Deconstructing Mr. Peanut: Signs of Times Square
Posted on October 20, 2004 - Filed Under New York, Audio, Culture | Leave a Comment
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Mr. Peanut, with top hat, tails, white gloves and monocle, is a Broadway
kind-a-guy. His salty self first appeared on the Great White Way in
1942. Peanut stage a comeback in 1999 and now occupies a huge
billboard. Probably deservedly so as he is the official snack of
NASCAR.
Endearing old Mr. P., the Fred Astaire of legumes, […]
