If Viacom bought GSN...

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1995 : The Dana Carvey Mug Root Beer Comedy Show. ABC Primetime. Lasted less than 13 weeks I recall....

I think the show had a different sponsor each week -- one of the weeks, it was sponsored by Taco Bell. I think Pizza Hut sponsored another week.

All the sponsors at the time were brands of a single company -- Pepsico.

And, to be honest, I don't think the show lasted beyond a month.

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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 30 2005, 06:30 PM\'][quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'May 30 2005, 04:21 PM\']Dog Eat Dog : "Lets check out the Circuit City Big Screen..."
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And the NetZero Clock! Don't forget the NetZero Clock!

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And in Chicago, when Pax was airing "Supermarket Sweep," WCPX treated us to a crawl during the Big Sweep plugging Jewel, Helping Make Your Life Easier.  (During the local breaks, they also ran Ruprecht doing a Jewel billboard--before Patty Heaton became Jewel/Albertson's spokesperson, much to Dave's regret, since I'm sure he would've enjoyed seeing her matched set in person.)  Seems to me that WCPX ran advertising crawls for other shows--Luna Carpeting seems to stick out in my mind.  (Those of you who are Chicagoans or viewers of WGN know that the Luna jingle is almost as insidious as "Eight-hundred-Five-Eight-Eight-Two-Three-Hundred-EM-PIRRREEE!")

And when in New York last year, what to my wonderment did I discover but that Empire is now a national company.  You now don't even have to have WGN on your cable to know that jingle by heart.

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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'May 31 2005, 02:36 PM\']And when in New York last year, what to my wonderment did I discover but that Empire is now a national company.  You now don't even have to have WGN on your cable to know that jingle by heart.
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But do you get 23 free meals at Cucina Cucina! restaurants with an auto glass replacement, that's MY question...