I found this in my souvenir box the other day. It’s a pretty sizeable box, since I tend to be sentimental about nearly everything. This bag was a gift from a friend and came from a chain of stores that no longer exists.

Back in the 1990s, when Jerry Bartz was still doing weather at KFYR-TV, he took a vacation to Australia. When he came back to work he brought me this souvenir. Apparently there was a big chain of discount stores called “Clint’s CRAZY Deals” down under. I don’t know why they left the apostrophe off the bags, though. I tried to find them online, but only found an article about the chain being purchased by a similar bargain retail chain. So I guess I have a collector’s item, a piece of Aussie retail history!

I know Jerry was working for some shop-at-home channels such as Gems TV, but he moved on from there and I’m not sure what happened to him after that.  I don’t think I’ve spoken to my former coworker since he left KFYR-TV, and as a Minnesota native I doubt he makes it back to Bismarck often.