One of the actors in this (not sure which one) is a friend of a friend of mine in Chicago. This is great. Wasn’t Lowe’s considered preferable to Home Depot before this nonsense? I dunno—I’m lucky to have a great mom-and-pop hardware and lumber shop down the street from me. Not that I have much need of them, but it’s nice they’re there as an alternative.

This makes it hard to choose now.  I have to go a lot further to get to a Lowes in order to avoid the rethug-sponsoring Home Despot, and my only local choice for hardware, etc does not carry wood or most construction materials (I’m a busy little homeowner who likes to make stuff). 

The Big Box store: one of America’s many contributions to the collapse of the shopkeeper middle class.

I agree, String—though I also acknowledge that I live in a neighborhood where independent greengrocers, booksellers, hardware stores, coffee shops, etc. are plentiful. And I’m not trying to raise kids on a tight budget (time and money), which is where WalMart has an advantage in the “low price and convenience” end of the spectrum. When I hear people scream about WalMart shoppers, it makes me uneasy because honestly, in too many areas, they ARE the best option.

Nice idea for the ad, could use an editor.  All of the funny would have fit in a :30.

If you live in Chicago you have no excuse to go anywhere other than the Crafty Beaver.

True, Len! But Clark/Devon Hardware is pretty awesome, too.

Yeah but you can get Crafty Beaver T-shirts.

I wish were any shows on TV that portrayed Christians in a positive light, so I could protest them.  Alas, they all show Christians to be narcissistic, selfish, ignorant, and self-righteous.  (Or comically bad at throwing the football.)