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[Dan (the Man)]

My particular favorite stores as a youngen were Korvettes (if I had money or had a sense that I could shake down Mom and Dad for something pricey) and Two Guys (always had something that was in my three dollar limit price range.)

[Jrand73]

Thanks DR DtM and DR JANE....

[Dan (the Man)]

Page Four Two Guys Auto Ballet:

[Jrand73]

What was the specialty of the TWO GUYS stores....clothes or electronics or toys or what?

[Ben]

We didn't have Two Guys in Coon Rapids.

[elmore3003]

Back from Encores! And now I have to figure out what I'm taking to DC tomorrow morning.

DR MattH, the boys are on ONE LIFE TO LIVE today. We have two baby stories going on now, one a question of paternity and the other plans by a demented cult leader for a grandchild, and I'm quite hooked into the stories. I love Dorian's Nancy Drew drag.

[Ginny]

Thanks, DR Jane!

[Ginny]

Well, I just won a CD of Italian clarinet suites from Naxos on Twitter!  DR Jose is my inspiration.

[JoseSPiano]

Well, I just won a CD of Italian clarinet suites from Naxos on Twitter!  DR Jose is my inspiration.

Congratulations!!!

[Jane]

Well, I just won a CD of Italian clarinet suites from Naxos on Twitter!  DR Jose is my inspiration.

[Jane]

Cilla such a sad story.  My heart goes out to all of those who will miss her.

[Jane]

Charles pogue while reading your post regarding your lack of favorite child actors I kept thinking “what about roddy mcdowell”

[George]

Good Morning.

I'm at the office. The Mott Foundation and the Kresge Foundation await.

Anyone remember

S. S. Kresge Company(Sebastian Spering Kresge)?

The corporation changed the name to K-Mart in the 70s

I remember them as well as Woolworth's (with the lunch counter). We never had a McCrory's near us but as I toured around with various shows I saw McCrory's. Now they are all gone. Memories of another time.

I never knew this.  I always thought (assumed) that it was K-Mart.

[JMK]

Well, I just won a CD of Italian clarinet suites from Naxos on Twitter!  DR Jose is my inspiration.

I am assigned to Naxos for Blu-ray releases.  They really have an interesting assortment of products.

[Jrand73]

DR GINNY is the lucky one!

[Ginny]

Have to do something to keep myself entertained these days, DR JRand!

[Dan (the Man)]

What was the specialty of the TWO GUYS stores....clothes or electronics or toys or what?

TWO GUYS was a general department store that sold everything.  Not quite as klassy as Korvettes but better than a Grants or J.M. Fields(though I do remember the place looking pretty shoddy during the summer months.)

[Dan (the Man)]

Well, I just won a CD of Italian clarinet suites from Naxos on Twitter!  DR Jose is my inspiration.

Congrats!

The clarinet,
The clarinet
Goes doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle det!
The clarinet,
The clarinet
Goes doodle, doodle, doodle, day!

[Matt H.]

Montgomery Ward. Haven't thought about that name in years. We never had a store here, but I saw their catalogs all the time.

[Matt H.]

Zayre's. Yep, we had those here. I used to buy Nancy Drew mysteries there for less than $1 each.

[Matt H.]

But the first of those huge department stores here, even predating K-Mart, was Atlantic Mills. I bought the soundtrack LP to GYPSY there. It was my first ever purchase at one of those big stores.

[Matt H.]

Alas, this just caught my eye...

Broadway Vet Bryan Batt Will Not Return to TV's Mad Men


NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

I read this last night, and while I was disappointed, I can't say I was surprised. If they had wanted him back, he would have been in the season finale episode brought back into the new firm (which was impossible since it was the big shot with their major client that got him fired in the first place).

[Matt H.]

So very tiresome.

[Matt H.]

Back from Encores! And now I have to figure out what I'm taking to DC tomorrow morning.

DR MattH, the boys are on ONE LIFE TO LIVE today. We have two baby stories going on now, one a question of paternity and the other plans by a demented cult leader for a grandchild, and I'm quite hooked into the stories. I love Dorian's Nancy Drew drag.

Thanks, DR ELmore. I didn't have a chance to get to the soaps today. Maybe tonight before I close up shop. I want to make a major push to get as many JAG episodes watched today as I can.

[Matt H.]

I did get DAMAGES watched today while I ate lunch. The season premiere was played without commercial interruptions (great idea!), and the show played great because of that. The story moves back and forth in time (like the previous two seasons), so not being interrupted helped keep those two time frames - present day and six months into the future - much more easily defined.

[Dan (the Man)]

Did anyone have a G.E.X. store in their area?  It was another mid-level department store that required memberships through unions or government employment.  My family made one shopping trip there (though a borrowed membership card) and I was again unimpressed (though 100% of my impressions of any store was solely based on the size of its toy department.)

[Matt H.]

I happened onto TEXAS CARNIVAL on TCM-HD right before I started working for the afternoon.

Wow, did that Technicolor ever look out of this world! Just eye-popping and gorgeous. If I had had time, I would have watched the whole thing even though it's a pretty mediocre Esther Williams musical.

[Matt H.]

Did anyone have a G.E.X. store in their area?  It was another mid-level department store that required memberships through unions or government employment.  My family made one shopping trip there (though a borrowed membership card) and I was again unimpressed (though 100% of my impressions of any store was solely based on the size of its toy department.)

No, I've never heard of that store.

[Matt H.]

This afternoon I got five more episodes of JAG watched. That leaves nine more episodes in the box set, more than I can finish tonight though I hope to get five more watched.

[Dan (the Man)]

UGLY BETTY set to end its ABC run this spring