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Rummaging around the game show Interwebs, I came across a note that Let's Make a Deal announcer Jonathan Mangum had graced a number of episodes of the ancient Drew Carey Show. Well, darned if it wasn't true, as shown by a couple clips on YouTube.

Jonathan looks like a teenage version of himself - he had actually just turned thirty - but there he is with the other strange sitcom characters. Have to admit that my recall of the show is pretty scanty because I've never been a big sitcom fan, with or without Mr. Carey.

Craig Ferguson of Celebrity Name Game was, of course, a mainstay of the show, which now seems like an incubator for game show and improv comedy talent. The YouTube clips with Jonathan center around a Super Bowl ad. The show freely uses the term "Super Bowl," which I understand is now copyright protected and can bring lawyers from the NFL to your doorstep. Hope they don't find me.

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