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At least in regards to how prominent his character could be on Silver Spoons? I know that this on paper, just sounds like a conspiracy theory but please hear me out for a moment. I believe that it was roughly around the same time (https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FA3SmpI3qo4J:https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-06-19-8502090004-story.html+&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) that he joined the cast of Silver Spoons that Coca-Cola (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1985/06/18/coke-buys-embassy-tandem/3c4cb46d-d80e-413c-a499-f3b47b4a4ce6/) bought out (https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vffKdgwoxkMJ:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-18-fi-3341-story.html+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) Embassy (https://apnews.com/article/167d1e2f9b5168928211a346fd1bbd7b) from Norman Lear (http://www.normanlear.com/backstory/press/coke-buys-embassy-485-million/).

One thing that took me aback while reading into this is that Francis T. Vincent Jr., the future Commissioner of Major League Baseball, was the president of Coca-Cola’s entertainment business sector at the time.