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04
2011
Early 90s Circuit City theme
In honor of Circuit City’s death announcement, I thought I’d post this minute-long version of their 1990′s „Where service is state of the art“ jingle, taken from a laserdisc used for in-store play on all the TVs with movie trailers, music videos and other Circuit City commercials.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
This „Glengarry Glen Ross“ parody proves that pushing videogame hardware is serious business. As seen on G4′s Attack of the Show. Soda is for closers.
I never liked the salesmen at Circuit City. Hard sell atmosphere like a car dealership, and very pretentious.
They always wanted me to get lost, because I was a window shopping teenager who didn’t have much money. I never asked for help, wasn’t taking their time, but they still went out of their way to make me unwelcome. I heard the same from other guys my age who went in there.
None of the other stores had that attitude. After I got older and had more money, I remembered and shopped elsewhere.
:43 seconds, Why is there an old white women shipping with an old black women?
Is the black women her house negro slave or something? I mean, what is up with that?
@Robertg71 The people who worked at circuit city were honestly the biggest asshole you would ever meet. I am glad they went out of business. They would not honor their own warranty or return policy and treated people like shit. They were nasty nasty people there.
@nomadcowatbk Oh wow, would it be better than wages? I mean let us think for a second a walkman in the 80′s was like 50.00 so that means he made like 5.00 for a sale? Is it worth it?
@DragonBallZbot
they got commissions
@Robertg71 How much an hour did the experienced sales people make an hour?
„Welcome to Circuit City, Where service is state of the art“!! FTW
I wish I could go back in time and shop in CC.
Wow, electronics have changed since then.
I worked for them. Here was the worst things they did no question. 1. They got rid of appliances. 2. They never moved to mall locations. Most were stand alone stores. 3. Got rid of commissioned sales ( that was me ) and hired $8 bozos. 4. Fired all the peons when they should have been firing the executives. 5. Had by far the worst advertising teams EVER. Every one of them failed.
I worked for CC back in the day when it was the top electronic chain, it made a lot of really bad decisions, which I was there for, and kept making more, I think their CEO was voted worst for one year in a business magazine, least it will show other chains what not to do.
How did you get video from a laser disc onto your computer? Thanks for uploading this, brings back memories…
I think their biggest mistake was getting rid of the appliances. That was one of their most popular departments. I wish they kept them, because that would probably help them live a little longer. Circuit City was one of my childhood stores, and I wish they were still in business…..
I remember that jingle.
You an now buy things from their website because some company bought the Circuit City name.
Best Buy wasn’t even in California til 1999. Circuit City’s first really big mistake was DIVX (the DVD format that used players with built-in modems that would charge you whenever you played their discs.)
YOU ARE WATCHING A LASER DISC
My dad was with Circuit City from the day they first came to the Southern California market…and to me, its amazing how it all ended for CC. At one time, NOBODY…and I mean NOBODY could touch this chain…they were so popular. Best Buy had nothing on them. When their top management started making one bad decision after another…from getting rid of major appliances to firing experienced sales staff and replacing them with $7 an hour clerks, everything just started going down hill. RIP CC.
Back then, Circuit City almost seemed ahead of its time, now they have become obsolete like many other chains.
I think so too. Consider it a poor man’s version of capturing video by just ripping DVD’s. Sadly my DVD recorder conked out of me so I have to use my capture card on my PC I have my VCR plugged into for the moment.
Really, I’m glad the whole DIVX thing ended as it had.
I don’t remember getting much good out of CC at all, but I have bought a number of things from them in the past.
„…A gadget and a gizmo…or an electric maccismo…some amplitude for the radical dude….“ This is just what I was looking for out of all the Circut City ads. I remember getting this jingle stuck in my head during the ’89 X-Mas season. The Berlin Wall was coming down, Jesus Jones was hot on the radio. Good times.
I always liked this jingle (for those that are old enough to remember) Best Buy was not always around Circuit City was the first one on the scene.
This, along with the kid who goes to get a refund on his Walkman, are two classic commercials from the early-90s. Thanks for the jingle!
Around ’91 or ’92, they replaced this jingle with a more bluesy one that sounded like B.B. King singing it. They went back to this one not too long afterward.
I am entertained, nice video..
U call yourself a salesman?
No I call myself Joseph.
@JAVMAN83 it sounds like he is saying Honda though…
@Y2JROCKFAN
He said Hyundai, not Honda.
You came here in a Hyundai, I came here in a Hyundai with leather. LOL!
Yep, and look at them now. Going non-commission was what took the last bit of motivation to give a damn.
Don’t get me wrong; I did everything to the plan, used the damn brochures and would go through 10 minutes of rebuttals, but you simply can’t force broke hillbillies to spend $100 on a $350 eMachine that they won’t ever use. Almost 1/3 of the staff (different each week) would be in almost every weekend. Obviously it wasn’t the sales plan, but the employees!
Dead horse, stick, etc.
I used to work at CC also. The only difference was that I would actually sell the shit out of accessories and extended warranties, but it didn’t matter. I got paid and treated the same as the no-selling no-caring retards who were smoking j’s in the back of the warehouse.
Retail in a joke.
My favorite part is 1:14 through 1:18.
„You LOL’ing NOW?!?!?“
Brilliant.
(stands up and applauds)…Well done!
this is fucking inspired
HAHAHA
lol nice
„you drove here with a Honda i drove here with a Honda with Leather seats“
haha.
Now that craciked me up.
my name is Powned you cause i just Fucken Owned you! lol
This is fucking terrible.
LOL, the funniest thing ever
Ugh. This brings back Circuit City nightmares. I could sell the crap out of computer setups, software, and peripherals, but no one wants to spend an extra 30% on a warranty plan. And the „Sunday school“ for non-performers… right after the manager got done doing Bible studies on the phone with his mother.
Yuck. I only wish this were a joke.
So good… I love the G4 parodies.
At first i was not that impressed, but after the first minute this thing got really funny. Good job.
Being a fan of the Glenngarry Glen Ross film, this is a fantastic parody of the opening scene; it had me in fits of laughter.
Well done guys
Good gosh! The person doing Baldwin’s role is FANTASTIC!
„because only one thing that matters in this life, and that is to get them to sign protection plans“
I worked at Best Buy for 4 years and that line is absolutely true. They brought us in for extra „sales meetings“ if „our numbers“ were not high enough and those meetings were almost as bad as this guy.
I’m never working in the electronics industry after hearing that. The Baldwin guy was pretty good, they all were.
good one guys! There are alot of bad clips of this…..this one rules!
„You can’t sell extended warranties? You can’t sell 1080PHD’s? Fine! Go home and tell it to your online community!