Death Of A Grocer episode - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Crimson · 01-27-2003, 08:56 PM

I don't know the episodes name, the one with Mr Adler and Adlers market. But the episode was really endearing and I enjoyed it.

Alex being Alex naturally wants to work at a job where he can work up, so he leaves a comfortable and friendly job working for lovable but reliant Mr Adler. Alex leaves and gets Mr Adler to hire Skippy. Meanwhile Alex works in cat toys for a major brand store. Eventually he realizes that ,sometimes, life is for the enjoying, not for the working, and he gets his old job back. The whole episode had a good message which is not a common one.

At what point do you realize that you're comfortable where you're at, before you work your life away?

I'd like any discussion regarding this episode.

Plata · 01-30-2003, 04:38 PM

The episode did have a good message. I think it's good to just work at a job you love instead of a job that you don't especially like. It's like that saying, choose a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life. I think that's what Alex learns in that episode. It's not the cat toys or products that makes a store a good store, but the kind of environment a person works in. In the store Alex also had an employee number. A job in a store where a person is only known as a number isn't a great job either. It's better to be known by a name rather than a number.

Crimson · 01-30-2003, 05:36 PM

This is true. You truly have to like what you do. No one is obligated to work a job which causes them discomfort, unless it is under financial crisis.

Family Ties Forever! · 03-17-2007, 02:42 AM

I wonder why the episode is called Death Of A Grocer? Alex temporarily quits working there, but no one dies.

Sharop · 03-17-2007, 05:35 PM

The title could refer to Alex leaving the job, even though he did come back in the end.

bttf4444 · 03-17-2007, 06:25 PM

I love that episode! I like how Alex does the right thing at the end.

freshprinceofLA · 03-18-2007, 02:11 AM

I too enjoy this episode. Its one of the best of season 1. Skippy gets kinda annoying to me though for some reason.

bttf4444 · 03-18-2007, 04:33 AM

I like how Alex is good friends with Skippy. It proves right there that Alex is a very kind person.

Scoobiedoo30 · 03-21-2007, 04:08 PM

I seem to forget this Episode

AxelFoley · 04-19-2008, 09:04 AM

I love this episode, it's one of the few that I actually remember. I didn't become a fan until 2001 when Sweden started airing them again, I recorded some episodes and have only watched that tape over and over again for quite some time.

I just ordered season 1 and am so happy to find out this episode is on the first season!

catlover79 · 10-06-2008, 03:56 PM

Jack Somack (Mr. Adler) also played a friendly neighborhood shop owner on Barney Miller a couple of times - Mr. Kotterman. He was a very good character actor.

01-27-2003, 08:56 PM	#1
Crimson Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 03, 2002 Location: Phoenix Posts: 198	Death Of A Grocer episode I don't know the episodes name, the one with Mr Adler and Adlers market. But the episode was really endearing and I enjoyed it. Alex being Alex naturally wants to work at a job where he can work up, so he leaves a comfortable and friendly job working for lovable but reliant Mr Adler. Alex leaves and gets Mr Adler to hire Skippy. Meanwhile Alex works in cat toys for a major brand store. Eventually he realizes that ,sometimes, life is for the enjoying, not for the working, and he gets his old job back. The whole episode had a good message which is not a common one. At what point do you realize that you're comfortable where you're at, before you work your life away? I'd like any discussion regarding this episode.
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03-17-2007, 02:42 AM	#4
Family Ties Forever! Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 16, 2002 Location: Keaton residence Posts: 10,214	I wonder why the episode is called Death Of A Grocer? Alex temporarily quits working there, but no one dies.
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Sharop Andy Gibb aged 12 Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 03, 2004 Location: Courthouse Square, Hill Valley, beside the clocktower, 10:04 p.m., November 12th 1955 Posts: 3,912	The title could refer to Alex leaving the job, even though he did come back in the end.
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03-18-2007, 02:11 AM	#7
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01-30-2003, 04:38 PM	#2
Plata Member Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2001 Location: Regina,Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 1,201	The episode did have a good message. I think it's good to just work at a job you love instead of a job that you don't especially like. It's like that saying, choose a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life. I think that's what Alex learns in that episode. It's not the cat toys or products that makes a store a good store, but the kind of environment a person works in. In the store Alex also had an employee number. A job in a store where a person is only known as a number isn't a great job either. It's better to be known by a name rather than a number.

01-30-2003, 05:36 PM	#3
Crimson Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 03, 2002 Location: Phoenix Posts: 198	This is true. You truly have to like what you do. No one is obligated to work a job which causes them discomfort, unless it is under financial crisis.

03-17-2007, 06:25 PM	#6
bttf4444 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 336	I love that episode! I like how Alex does the right thing at the end.

03-18-2007, 04:33 AM	#8
bttf4444 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 336	I like how Alex is good friends with Skippy. It proves right there that Alex is a very kind person.

04-19-2008, 09:04 AM	#10
AxelFoley Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 18, 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 80	I love this episode, it's one of the few that I actually remember. I didn't become a fan until 2001 when Sweden started airing them again, I recorded some episodes and have only watched that tape over and over again for quite some time. I just ordered season 1 and am so happy to find out this episode is on the first season!

10-06-2008, 03:56 PM	#11
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,382	Jack Somack (Mr. Adler) also played a friendly neighborhood shop owner on Barney Miller a couple of times - Mr. Kotterman. He was a very good character actor.
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