Adman Lynn Hauldren was talked into putting on the installer uniform
and becoming the mellow-voiced pitchman for Chicago's Empire Carpet in
1973 and is still seen (in CGI form) today--even before the company
went national, Hauldren's face and the infamous jingle he wrote
performed by the barbershop choir he was a member of ('Five-Eight-
Eight/Two-Three-Hundred/EMPIRE!") was well-known by viewers of WGN's
superstation feed (now known as WGN America):http://chicagoist.com/2011/04/27/lynn_empire_carpet_guy_hauldren_pas.php It was a minor shock to the system when on a trip to New York I heard the Empire jingle and realized that it was a New York station I had on. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
