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Flea_Market_Montgomery_-_Long_Version

Flea Market Montgomery - Long Version

Best ad to ever hit the airwaves.... CHANGE MY MIND.

Flea Market Montgomery was a furniture flea market store in Montgomery, Alabama. Despite their unfortunate closure in 2009, the store created unarguably one of the most famous (local) television adverts in history.

This video was filmed in 2006, and almost instantly became a viral hit across the internet.

Synopsis[]

The commercial features Sammy Stephens dancing and singing. Lyrics below:

Living rooms, bedrooms, dinettes, oh yeah!

You can find them, at the Market, we talkin' bout Flea Market! Montgomery!

It's just like, it's just like, a mini... mall!

Ah yeah! Come shop! With us, I said, Flea Market, Montgomery! It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!

Hey hey, you heard me! Come shop!

Living rooms, bedrooms, dinettes, we got it, you need it, you'll find it!

It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!

Hey hey, you heard me! Come shop, I said, Flea Market! Montgomery! It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall! Hey hey!

Living rooms, bedrooms, dinettes, oh yeah! You can find them, at the Market, we talkin' bout Flea Market! Montgomery!

It's just like, it's just like, a mini... mall!

Hey hey, don't stop, let's make it, a dance!

Come on now!

To the left (To the left), to the right (To the right), let's do this dance, hey!

To the left (To the left), to the right (To the right), let's make this a dance!

Flea Market, Montgomery, it keeps you, from jumping!

It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!

Check it out now, everybody, like this now, hey hey! Flea Market, Montgomery, it's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!

Don't stop, let's dance, Flea Market, Montgomery!

It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!

(Let's bring it on down now, ah yeah, I know you're gonna like this! Come on now!)

It's just like..

(You know what I'm saying!)

It's just like..

(You know what I mean!)

It's just like..

(You know right, so why don't you just come on and see it?)

It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!

(Ah yeah! You seen it! It's just like, it's just like, a mini... mall! Ah yeah, I like this, come on now, Flea Market!)

Why It's Cursed[]

The song is cursed, in such a good way. It's actually very catchy and has some flow, and the song itself has good production. The entire advert as a whole has "so bad, it's good" quality.

The commercial became a meme on the internet just after Ellen DeGeneres showed the ad on her talk show, and also invited Stephens himself on. From there on out, the advert, or at least Stephens, was almost everywhere. it was referenced/parodied on TV shows like The Cleveland Show, The Office, Reno 911 (complete with Stephens himself), and he even parodied the commercial in other commercials he starred in, like for an advert for Capitol Farmers Market, another local business in Montgomery, and in an ad for the Atlanta Braves baseball team.

Trivia[]

  • Stephens got his first job as an on-air persona for radio station WMGY, where he was known as "Candyman".
  • The newspaper Montgomery Advertiser hosted a challenge where one could've either edited the advert using blue screen footage of Stephens dancing, or making a remix with the song using it's beats and vocals.
  • Even after his flea market closed, Stephens seems to still be doing commercials today. He's appeared on some local dealership ads, such as Regal Car Sales, a dealership in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas, and Dunn's Wholesale Auto Sales also in Cottondale, Alabama, in which this ad, Stephens is in his iconic suit yet parodying the song. He even made a political ad for Bernie Sanders.
  • In 2022, YouTuber Dead Mall Walking released a mini-documentary about Flea Market Montgomery. It features Stephens talking extensively about the release of the commercial, how he dealt with viral success, and what he's been up to since.
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