Who here remembers Crazy Gideon? You know, the always-yelling TV pitchman known for his high vocal range and oddball antics with a series of local LA television spots? Well his Downtown electronics ...

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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The economy may have gotten too crazy even for Crazy Gideon. The Downtown electronics retailer, famous for the wacky commercials where he smashes TVs to show how crazy he is for ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Gideon Kotzer, owner of the discount retailer Crazy Gideon’s and known for his frequent going-out-of-business sales and smashing televisions in his commercials to show how crazy ...

Gaze upon a rendering, elevations and floor plans of a planned adaptive re-use project/new apartment complex for 814-828 Traction Avenue, site of the current Crazy Gideon's appliance and electronic ...

Crazy Gideon Koltzer from blogdowntown on Vimeo. Crazy Gideon's crazy videos were always fun to watch with his yelling and the throwing of electronics around his downtown warehouse (never seen them?

No more smashing of TVs, it appears. Gideon Kotzer is putting his downtown electronics store up for lease, reports the Downtown News. For those who haven't had the pleasure, Kotzer's schtick is ...

He might really mean it this time. Inventory is scheduled to be auctioned off on Saturday morning (goods can be previewed tomorrow and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) After that, the downtown ...

New rule: If you own an electronics store, you cannot claim to be “crazy.” Ever since Crazy Eddie, a guy like this seems to be in every town. Now if you own a store that only sells tin foil hats and ...

As a rule, if you are ever in a position where you have to say "they say that I'm crazy, but they're the ones who are crazy" to explain your behavior, then you are actually crazy. On the other hand, ...