15 Comments

1. 

   That’s barbaric!

   Wesley Snipes and Emmett Walsh will not have the staying power of Mr. P!

2. 

   Death has never stopped other iconic figures from appearing in comic strips. Maybe that’s where you go after you die. Maybe the crowd scenes of many a strip feature the recently deceased.

3. 

   Oh no! I hadn’t heard the news! Was he assaulted?

4. 

   Yes. He was a salted. Peanut.

5. 

   I predict Mr. Peanut will indeed appear in a future comic…along with a Peanut Grim Reaper.

6. 

   Possibly three weeks from today.

7. 

   The article referred to a “pre-game ad”, so nothing’s final (yet). It’s obvious that the advertising agency was counting on the same kind of ancillary exposure that they are getting right now from CIDU. I would also bet that in a later (Superbowl) ad, the character will be resurrected, perhaps with a slightly more modern outfit.

8. 

   P.S. And I don’t think that this article in the “Smithsonian” magazine was just a coincidence, either.

9. 

   He’s not dead. He’s just pinin’ for the fjords.

10. 

    And THAT’s why I continually check out CIDU – the extra bits of knowledge and the links we all share. The Smithsonian article and videos were very interesting. Thanks, Kilby!

11. 

    It’s just a publicity stunt, like killing off Spock in ST2. Or was it 3? He’ll be back.

12. 

    “…it was all just a dream, after all!”

13. 

    My guess is, they’ll replace him next year with Ms. Peanut.

14. 

    “My guess is, they’ll replace him next year with Ms. Peanut.”
    or Ms. Envy.

15. 

    According to a comic by Brian McFadden in “The Nib”, we may never find out what Planters was planning to do with this marketing gag, the campaign appears to have been put on “hold”: