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A cheery number for Pied Pickle Deli and Restaurant. The historic building/stairs the dancers are performing on is historic city hall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It's one of the few sandstone buildings left and actually recently underwent a four year renovation to restore the sandstone exterior. As far as I can tell, the restaurant(s) closed down around 2006--the last mention I can find is a job ad from that year.

As far as local commercials go, this one has some budget for the locations, music and actors :-)

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Many people are familiar with Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese, which served up pizza and fun, but there was a third contender with pizza and an animatronic stage show--Bullwinkle's! Based on the world's only moose and squirrel cartoon team, the restaurants were like a mini indoor theme park for kids with the arcade, restaurant, stage show, and rustic decor. Bullwinkle's was a popular place for birthday parties and for many years Edmonton kids received a coupon for a free pizza with their final report card, much to my dad's consternation.

I don't know if the footage below is from the Edmonton or Calgary location or perhaps another location--those two are long closed. Technically three Bullwinkle's restaurants remain although the original decor has been long retired.

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LOL you can still get a chuckle out of this ad if you're not from the United Kingdom. All you need to know is that Murray Walker was a sports commentator and Damon Hill was a race car driver.

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My grandfather, Nicholas Trofin, was your host.

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The Anchor Inn opened in 1955. My grandfather, Nicholas Trofin, is your host. He was manager of this restaurant, and my grandmother was head hostess. My dad clearly remembers this opening; he was a busboy at the place. Phone: Whitehall 5-6730.

1967. My grandfather is the gentleman on the left with the pencil mustache. My father is on the right. I am being held by my great-grandfather. My grandfather was a chef at a number of locations in Windsor and Detroit, including at the Statler Hotel in Detroit. He was working at Marios Restaurant in Windsor when they became the first and only place in Windsor at the time to get some new-fangled food called pizza.