JUNGLE JIM'S INTERNATIONAL MARKET, Part One: Pure Imagination

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@everydaypresent444 Жыл бұрын

WOW what a trip down memory lane!!!! I realize this video is three years old, but I have to believe that if things were more or less the same three years ago as they were over 20 years when we lived in West Chester, they are probably the same today. I can't believe the kitschiness is still very much present there, and am so happy it is!!! My kids were very young then, and they could not wait to get to the animatronics of Elvis. That was how they survived the boring (for them) shopping experience. And the cereal band is still there??!!! And the international section with the storefronts. OMG thank you for this lovely tour. It brings back so many memories that had not come to mind for a very long time.

@jestercinti 4 жыл бұрын

Upon my first visit to the Fairfield store, I was immediately drawn to the fire truck hot sauce section. When I saw the Tonya Harding bottle of hot sauce that claims to "make you weak in the knees" I knew I stumbled on an epic supermarket. I've visited once a year since then.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

You've gotta check out the Eastgate one; an even bigger hot sauce section!

@baphijmm 4 жыл бұрын

The chef was named Pasquale in a past life.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

Shopping with Kristen.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

With CartCam!

@ryanfrisby7389 3 жыл бұрын

Jungle Jim’s is one of my favorite places!

@jeepguy220 3 жыл бұрын

been there once, really cool place! great job!!!

@jholder1966 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered about this place since my friends posted pics on fb .Thanks for the tour very cool

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

You should check it out if you're in town, but if you have a long drive home, bring a cooler!

@jholder1966 4 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions well it's what about 1 1/2 to 2 hrs from Columbus but hey looks like its worth the trip ..gonna have to make some plans

@JenniferinIllinois 6 ай бұрын

Been there once and spent like three hours just roaming around. What a crazy place.

@MarvinMonroe Жыл бұрын

The rumor in Fairfield/Hamilton was always that Jim got his start by smuggling drugs inside shipments of fruit and stuff. Eventually he was doing so well with the actual store that he stopped the illegal stuff and went straight

@mike_mcgregor 4 жыл бұрын

I saw someone else did a video on this but it didn't show as much inside as yours. Good job.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Only the finest footage delivered in beautiful CartCam!

@TheVintageSpacesChannel 4 жыл бұрын

that's one of the best cart cams i've seen, love it!

@MrJermishere 2 жыл бұрын

You missed the highlight of jungle Jim's. The restroom entrance lol. Guess it'll be in #2. Love your videos

@UniCommProductions 2 жыл бұрын

It was in the second one-The last thing you want to do is get caught walking into a bathroom with a camera in your hand, so I had to wait until the coast was clear! Eastgate was much less busy.

@acatladyy 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for this upload!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My fam & I were going to go this June and make a weekend out of it at Great Wolf but those plans are cancelled. I've never been, and was looking forward to it so much. This totally just made my day!!!! (I said this in Discord but realized I should put it here instead :P sorry )

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they can be rescheduled for later in the year-I hate that all our lives are on hold, thank you so much for watching!!

@pandapajamas 4 жыл бұрын

For someone who lives in a small town these videos are so surreal

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

This grocery store is like a different world!

@FenwickHockey65 4 жыл бұрын

God I was at Jungle Jim's probably at least once a week growing up. I was keeping an eye out for my parents shopping in the video haha.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

We were too--my mom and I would make a day of it when I first moved out of the house.

@christopherholland4094 4 жыл бұрын

I live right around the way from there been going since I was a child

@syxepop 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Kristin! It was a while I didn't comment on one of your videos... In this take (6:22), just before you've turned right, do you remember if the GIGANTE sign was from the Mexican supermarket / hyper market chain of the same name? I'm NOT Mexican, but somehow it was familiar from other YT / Google watchings. Their largest store in Mexico is pretty much as GIGANTE (32K sq. m.) as this Jungle Jim (they even had 7 US stores in Mexican "barrios" until they sold their business to another Mexican store group in the late Aughts). PS: Most likely Jungle Jim may have a few items from "the Island" (Puerto Rico) in there...

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

I think the Gigante sign may have been made specifically for them but it's really interesting to hear the origin of the sign, and yes, they absolutely do have a Puerto Rico aisle!

@MichaelCKJ 3 жыл бұрын

@syxepop The first few times I seen this sign I always thought it was a Papa Johns sign especially seeing it from the distance.

@syxepop 3 жыл бұрын

Michael Cain - you're right, as it does look like a Papa John's sign from afar. But I've seen the Gigante sign from a female Mexican YTer that does product / store history videos (she did one video on that particular chain that you may search on. YT by the Gigante name). The main store of that chain used to be the largest in La Republica and is about the same size as this Jungle Jim's Kristin did a tour on...

