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- 1 2 WKRP vet Reid, standup Dreesen's previous life, an October 2008 CNN article
- ↑ "Talking About." Jet . Johnson Publishing Company, February 12, 1970. Vol. 37, No. 19. ISSN 0021-5996. p. 43 "Windy City interracial comedy team, Tim and Tom, which, like the nationally prominent black and white Steve Rossi and Slappy White comedy duo, is real soul in action. Not only have Tim and Tom received national attention for their efforts in ..."