R.I.P. Elmer Lynn Hauldren…You Knew Him Better As The “Empire Carpet Guy”…
Hauldren passed away yesterday at 89. If you grew up anywhere in the Chicagoland area, or in an area where Channel 9 (WGN) was carried on your cable, you knew he was. When I was growing up in Kalamazoo, we ALWAYS had Channel 9 on our cable...Bozo, the Cubs, and Empire Carpet commercials...