“Crazy” Eddie Antar, center, founder of the Crazy Eddie electronics store chain, is led away Jan. 11, 1993, after being extradited from Israel. The ads, for Crazy Eddie electronics stores, featured host Jerry Carroll speaking with the speed of an auctioneer, surrounded by electronics (sometimes floating in a simple blackness, sometimes covered in snow). Its founder, Eddie Antar, died Saturday. End of an era: Crazy Eddie ex-employee pages buzzing about the death of Eddie Antar. He was an incredible leader,” Larry Weiss, who helped craft those famous commercials, told the New York Times.

Source: Washington Post September 12, 2016 10:02 UTC