Oh boy, Mac Tonight. I was a little kid and we went to see Mac Tonight at a McDonalds in Worcester. My mom was freaking out because the guy was drunk!
I didn't know WBZ TV had sports updates during their breaks back then. Which other stations in the nation that had one? So far, I haven't seen any others from the past, too.
Yeah- Zayre, Filenes Basement, Jordan Marsh, Ames, Lechmere, Bradlees, Service Merchandise,
Strawberries Records, Wurlitzer Music, Ellis The Rim Man, Child World, First National, Mammoth Mart, Grants, Giant, Purity Supreme, Tweeter Etc., Anderson-Little, Woolworth's, Gilchrists, Almys, Surman's, and many others, all gone, at least from here...
Anyone remember Laser Sound in Auburn, MA with the video rental store in the basement (you had to walk through the store to get to the video rental store)
Dont forget Grover Cronins, Kings, Parke Snows and Richs department stores; Bonds, Hit Or Miss, Nugents and Robert Hall clothing stores; Angelos and Capitol Markets; and Rexall Drugs; Baileys Ice Cream, and Valles Steakhouses; Lauriats, Paperback Booksmith and Walden Books; Videosmith and West Coast Video; Discount Records, Licorice Pizza, Music City, MusicLand and MusicWorld, Popcorn Records, Sam Goody and Soundsmith. Also, now Tower Records is only an online entity.
In New England were lucky to have Newbury Comics, otherwise those of us who still prefer to buy our music in hard copy form would be reduced to Best Buy, K-Mart, Target or Wal-Mart. Of course now Sears has ditched Mr. Roebuck for Mr. K-Mart.
And Circuit City, Kay-B Toys, Sharper Image and Spencers Gifts hit the dust last year, all either closed or going through Chapter 11 procedures. And I read Toys R Us is in trouble now too.
I forgot to mention Caldor's and Turn-Style's department stores, the latter at least at one time owned by the Jewel Companies, which also owned Star Market and Osco Drugs, perhaps also Dorothy Muriel's baked goods and Brigham's Ice Cream stores and products?
And speaking of Star Market, they're gone in all but name (a few stores still listed in phone directories as "Star Market"), now owned by Shaw's.
As for Osco's, they WERE gone, became Brook's Drugs, which in turn seem to all have become Rite-Aid stores. But I read Osco may return.
And the Boston area also once boasted S.S. Pierce food shops and Kennedy's Butter & Eggs stores, also a small supermarket chain called Flannigan's, with stores in Brighton and South Boston anyway.
Filene's Basement, at least in downtown Boston, is going to return, though at another location. Thank goodness for one, small tradition attempting to survive.
hey do you think you could add this buick commerical by itself thanks
coololds85 2 years ago
Palmolive - you're soaking in it! LOL!
kjbleu 3 years ago
was WBZ a Westinghouse station?
narutomustgonow 3 years ago
Yep.
videonut33 3 years ago
A Group W/Westinghouse Broadcasting station, in fact.
Group W produced the daytime, syndicated talk shows of David Frost, Mike Douglas and (in the 1960's) Merv Griffin.
Griffin later switched to Metromedia, after his CBS, late-night show against Johnny Carson failed.
gymnastix 3 years ago
Oh boy, Mac Tonight. I was a little kid and we went to see Mac Tonight at a McDonalds in Worcester. My mom was freaking out because the guy was drunk!
crypticreign 3 years ago 2
is that the standford toyota guy from back to the future
CJaguar265 3 years ago
I didn't know WBZ TV had sports updates during their breaks back then. Which other stations in the nation that had one? So far, I haven't seen any others from the past, too.
dgendvil 4 years ago
Does anyone know the lotto music used?
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McD had the "Mac Tonight" ad because most people would go out to higher-end restaurants, or stay at home.
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John McEnroe...piss'd up.
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Zayre? Filene's Basement? All gone...wah wah wah.
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We were beating the Yankees? O YEAH!
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hkfreak 4 years ago
Yeah- Zayre, Filenes Basement, Jordan Marsh, Ames, Lechmere, Bradlees, Service Merchandise,
Strawberries Records, Wurlitzer Music, Ellis The Rim Man, Child World, First National, Mammoth Mart, Grants, Giant, Purity Supreme, Tweeter Etc., Anderson-Little, Woolworth's, Gilchrists, Almys, Surman's, and many others, all gone, at least from here...
MSTS1 4 years ago
Anyone remember Laser Sound in Auburn, MA with the video rental store in the basement (you had to walk through the store to get to the video rental store)
crypticreign 3 years ago
Dont forget Grover Cronins, Kings, Parke Snows and Richs department stores; Bonds, Hit Or Miss, Nugents and Robert Hall clothing stores; Angelos and Capitol Markets; and Rexall Drugs; Baileys Ice Cream, and Valles Steakhouses; Lauriats, Paperback Booksmith and Walden Books; Videosmith and West Coast Video; Discount Records, Licorice Pizza, Music City, MusicLand and MusicWorld, Popcorn Records, Sam Goody and Soundsmith. Also, now Tower Records is only an online entity.
gymnastix 3 years ago
In New England were lucky to have Newbury Comics, otherwise those of us who still prefer to buy our music in hard copy form would be reduced to Best Buy, K-Mart, Target or Wal-Mart. Of course now Sears has ditched Mr. Roebuck for Mr. K-Mart.
And Circuit City, Kay-B Toys, Sharper Image and Spencers Gifts hit the dust last year, all either closed or going through Chapter 11 procedures. And I read Toys R Us is in trouble now too.
gymnastix 3 years ago
I forgot to mention Caldor's and Turn-Style's department stores, the latter at least at one time owned by the Jewel Companies, which also owned Star Market and Osco Drugs, perhaps also Dorothy Muriel's baked goods and Brigham's Ice Cream stores and products?
And speaking of Star Market, they're gone in all but name (a few stores still listed in phone directories as "Star Market"), now owned by Shaw's.
gymnastix 3 years ago
As for Osco's, they WERE gone, became Brook's Drugs, which in turn seem to all have become Rite-Aid stores. But I read Osco may return.
And the Boston area also once boasted S.S. Pierce food shops and Kennedy's Butter & Eggs stores, also a small supermarket chain called Flannigan's, with stores in Brighton and South Boston anyway.
Filene's Basement, at least in downtown Boston, is going to return, though at another location. Thank goodness for one, small tradition attempting to survive.
gymnastix 3 years ago