According to David Letterman Mr. Peanut's first name is Keith,he also claims that this icon was arrested in New York City for walking down the street chanting "eat me",so take that with a grain of salt (pun intended).
Mr. Peanut's creator,a 14 year old schoolboy name Antonio Gentile called him Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe. Antonio won a contest in 1916 to create a company logo for Planters Peanuts by submitting his drawing of a Peanut Man dressed in top hat,monocle,spats,gloves and a cane.
In 2006,Planters conducted an online contest to determine whether to add to Mr. Peanut's attire. The public voted for no change. The character was often accompanied by an accented narrator in television commercials,Mr. Peanut never spoke. On November 8,2010 Planters announced Mr. Peanut would be given a voice,the voice was supplied by actor Robert Downey Jr. In 2011 Mr. Peanut's stunt double named Peanut Butter Doug was introduced for the Planter's Peanut Butter launch.
Mr. Peanut's creator,a 14 year old schoolboy name Antonio Gentile called him Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe. Antonio won a contest in 1916 to create a company logo for Planters Peanuts by submitting his drawing of a Peanut Man dressed in top hat,monocle,spats,gloves and a cane.
In 2006,Planters conducted an online contest to determine whether to add to Mr. Peanut's attire. The public voted for no change. The character was often accompanied by an accented narrator in television commercials,Mr. Peanut never spoke. On November 8,2010 Planters announced Mr. Peanut would be given a voice,the voice was supplied by actor Robert Downey Jr. In 2011 Mr. Peanut's stunt double named Peanut Butter Doug was introduced for the Planter's Peanut Butter launch.
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