BrendanBSharp

BrendanBSharp t1_j263gef wrote

They coexisted for years (Ollie’s in Pennsylvania and Building 19 in Massachusetts) and must’ve gotten along good enough that it was ok to have the same freelance cartoonist doing the ads for both chains... their store locations never overlapped anyway. The cartoonist is Mat Brown; he’s from Scituate.

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BrendanBSharp t1_ixytmqj wrote

There’s live jazz on Sunday afternoons at Johnny’s at the Wyndham in Middletown… they don’t always have a sax player but they post the schedule of who’s playing and what instruments they play on their Facebook page.

(If Dennis Cook is mentioned, you can’t go wrong. Super nice guy and an incredible sax player).

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BrendanBSharp t1_ivmc90k wrote

It might not be common knowledge, but it’s understandable. If they were all real, there’s no way they’d sit there all month without rotting or being eaten by squirrels.

It also takes months to carve them all; there’s still talent involved. The whole thing is produced by Passion for Pumpkins, an outside company which runs the event in multiple cities.

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