Honestly, do you remember Kinney, the "Great American Shoe Store"?
The chain is gone now, but one of its subsidiaries, Foot Locker, had remained at last check. Kinney, Thom McAn, & Buster Brown were big names back in the day. Kinney had a leg up on everyone else by recruiting actor-singer-dancer Ken Berry (ex-F-Troop, Mayberry RFD) to star in a series of ads between 1975-80. Back then, Berry, a couple of years removed from a failed variety show of his own, was a frequent guest of Carol Burnett, and took the occasional acting gig. As we've talked about, he nearly landed another sitcom of his own, but a proposed Brady Bunch spinoff never got past the backdoor pilot stage.
Anyway, Ken's at a mall for this spot. I'm told Pamelyn Ferdin (ex-The Paul Lynde Show, Curiosity Shop) also appears. Keep an eye on her.
You just don't see ads like this anymore.
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Wow. I saw a Musicland store in the background of this ad. Record stores, 'memba those? The times, they are a-changin'. You truly do not see spots like this anymore.
RIP, Ken Berry, BTW.
Yeah, record stores are becoming a thing of the past, just like most shoe chains.
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