Mr Peanut Dead at 104

[Dennis Donovan]

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The Estate of Mr. Peanut ✔ @MrPeanut

It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that Mr. Peanut has died at 104. In the ultimate selfless act, he sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him most. Please pay your respects with #RIPeanut



11:00 AM - Jan 22, 2020

Note that the twitter account is blue-checked, so this must be official.

Cross gently, and salted, Mr P.

On edit: Footage found of Mr Peanut's last gallant act:

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The Estate of Mr. Peanut ✔ @MrPeanut

We’re devastated to confirm that Mr. Peanut is gone. He died doing what he did best – having people’s backs when they needed him most. #RIPeanut

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12:08 PM - Jan 22, 2020

[cyclonefence]

1. When I was a girl--look out: old fart about to reminisce

There were Mr. Peanut shops downtown, where all kinds of nuts were roasted and you could buy them in a paper bag, by the pound. Boy, did that smell good.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I'm not so old, but I remember when you could by peanuts by the bag

And candy. Thinking back on it, no one cared about germs with little grubby kids reaching into bulk bins for handfulls of Fireballs.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. There was one in Roanoke, Virginia, I believe.

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Well, look what I found:

Original title:

Mr. Peanut bids Roanoke farewell

By DUNCAN ADAMS
The Roanoke Times

ROANOKE

Now:

STORE SELLS NOSTALGIC MR. PEANUT ROASTER TO N.Y. COLLECTOR
The Roanoke Times
Daily Press

ARCH 31, 2001 | ROANOKE

Beneath his black top hat, Mr. Peanut's expression remained placid, his scarlet lips enigmatically curled like Mona Lisa's. ... He sat astride his gas-fired roaster mount in the window of the Peanut Store downtown, an antique mechanical figure oblivious both to his status as a Roanoke icon and to the news of his imminent sale to a New York collector.

Inside the Peanut Store on First Street, Manager Eva Dickerson, 65, mourned Mr. Peanut's pending departure. She recalled from childhood his mechanical gyrations and window tapping when he occupied space in peanut shops on Jefferson Street. She remembered nickel bags of nuts bought on the way to a movie.

"I'm very sad," Dickerson said. "It's part of my history. He's been downtown since I was a kid." ... Caroline Roberts, 22, daughter of the Peanut Store's owner, Andy Roberts, was on the telephone to Roanoke Gas Co. ... "We need to have the gas cut off on our Mr. Peanut because he is moving" to New York, Caroline Roberts told a customer-service representative.

Roberts didn't candy-coat her rationale for Mr. Peanut's sale. ... "I'm doing it for the Bug," she said, referring to the Volkswagen New Beetle that she plans to buy with the proceeds. "It's always been fun to look at, but if he goes, he goes." ... Eavesdropping, Dickerson frowned. For her, Mr. Peanut evokes "memories of fun times, when life was simple."

Andy Roberts wouldn't reveal the sale price. But he noted that he previously declined $16,000 for his mechanized Mr. Peanut, which has remained operable and capable of roasting a 20-pound batch of peanuts in 30 minutes.
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[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Yep! Every Saturday morning after I finished my paper route I'd go downtown to Central Market

where I met the guy whose vegetable wagon I worked on. I’d always make my way to Planters for a bag of fresh roasted peanuts.

[dameatball]

4. He was a salt of the earth kinda guy but unfortunately he had become a shell of his former self.

[gratuitous]

5. I heard he was slipping mentally, as well

Some folks went so far as to say he'd gone nuts.

[dameatball]

9. At this point it's all macademic.

[Dennis Donovan]

10. .

DUzies for you and gratuitous!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Not that old chestnut again...

[eleny]

19. Shell I contribute to this thread?

[CaptYossarian]

6. Who will break the news to President Carter?

What about the eulogy? "He was a good nut; a decent, honest, hard-working legume. Salt of the Earth."

I--I just can't...too sad.

[Backseat Driver]

7. "I don't know the guy - never met him" - Is there a bio?

Was he Georgian, Virginian, or Spanish? If roasted, was Mr. Peanut an Aussie? This sounds pretty "squirrel-y" to me; nevertheless, knowing that elephants also love those legumes:

RIP Mr. Peanut with all your newfound centenarian and martyred wisdom.

[lunasun]

8. Maybe not a good brand look as class inequality continues to grow

Turn off in recent marketing focus groups

[Dennis Donovan]

12. Mr Clean in mourning:

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[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. I know I don't have a star but why are people posting ads.

[nolabear]

17. Guess what's trending at #1 on Twitter on this auspicious day...

People love a joke. It’ll die down in a minute.

[Dennis Donovan]

18. It's a joke

[irisblue]

15. A replacement suggestion

InMinivanHell (@inminivanhell) Tweeted:
Hopefully Mr Peanut will be replaced with Ms Peanut, who had more qualifications to begin with but was constantly overlooked for the promotion- but without a doubt will be paid significantly less and have to deal with sexual harassment by Mr Jelly . #RIPeanut https://t.co/Tsex4aFraK

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?s=20

[nolabear]

16. Whatcha want to bet he has a great-great-great grandkid?

Lil Nut, who will somehow get over the pain and nut on...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. Anyone old enough to remember the days before huge malls.....

when medium to large cities had arcades?

When first reading this, I thought of a Planters shop in the arcade in Nashville in the 50s when mom and I went shopping downtown. We could smell the roasting peanuts a block away and of course had to buy a bag.

Also remember my dad had a Mr. Peanut mechanical lead pencil, and the very special treat it was to stop at a crossroads store and get a 5c bag of salted peanuts and a 5c Coka-Cola.

More on this story here.....

Watch out! Planters kills off Mr. Peanut in Super Bowl pregame ad
By Nicole Lyn Pesce
Published: Jan 22, 2020
He shell be missed — #RIPeanut

Link: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/watch-this-planters-kills-off-mr-peanut-in-super-bowl-pregame-ad-2020-01-22

One cute twitter comment:

BREAKING: Police have executed a warrant at the home of Dumbo. #RIPeanut

— Barton Deiters (@ReporterBartonD) January 22, 2020

KY.........for my boyhood memories.....