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[john_holton]

Look at the goodie I found! From WFLD-TV in Chicago, circa 1984:

I love the improvised Civil Defense mark.

Here's another goodie, just to prove to everyone that Empire Carpets has never changed their phone number:

The first guest star in the commercial is best known as Svengoolie, to those of us who grew up in Chicago. All of them appear to

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[sharonthenurse]

That's pretty good animation for the 1920's!

[sharonthenurse]

oops- that smartass comment was intended for Suzie Snowflake!

[john_holton]

I think it was made in the 1940s, actually. But, yeah, the technology wasn't particularly stunning, was it? Same with "Hardrock", my personal favorite...

[dafne99]

Alright, whomever thinks John needs to lay off the YouTube raise your hand. Haha. ;)

[john_holton]

I was having fun. There's all kinds of really great stuff out there.

[dafne99]

Oh, I know! I think one of the funniest things I found was "The Producers" singing the "Smurfs" theme song. I'd look for the link, but I'm a bit busy atm & my computer's being a stupid misbehaving punk.

[friendsafire]

I have but one thing to say:

BERWIN?

(Believe it or not, watching Swengoolie was one of the first real dates I had with Hubster.)