Red and Rover by Brian Basset for November 28, 2016

A catalog without toys on the cover? What’s the point?

That’s the way, Red!

The Sears Wish Book catalog was what I looked forward to at Christmas time back in the 70’s.

We get catalogs for the day-care center that was in our house eight years ago. Can’t get some of the companies to stop, even though the business folded back then.

Yeah. Sears was our store back then! Still like it.Sad to see it in decline, though. I guess it just doesn’t appeal to the younger generation.

We rarely get catalogs in the mail…

Ah yes, advertising to the masses, back when you could choose to see it or not. Now we have computers, and no way to avoid the " you must buy this now" when all you want is a little relief (i.e. a cartoon).

i can remember this at my house when the kids were young and still at home

I loved looking through catalogs! Even if there weren’t toys on the cover. I looked through the Wish Book, the Food basket catalog (figi’s or whatever it was), I even loved looking through Things You never Knew Existed (kitchy stuff, gadgets, halloween decor,etc) Man, I miss that.

Sears’ (Canada) Christmas catalogs ca.1960 — first half was ALL toys! I wore out the pages staring at them!

JP Steve

Interesting reactions on both sides of “the line”. I presented a Simpson Sears card in Dallas and thought the salesman was becoming catatonic as he pondered whether to challenge or run it. (He finally decided to run it with no difficulty.)

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On the other side, I was talking to a salesman in Burnaby and he said, “Are you from Dallas?” “Wow, you have a good ear.” “Not really; I have a friend from Dallas and you sound just like him.”

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