K-lumbo (lost Kmart safety training video; 1990s)
Kmart logo used in the 1990s.
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.
According to former Kmart employees, the safety video starred a Peter Falk-type actor as a detective named "K-lumbo" who investigates the safety protocols of K-Mart employees.[1][2][3] In 2006, a former employee remembered the video covering shrinkage prevention.[4]
Confirmation that this safety video existed comes from 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."[5]
There is minor contention over if 'K-lumbo' and 'Safety is No Accident' are one film or two. The court document references the titles interchangeably. However, both titles are described as having identical purposes and content.
References
- ↑ Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) "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" Retrieved 16 Apr '22
- ↑ Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) "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/" Retrieved 16 Apr '22
- ↑ Quinton Reviews (@Q_Review) "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'." Retrieved 16 Apr '22
- ↑ You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside Retrieved 16 Apr '22
- ↑ Torres v. K-Mart Corp., 145 F. Supp. 2d 161 (D.P.R. 2001) Retrieved 16 Apr '22