As one of the first 24 hr. Jacks in Carson, Calif. working in the wee hours of the morning a drunk patron kept jumping up and down on the bell cord. I looked in the mirror, turned on the intercom and yelled “ GET OFF OF MY FEET”. He looked up at the Jack head and took off running. Great memories of working there.

Weekends at Jack In The Box in the 70's...how I miss those great times.

I was just telling my daughter about when I was a little girl around 4yrs old, in Indiana during the mid 70's, EVERY Friday before going to the drive-in, we would go to Jack-n-The Box and I would get tacos 😋. I don't remember any movie we ever went to go see, but I remember the tacos 😁 🤭

My first fast food meal when I moved to San Diego in 1963 was at Jack-In-The-Box. At the age of four, I was fascinated by the talking clown. In those days, they'd put a handful of balloons in the bag if they saw you had kids with you. My favorite menu item was the hot apple turnover. It had a nice flaky crust, with just a hint of cinnamon. And of course I loved the tacos, which were the first tacos I had ever tasted. At one point I lived in walking distance from a Jack-In-The-Box located right next to the apartments I grew up in. After the Blow Up The Clown commercial aired, a group of professional clowns got together and publicly protested that ad campaign. Jack-In-The-Box was a huge part of my childhood.

Hey Jack in the Box..BRING BACK THE TRUE JUMBO JACK!..that thing you call the Jumbo Is a Joke..

In 1998 when I first discovered smoking weed my best friend and I decided to go to Jack In The Box. Had been countless times over the years but this was my first time going stoned. We were in the drive thru. I rolled up to the Menu Board completely petrified to talk and place our order. We sat there for a long time wondering why no one was answering us and taking our order. Pretty soon a huge line of cars piled up behind us and started honking. We realized we weren't at the order board. Couldn't stop laughing and was next to impossible to talk to the poor person working there to give our order. We finally got the pick up window and they asked us "Should you even be driving?". The whole way home cracking up. We're still friends to this day and always talk about that when we hang out.

The jumbo Jack was great. We had a Jack In The Box near our high school and we would sneak out of school at lunch to get the tacos. Good times.

2 tacos for.99 after drinking all night- best deal ever.

I worked at a Jack in the Box in NY until they closed and ate ( and made) more tacos, jumbo jacks breakfast jacks and wore the “Jack” outfit for parties and for advertising. Imagine my surprise when we moved to NC and found Jack in the box again! I couldn’t wait to try a taco again ( feeling like they wouldn’t measure up to my memories) but lo and behold they were just as good as I remembered! What a great surprise!

When the bar's closed in California in the 70's we would say "Time to go talk to the clown!"

I remember asking my mom to take me to the original Jack-In-The -Box on El Cajon Blvd. in San Diego back in the mid 60's

Some of my earliest memories in the mid-70s with my parents was at Jack In The Box. My mother who is in her 80's now still enjoys her Jack-in-the-Box tacos to this day.

I grew up with Jack in the Box here in Texas. My older sisters always called it “Jack in the Crack”.

We always called it Junk In The Box. When the food poisoning took place, they were all but thrown out of Florida, the only one I knew of still in existence is in Winter Haven on Hwy 27. But I don't know if it's still there now or not.

I fondly remember Jack in the Box from the 70s when there were a handful in MD. The babysitter used to take us there for a treat. Loved the apple pies.

Jack in the Box tacos make me tingle in my naughty bits. Best drunk/hangover food ever.

I knew a guy that worked at a Jack in the Box in the early 70's. He told me one night they were having issues with the drive thru intercom. A customer got frustrated and took out his frustrations by using a baseball bat on the clown. No employees were hurt but Jack took a beating.

Back during high school in the late 80's the book covers from my school had a Jack in the Box coupon, for $1.50 you got a Jumbo Jack, fries and a drink my buddy and I would go around stealing other students book covers just for the coupon it was a great deal for high school students with little money.

Jack in the Box used to have a burger called "the Bonus Jack" and it had their "Secret Sauce" on it. I used to love that.

In Phoenix in the early 90's 2 tacos for 99 cents really hit the spot after the bars closed...

Saw my first Jack-In-the-Box when I joined the Navy in 1971 coming from Northern Michigan we didn't have them there.

I still remember Rodney Allen Rimpy. I love Jack in the Box. I love Jack.

