Talk:Robert Hall Clothes

--Kidsheaven (talk) 20:40, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Robert Hall Village

I have been interested in this company for some time as I remember their stores, and their last attempt at discounting called Robert Hall Village - three locations I know of that still stand today in Illinois. The store was sort of like the current version of Target - but was ahead of it's time in the 1970's

• Lombard, IL - Butterfield Rd. - Courtesy Lumber and Fox Bowl - now Bed, Bath and Beyond with some other stores. (Finley Plaza)
• Addison, IL - North Ave. - Kmart, now 5-Star Flea Market.
• Crystal Lake, IL - (Kmart last I know was there)? Kidsheaven (talk) 20:40, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Christmas Shopping

I remember this jingle, heard every year at Christmastime (words approximate):

We're doing our Christmas shopping at Robert Hall's this year We're saving on clothes for Christmas at Robert Hall's this year Because you pay cash you pay less, for gifts for one and all, there's a finer selection, bigger selection where America goes for family clothes it's Robert Hall's this year —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.20.224.13 (talk) 18:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Jingle

Is there any reason this jingle, moved from article to talk, would be encyclopedic? Is it clear of CV? RJFJR (talk) 15:57, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Many Americans who grew up in the 1950s and 60s recall the commercial jingles of the time, especially featuring the version performed by Les Paul and Mary Ford, which generally began,

When the values go up, up, up
And the prices go down, down, down,
Robert Hall this season
Will show you the reason
High quality! Economy!

which ran (sometimes with the last line as "Low overhead, low overhead") until the early 1960s, when the discounter focused heavily on "Back-to-School" jingles:

[Mature male voice:] School bells ring and children sing

[Raucous, annoyed-sounding children:] It's back to Robert Hall again.
Mother knows for better clothes
It's back to Robert Hall again.

You'll save more on clothes for school
Shop at Robert Hall!

Amen to the above but I am pretty sure the second jingle went back to mid Fifties, my own Robert Hall days. Robert Hall clothed the Baby Boomers. I still know that second jingle by heart and the catchy melody was a kind of 'ear worm' you can't get out of your head, even now, if you've heard it. But I thought it went, "School bells ringing, children singing..." The misery of going to Robert Hall on Long Island every September just before school to buy two pairs of low cost Husky corduroys, which meant trying pants on, and on, and on... Hanging upside down from the pants racks in boredom while your brother tried his on, till your parents shouted at you. By the time you left, you were whining and your parents were furious at you. They were Depression era people, you were supposed to be grateful you got new pants every year. Next stop in a boy's hell: S Klein's on the Square for cheap sox, a one dollar white shirt and a hot salted pretzel, but only if you'd quit whining. Profhum (talk) 06:57, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Encyclopedic? Micky Mouse Club (and the Mouse himself) taught me how to spell E-n-c-y-c-l-o-p-e-d-i-a. The "When the values..." Jingle above was accompanied by these line-drawn animated images (To the best of my recollection). A walking, suited figure moves through the following -

When the values go up, up, up

Arrows pointing up moving with the beat of the "up"'s.

And the prices go down, down, down,

Dollar signs moving down with the beat of the "down"'s

Robert Hall this season, Will show you the reason

Line drawing of single store store-front and figure enters to see racks of suits.

High quality! Economy

(in my version) The reason is "Low Overhead" accompanied by a ceiling line squeezing the figure down.

Alternative:

When the values go up, up, up

Man climbs ascending stairs,

And the prices go down, down, down,

Man descends stairs (xylophone descending arpeggio)

Robert Hall this season, Will show you the reason

Line drawing of single store store-front and figure enters to see racks of suits.

High quality! Economy

(in my version) The reason is "Low Overhead" accompanied by a ceiling line squeezing the figure down.

Cleveland, Ohio area, late 1950's, perhaps early 1960's.

A couple of notes:

1. We are relying on memories of things we saw over 50 years ago. Distinctly not authoritative.

2. We still remember these advertising messages over 50 year later.

Ccalvin (talk) 02:49, 14 July 2013 (UTC)