The death of Pathmark Supermarkets is now official

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Longtime spokesman James Karen has died at 94.

 

[BabyBoomer]

Wasn't he Dorothy's boyfriend in an episode of GG?

 

~Boomer~

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Wasn't he Dorothy's boyfriend in an episode of GG?

 

~Boomer~

 

Yup, Raymond. When Dorothy let Sophia keep tagging along on their dates because she thought Sophia was lonely.

 

P.S. note the signature on my posts.

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He was also Carla's baby daddy on Cheers, wasn't he?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Karen

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Veteran Broadway, TV and film actor James Karen was encouraged as a young man to take up an acting career by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur actor himself. In 1947 Karen made his Broadway debut in “A Streetcar Named Desire”, which led to appearances in over 20 Broadway productions.

 

His television work began in 1948 with the telecast of “A Christmas Carol”, directed by pioneer television producer/director Fred Coe. Since then he has acted in over 100 television shows, including a stint as as Chief Justice Michael Bancroft on First Monday (2002) for CBS. In 1965 he began his film work in the low-budget sci-fi “epic” Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965) and now has an impressive resume of over 80 movies to his credit.

 

He has also filmed a record-breaking 5,000+ television commercials, most while a spokesperson for the Pathmark Supermarket chain in the northeast U.S.

 

He has been honored with the Saturn Award for Lifetime Achievement given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. He has also been presented the Buster Award by The International Buster Keaton Society. This award is given to the person who has demonstrated professional excellence in the tradition of Buster Keaton.

 

Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439170/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

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He also played some nasty SOB's in "Poltergeist", "Little House on the Prairie", and most memorably "The Jeffersons" wherein he portrayed a KKK official. I'll never forget the end of that episode. The character has a heart attack and collapses. George saves him by giving CPR. Later when he finds out he says, "You should have let me die". Shocking for the time and even by today's standards.

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Amid recent financial trouble, one of the leading names in the food retail scene is making a big return to Brooklyn.

 

Pathmark is coming back this April on Albany Avenue in East Flatbush.

 

"The store itself was successful, although maybe the corporate entity wasn't, and we think that the demographics here really align with what the Pathmark brand stands for," says Noah Katz, co-president of PSK Supermarkets.

 

The store will be in the exact space where the store was before being closed with the A and P bankruptcy in 2005. Allegiance Retail Services and PSK Supermarkets are putting the name back up.

 

"When people walk into the store, it is going to be like going a little bit back in time, like, ‘wow I remember this’ and that's what the return of Pathmark is all about." says John Derderian, president of Allegiance Retail Services.

 

The store is also creating about 150 new jobs in the area with most of the employees being local residents.

 

The store is expected to open either the first or second week in April.

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Shoppers at a Massachusetts supermarket were so spooked by rumors of ghost sightings there that the store had to publicly debunk the eerie tale this week, reports said.

 

Wilmington residents have been abuzz after someone claimed to see an apparition in a nightie, wandering the aisles at a Market Basket store.

 

“This is going to sound really really strange,” the person wrote on Facebook, according to the Boston Globe. “But has anyone seen a ghost in the Wilmington Market Basket?”

 

The strange silhouette was described as “an old Victorian woman in her nightgown…near the frozen peas.”

 

Though the post at first seemed like a joke, others came forward and shared their stories of spooky encounters at the store.

 

The bizarre claim hit local media outlets first and then spread nationwide.

 

So supermarket spokeswoman Justine Griffin decided to set the record straight.

 

“As far as we know all of our stores are ghost-free,” Justine Griffin said in a statement issued to the Globe. “But if there’s anything to it, she’s probably attracted to our Victorian-era prices.”

 

Meanwhile, Salem Congressman Seth Moulton took to Twitter about the situation.

 

“Apparently a ghost is haunting the Wilmington Market Basket,” he wrote. “I thought I only needed to worry about witches and ghouls in #Salem!”

 

I’d only be upset if she used the handicapped cart & didn’t plug it in to recharge afterward.