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Five
Questions and a Victory March for the Notre Dame Football
Pez Dispenser top
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Oh,
snap! Notre Dame Football Pez tackles the tough issues
of the day.
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Pezhead
Monthly: Notre Dame Football Pez, thanks
very much for joining us. You are one of the newest
dispensers in the growing NCAA Football set, which
includes such other teams as Texas, Florida, Michigan,
and Ohio State. Has it sunk in yet that you are now
part of the grand Pez tradition?
Notre
Dame Football Pez: A little more every
day. I know that Pez has been around for some 80 years
now, including more than 50 years in America. That's
a lot of history to be proud of there. And of course,
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football has been around
even longer than that. It is humbling to not only
be preceded by Pez legends like Casper, Mickey Mouse,
and Make-A-Face, but also by Notre Dame legends like
Knute Rockne, Lou Holtz, and Joe Montana. I can only
hope to have half the class that they did.
PM:
How
true that is. Now, fast-forwarding to the present,
and with a sincere attempt to be delicate about this,
it's clear that the 2007 won't exactly go down in
history as Notre Dame football's greatest year. How
are you handling it all?
NDFP:
Well, it's a little hard when you watch
your team hurting so much week after week. And the
occasional taunts by Ohio State Football Pez don't
help, either,
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although
at the end of the day, we're all on the same Pez team. And
I know that my Pez brothers and sisters can relate to Notre
Dame's woes, because it was just a few years ago when new
Pez was few and far between. Those were lean years, but now
new Pez is being released at a staggering pace. Hopefully
my football team can pick up the pace in the next year or
two as well.
PM:
I certainly hope so, Notre Dame Football Pez, I certainly
hope so. Do you see any other parallels between Notre Dame
football and Pez?
NDFP:
Well for one, both have their devoted fans.
People will travel all around the country to watch Notre
Dame get their game on. Likewise, Pezheads can go from coast
to coast and then back throughout the year to the various
Pez
conventions. Plus, when Notre Dame scores, their fans
go nuts, much like when Pezheads find a new score. I could
go on and on. You see, ND fans and Pezheads are more alike
then you may realize.
PM:
I
suppose you've got a point there. Now it bears mentioning
that you are not as widely available as many other current
Pez dispensers. Does that ever make you jealous of them?
NDFP:
Not at all, no. As with other NCAA Football
Pez, I'm pretty much only available in locations near the
campus of my namesake. And, of course, on eBay and at Pez
conventions. But you know, my feeling is that if people
are that eager to add me to their collection, or maybe to
give me as a unique gift for a loved one, then it just makes
it that much more special when they find me.
PM:
That's
a quite charming way of looking at it, Notre Dame Football
Pez. Lastly, in your brief time as a part of your collector's…
um… collection, have there been any awkward moments
for you?
NDFP:
Well a few days ago, I noticed something
off in the distance. It was so beautiful, so marvelous,
that it darn near brought a tear to me eye, and I think
it would have, if I had tear ducts, or eyes for that matter.
It was that famed gold dome of the Notre Dame campus, the
one so often photographed, and the one that is the inspiration
for the gold painted helmets of the Notre Dame football
team. But then I got a closer look and it was actually the
head of C3PO Pez. He noticed me staring at him, gave me
a weird look, and that was pretty much that.
PM:
Wow,
that is a little awkward. I feel your pain, Notre Dame Football
Pez, both for the 2007 football season woes, and that little
faux pas with C3PO Pez. That being said, perhaps this re-imagined
Victory March will send you off in good spirits.
Notre Dame Pez Victory March
To the tune of the Notre Dame Victory March
Copyright 2007 JoePez Publications
Cheer
Cheer for Notre Dame Pez
Tilt back its head and watch it dispense
Fruity goodness nice and quick,
All in the shape of a candy brick.
What though the crowd be great or small,
Notre Dame Pez will dispense for all,
While the loyal Pezheads will be
Putting it on the shelf.
NDFP: Thanks
so much. I am now ready to go out and Play Like A Champion
Today. Or, at least dispense like one.
Pez
Almost-Quote of the Month top
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"Sometime,
when the team is up against it -- and the breaks are beating
the boys -- tell them to go out there with all they got
and win just one for the Pezzer."
Pez
Poetry top
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Pez
Haiku #81
My DVR's
full,
But regarding my Pez shelf,
There's always more room.
Award
To The Wise
I got
the new Bruce Springsteen,
It's sure to win a Grammy.
It's getting all the big time buzz
From San Fran to Miami
I'm
digging on The Office,
An Emmy it will score
I bet it will beat all the rest
A dozen times or more
Michael
Clayton rocked,
I predict an Oscar.
Top notch acting and direction,
It's got all that, yes sir.
The
Golden Compass Pez set,
It won't get one award
But it's up front in my display,
So it won't be ignored.
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