It is an apocryl story that Eddie Vedder was on stage in Chicago early in Pearl Jam when he said that some people challenged whether he was from the city. The band played the jingle as proof, and the crowd went nuts.
On Apr 27, 2011, at 2:51 PM, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
