Gideon retired a while ago.
I ran into a candybar ad awhile ago in my CVS that Annoyed the heck out of me. It was in front of the pharmacy, 3 feet tall with teachers holding candybars all over it. Why do they even sell candy at the pharmacy all the time?
Hey, I live in Belfast, Maine now, but am formerly from Chicago. There is a carpet dealer in BANGOR that uses the old Empire/Chicago jingle! 
RIP, Empire Carpet guy, who died in the middle of last year.