"Albert" Canadian Tire Commercial

This commercial is well known in Canada where it ran in the 80's for several years. Although the store is unknown in the U.S., it is a large sporting goods, automotive, etc chain in Canada. This commercial is well known (still) to our northern friends. This commercial has become a classic and (believe it or not) the tagelines (Albert!. . . Albert !) and (Sure wish we had a guy like Albert on our team!) became famous when this commercial ran. The older brother (Scotty Schwartz) is best known as the kid in "The Toy" (with Richard Prior)and as "Flick" in "A Christmas Story" - who got his tongue frozen to the flagpole at school.

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[davinci5152]

Why does Albert have his first name on his team sweater?

[TheDonFig]

@sepollard

Exhibit T on why Americans are dumb. They say you shouldn't visit a country because of what's on TV there. Go outside you lazy fuck.

[trevgoodchild]

Oh please, he's not got the shoulders for hockey.

[wgkazakoff]

albert was a roomate @ st.johns ravenscourt ,dave keon/billy harris hockey school in the early seventies. Hey if you see this billy stewart frm The Pas., check me out wayne kazakoff. watchin the allstar game n saw the comerical again. so cool.

[sevenguiry]

@davinci5152 Albert can also be a last name!

[a916J]

Jeff Marek sent me here...

[immortal4942]

Canadian is pretty shit now says. Their auto service and quality of work is horrendous. I had a wheel balanced there and on the highway one of the studs snapped off because they over tightened it.

[Torontocollapse]

Canadian tire doesn't take refunds. I was surprised. If a package is open they tell you to go buy something in the store. I was in a hurry and ask to have it in a gift card and they said "no". It's too bad because I've shopped there since I bought my first pair of skates back in 1977. This policy cost my business and now I've told you.

[sgtsexy123]

kids are dicks



[fuzzydizzle]

i fuckin love sports.. cause that shit happens.

[afghi420]

@R396 Well thinking Canadians go around saying Eh for starters is quite dumb. And mayb e letting your government destroy your country for the past few decades without doing anything about it, now thats dumb!! Meanwhile us 'dumb' Canadian's have had a great economy, a housing market that has been rising for decades, and a society of people who would NEVER sit back and let their government fly planes into their buildings then tell the people to accept their BS story on what happened. Thats DUMB

[GretaGargoyle]

Any Canucks fans remeember when they's chant "Albert, Albert!!" during the Locust Years of the late 70s, when the team was an embarrassment to the game of hockey, for so many reasons?