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Empire Carpets - "Waiting By The Phone" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1667

Here's another commercial for Empire Carpets.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983.

Empire Carpets - "$6.95 A Yard" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2729

Here's another commercial for Empire Carpets.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983.

Empire Carpets - "Us And Them" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2780

Here's another commercial for Empire Carpets.

"And who knows which is which and who is who..."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983.

Empire Carpets - Son of Svengoolie (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 3559

Here is an Empire Carpets commercial from 1984 starring the hilarious talents of Mr. Rich Koz in which he portrays:

Son of Svengoolie
A baseball umpire
Darth Vader
Chico Marx
Harpo Marx
Groucho Marx
Karl Malden

Empire Carpets - "Free Phone" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1675

Here's another Empire Carpets commercial, this one touting a free push-button phone (Ooooh!) for their 25th Aniversary. (So they started in 1959 - Holy Cow).

It sounds like they use a different version of the jingle at the end of this one. Could this be the "classic" version - brought out for the Anniversary? (Sounds very similar to the version that Rich Koz parodied in the Son of Svengoolie sketch, "Vampire Carpets".)

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV...

Lincoln Carpeting (Commercial #1, 1984)

Views: 1716

Here is a Lincoln Carpeting commercial, circa 1984. Not the full version of the jingle, but enough. :-)

Apparently, Lincoln is the thinking man's carpet company. Makes that Empire guy look like a uneducated philistine. ;-)

Carpet Forest (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1655

Here's another presumably short-lived competitor to the big-boys - Carpet Forest. Featuring some over-acting ladies dressed up as Indian women. Question: Did Indians generally hang out in Forests? ;-)

Silliness Factor: 68.5%

Their 2 locations were located at 4803 North Milwaukee and 3115 West Irving Park Road.

I actually wouldn't mind visiting a Carpet Forest. Hopefully, it would have less bugs. ;-)

This aired on local Chicago T...

Matt's Real Chocolate Chip Cookies - "Tribune Approved" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 2725

Here's a quick 10 second commercial for Matt's Real Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Features voiceover by Lynn Hauldren (The Empire Carpet Man!)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, January 21st 1984.

Wickes Furniture - January Bonus Sale - "Dreams Don't Have to Wait" (Commercial, 1974)

Views: 1909

Here's a commercial for Wickes Furniture promoting their January bonus sale on one-of-a-kind items in such styles as Mediterranean, contemporary, and Early American.

In Willowbrook, Harvey, Itasca and Wheeling.

Voiceover (possibly) by Lynn Hauldren (years before he became the Empire Carpet spokesperson).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 12th 1974 at 6:29pm.