We called the meat in the tacos, “ mystery meat” , but who cared because they’re so good lol

Oh,the tacos. So disgusting,but soooo good 😋 Plus,they had the most honest TV ad ever. A stoner in a surfer van late at night. CLASSIC

I always stop by JITB in the morning on my way to work. Love their food. I now know of the history. Thanks a bunch!

I 💖 Recollection Road...sooo many wonderful memories..thank you!

Some wild store designs. I'd love to see them return!

Besides the Moby Jack and Frings, they also had a sandwich in the 70's called the Jack Steak. Very good.

I went with my parents to Jack in the Box in the 60’s in San Diego. I remember it was the same building type as pictured in the video. I have been going ever since. The Jack Taco is a favorite and I have enjoyed them now for over 50 years, scary.....

I remember in the early 70's when are family had it's first Jack in The Box dinner. Our dad went and got it and when he was passing it out to us it felt like something so special. God do I miss those moments.

Your endings have gotten lots better. Worth noting that Jack in the Box had to pay out millions to settle the E.coli lawsuits brought by sickened customers, four people died, and some of the survivors still have chronic health issues because of the contaminated burgers.

The secret sauce they put on their burgers is still available, you just have to ask for it. It comes in ketchup style packaging and is kept chilled.

I love jack in the box! Most diverse fast food menu in the industry. The two tacos, sourdough Jack and the egg rolls are remarkable. I love Jack in the box tacos more than Taco bells.

Oh how I remember going to JITB with by sister on Friday nights before high school football or basketball games. It was our thing. It was that or pizza from a family-owned place in town. Life was so simple and fun back then.

When they had the clown head on top of the drive through box, we used to say we payed the clown to the cashier. Got some laughs

I remember in the 1970"s we would drive through backwards.

After a morning of surfing with my friend Paul Fishbein and his brothers David and Joel, under the watchful eye of their mother Joan, we drove in her white Rambler Ambassador station wagon straight to Jack in the The Box for hamburgers, fries, onion rings, and milk shakes. The location? Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, California, also known as Surf City USA. It was the summer of 1963 and we listened to Jan and Dean on The Big 11-10, KRLA Pasadena, singing “Two girls for every boy.” I was 12. Life was good. I was stoked! Many years later I moonlighted as a mobile DJ and played in a couple of garage bands in the Sacramento area in the 1990s. After the gigs I stopped on the way home at Jack in the Box in Fair Oaks next to Citrus Heights and ordered two tacos. I thought they were delicious. The location is still open until 2 a.m.

Jack was where we hung out in the late 70's in SoCal. Had a friend that worked at one & she would slip me free food. Loved Frings since I didn't have to choose. I worked at a Taco Bell across from a Jack in the 80's and we would swap food. Still go get tacos occasionally.

I remember going to Jack in The Box as a child in the '70s. My mom loved their Jumbo Jack and their tacos. My Dad loved the fish burger. I'd always order a cheeseburger, French fries and a coke. And, back then they'd give free balloons to children. I loved it!

I love their classic menu items but I also enjoy how the menu has evolved over time.

Growing up in SoCal and ordering from the clown box is a great memory, that was the best part about JITB

When you got a bad case of the munchies there is NO better fast food place. ( topped off with a cheese cake desert ) And when you want to reminisce there is no better way than a drive down Recollection Road. ;-)

I have not been to Jack-in-the-box in years - used to really enjoy their excellent milkshakes - I need to go get one - sure hope they are still as good.

why wasnt there any mention of the fact that FOODMAKER INC. owned jack in the box? back in 74 i worked as the night manager of a jack in the box down in the south side of houston texas. FOODMAKER INC. also was owners of purina pet foods at the same time. in fact the taco bags had the ralston purina checkerboard square logo on the back at the time....really made you wonder just what went into that taco meat doesnt it? one thing i really miss is the old jack burrito's they brought out in the 70s, those were great.

Love the tacos, jalapeno poppers, and a Sourdough Jack!

I've been going to Jack in the Box for over 40 years now, and I LOVE some of their newer innovations like the Buttery Jack Bacon and Swiss - but somewhere along the line, they changed the recipe of their original Onion Rings, which used to be coated with a DELICIOUS crispy egg batter. Now it's covered in a "healthier" less tasty bready crust. Ah, for the good ol' greasy days!!!

Loved that you showed the Jack In the Box in Canoga Park, CA right next to Canoga Liquors...... my favorite from back in the day were the super taco and deep fried bean and cheese burrito ... ahhhhh Good Times !!! Love , love , love your videos !!!

