After selling the Zayre locations to competitor Ames
Fearing the American Hockey League and the WHL were going to merge and form a second major hockey league
The Whistl'n Pig opened in 1947 at
Originally owned by Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
the team ceased operations but returned in 2009 as the Walleye
Cleveland Comedy Company Key West After selling the Zayre locationsThe Cleveland Comedy Company was a locally produced sketch comedy TV show that aired on Channel 5 on Friday nights in 1979 and 1980. It was developed by popular local DJ Bob James of WGAR. The cast included fellow WGAR DJ Paul Tapie, as well as Jane Van Bergen, Denise Putsch, John Stang, Leslie Bryant, Bob Ebersol, and Alfonzo Smith. It was similar to Saturday Night Live, only the focus was on Cleveland area celebrities, politicians, businessmen,