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'''''K- | '''''K-lumbo''''', possibly titled '''''K-lumbo: Safety is No Accident''''', was a Kmart safety video and ''Columbo'' parody created ''circa'' the early 1990s. | ||
The safety video reportedly stars a Peter Falk-type actor as detective named "K-lumbo" | |||
The confirmation that this safety video existed is the 2001 court case Torres v. K-Mart Corp: | The confirmation that this safety video existed is the 2001 court case Torres v. K-Mart Corp: | ||
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==Other testimonies== | ==Other testimonies== | ||
Weeble Weeble Wobble | Weeble Weeble Wobble on the Ars Technica forum (2006): | ||
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All retail stores have horrid dreck like this for their training videos. You think this is bad? You should try sitting through the old K-Lumbo shrinkage prevention video K-Mart used to show (do they still?). I'm still haunted by that, 13 years after working there.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1105755 You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> | All retail stores have horrid dreck like this for their training videos. You think this is bad? You should try sitting through the old K-Lumbo shrinkage prevention video K-Mart used to show (do they still?). I'm still haunted by that, 13 years after working there.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1105755 You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> | ||
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Alan Scherstuhl on Twitter (2013, 2017): | |||
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Training at K-Mart in '91 I saw a video in which Peter Falk-like detective K-lumbo investigated why K-Mart employees are so safety conscious<ref>https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/289745566831882241</ref> | |||
In 1991, on my first day working at K-Mart, we watched a training video in which the detective K-lumbo cracked the case of employee safety<ref>https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> | |||
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YouTuber Quinton Reviews, via his father ( | YouTuber Quinton Reviews, via his father (2021): | ||
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Personal lost media: | |||
My Dad worked at Kmart a few times in the '90s, and he INSISTS that one time they showed him an instructional video starring an investigator named "K-Lumbo" | |||
we must find and preserve 'K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident'.<ref>https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> | |||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
Quinton's father seems to remember the title as "K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident". However, the court case seems to refer to "K-Lumbo" and "Safety is No Accident" as two separate Kmart safety videos. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 14:47, 16 April 2022
Status: Lost
K-lumbo, possibly titled K-lumbo: Safety is No Accident, was a Kmart safety video and Columbo parody created circa the early 1990s.
The safety video reportedly stars a Peter Falk-type actor as detective named "K-lumbo"
The confirmation that this safety video existed is the 2001 court case Torres v. K-Mart Corp:
7. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "K-lumbo."
8. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "Safety Is No Accident."[1]
Other testimonies
Weeble Weeble Wobble on the Ars Technica forum (2006):
All retail stores have horrid dreck like this for their training videos. You think this is bad? You should try sitting through the old K-Lumbo shrinkage prevention video K-Mart used to show (do they still?). I'm still haunted by that, 13 years after working there.[2]
Alan Scherstuhl on Twitter (2013, 2017):
Training at K-Mart in '91 I saw a video in which Peter Falk-like detective K-lumbo investigated why K-Mart employees are so safety conscious[3]
In 1991, on my first day working at K-Mart, we watched a training video in which the detective K-lumbo cracked the case of employee safety[4]
YouTuber Quinton Reviews, via his father (2021):
Personal lost media:
My Dad worked at Kmart a few times in the '90s, and he INSISTS that one time they showed him an instructional video starring an investigator named "K-Lumbo"
we must find and preserve 'K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident'.[5]
Quinton's father seems to remember the title as "K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident". However, the court case seems to refer to "K-Lumbo" and "Safety is No Accident" as two separate Kmart safety videos.
References
- ↑ Torres v. K-Mart Corp., 145 F. Supp. 2d 161 (D.P.R. 2001) Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/289745566831882241
- ↑ https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Retrieved 16 April '22