]

Montgomery Wards was the first store to pre-approve me a credit card! I loved that store! Too bad it went out of business like it did.

[southport97]

1982 when there was only cable TV and Atari 2600 for entertainment.

[Wavedude21101]

available at ur local thrift store. LOL

[ValisHD]

this store introduced me to the sega's master system. now it's a police station

[TheZeke1974]

We used to have a Wards catalog store downtown in the town i grew up in. It closed in about 1985 or so but the "WARDS" sign was still up until about a few years ago!!!

[andrewps84]

Seems like all of the good names are gone: Montgomery Ward, the "old" Kmart, Woolco, Woolworth...such memories. But I still have my dad's old Montgomery Ward mower as a memory.

[The096757]

@andrewps84

all the good stores are gone. these is no halloween or christmas shopping spirit in a target or walmart no matter how hard they try.

[andrewps84]

@The096757 I can't stand Walmart and really aim not to shop at one unless I must...I have a feeling things will catch up to them and they'll end up falling from their high mountain. What goes up must come down.

[southport97]

It was just "Wards" before it went under around 1995.

[whattheheck1000]

@southport97 It closed in March 2001, it became "Wards" in 1999 and operated under that name for about two years.

May 17, 2011 2:06 am

[aerokorn]

i was born may 4 1982 i was only a fewmonths old when this aired but i remember the store

[whattheheck1000]

@aerokorn Wards closed when you were 18 years old. But still, it's pretty amazing to remember an old store, whether you were 8, 18, or 78 when it closed (:

I remember Service Merchandise - vaguely - it closed in 2002. (The store I went to closed in 2001). I was born December 25, 1992.

May 17, 2011 2:08 am

[depeche609]

In Soviet Russia, this commerical is new

[mccarrpo]

The Dust Buster. Now that was a great invention that worked for about 5 minutes and then broke. The Dust Buster sucked. I mean it did not suck, which is why it sucked so much, although it never really suck a damn thing.

[nazreyes]

@mccarrpo i'm confused...suck who / what??? lol

[glorkel80]

I have that hair dryer, but it doesn't say Conair.

[GunGemini]

I worked there.....UNGH!

So many bad memories so many stupid customers

[ortafunk]

One of the first department stores I remember In Bartlesville before I knew what Walmart & Kmart was, was Montgomery Ward & Woolworth & I do Not remember Tulsa having a Montgomery Ward. I heard Woolworth Is where They had the Sea Monkeys but I Never did find Sea Monkeys, but I did order some Sea Horses.

Why do Montgomery Ward Not use Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer as Their mascot when They Invented It?

[sneakers55]

@qwandiddy It may be your local market, but in Houston Target and Wal-Mart have virtually identical prices. And Target is a much nicer place to go.

[sneakers55]

When I grew up (1960s), we started our school shopping at Wards. Then if we didn't like what we found at Wards, off to,Sears. Later on, we decided you get the good stuff at JCPenney. Now, I'm doing most of my shopping at Dillard's.

[sneakers55]

@MacDragard Montgomery Wards started going downhill about the time we were planning for a post-WW2 economy. Sears planned for aggressive expansion. Wards did not. They took a while to die off, General Electric decided they couldn't fix it so they killed it.

[dawndaze30]

aww Monkey Wards!

[vado575]

i have two monkey wards stereo consoles with that cheap bsr record player and 8track player alive and working really good

[MattTheSaiyan]

Adjusted for inflation, $169.97 is $384.29 is today's money. Vic-20 computers are worth anywhere between $15 and $500 depending on condition and whether it comes with manuals, box, cables and the condition of those items as well.

[mebeluvined]

aaahh, i miss shopping at montgomery ward and woolworth with my mom when i was a kid in the 80's...they were both in one mall ;-)

[The096757]

cloths and hairstyles look pretty good (here at least) for the early 1980s.

i miss this store. all my favorite stores are gone.

by the mid 1980s montgomery ward left urban areas and focused on smaller cities where it could compete better.

i thought cloths were a waste of money in the 80s for some reason.

