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A running gag throughout the series is the repeated utterance of the word " Berwyn ", the name of a Chicago suburb.

( This was a parody of the way " Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In " and Johnny Carson would jokingly refer to " Beautiful Downtown Burbank.

") Another recurring gag involves rubber chickens being thrown at Svengoolie after a cornier-than-usual joke — usually at the end of each episode's closing sketch.

Koz and the show have won numerous regional Emmy awards, and Koz was admitted to the Emmy " Silver Circle " in 2004 for " outstanding contributions to Chicago television.