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Fencl-Tufo Chevrolet was an automobile dealearship in Glendale Heights Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). It closed in the late 1980s. The Dealership was owned by Dick Fencil & John Tufo. The dealership was known for its television commercials using puppets and local sports teams.

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Dr. Richard Janiczek is a dentist in Chicago Ridge, Illinois who has been practicing for over 20 years. 

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From 1974 to 1979, the touring ice show Ice Follies included 20-minute acts featuring skaters dressed as characters from the children's show Sesame Street. The original act featured Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Cookie Monster, Betty Lou, Oscar the Grouch and the Count. Cookie Monster was mostly silent in the show, but sometimes performed on a vocal track by Frank Oz. One show in 1976 included a bit about Cookie Monster running for President. 

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Van Dahm Lincoln Mercury is a car dealership in Oak Lawn, Illinois. On August 3, 1974 Chauncey the cougar who was the star of the Lincoln-Mercury commercials at the time made an appearance at the dealership. Chauncey and Christopher the cougar cub that also appeared, were two of the animals that lived at Ted and Pat Derb's "Love is an Animal", a 300-acre farm near Buellton, California. The animal's appearances in advertising and promotional events helped to pay for their care.

The advertisements featured a cougar on top of the Mercury Lincoln sign. Here are some example commercials featuring the cougar: 

1973 Lincoln Mercury TV commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0w46M1xuDY

Mercury Capri 1979 Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o--8zQO-Hy4&list=PL864197912ABAA78E&index=2

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Manpower Business Training Institute was based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  An advertisement in the Milwaukee Journal, dated August 7, 1968, promoted their courses in data processing.  Additional courses offered by the institute were geared towards IBM key punch operation, IBM computer programming, and professional secretary positions.

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Harrah’s is the biggest casino brand in America and has 16 locations across the country. It was first opened on October 30, 1937.  Harrah’s was also the first casino to feature performances by Sammy Davis Jr.

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Dr. Richard Janiczek is a dentist in Chicago Ridge, Illinois who has been practicing for over 20 years.

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In the late 1980s Old Style beer had an advertising campaign for their light beer that said "achieve total light-osity" and "I've got total light-osity" as ways of expressing fandom for Old Style Light beer. This was adapted to Chicago Cubs fandom as "Cub-osity". Old Stye beer sponsored the Chicago Cubs from 1950 until 2014.

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Daru Coin & Stamp was opened in 1955 by Donald J. and Ann Urchel, its present location at 6455 W. Archer Ave. opened in 1963.  William A. Burd bought the company in 1995 when the Urchels decided to retire.  The location is now the Chicago Coin Company, and Mr. Burd installed and opened a numismatic library, which opened on April 17, 2010.  According to a June 19, 2010 article written by Cliff Mishler and published online by the Numismatic News, the William A. Burd Library contains “more than 12,000 reference books, catalogs, periodicals and pamphlets covering a diversity of interests from ancient to modern”.

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The WGN-TV Chicago Bozo Show debuted in 1960 and continued until 2001. Bob Bell (pictured) played the original "Bozo the Clown" from 1960-1984. He was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame in 1996. Simpson's actor Dan Castellaneta cites Bob Bell's Bozo as the influence for his Krusty the Clown character voice.