Randy’s M&M’s: closing a childhood memory
I was saddened to hear of Randy’s M&M’s closing. I feel like the store and I started careers at the same time.
Randy's M&M's will be closing for good on Saturday. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The Oklahoman
When the store opened in 1981, I was a 10-year-old embarking on my baseball career. Just happened that a player on the team was somehow related to the store’s owner. So over the next four or five years my team was the Edmond A’s sponsored by Randy’s M&M’s — green jerseys with a yellow lettering on the back promoting Randy’s. I remember feeling pretty cool to be sponsored by such a hip store specializing in music and video movies.
Randy’s lasted longer than my baseball career — two broken thumbs in 8th-grade ball was pretty much the end for me.
The memory has lasted for a much longer time. I remember those days spent with my dad as he coached the team, the last outs and the winning runs. I can still remember the names of most the players, some who have reappeared from time to time in my life.
I’m not sure if the Randy’s at 3200 Boulevard in Edmond was the first store. Seems like there might have been one before that.
What I am sure of is that the Boulevard store has been on my route home from work for the past six years or so. At the end of a long day, it’s nice to drive by and see the M&M’s sign and just for a moment flashback to those days as a child playing ball with my friends. It makes me smile and occasionally brings a tear to the eye.
So thanks Randy. I’m sad to see you go.
Michael Baker, Local Editor
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[...] take a bag A hometown legend has gone out of business. Randy’s M&M’s closed its doors on [...]
Randy was in my class. He used to dive out of the window of Mrs. Bert’s algebra class to run up to the Statesman to order lunch for our group. One day he told me he didn’t have a middle name, so I gave him one: Pink.
We had some laughs with him, you can believe we did.
It saddens me to see a locally-owned business close and leave only the big chain video stores. There was always a more pleasant atmosphere in the Randy’s stores than the others. I have enjoyed many hours browsing video tapes, laserdiscs, dvds and cds there. Since we moved to Tulsa in 07, my wife and I enjoyed stopping in Randy’s during visits to Edmond. They will be missed.
I was just driving by last week in Edmond remembering spending many a weekend night picking out movies! M & M’s has played a huge role in many lives for youth growing up in Edmond in the 80’s. With landmarks such as Johnnies, City Bites, McClaren’s & M & M’s it was a different town with only one high school and our main street drag of McDonald’s. Edmond has greatly changed, but the wonderful memories of growing up in a beautiful town with precious people & places will continue to linger in ALL our memories…