1977 Ronco Funky Favorites album commercial

Ronco's novelty songs collection, their counter to K-Tel's Dumb Ditties (I have both on 8-track!)

This was taped from WUAB in Cleveland (with fuzzy UHF reception), one of the local stores mentioned at the end is Camelot Music. They weren't in California until the 90s, but they were one of my main sources of laserdiscs since they had 'cutouts' of titles that didn't sell priced super-cheap. They had a lot of cutout CDs for $2-3 too. Never had any 8-tracks though :(

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[MrDeadInMyPocket]

I owned this album as a kid. My brother left it out in the sun :(

[jdclapp]

Somewhere in a box . . . I still have this album. I loved it when I was 8 . . .

[islezeus]

Who the fuck would want THAT for Christmas?

[davidw624624]

I still have this album

[nickelindimer]

I actually had this album on vinyl as a kid... I wonder where it went?

[FrankG5874]

@usa02 One word: WALMART!

[heine71]

Animation is done by Dolphin Productions.

Why Charlie Brown is a clown is a mystery...

[usa02]

Most of these stores that are mentioned at the end are no longer in Business.

Here's the List

Woolworth-Woolco - Closed in 1997, Woolco closed in the US in 1983.

Cunningham's - Bankrupt

Clarkin's - Out of Business or Bankrupt

Montgomery Ward - Closed in 2001 (I believe is now online magazine catalog)

Fisher's Big Wheel - Closed in (I believe in 1993) (We had one in Chardon, just by my neck of the woods)

HL Green-Newberry-McCrory - Bankrupt

Camelot Music - Now FYE

Sears - Still around

[MattTheSaiyan]

"Why, Chuck, Why?!" (in reference to "My Ding-a-Ling").

[wmbrown6]

I seem to remember this ad being run in NYC. There were other novelty offerings from other record offer merchants, i.e. HRB Music's "Goofy Gold" (which I also saw being advertised) and a Ronco compilation I actually have, "Funny Bone Favorites."