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Brother Buzz

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4. I viewed a strange film, The Pez Outlaw.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Wed Jun 14, 2023, 03:30 AM

Jun 2023

I initially thought it was a hokey work of fiction, until I discovered it was real

For what it's worth, Pez candy is overrated and too pricey in my mind. NECCO wafers were a bigger bang for the buck.

Years ago, I saw the old New England Confectionery Company factory across from MIT in Cambridge (Now defunct)

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Did anyone collect Pez candy dispensers? My favorite was Tweety Bird. What was yours? I remember [View all] debm55 Jun 2023 OP

I always felt a bit deprived in not having a single one !!!! Karadeniz Jun 2023 #1

I would too. Sorry. Did you get the candy that went inside--it was pretty good.without the Pez debm55 Jun 2023 #2

No! Nothing! My mother bought chocolates... and ate them herself!!! I'm now making up for all Karadeniz Jun 2023 #6

My grandma lived a few blocks from this greatest ever factory in St. Louis. GreenWave Jun 2023 #3

I remember Lik-m-aid. Is that the same stuff that used to be sold in straws too IcyPeas Jun 2023 #5

It is. They switched the name to pixie sticks. GreenWave Jun 2023 #8

I viewed a strange film, The Pez Outlaw. Brother Buzz Jun 2023 #4

It looks like the Vermont Country Store area51 Jun 2023 #9

Manufactured by another vendor Brother Buzz Jun 2023 #10

I still have my Sylvester somewhere. n/t Harker Jun 2023 #7

I worked night shift at a plastics company making Pez containers flamingdem Jun 2023 #11

I still have my Practical Pig Pez dispenser from the 1960s. I have a Casper the Ghost, too. Ziggysmom Jun 2023 #12