Spring Loaded: A Message from the Editor top of page | cover page

Welcome to June 2003, and to another action-packed issue of Pezhead Monthly. You may have noticed that I have not been updating with the new issue on the first day of the month lately. This is because I have been unusually busy and haven't had the time to commit to this newsletter that it deserves. So I will now upload sometime during the first week of the month, to take a little pressure off when the 1st comes around and I don't have a complete issue yet. (Of course, your contributions are always welcome, and they will help to fill the issue quicker and get it online sooner.)

In some personal collecting news, I thought I would be hitting the Pez goldmine in May, because I went on a trip to Niagara Falls, Canada. Going to college just over the border on the American side several years ago, I would routinely make "Pez runs" to Canada (and pick up some other stuff along the way), because Canada had the European dispensers instead of the US ones. It was in this way that my collection grew quite quickly in its early days.

However, apparently due to some recent exporting decisions by Pez, Inc., Canada only has American Pez these days. Well, the good news is that two sets did make it overseas: the Tweenies set and the Jungle Book set. And I of course picked up both sets. The bad news is they were ridiculously overpriced, and instead of waiting for July for Pezamania 13, where they could be found for much cheaper, I blew a lot of cash that day. But I guess it comes with the territory of being a Pezhead. Plus, I also picked up a Pez Spaceman Lunch Box, so it's all good.

I'd like to think that this issue of Pezhead Monthly is all good, too, or at least partially good. This month, we salute the marvelous season of summer in the feature article, "Summer of the Pez." The summer celebration continues with Five Questions for the Bubbleman Yummy Bubbles Pez, along with some titillating Pez Poetry and, of, course, the Pez Almost-Quote.

Thanks very much for reading, and see you in July for the last issue of Pezhead Monthly, Volume 2!

Joe Durrant
Editor, Pezhead Monthly
joe@pezheadmonthly.com

Summer of the Pez top of page | cover page

Now that summer is here, young minds naturally turn to thoughts of the season. Things like baseball games, summer movies, and cool tunes are a way of life. And, of course, so is Pez.

With this in mind, Pezhead Monthly is proud to offer up a tribute to the joy and wonder of summer, accentuated by the joy and wonder of Pez. It's the perfect combination, really. So sit back, slap that suntan lotion on, and bask in the glow of Pez, summer style.

Movies

The days of summer can be quite long, and the temperature can get rather high. So what better way to spend your time than in a cool movie theater? Fortunately, 2003 proves moviegoers with plenty of options for them to spend their money on. Take, for example, these three Pez-themed movies poised to make a splash this season.

Pez Reloaded

Charlie Brown Pez plays the part of the Chosen One, a dispenser picked above all others on the rack due to his near-perfect packaging. However, he soon realizes that his archnemesis, Agent Lucy Pez, may be more than he bargained for. Will he be able to defeat her, or will she prove superior? You'll have to see this movie to find out.

Pirate Pez of the Caribbean

Yo ho ho and a bottle of Pez rum! Join Pirate Pez for an adventurous ride through the Caribbean. Who will he meet and conquer? Who will discover his vintage goodness? If you check this movie out, maybe it will be you.

Pezzinator 3: Rise of the Electric Pez

Just when you thought that the traditional dispensers were the victors in this neverending Pez war, the dangerous threat of the electric Pez once again rears its ugly head. The Jar Jar Binks Pez Candy Hander and the Marvin the Martian Pez Candy Hander are determined to take over the non-motorized dispensers, and now that they are joining forces with the original Pez candy hander, Power Pez, there may be nothing that can stop them.

Baseball

This classic tune is sung at ballparks everywhere when Super Mario Pez winds up or when Watermelon Sourz Pez hits a ball that goes back, back, back… till it's outta here!

Take me out to the Pez Store
(To the tune of "Take me Out to the Ballgame")
Copyright 2003 JoePez Publications

Take me out to the Pez store,
Take me out right away,
Buy me dispensers and refill packs,
I don't care if I ever get back!
For it's load, dispense, and then reload,
If there's no Pez we'll get more,
For it's two, five, ten bucks we'll spend
At the old Pez store.

Music

Lastly, what would summer be without some cool tunes. For example, here's one song blasting from all the Pez cars and radios at the beach:

The Summer of 60 Pez
(To the tune of "Summer of '69")
Copyright 2003 JoePez Publications

I got my first dispensers,
And now I am a Pezhead, yes.
A couple months was all it took,
It was the summer of 60 Pez.

I took a trip to Wal-Mart,
Came across the Smiley set.
Simpsons too, and then the Sourz,
There was so much Pez to get.

Oh and when I look back now,
That Wal-Mart trip forever changed me
And, yes, the very next week
I found the Poohs and then the Disneys
Those were the first days and the best
Back in the summer of 60 Pez.

Oh, and then I checked out eBay,
Scored the Tweenie set without a fight
Jungle Book and Pokemon, too,
And Bob the Builder was so right

Standin' in a checkout line
Or making highest auction bidding,
I got a lot of Pez,
Man, I'll tell you I ain't kidding
Those were the first days and the best
Back in the summer of 60 Pez.

Man I was spending cash
But it was all so worth it,
I was making a Pez stash.
I'll be a Pezhead now, forever - forever, yeah

Then I hit a Pez convention,
Found myself new Valentines.
Christmas Pez, and Jack-in-the Box,
And Mr. Bean Pez is so fine!

Standin' in a checkout line
Or making highest auction bidding,
I got a lot of Pez,
Man, I'll tell you I ain't kidding
Those were the first days and the best
Back in the summer of 60 Pez.