@DeadMallWalking 4 жыл бұрын

Fun story from when I visited here: An African American dude, who smelt very strongly of weed, was so convinced I was a Nike shoe designer he'd read about that he insisted on opening a bottle of Hennessy that he had just bought and pouring out a shot for me. The cashier was not thrilled!

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

That is the best story of mistaken identities I've heard in a long time!

@MarvinMonroe 3 жыл бұрын

They used to yell at anyone who even took a still picture and make you put your camera away. I know for a fact that was still going on in 2011

@UniCommProductions 3 жыл бұрын

They were surprisingly cool when I did this, an employee even apologized for walking in front of me...and I was prepared to need to be discreet because I usually film malls which 90% of the time are NOT OK with filming in there. (Most of this was shot on a little action camera similar to a GoPro attached to my cart with a mount that's usually used for handlebars.). I have to think that since guys like Adam the Woo and The Carpetbagger have brought a lot of publicity through their KZfaq channel that they've rethought their stance on photos and video.

@MarvinMonroe 3 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions that's cool, yeah by now they've realized not allowing pictures is absurd

@Reynad-sm1kr 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos guys. My guilty pleasure has been letting them stack up and binge them for hours while I work from home. When you did my home town mall in Findlay a while back, I was hooked. Been in California for about 16 year now, but it's awesome to see the state and area I grew up in , in glorious vaporwave fashion. I always get a chuckle at the lounge versions of sonic the hedgehog and street fighter theme songs low key laced throughout your videos from time to time. I appreciate you guys a whole bunch. I hope you guys are doing well.

@UniCommProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you Adam! The Sega Genesis had some of the best music. We are doing great; lots of stuff in the works for this year. We appreciate you a whole bunch too!

@MRVISTA-wz7vj 3 жыл бұрын

When you've got to thet point of hosing yourself down, I think I'd probably quit lol.

@jeffbarnes54 4 жыл бұрын

Love the music, I was expecting 1960's Bond type girls to appear wearing mod 60's clothes looking for tanning products, from all over the world.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

I wanted to go for that 1960's bossa nova cocktail lounge vibe!

@jeffbarnes54 4 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions You achieved it !

@RetailWorld 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Kristin, your production value keeps increasing and quality continues to impress! I really enjoyed getting to go to Jungle Jim's while up there for the DMOD Summit last year! Hopefully I can get back up there some day.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

There’s much more in the area to check out once things get back up and running

@Mark-qw8lc 4 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised that you didn’t catch me on video at the deli counter or in the “pop” aisle… *grin* Beyond their vast food selection, the store has another good attribute you lightly touched upon with the brief glimpse of their refurbished monorail system they purchased from King’s Island when the amusement park eliminated that vintage 1970’s-era ride. It’s nice to know that, when the city of Cincinnati abandons their multimillion-dollar streetcar system due to lack of riders, those fancy street cars will always have a welcome home at Jungle Jim’s. *smile*

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

The street cars will work great when the two stores spread into each other and all of northeast Cincinnati becomes the Jungle Jim's theme park. :D Thanks for watching, Mark, it's good to hear from you again!

@escandelev 4 жыл бұрын

I love Jungle Jim’s!

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

It is a really awesome store

@elizabeththomas8201 4 жыл бұрын

I have been wanting to ever since I have heard about it, now I am dying to go. I love the back ground information.

@DynV 4 жыл бұрын

How long of a drive was it to get there? I really liked at 10:27 with the upper apartments, like the store section below was in the place where multiple individual stores would. Thanks for sharing.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

It's about 40 minutes, on the highway it's on the exit between Forest Fair Mall and Tri County Mall. That's one of my favorite parts, too--you can tell when you walk inside those that in a previous life those little "country shops" were tractor trailers and that was once a loading dock, which is an ingenious repurposing of what would have otherwise been a big hole in the wall!

@Kneehiable 4 жыл бұрын

Great job! I was just there on Saturday! Don’t forget to include those fancy bathrooms that new people always wrinkle their noses at when they first see them 🤣

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

That's definitely something I'm going to cover in Part II, I have shots of them from the second location!

@timothywalker4563 2 жыл бұрын

That P&G tips was a big display and I loooove tea! 🫖

@stevexray6253 4 жыл бұрын

It looks like a great place to get weekend provisions. 😁👍

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

It is THE BEST place for that!

@travis9144 4 жыл бұрын

"Pedro" = Pizza Pie-maker Pasqually P. Pieplate

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of P's!

@travis9144 4 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions Precisely!

