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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2djke2 wrote

Reply to comment by hatersaurusrex in TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean? by OptionalPlayer

He even did spots for the Atlanta Braves back in the 80s (it was a lot harder to sell tickets for them at the time)

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hatersaurusrex t1_j2dkdrt wrote

Oh man, the pre Bobby Cox Braves. I can imagine.

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2dkx5c wrote

Ironically Bobby Cox was the GM at the time (he had managed the Braves earlier in the 80s and was hired back as GM a few years later). Then in 1990 he fired the manager mid-season and said “fuck it i’m gonna manage this team myself”, and the rest was history.

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hatersaurusrex t1_j2dm4q7 wrote

We had no team here, so growing up it was the Braves on WTBS or the Cubs on WGN. When Greg Maddux went to Atlanta it was like all my childhood baseball dreams came true.

Between Braves games at Fulton Co Stadium and NWA wrasslin' at the Georgia Dome, Ted Turner loomed large in the childhoods of many kids in the Southeast.

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peacefulwarrior75 t1_j2dmkhz wrote

And if you liked The Beastmaster, Ted was your man. We used to laugh that he must love that movie and would call down to the station on a weekend: “Hey - play Beastmaster!”
“Umm Mr. Turner, we have programming already scheduled, and we did just show that film earlier this week.”

“I own the station - and I want Beastmaster!”

“Of course, sir”

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hatersaurusrex t1_j2dn171 wrote

Dude - I must have seen The Beastmaster 200 times growing up for that reason.

I'm willing to bet an inordinate number of ferrets in the South were named Kodo and Podo in the 80's

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