Toys "R" Us (Christmas Commercial #4, 1981)

Here's an animated Christmas commercial for Toys "R" Us, with Geoffrey the Giraffe and his family gathered 'round the fireplace before heading off to the area Toys "R" Us store to sample all the toys being offered - all to a special holiday-themed arrangement of "The World's Biggest Toy Store...The Biggest Selection" jingle. This particular (and memorable) ad had aired at least since 1976, but in this form (with a notice towards the end of extended hours - to midnight Monday through Saturday and 10pm on Sunday) was (C) 1981 Toys "R" Us, Inc. This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 18th 1981 during the 4:30pm to 5:30pm timeframe. About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television's primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s and early 80s, primarily) recorded off of any and all Chicago TV channels; footage which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical purposes. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to DVD, and to view more of the 4,000+ (and counting) video clips available for viewing in our online archive, please visit us at: http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?contentload=donate

Comments

1. This brings back such good memories. When you seen this commercial you knew Christmas was right around the corner.
2. my all time favorite Christmas commercial from toys are us this Christmas commercial never get old
3. Sylvester Stallone's Cobra brought me here! Crime is a disease; meet the cure!
4. i share this on my Facebook every year bc its that ONE commercial that got me excited for Christmas. still love it!!
5. Why they do not use this commercial now idk...
6. Oh wow I remember this oh so many memories
7. Neat
8. When Christmas was really Christmas!!!! Great warm memories.
9. Wow; this brought back some really great Christmas memories!
10. Who would drive a convertible in a snowstorm? Okay, maybe a family of giraffes...
11. on a cold snowy night seeing this add
12. If there was ever a Christmas commercial that would bring the warm, nostalgic feeling of Christmas, it would totally be this one. I'm middle aged, and I still love toys at Christmas alongside my kids. Thanks for sharing!!!
13. This Christmas commercial is in the movie "Cobra" :D so that movie brought me here...LOL
14. Sad
15. Cobra brought me here.
16. WOW.........THIS USE TO GIVE ME AND MY BROTHER HAVE A FEELING OF CHRISTMAS WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP BACK IN THE 80s
17. Special commercial to me. Takes me back to my childhood. Such an innocent time. Wish we could all go back to those good old days. So different now. It makes me sad.
18. My first Christmas without my mommy. She died in February and she always made Christmas so special for me. When this commercial would first show on TV it was always a big deal for us
19. I recognised this right away as soon as I heard the jingle ...I thought COBRA!!!
20. The best Christmases ever back then. They should play this every Christmas on T.V.!!!