[tfxbillet]

my familys first vcr was a monkey ward's brand with a cord on the remote. top notch!

[bartman1238]

why do you people call walmart wally world

[lcvd1]

That was the first placed my aunt took our family when we came to the U.S back in eighty four.

[silntdoogood]

XD

0:08 atari donky kong!

0:21 If william shatner tells you to buy that PC, you go buy it!

[TechForThought]

if they had stayed open a little longer, the would be doing so damn well now.

[GunGemini]

???

How? i worked theyre. IT SUCKED we SAW IT COMING.

[orping]

Open early at 8am. Now they all want to open at 4 or 5am

[TheLizardKing1967]

And they went what !!! Belly UP !!

[GusTheBus82]

i wish that had stores like mongtgomery ward!

[Cosmicalex13]

wow, a computer at :22 !!!!

[whattheheck1000]

Some of my favorite stores are gone too, and I'm only 16. Many of my friends' middle school is partly abandoned, the youngest students to go there ever are now sophomores in high school.

[utubefavorsdems]

This is when people were more civilized.

[velvetsnape]

I remember when I was little going into one of them with my grandma. There was a little cafe' in it too.

[mzwere1]

When this ad was out I had a Wards in a nice mall to go to. Now Wards is gone and my mall is closed.

I'm a bit of a luddite myself . I appreciate tech inasmuch as it provides an avenue for information about my interests or allows me to see things of my past like YT does. However, I dislike the constant introduction of the "latest & greatest" piece of electronic idoicy that everyone "must have". I hate cell phones & all things related to them. I don't care much for new cars either.

[mzwere1]

You aren't impressed with all the "progress" we've made since then. Neither am I. This ad is a pleaseant break from today's madness. Good to see a pretty girl with decent clothes and nice hair again too.

[MacDragard]

I remember Montgomery Ward. Interesting how they used to be the world's 2nd largest retailer and now they're long gone.

[presidentbren]

im afraid sears will follow suit. wish walmart would go out instead

[MacDragard]

The only way Wal-Mart will go out (assuming no government intervention) is if another company develops a superior niche. But then that company will become the enemy.

[vfreeck]

I expect to see Kohls or Macy to go before Sears.

[qwandiddy]

Kohls aint got nothing, haven't shop in kohls since 1993. LOL!!!!

[qwandiddy]

I agree, I like kmart/ sears way better than Walmart, I think Target should start to close because their damn prices is ridiculous.

[turbocavyguy]

Target ridiculous? LOL Target is one of the best affordable stores around. No way in hell they're ever closing. Prices ridiculous? LOL You are too funny.

[reymatt76]

Honestly, the KMart near where I used to live had the highest prices around and their store was nasty! Sears has good prices on quality stuff, Big Lots has good prices on whatever's in stock. Target IS expensive, I agree with you! I have seen better prices on some of their stuff at expensive grocery stores, let alone discount stores. I wish they were like they were yesteryear, when you could actually find bargains there. Not so much these days.

[qwandiddy]

I don't know if you know a store called "Meijers", but its the best store ever around to shop for everyday things.

[reymatt76]

Yes, I've heard of Meijer as I used to work at a toy manufacturer here in CA and we distributed our toys through their stores. They are only located in certain areas, I think only the midwest for now.

[qwandiddy]

Yes, Meijer is a majority a northern Midwest Great Lakes store, It's distributed from Lansing/ Grand Rapids, Michigan(which where I'm from), it's also located the stores at Indiana, ohio, and just recently opened few stores in Chicago Suburban Areas 5 years ago now.

[Ipreachfromscripts]

@qwandiddy

yeah if you can get someone to ring you up, of course theirs wal-mart Kroger, etc... with the same problems to.

though meijers puts the hurt on wally world there in Kentucky.

