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Her NBC show Gimme A Break! was a middling success at the time, but it was hoped that the show would bring more crowds to the struggling Fair, which had already declared bankruptcy before it closed its gates.
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Ah the days when a company could hand out free cigarettes in the United States!
The show would expose the fair to a national audience, but it would be too little, too late. Nell Carter couldn't save this debacle.