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Wonderama was a NYC thing? Christ, my kiddy self watched that thing every week in DC. Snake-in-a-can made me what I am today.
Posted by: BSI | July 13, 2009 at 09:39 PM
Wonderama was syndicated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderama
Posted by: Krys O. | July 15, 2009 at 12:34 PM