Sambos Restaurant 80's Commercial

Sambo's is a restaurant, formerly an American restaurant chain, started in 1957 by Sam Battistone and Newell Bohnett. Though the name was taken from portions of the names of its founders, the chain soon found itself associated with The Story of Little Black Sambo. Battistone and Bohnett capitalized on the coincidence by decorating the walls of the restaurants with scenes from the book, including a dark-skinned boy, tigers and a pale, magical unicycle-riding man called "The Treefriend." By the early 1960s, the illustrations depicted a light-skinned boy wearing a jeweled Indian-style turban with the tigers. A kids club, Sambo's Tiger Tamers (later called the Tiger Club), promoted the chain's family image.
By 1979, Sambo's had 1,200 outlets in 47 US states. However, in the late-1970s, controversy over the chain's name drew protests and lawsuits in communities that viewed the term Sambo as pejorative towards African-Americans, particularly in the Northeastern states. Several of the restaurants were opened as or renamed to "The Jolly Tiger" in locations where the local community passed resolutions forbidding the use of the original name or refused to grant the chain permits. In March 1981, in a further attempt to give the chain a new image the company again renamed some locations, this time to "No Place Like Sam's". By November 1981, the company filed for bankruptcy. Neither the name change nor bankruptcy protection reversed the downward trend, and in 1982 all but the original Sambo's at 216 West Cabrillo Boulevard in Santa Barbara, California, closed their doors. 618 of the locations were renamed Season's Friendly Eating by February 1983. Several locations were sold to Denny's

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[VicDeHaven]

Rather than make trashy comments I would rather reflect on how tasty the food was and the nifty decor.

And cha, ya know what? Nobody wasted any time on thinking that it might be racist. I don't even think that most blacks were worried about it.

Just the hard core idiots on both sides of the fence.

Yes, I miss Sambo's

We had one in Fort Pierce, FL.

And we had plenty of black folks eating in there.

So it was a total shock and a complete surprise when they were taken over by Denny's.

They suck

[azrial4421]

thanks nigs, anything else your offened by? J/k you will always complain

[AnthonyJK1982]

$1.82 for a full breakfast or full lunch?!?!?!

[TheMoondog62]

Ours turned into The Kettle

[TizZyRo]

I worked there as district manager, in the Montana, Spokane area for five years

who am i --do you remember me C. P.--we were sold out just like Winchells donuts Denny's sucks

[TizZyRo]

I worked there as district manager, in the Montana, Spokane area for five years

who am i --do you remember me C. P.

[TheBestTamara]

1.82 for lunch! I'm there!! Time travel machine, please.