Mr. Peanut, Times Square

Theme: Signage. Notes by Roving Rube.

Mr. Peanut has been around a couple years now, but for some reason the Rube didn't notice him until last week, when he was spending a lot of time hanging around Times Square.

He is a gentleman of the old school, in that he uses paired neon outlines (shown in #1 and #2) to simulate tipping his hat.

#3 shows the mechanical can "which tips to pour out a handful of nuts. Planters' tradition of Times Square signage goes back to 1916. A giant neon bag of nuts was once located at 2 Times Square. Another sign featured a Mr. Peanut with a pouring, animated 22' long bag of neon nuts which tumbled towards pedestrians below. " (From Super Signage website, which also has great info about signs from all over, past and present.)

The Rube's family once took a week-long vacation to Atlantic City -- when it had hit rock-bottom, just before the casinos -- and there was a giant Mr. Peanut there too, together with a very terrible smell, which his parents told him was from the peanut factory.

Maybe it wouldn't smell so bad to him now, as an adult, but at the time it almost turned him against peanut butter, and he was a kid who insisted on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch every school day from 3rd to 8th grade.

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11/2/2003

		Mr. Peanut, Times Square Theme: Signage. Notes by Roving Rube. Mr. Peanut has been around a couple years now, but for some reason the Rube didn't notice him until last week, when he was spending a lot of time hanging around Times Square. He is a gentleman of the old school, in that he uses paired neon outlines (shown in #1 and #2) to simulate tipping his hat. #3 shows the mechanical can "which tips to pour out a handful of nuts. Planters' tradition of Times Square signage goes back to 1916. A giant neon bag of nuts was once located at 2 Times Square. Another sign featured a Mr. Peanut with a pouring, animated 22' long bag of neon nuts which tumbled towards pedestrians below. " (From Super Signage website, which also has great info about signs from all over, past and present.) The Rube's family once took a week-long vacation to Atlantic City -- when it had hit rock-bottom, just before the casinos -- and there was a giant Mr. Peanut there too, together with a very terrible smell, which his parents told him was from the peanut factory. Maybe it wouldn't smell so bad to him now, as an adult, but at the time it almost turned him against peanut butter, and he was a kid who insisted on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch every school day from 3rd to 8th grade. All content ©2003 on behalf of its creators. if you would like to be notified occasionally about noteworthy new content on NYCJPG. This page requires a 6.0+ browser for the pictures/text to display correctly. If you have an older version of Netscape, Explorer, or AOL, the text will appear cut off and the pictures distorted. Site Tips: If you have Explorer or AOL (recent version), and a mouse with a scroll wheel, you should be able to move the mouse anywhere over the text at right and scroll it with the wheel, so you can still see the picture while reading. Most of the pages have a large version of the main picture which you can make your wallpaper by first clicking on it to download, then right-clicking and choosing "Set as Background".