Montgomery Wards sent me a bathtub and a crosscut saw!

[Ptah]

[pangaia]

1. The ones you ordered in 1966?

[Ptah]

3. nope

I got a box of maple sugar on my birthday
In March I got a gray mackinaw
And once I got some grapefruit from Tampa
Montgomery Ward sent me a bathtub and a crosscut saw

[pangaia]

5. Jeeze, I didn;t know Monkey Wards was still in business....

[hlthe2b]

2. From the Ghosts of Department Store Customer Service past?

[Ptah]

4. Could be

Oho, the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' now
Is it a prepaid surprise or C.O.D.?
It could be curtains or dishes or a double boiler
Or it could be, yes it could be, yes you're right, it surely could be
Somethin' special, somethin' very, very special now
Just for me

[elleng]

6. OH OH!!!

[Ptah]

9. O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street.

O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street.
Oh, don't let him pass my door!
O-ho the Wells Fargo
Wagon is a-comin' down the street
I wish I knew what he was comin' for.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I got it...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

15. Starring a very young Ronnie Howard!

......

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I know - and he was adorable, LOL.

My cousin and I loved that musical! We thought Shirley Jones was so beautiful and we knew all the words to the songs!

[hlthe2b]

8. Well, what do you know: Montgomery Ward brand name is back as an Internet and catalog retailer

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/650219424/Montgomery-Ward-brand-name-is-back-as-an-Internet-and-catalog-retailer.html

CHICAGO — There is life after death — at least in retail.

Five years after Montgomery Ward went out of business, its brand name has been revived on the Internet, and there's even a 21st-century version of the Wards holiday catalog that was standard fare in American households for decades at this time of year.

Without stores, this Wards is a bit different from the chain that thrived for more than a century until liquidating in 2001 after Wal-Mart and other discounters and department stores left it badly out of fashion.

But Direct Marketing Services Inc., the catalog marketer that acquired the Wards name out of bankruptcy in 2004, insists it is faithfully carrying on a legacy that dates to 1872 when Aaron Montgomery Ward established the first mail-order business.

I had no idea:

https://www.wards.com/

[exboyfil]

10. Also duct tape and tarp?

The serial killer starter kit?

Just joking. I think?

[Grasswire2]

11. whaddya talk? whaddya talk? whaddya talk? nt

[Ptah]

13. Ya can talk, ya can talk, ya can bicker, ya can talk,

Ya can talk, ya can talk, ya can bicker, ya can talk,
ya can bicker, bicker, bicker, ya can talk, ya can talk,
ya can talk, talk, talk, talk, bicker, bicker, bicker,
ya can talk all ya want but is different than it was.

[Brother Buzz]

14. No it ain't, no it ain't, but you gotta know the territory

[Grasswire2]

16. But he doesn't know the territory! nt

[Grasswire2]

17. BALZAC! nt

[RandySF]

12. Did they come with the Dexter action figure?

[smirkymonkey]

19. I was in that musical in high school!

It was a community musical, but I was in high school at the time. I was just one of the children in the cast singing - no specific role, but I sang a specific line in that song. I forgot which one it was.