OK, so I’m not the only one who is totally weirded by Mr. Peanut.
TImothy McSweeney collects fictional monologues, and in this one, everyone’s favorite legume sheds his British affectations.. Well, some of them.
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From the category archives:
Jersey Stuff
Let me be completely up front: Mr. Peanut freaks me out, and has done so for about four decades. There’s something just not quite right about a food mascot that is only partially clothed.
As with all convoluted and convolved tales of Jersey Shore lore, there’s the real backstory and the personal demons that must [...]
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I had the utter, sincere, deep and profound pleasure of celebrating my birthday at Chef Vola’s in Atlantic City last weekend. Volas has a somewhat mysterious aura about it, ranging from the fact that it’s in the basement of a house on a side street in Atlantic City to the absolute necessity of reservations [...]
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With all due respect to Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City, and to whomever coined “America’s Playground” as a nickname, I’m spending the weekend off the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. It’s an eating safari, a hat trick of taste treats, both ends of the spectrum and some things in between. Looking forward to [...]
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