#mr. peanut

[semioticapocalypse]

Diane Arbus. Mr. Peanut in Times Square, NY. 1956

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[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Mr. Peanut surrenders to President Bill Clinton on behalf of the Robot Equality Coalition in The Electric State's most gloriously stupid moment.

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[emaadsidiki]

World's Grandest Nut Company 🥜🙋‍♂️🧐

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Mr. Peanut in Times Square, 1956.

Photo: Diane Arbus via Christie's

[loveboatinsanity]

[artbyjasonleung]

Mr. Peanut ��

[retropopcult]

Plastered Peanuts Wacky Packages, 2nd Series Summer 1973

[syppys-den]

Shoutout to the only character in The Electric State that makes the thing worth watching even a small piece

I know he was put in here just as a marketing thing (the irony is so palpable that it's become too thick to cut) but I can't hate him!

[stone-cold-groove]

The great outdoors calls... for Planters Peanuts. Ad for Planters peanut products - 1954.

[oldshowbiz]

The Smothers Brothers for Planter's Peanuts

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[ripplefactor]

Diane Arbus, Mr. Peanut in Times Square, 1956 ..

[mochisquish]

[vintagenews]

Source and details.

[countesspetofi]

One of my earliest memories is of being scared to death of someone in a Mr. Peanut mascot costume at the opening of a grocery store when I was four years old.

I moved into my current place right at the beginning of the pandemic, so I'm only just now getting to meet some of my neighbors. Today I was talking to one of them while we were both waiting for rides--an elderly gentleman whose apartment is upstairs and across the hall from mine. He happened to mention that he had a side hustle years ago playing Mr. Peanut at grocery store promotions.

You can guess the rest. We compared dates and locations, and I'm as sure as I can be that the person responsible for some of my worst childhood nightmares is the chatty blind man who lives upstairs. I'll wait and see if this ultimately makes me feel better or worse.