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Pietros Pizza Ad — February 1983

A surviving Pietros location is still open in downtown Milwaukie, and the pizza is just as good as it ever

Though it existed within the retail industry before then, the term “Black Friday” was not used openly until sometime in

It amuses me to no end there was once a respected band that called itself “Little Stink.” Local ads from

You might think “they expected you to make your own ad? How lazy, no wonder they didn’t last very long.”

Nobody scratches like Smiths. With competition like Tom Peterson once again rising, they needed some gimmicks to grab the masses.

The majority of Izzy’s Pizza ads from the 1990s follow the same formula: a family sitting down to eat there,

Meier & Frank was one of Oregon’s oldest companies until it basically ceased to exist once it moved to LA

Featuring the “ALL MONTH LONG” dancers! Recorded September 11, 2006

The Queen Bed Package remained mostly the same and was pitched in exactly the same way for at least ten

These spots aired during the NHL All-Star Game on January 21, 1990 — one week before Super Bowl XXIV.