Saturday, December 15, 2018

Remember Kinney Shoes? (1975)

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.

2 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. Yeah, record stores are becoming a thing of the past, just like most shoe chains.

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