Christmas ads—Crazy Eddie; his prices are insane!

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Here's a classic Crazy Eddie Christmas ad from 1986:

There's some Christmas content to this one; this is a montage of a few of his commercials, including a couple with him dressed up as Santa.

And lastly, some Crazy Eddie outtakes and "bloopers" from the 80s:

Comments

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

hahaha I remember these! Prices were INSAAAAANE. I have a dim memory of the Village location having a hipsterish record store, record stores were everywhere it seems.

[ticktockman.livejournal.com]

The business came apart in a criminal-fraud way, Eddie fled to Israel, was extradited back to the US, and served time in prison.

Eddie Antar, the "retailing revolutionary," was a ruthless competitor. Eddie Antar knew that the business could not survive in the long run if it constantly offered steep discounts to consumers without somehow earning enough revenue to pay the bills. Therefore, Eddie Antar resorted to a combination of income tax evasion, stealing sales taxes, and "bait and switch" practices to make Crazy Eddie profitable.
Source: http://www.whitecollarfraud.com/1338574.html

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Eddie#Collapse