@UrbexAPeakInside 4 жыл бұрын

You even make non dead areas look fabulous.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for that--it's funny that a big part of the reason I havent done a video about JJ sooner is that it's always so busy, so it being as empty as it is right now was a sort of opportunity.

@AllThingsTop5 4 жыл бұрын

That's a good sounding mic!

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@BoratWanksta 4 жыл бұрын

Peanut butter and jelly and also pumpkin pie, are the only 2 sodas I'd try on the shelf you filmed! No thanks, to any of the others you showed. Oh yeah, and I definitely do want to check out Jungle Jim's one of these days! Of their 2 stores, which one do you like the most? If someone did something silly like a Moxie challenge or anything similar on those lines, maybe I'd very reluctantly try any of those? Not sure if Moxie is sold here btw, lol. I also love their decor and collection of various things(i.e. animatronic characters) they have inside the store, as well!

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

The Eastgate one has a lot more floor space so at times they're busy, it feels a lot less cramped. (Which is the location we will be covering next week.). They have Moxie--which I tried a year or so ago and didnt care for. The fun atmosphere definitely makes this the sort of place that makes it easier to entice little kids to go to the grocery store with you (which I don't have, but I know I hated going out for errands when I was one!)

@BoratWanksta 4 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions Thanks for stating which of the 2 Jungle Jim's, is bigger in size. I do look forward to your video of their Eastgate store, next week.

@MrButch-ls8vl 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video, Kristin ... now I feel like hopping in my car and driving all the way to Ohio just to see - and shop - at this place! I mean what else is there to see in Ohio? The William Howard Taft birthplace? The boyhood home of Warren G. Harding? I only wish you zoomed in on a few more weird products for sale ... I enjoyed seeing the bottles of Mustard flavored soda (I'm from Philly, do they have Cheesesteak flavored soda? I'd try that!) Best wishes and here's hoping you'll reach 2K subscribers soon! Stay safe and healthy! Oh ... Glitterbomb with a face mask - adorable!!!

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I somewhat wish I had as well, there are so many! I don’t know about cheesesteak flavored soda! What a concept, We are both working from home right now and other than groceries haven’t left home in a few weeks...this is getting old, Stay safe and healthy as well.

@MichaelCKJ 3 жыл бұрын

I do not know where you live but if you like grocery stores it is worth the drive...

@MrButch-ls8vl 3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelCKJ I live in Philadelphia. I made the drive to Cincinnati back in August, spending a couple of days in Pittsburgh as well. I adored Cincy (although I stayed over on the KY side), visited the Art Museum, explored the historic neighborhoods like OTR, and even attended a little LGBT+ rally while I was there.

@johnsos9 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame those old Pizza Time Theatre characters are in such bad shape. There’s videos on here where people have their Elvis the Lions up and running like they were back in the early 80’s at CEC. Rumor has it that Jungle Jim got his from the Cassanelli Square location that caught on fire many years ago. He used to have a Dolli Dimples by the checkout lanes many years ago and even a Billy Bob from Showbiz Pizza at one time. I guess he sold them off or something.

@UniCommProductions 3 жыл бұрын

I had to look up what those characters looked like and you're right, they're not there anymore (although I remember the Dolli Dimples--I think she was taken off display around the time the store received its most recent expansion).

@ladylandr 4 жыл бұрын

Now, this is truly, a one of a kind store. Wowsers! 😍😍😍👍👍👍👍🦄 #Wowsers

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

It's like a safari without leaving the county!

@ladylandr 4 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions Yes it is, very unique. I think you mentioned a character in your video that was a puppet with a mustache. The puppet came from Chuck E Cheese and his name was Pasqually I believe. This market is truly unique and I'm very glad that you shared it with the Retail community. ☺️

@Doongie4ever 4 жыл бұрын

Oh may goodness there's too much to unpack in this video LOL for starters the whole place looks like a market you would find in a Resident Evil game with all that extra stuff they put in there, I bet you there's a few lost keys around those statues, I could get lost in there for weeks just thinking of all the stuff I could make, 11:32 none of those sound good to drink I'm sorry to anyone who enjoys those but no I would not drink any of those unless I went to someones house and they offered one and I didn't want to upset them when I guess I would try it. All in all great video as always, love watching them and looking forward to the next one.

@UniCommProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching--it's kind of amazing they manage to keep all that stuff in a grocery store and keep it that clean too! All of those sodas feel like "stunt" drinks no one would enjoy and it would only be consumed as a dare. Way back in the day, Jones Soda used to release this "Thanksgiving Dinner" set with turkey, stuffing, green bean, etc soda and my brother and I got one and drank shot-glass sized portions of them before dumping them down the drain. They were just awful.