Dunkin' Donuts to give away 10,000 free rides
The chain dredged up the guy who played Charlie in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" - the 1971 version - to help hand out one-ride Charlie Cards at North, South and Back Bay stations between 7 and 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 23.
One person will get a year's worth of free Dunkin' Donuts coffee and a pass good for a year's worth of subway ridin,' according to a company press release, which mentions how Oompa-Loompas are not eligible but which otherwise does not, as far as I can tell, explain the connection between kids getting stuffed down garbage chutes and greater Boston's transit sysem, except, of course that both the movie and the T have a character named "Charlie," and, presumably, Starkist wanted too much for a guy dressed up like a tuna and, besides, Dunkin' Donuts doesn't sell tuna sandwiches.
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There is a local connection
The actor who played the grandpa in the older version was from Malden.
one giddy, late night in
one giddy, late night in undergraduate some friends and i were listening to that soundtrack of all things, and even in google's earliest days, within minutes we were dialing the listed number for this very same former actor. He was shockingly easy to find, as he's a veterinarian or dentist or something like that in new york state. We left a drunken message (not a 24 hour clinic apparently) and i shudder to think what we said.
maybe i ought to head over to find him and apologize.....