
Barry I. Grauman notes: This is a 1953 episode, as ABC scheduled Rootie on weekday afternoons at 5:45pm(et)- mostly on the East Coast- under the sponsorship of Gordon Baking Company {Silvercup bread}. Dennis James' "CHANCE OF A LIFETIME", mentioned at 14:25, was seen on Thursdays at 8:30pm(et) from May 1952 through August 1953.
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