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Wait did they bounce

 

it was a malignant legume-or

 

no he Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes drove off a cliff and to save the other guy's lives Mr Peanut jumped to his death

this is 100% real

 

ur going to hell

 

the Mr Peanut thing was last week haha
I'm in awe of people who aren't extremely online

 

idk man i hope not

 

Mr. Peanut’s death, explained

Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe is dead at 104.

By Rebecca Jennings@rebexxxxa Updated Jan 27, 2020, 12:33pm EST
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Mr. Peanut, who is now dead.
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Mr. Peanut is dead. The monocle-wearing mascot of the snack food company Planters was announced deceased by the official Mr. Peanut Twitter account on January 22, at the age of 104, even though technically he should have died more than a century ago because peanuts, which are not sentient, go bad after about four months.

Yes, it is confusing for an anthropomorphized peanut to die. It also looks quite obviously like a stunt to sell more Planters peanuts, though it’s a potentially flawed marketing strategy, as Mr. Peanut is arguably more famous than Planters itself.

Naturally, it’s all tied to the Super Bowl. Mr. Peanut’s death in a car crash was set to air in a commercial before the game, to be followed by a funeral in a second commercial later on. After the sudden death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna on January 26, however, Planters announced that it has paused its entire campaign.

In a statement to Ad Age, a Planters spokesperson said, “We are saddened by this weekend’s news and Planters has paused all campaign activities, including paid media, and will evaluate next steps through a lens of sensitivity to those impacted by this tragedy.”

How did Mr. Peanut die?
On January 22, the Mr. Peanut Twitter account tweeted that Mr. Peanut “sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him the most,” and requested that followers pay their respects to the anthropomorphic peanut, whose real name, according to Google, is Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe. He was reportedly invented in 1916 by a 10-year-old boy named Anthony Gentile, who submitted a drawing of a smiling peanut with arms and legs to a trademark contest. Did you know that, canonically, Mr. Peanut is British, even though the only two celebrities to have voiced him in commercials have been Americans Robert Downey Jr. in 2010 and Bill Hader in 2013? I did not!

The full story of Mr. Peanut’s death was told in a commercial produced by RadicalMedia and Vayner Media. Mr. Peanut is in a peanut-shaped car with Veep’s Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes, for some reason. They swerve to avoid an armadillo and end up going over a cliff, and the three passengers — Walsh, Snipes, and Mr. Peanut — are left hanging on a stray branch that’s too heavy for all three of them, so Mr. Peanut lets go and falls to his death. An as-yet-unseen funeral was intended to follow in the form of another commercial.

 

Oh I saw it was linked to the super bowl so I thought they hadn’t really promoted it yet

damn

 

wait... his name isn't mr peanut

 

i dont think so, CKJ was in here yesterday and D w/ a B might have corona flu

 

no it is

 

I actually knew cobes was still around because he’s perpetually on brand and in the Nintendo thread

 

that was somehow worse than I thought it'd be

poor Peanut

 

No no nope, not watching that. Not even giving that travesty a hate view.

When did we last hear from him? After The Rice? I hope he’s alive.

 

I just hope all the spies are happy with our recent behavior

 

I got quoted in there accidentally and it was a frightening place.

 

who is bartholemew so and so then

I don't feel like reading all that lol

 

this place has been nice lately

all I'll say

 

If @Dirty Sanchez survived that night anyone could have

 

I honestly think all the bad posters are just doing bits but their comedic talents are just extremely underdeveloped

 

Blue Diamond >>>

 

their album got an 8.4 on Pitchfork