Every metro region pre-1990 had its own insane, crazy, or over the top, or colorful local usually family owned retailer who blanketed the local media with TV and radio ads.

NYC had Crazy Eddy... I've seen viral video clips. He sounded great. I am totally jealous I did not witness this insane ad stuff first hand.

Dayton had weirdos like "Concord City", a guy who would whine in his ads "see you, pleaaaaase?"

A nearby town had "Kash's Bargain Barn" of "Souuuuth Lebanon, Oh Hah oh".

Cincinnati had the King Kwik brothers (a WaWa/7-11 analog) with super hammy 1920s retro singing ads.

When I lived in the Bay Area as a recent grad in 1980 there was a local camera shop that named the cities they operated in with their jingle ... engraved permanently in my psyche from the background chatter of the tv set... "Dublin Berkeley San Lorenzo Cupertino San Jose"... I hadn't seen/heard those words for 30+ years and typed them into Google a while back... bingo... got lots of videos and article. I actually was a "native" there for awhile... proven.

Plus countless others across the country.

Everything is so fcking bland today. We went to Taco Bell for lunch today... the stores used to be junky with paper hiring posters and chalupa offers all over the windows and walls... Now it's antiseptic. Two touch screen ordering kiosks, no human contact except the guy who slides you your food... It looked like a Star Trek set it was so sleek.