[bartman1238]

Meijers is awsome store! they put superkmart and super walmart to shame.

[qwandiddy]

Dont forget that Super Target is also put into shame, that store is too expensive to be a supercenter.

[kirbyyasha]

@bartman1238 Love Meijers. Best chocolate milk, amazing store brand foods, a huge variety of items, and very low prices!

[andrewps84]

@presidentbren Sears will always have Craftsman and Kenmore to save their rear-ends...Montgomery Ward, while one of the retailers I loved, lacked its own identity and had been in trouble for many years due to poor management I read about dating back to the 1940s.

[michelinman8592]

@presidentbren That's what's going on by where I live! WalMart just built a (not so) Super Center right next door to a Sears that was a part of an old mall. Now the Sears is the ONLY thing left of that old mall.

[gbradley626]

I bought a TV/VCR combo for $70.00 at Montgomery Ward. Still works.

[qwandiddy]

wow, you lucky, because I remember back in 1987 my parents used to bought one of them from Wards and keep on exchanging them like 5 times and never had no luck, the rewind or ff never works, sometimes plays. It was made by Quasar.

[amadeusyaoi]

Yeah, I'm not surprised. We have a black and white TV from Montgomery Ward that was made back in the early 70s and it still works to this day... we used to use it in the basement whenever there was a tornado warning... it got pretty damn good reception in our basement too!

[NitekMuscle]

Electric Avenue was the most interesting section of Montgomery Ward to me.

[luno44]

8am?!?! You'd miss out on everything these days if you showed up as late as 8.

[whattheheck1000]

i know last yr my mom was at walmart at 4:30 am in winter break 08 and i hadnt even gone to bed for the night.

[Pele2269]

but you wouldnt get stomped to death

[Gmancrap]

I wish they still sold boom boxes :P

[Lidiab]

My dad always shopped there. I remember going there once and buying shoes for a wedding. lol

[fromawindowtoascreen]

Computers for everyone! Atari and Commodore!

[jefferyb304]

The sale prices expired when I was 2 days old.

[whattheheck1000]

lol i was -10 years old

[TheKillerWithinNJ]

The Gold-Plated Unicorn at :10. Sign me Up!

[ukendcx2000]

lately?  try like 10 years, lol. i liked montgomery wards back in the day.

[choice2099]

Tears came to my eyes. The memories.

[ELDURAN4LIFE]

man any were abouts if mongomery ward is comming to houston tx

[smokes2468]

Simple times.

[24models4hire]

They did have decent furniture. ;-)

[elpablo69]

8AM opening on Black Friday? What a joke! This year it'll be 3AM.

[rays130226]

That CONAIR hair dryer that is displayed on 0:08 second mark, I still have that same blow dryer and it still works.

[riverland73]

yeah, because the quality for items back then was durable, not like the plastic they sell today.

[mccarrpo]

@rays130226 blow me.

[apachette07]

lmao my brother worked for them when he was in high school...'95-'96

[dodgecoupe1935]

Ward's is back in business as of late 2004. The new Montgomery Ward's is a online retailer based in Iowa. The intellectual rights of the company were sold; the company is currently privately owned. Google Montgomery Ward's and you will find the current company website.

[ghostchantxx]

The day after Thanksgiving in 1982 was 11/26.

This is not the one with James Widdoes. Is November 19 really his birthday.

[LeoBurns728]

I loved Montgomery Wards growing up in California, I often wondered were there ever any stores on the east coast like in the Carolinas, I also see a similarity between Wards & Wal-Mart is like today... Wards was middle class type store & Wal-Mart is a cheap place for the poor/middle class...

[PortPowerKS]

Like Target is upper scale compared to Wal-Mart, I noticed that too..

[The096757]

@LeoBurns728

there was a montgomery ward in norfolk virginia in the 1980s when i lived there.

[sarasf78]

wards ruled

[heine71]

I notice a brief image of the Garfield plush doll!