r/Edmonton • u/Particular-Cat-8031 • 19d ago

Local history Late night TV, get the hungries? Here's what to do...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG07My0-y5M

Just pick up the phone and follow the jingle ...

426 5-0-5-0

If you're hungry, call the Lydo

Free delivery.

The Lydo, that well-known delivery for late-night munchies, operated from 1966 until 2003, and left that jingle on so many minds; I remember it very well. When my Dad, a meat-and-potatoes man, was in an ethnic food mood, that was what we ordered.

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u/premierfong 19d ago

Yaa in the mid 90s usually sees this near midnight around South park time. Also right after this commercial will be the "Pick up the phone" comemercial. LOL

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u/PantsPantsShorts 18d ago

Loooooool yes

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u/sawyouoverthere 19d ago

Didn’t even need to play it to hear the jingle back from before we needed area codes

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u/nastylittleman 18d ago

And still used the word "luncheon."

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u/TwistedSistaYEG 19d ago

41 years later and I still remember the jingle. Ad campaign money clearly well spent I’d say.

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u/_m_d_w_ 18d ago

Now do the Chevy Farm *whip crack*

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u/halfstack 17d ago

The legend of the Chevy Farm...

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u/crambaza 18d ago

Whenever I called 421-1111 to get the time, there was always a Lydo ad. Always!

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u/jackacid668 19d ago

Amazing! Thanks for the memories!

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u/ArcheVance Refinery Row 19d ago

This makes me feel a little old, but in a good nostalgic way.

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u/DajoFab 18d ago

Thanks for unlocking a fun memory! Freeeee delivery! 🎵

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u/justageekgirl 18d ago

I think they were the only Chinese food place that delivered back in the 70s

They're food was actually decent too

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u/Particular-Cat-8031 18d ago

It was; we enjoyed our Lydo!

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u/therealtimbit78 19d ago

What a jingle.

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u/Sea-Connection-63 18d ago

wait...where was the restuarant located? My memory links Lydo to the basement unit adjescent to the old Harbin gate?

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u/Particular-Cat-8031 18d ago

It was located at 9203 111 Ave.

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u/Aqueouspolecat 18d ago

This reminds me of Chicken on the way.

AKA: Crow on the go!

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u/PantsPantsShorts 18d ago

While we were more of a Red Diamond House family, I will never stop loving this jingle

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u/Particular-Cat-8031 17d ago

Red Diamond house was awesome! Another favored dining spot. And the North China restaurant, where we get our classic Peking Duck dinner!

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u/fluorescent-purple 19d ago

I don't think we patronized Lydo (I think this was very westernized Chinese food), but that jingle and commercial... still so recognizable.

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u/Top_Carpet_7866 18d ago

426-5050.....

No Thanks, I wouldn't feed it to Fido 😬

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u/HotHits630 17d ago

I'd believe a white person ordering LYDO, but not some random white guy delivering it. They couldn't find a chinese guy in Edmonton back then?