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Five
Questions for the Mummy Pez Dispenser top
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Mummy
Pez is eager to unwrap the joys of Halloween. |
Pezhead
Monthly: Mummy Pez, you are part of the
new 2003 Pez Halloween set, along with Skeleton Pez,
Jack-O-Lantern Pez, and a new Witch Pez. How does it
feel to be a part of the Pez family, and a glow-in-the-dark
dispenser to top it off?
Mummy
Pez: This
has been the most exciting time of my short life,
because I am glowing on the inside as well as on the
outside. It is such an honor to join the ranks of
this esteemed group of fine, fine dispensers. I'll
tell you, when the Halloween set was updated last
year, I think everyone was surprised when just a year
later another update was released.
PM:
Yes, Mummy Pez, but this is no ordinary
Pez update. With all due respect to your predecessors,
you and your three compatriots boast a refreshingly
modern and lively design. Have you experienced any
jealousy from the older dispensers as a result of
this?
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MP: It was a little rough at first. I'd hear
the whispers as I was hanging on the display, the odd glances
here and there from my fellow dispensers. One time someone
actually accused me of not being a mummy, but rather a giant
set of pink buttocks peeking through a bunch of noodles. But
you know, that was then and this is now. We're one big, happy
Pez family now.
PM:
Well, that doesn't sound like jealousy as
much as it does some friendly ribbing, although I am glad
to hear that it's over. Speaking of ribbing, what's up with
the painted ribs on your buddy Skeleton Pez, and the bats
on the new Witch Pez? Is that some kind of war paint or
what?
MP:
Oh no, Skeleton Pez is a gentle dispenser. He enjoys sunny
afternoons and the smell of cookies baking. As for Witch
Pez, she likes to mellow out with some Norah Jones and reruns
of "Hollywood Squares." She wouldn't harm a fly,
really. But I think the dispenser markings are just part
of an effort by Pez to spice up its dispensers a bit. It
is a new century, you know. Plus, some of the very earliest
dispensers had markings on them too. Need I bring up Bozo
Pez or the original Psychedelic Eye Pez?
PM:
Point well taken. It's always nice to see
something different on a dispenser. Do you have any plans
for this, your first Halloween as a Pez dispenser?
MP:
With any luck, I will be dispensing fruity goodness to kids
of all ages. But I would settle for being put on a prominent
display by my collector's front door, so that when all the
little trick-or-treaters peek in the house while getting
their candy- Pez candy, of course- they can see me peeking
back at them. That would really be a Kodak moment.
PM:
That sounds like a simply wonderful time,
Mummy Pez. Have we covered everything you wanted to talk
about, or do you have anything else you would like to share
at this time?
MP:
No, I guess that's a wrap! Ha ha! Get it? I'm a mummy, so
it's a wrap! Oh, man.
Pez
Poetry top
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Limited
Edition
You're
a limited edition, baby,
Only one of fifteen thou.
While others will be mass produced,
You soon will take a bow.
You'll
never grace the candy aisle,
You won't be in the stores.
And sometime soon we'll cry and beg,
"Why couldn't they make more?"
It will
be then we'll hear the news:
Another few are found,
And you'll be here and everywhere-
A rarity abound.
You're
a limited edition, baby,
Only one of ninety thou.
But just in case I've got it wrong,
I'd better buy you now.
Pez
Haiku #30
Though
temperatures
May drop in these autumn months,
Pez is on the rise.
Pez
Almost-Quote of the Month top
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"If
you dispense it, they will come."
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