I remember going there in San Diego in the 70's

El Cajon jack in the box in the 80's was the shit!! I remember when they introduced the ultimate cheeseburger. It was way better then, than it is now.

They came to the Charlotte, North Carolina area around the spring of 2000. I was glad. They have good food! 🙂

I love Jack in the Box, a guy from my church was the CEO for a time, my late wife was even in one of their training videos many years ago. Now I live in Wisconsin and we don't have them! Every time I travel South or West, I seek out a Jack in the box for a great treat. Thank you once again Recollection Road for bringing back some wonderful memories.

This guy could make a robot assembly line seem heart-warming.

When I was in college and back home on weekends, my buddy from high school and I would drive the back roads drinking a few beers. We would often go to the Jack In The Box in Reisterstown, Md. and scarf down two or three tacos. They weren't much to look at, but wow did they taste fabulous. I miss them not being available any more.

I made thousands of Jumbo Jacks and the mystery meat tacos at the Jack in the Box in Lancaster, CA in 1972 and 1973.

When I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960’s and 1970’s, we almost never ate fast food because my parents didn’t like it and discouraged us from patronizing fast food restaurants. I did have tennis lessons for a brief period, and the instructor would take me home afterwards, along with a couple other students. One day he said he was going to stop at Jack in the Box and buy us lunch, and I thought he was joking because my dad would often joke about it. He wasn’t. We really did go through the JITB drive through for lunch. I must have been about 8 years old, and it was my first time visiting a JITB. I’m still not a regular customer.

Yeah! I've always loved their tacos with "Jacks secret sauce"and still do 60 years later. Hey, a good thing stands the test of time!

Used to love jack in the box, bonus jack, 2 tacos, and their onion rings we're the best.

I miss this place. We had one in Danbury Connecticut just a couple blocks from Western Connecticut State University on White St. It became a Valvoline Oil change repair shop. Corner of Locust Ave and White St

My dad used to muse about how we kids would be so mesmirized by the clown head sign on one of ours in San Jose, CA even if we weren't eating from it! We did every so often and it was always great! There used to be the "Bonus Burger" too, even though I don't remember what it was about! But I loved the name so much that every Easter I would dye an egg orange and call it "Bonus Burger"! Hahaha!

I have to admit that I still do Jack in the Box on occasion. And I love everything on the menu except the salad. Now, if only they served rootbeer floats it would be like heaven.

"What happened to Jacks commercials 😕, I missed Jacks voice ,clear, shape of his mouth always got the point across with all, hahaha 😅, greatly missed. "

Glad to know that they are still around thanks

They closed the one near me in Virginia. I miss those Breakfast Jacks.

I remember seeing Jack in the Box for the first time in the early 70's in the Chicago area. When my family moved to the Kansas City area in 1978, there were Jack in the Box restaurants in several locations, but they all left around 1981. They returned to the KC area around 2009. I have only been to a Jack in the Box once or twice. I find them overall to be okay but nothing special.

I worked at Jack in the box while in high school about 1974 - 1975 when Jack first opened in Lodi, CA. I trained at the Jack in the box in Stockton, CA. My first manager was Armando. We used to cruise Pacific Ave, Stockton, Ca im his 57 Chevy. Loved the Moby Jack, Jumbo Jack, and Bonus Jack.

I love your videos. Thank you. ❤️😜

JITB did change the Jumbo Jack in the 80s, coinciding with the demise of the original clown. They switched from Secret Sauce to mayo, something that kept me away from them until they changed it back. The clown free years were not good ones IMHO, I didn't return until they got Jack back. I grew up in San Diego and recognized many of those photos.

I love Jack In The Box and just about everything on the menu!! 😋

Going to Jack in the Box when I was little during summertime was such a treat. I miss those days... so carefree ..

I worked at jack in the box around 2000/2001. Loved it.

The Jack in the Box building I went to in the 80's still stands (right next to what use to be a Ponderosa), though it hasn't been a Jack in the Box for at least 25 years.

Texas is full of Jack in the box and we love it

Used to have a few on Long Island and it was a popular spot to hit up for a few Taco's after a night out drinking.They disappeared in the early 90's .Miss them! and miss those Taco's

I remember when someone would dress up as Jack and would pass out balloons to kids in the drive-thru. Anybody out there remember the Bendable Buddies made by Jack In The Box? There was Small Fry, Onion Ring, Secret Sauce Agent, Hamburgermeister and Jack.

