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Well, I was just going to post plain old boring video, and then I thought, "let's make it a commercial," and then I found this seriously cheesy music on Amazon.com, and things got out of hand.

Pretty soon I was re-creating the bad local TV of my youth. Remember WPTT-TV, when it was still on Seco Road in Monroeville? Well, all that clip is lacking is Eddie Edwards' voice --- and maybe a hair on the screen or a slide coming into frame upside down.

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The commercial's a spoof, of course, but the flea market is real --- it's at McKeesport Heritage Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 12 noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Items for sale include books (both adult and children's), toys and games, jewelry and accessories, housewares and kitchen utensils, paper products and office supplies, linens and fabric, glassware and collectables, small appliances and some furniture. No clothes or shoes are being sold.

Admission is free and sales proceeds benefit the Heritage Center, which is located at 1832 Arboretum Drive, next to the rose garden in Renziehausen Park. Call (412) 678-1832 or visit the center's website.

And yes, in the early days of television, McKeesport's WMCK radio did apply for the Channel 4 license. Pittsburgh Mayor David L. Lawrence pulled some strings, and the license went to Hearst Broadcasting instead, which created the present-day WTAE-TV. (You could look it up, as they say.)

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"

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Final Weekend for 'Dixie Swim Club': McKeesport Little Theater wraps up its production of "The Dixie Swim Club" this weekend with shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

A comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, the MLT describes the play like this: "Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team ... set aside a long weekend every year to recharge their relationship. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them."

The theater is located at 1614 Coursin St., near the Carnegie Library of McKeesport. For ticket prices and other information, call (412) 673-1100 or visit the theater's website.

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Oldies Dance Saturday: It's the "fall fling oldies dance" on Saturday at the Palisades, 100 Fifth Ave., Downtown. Frankie Day and Glenn Raymer of WKFB (770) radio spin the dusties from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door and all proceeds benefit the Westmoreland Yough Trail Council --- a non-profit, all-volunteer group that maintains and improves the Yough River biking-hiking trail in the West Newton area.

For more information, call (724) 872-5586 or visit the Palisades' website.

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