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Five
Questions for the Crazy Octopus Pez Dispenser top
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Crazy
Octopus Pez may look preoccupied, but he is ready, willing,
and able to offer up a Pez to anyone who may want one.
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Pezhead
Monthly: Crazy Octopus Pez, you are
part of the Crazy Zoo set, which has been retired
from production in Europe but which recently has resurfaced
as part of the Safari
Animals set exclusive to Pez.com. How does it
feel to be back?
Crazy
Octopus Pez: Let
me tell you, it feels great! Woo hoo! Although I really
do need to quote one of my idols, Mr. LL Cool J, when
he says, Don't call it a comeback, I've been here
for years. Any casual browser of eBay's Pez pages
will recognize me a regular, much like Buddy Hackett
was on the Johnny Carson show.
PM:
You
have just earned my deep respect for mentioning both
LL Cool J and Johnny Carson in the same breath. I
should just stop the interview here, but somehow I
cannot. I guess I need to ask, what's so crazy about
being an octopus?
COP:
In and of itself,
not much. True, I am an unusual shade of purple, and
true, I am wearing a scuba mask and peering kind of
strangely off to the side, but when you strip all
that away, I'm just like your typical Pez dispenser.
I put my pants on one leg at a time. Granted, it takes
me a bit longer being an octopus and all, but what
are you going to do.
PM:
That is truly inspiring, Crazy
Octopus Pez. I should make it clear
at this
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point
that, with all due respect, you are not a vintage dispenser.
The vintage Octopus dispenser is a highly treasured collectible,
while you are not quite so highly treasured. How does that
make you feel?
COP:
Well
thanks a lot! I'm really looking forward to your self-esteem
seminar!! Seriously though, I get what you are saying. Often
times, upon hearing of an Octopus Pez in the area, a collector's
facial expression goes from "Oh boy, I'm gonna get
me a vintage!" to "Oh crap, not him again!"
when they actually see me. But I have learned from my colleagues
that every Pez is highly treasured. Even us non-vintage
ones, fancy boy.
PM:
Wow, I am sorry if
I touched a nerve there, Crazy Octopus Pez. Would it help
if I told you that I'd like to be under the sea, in an octopus's
garden in the shade?
COP:
Ah,
you know my favorite song! All is forgiven, I suppose. And
to think I was considering dispensing ink in your general
direction, as opposed to the fruity goodness that I typically
dispense to kids of all ages.
PM:
Well, I would have
had it coming, that's for sure. Finally, Crazy Octopus Pez,
what is that you are looking at out of the corner
of your eye?
COP:
Why,
it's someone coming by to load me up with some delicious
Pez candy, of course. They've got an assorted package, so
it will be a little bit of everything. Wouldn't that put
a smile on your face too?
Pez
Poetry top
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Pez
Haiku #43
The
first few days back
From the big Pez convention:
Waking from a dream.
Rhoda
There
once was a Pezhead named Rhoda
Who made her way to Minnesota,
And her sole intention
At that Pez
convention
Was purchasing a Crystal Yoda.
Pez
Almost-Quote of the Month top
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"Good
dispensers make good neighbors."
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