QVC

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

First of all, make no mistake , I realize that QVC is a huge corporation now and not the cozy enterprise that it used to be. However the holidays makes me nostalgic for earlier times at the Q. I have a double cd of Christmas music performed by the hosts, recipe cards with recipes from the hosts, and Kathy Levine signing off right before Christmas break. Newer posters don't really understand why we oldsters wax nostalgic about the good old days at QVC., and I completely understand. Do any of you have a QVC memory to share ? 🎄

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Miss Pepsi · ‎06-24-2019

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
First of all, make no mistake , I realize that QVC is a huge corporation now and not the cozy enterprise that it used to be. However the holidays makes me nostalgic for earlier times at the Q. I have a double cd of Christmas music performed by the hosts, recipe cards with recipes from the hosts, and Kathy Levine signing off right before Christmas break. Newer posters don't really understand why we oldsters wax nostalgic about the good old days at QVC., and I completely understand. Do any of you have a QVC memory to share ? 🎄

I have both CD's that the QVC hosts did and they are among my favorites. The first one was the best. I too long for a kinder simpler QVC

Deb0509 · ‎05-27-2016

I remember Kathy Levine always signing off at 4pm on Christmas Eve. I think she usually did Diamonique that day. It has nothing to do with Christmas but I used to love the way the hosts and sets were decorated on special days, such as Big Bonanza Silver day and Gold Rush days. And of course jewelry shows at all and the prices before gold and silver went sky high.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I didn't find QVC until 1999, so I missed some great stuff I've read about here over the years.

One cute thing that always comes to mind for me is the time that Rick and Dave King were dancing in a hallway in lederhosen. I don't remember when that was but, obviously, it was a while ago since Dave's been gone for years. I always liked him a lot. It's fun to see him in a tv show here and there and I hope he's still having a happy and successful life.

ETA - forgot to say, I also have one CD of songs from the hosts.

lynnie61 · ‎04-28-2010

I didn’t watch extactly from the beginning, but I loved the Christmas segments the hosts did. Many when current hosts had very young children. Still love the Lisa Robertson/Dave King, Baby it’s cold outside segment (it’s on you tube). More recently, loved the Blue Jean Chef Christmas segments a few years ago with Meredith with simple tips and recipes. Lots of good Q memories.

Great topic @QVCkitty1

Vivian · ‎03-11-2010

I used to keep QVC on, as background. The hosts were warm and friendly, humorous, and not hard-sell. Still, I bought plenty of stuff. I stopped watching a few years ago. QVC just isn't the same. The quality is not there although I still buy some casual clothes online. I certainly remember the good old days. I know that times change. Still, I miss some of the old hosts...Kathy, Judy, and others.

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

@Vivian wrote:
I used to keep QVC on, as background. The hosts were warm and friendly, humorous, and not hard-sell. Still, I bought plenty of stuff. I stopped watching a few years ago. QVC just isn't the same. The quality is not there although I still buy some casual clothes online. I certainly remember the good old days. I know that times change. Still, I miss some of the old hosts...Kathy, Judy, and others.

@Vivian , That's how I feel, there are several hosts that I simply won't watch, and really I hardly watch anyway. I order from what I see online, if they did away with the television sales tomorrow it wouldn't matter to me.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

luvmybeetle · ‎08-10-2013

I remember when Joan Rivers was on and they had these little soap opera skits with her, Kathy and Rick. I always watched Christmas Eve with Kathy. She would always say she volunteered because she was Jewish. I miss Kathy more than anyone else.

shaggygirl · ‎11-24-2011

I remember one time Steve Colantuno was selling something that he put around his shoulders and it fell like a cape around him. He proceeded to run back and forth, out of sight then back in front of the camera and out of sight in the other direction with this cape like thing flying behind him.

He tended toward being comical sometimes in his comments but this was too funny. Him in his 2 piece suit, shirt and tie and perfectly coiffed hair suddenly getting the urge to play like superman.

Although I was there almost from the time QVC first went on air that is the only scene imprinted on my brain because at that time, the Q being so professional and the hosts so tastefully dressed it was an unexpectedly funny moment. But it was a one and done. Not like the happy dance which is way past retirement age.