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1795:"Reddit Thread about Spawn of Svengoolie"
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1174:"Still Ghoulin' After All These Years"
1076:"Svengoolie scares up a national show"
1881:"Archived Sven Squad Svengoolie Page"
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1126:Watson, Elena M. (November 1, 2000).
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1441:Stach, Chris (October 30, 2007).
1405:Okuda, Ted; Yurkiw, Mark (2016).
1356:Herguth, Bob (December 5, 1994).
870:and MeTV's morning cartoon block
1952:Elfring, Mat (October 9, 2019).
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1307:Darnall, Steve (June 18, 2004).
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346:. The show features horror and
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1856:"Sven Squad Merchandise Image"
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208:Production locations
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2604:Through the Decades
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1571:"MeTV - Svengoolie"
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833:South Bend, Indiana
785:(channel 26, now a
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450:Abbott and Costello
183:Executive producers
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