Still love the tacos, glad they are the same as always. Used to love going to JITB in Chicago before they left town, thankfully, they are all over the place here in the SW. Their spicy chicken sandwich is good, too.

i have a lot of jack in the box restaurants in my city, a few of them were built in the 70s but most were renovated a few years ago

There are numerous Jacks still going in Texas. My mom would drive our station wagon back in the 60s to the Jack's on Long Point Rd. in Houston. There was a large revolving clown head on the sign and we kids pretended we would die if the clown head looked at us so we would duck whenever the head spun in our direction. My sister would scream. My mom must have thought we were nuts. The Breakfast Jack is the best thing to eat while on the road. It is a slice of ham and a fried egg with cheddar cheese in between two buns. The cheese made for the perfect adhesive so the rest never slipped through the back of the sandwich while driving. I could enjoy the Breakfast Jack and a drink while keeping my eyes on the road and one hand on the steering wheel to the amazement of any passengers. I personally believe the Jack CEO ads are the best running ad campaign ever devised. It's brand specific (you could never mistake them for another brand), humorous and product-focused (they always pitched the food rather than belaboring the joke). The Jack CEO also seems like a cool guy to work for. Never was a fan of the tacos, though.

I remember when my dad and mom would take us to Jack-in-the- Box for lunch. I remember the food tasted good. By 1990 or so something has changed with the taste of the food. Especially with the hamburgers and tacos.

I can remember the one near me here in the northeast. Wish we could go back to those prices.

I remember in the late 70's possibly the early 80's they had a sandwich called the Jack Steak. Boy I loved that thing !!!

I remember as a kid in the 70s and talking to the clown head as it lit up when it spoke. I would always look at the colors it had because I was fascinated by them.

The Jack in the Box of my youth closed a year or two ago on E. 2nd St. In Belmont Shore, CA. It had been there for over 50 years.

I’ll always love Jack in the 📦

"You want tacos?" "Maybe." "You want DEEP FRIED tacos?" "Hell yeah!" Sad when they pulled out of my area. A friend travels and buys a crate of frozen tacos and we fry 'em up when he gets back. Yum.

I used to go to a Jack in the box in San Diego in the '70's when I was in the Navy. Kind of forgot about them till recently traveling I-70 through Missouri, saw one off the highway and stopped. Wasn't as good as I remembered but eatable. None of the fast food chains are as good as they used to be with bean counters taking over.

In N Out Burger preceded Jack and the box with their drive thru burger stand when Harry and Esther Snyder decided to open a drive-thru fast food restaurant in 1948, in Baldwin Park California, this concept of marketing had not been tried before. To make there Restaurant work the Snyders set up a two way speaker system allowing customers to place their orders.

I was one of the people that got sick, I never told the restaurant but never went back either.

"What about the clown?" "Waste him!!" - Clara Peller

Shrimp basket! Thought I had hit the jackpot when my dad told me to get whatever I wanted. Age 10 in 1962. Born and raised in San Diego

Breakfast Jack pre-1980 was the BEST fastfood sandwich ANYWHERE!

eliminating the secret sauce eliminated me as a customer.

I thought I made up jacque in se box.....lol.I just love their soy tacos!!!Ive gotten food poisoning at In and Out and Chipolte and the worst case at Sizzlers.When I taught high school I heard some awful stories of what they do to our food.

I always liked jack in the box because you can get breakfast any time of day or night.

I moved east in 1979 and was homesick for California. Having a Jack in the Box near by made all the difference. Within a couple of years they closed. I was so depressed. I'm still here but they are not. I still miss JnB. Whenever I get back west the first thing I want to do is find a JnB.

Used to sit at the Jack in the box in Pinole in the 70s and watch the stupidity going on on Pinole Valley Road on Saturday nights.....(then go out and be part of the stupidity)

Oh man, now I want the Jumbo Platter breakfast! 3pm in the afternoon is ok for eggs & pancakes, right?

I remember when we would always go to JACK IN THE BOX thanks for sharing this video.😘😊

Nice job on this! There was a Jack in the Box in the business district of the Chicago suburb I lived in (1970's). I loved their tacos! I dont know when it first got there (we moved there in 1972) and didn't notice when it left. Miss it!!!

I really like Jack-in-the-box. The Jumbo Jack is the best cheapest burger.

I remember Jack N The Box,I enjoyed their food.The Jack N The Box I remembered is now Wendy’s.