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"Red Wigglers, the Cadillac of Worms"

posted 8 years ago by jeffster67
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I'm watching the reunion show on the extras DVD in the DVD set, and I just heard Howard Hesseman say that when they had the "Red Wigglers" commercial on the show, that originally CBS did not want them to put that in the show because supposedly it was giving Cadillac (cars) free advertisement. Smh...

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[–] morrell2000 8 years ago

Go figure the networks.....It's still one of the funniest commercials that they made.

[–] [email protected] 8 years ago

I like that moment Fever is playing the jingle, bopping along to it, and sticks a finger in his mouth like it's a fishhook.

[–] Willus_A 8 years ago

This thread makes me think of when Johnny Carson would have a guest who was on a show from ABC or CBS. They were on such and such show "on another network".

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