A U.S. plan to donate a million pounds of free peanuts to Haiti could destroy the Haitian peanut farming economy. Some even “denounced the peanut donation as ‘a plan of death.’” Instead, why not give a million pounds of peanuts to me?
U.S. peanut inventories are so high that farmers “may not have enough warehouse space” to store the bounty. Everyone must eat more peanuts—for America!
Ex-Peanut Executive Gets 28 Years in Prison for Deadly Salmonella Outbreak
The former owner of Peanut Corporation of America was sentenced to 28 years in prison today for his role in a salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and sickening at least 714 more, USA Today reports.
“Men and women who eat at least 10 grams of nuts or peanuts per day have a lower risk of dying from several major causes of death than people who don’t consume nuts or peanuts... but peanut butter is not associated with lower mortality.” The agony and the ecstasy of living the nut life.
Feed Your Babies Peanuts
Mama, please. Hear my pleas. Feed your babies peanuts.
A bankrupt New Mexico peanut butter factory has been bought by a Canadian company. To what extent are you truly "keeping an eye" on our national peanut supply, Mr. President?
Combining Peanuts Strips with The Smiths Lyrics Works Like a Charm
Inspired by a 1986 Smiths gig poster that features a ponderous Charlie Brown, Bay Area graphic designer Lauren LoPrete decided to see what would happen if she combined other Morrissey-penned lyrics with random panels from Peanuts comic strips.
Charlie Brown Voice Actor Arrested for Stalking, Making Death Threats [UPDATE]
A former child actor best remembered for being the original voice of Charlie Brown and providing the Peanuts character with his trademark "AAUGH!" was arrested Sunday evening upon reentering the United States from Mexico through the San Ysidro Port of Entry after border protection authorities learned he had an…
While Married and 48, Charles Schulz Mailed Tons of Letters, Snoopy Drawings to a 25-Year-Old He Had a Crush On
Imagine if the married 48-year-old man who somehow acquired your phone number and texts you a picture of his dick everyday instead texted you a picture he had just drawn of Charlie Brown saying your name. That would be romantic right?
An Ode to the Humble Peanut, Which Sustaineth This Great Nation With Its Bounty
Good morning, America. Do you know why this is a special time to be an American? Because this is an amazing year for peanuts!
There's lots of horrific news today. So just remember: peanut butter prices are falling. And that's good.
Peanut Butter Now Too Expensive for You
Bad news for those of you planning to ride out this recession on a diet of peanut butter and jelly, spread atop tiny Saltine cracker "sandwiches," consumed by candlelight in the single dry corner of your leaky urban squat, as the howls of alley cats and junkies serenade you with the symphony of the night: peanut…
There's a Law Protecting Your Airplane Peanuts
The Department of Transportation is facing some big issues in the friendly skies these days, like sleeping air traffic controllers and the safety of First Lady Michelle Obama. But one issue stands apart: your right to eat nuts on an airplane.
A Charlie Brown Chili
Though an American institution, the Peanuts crew is not exempt from inexplicable appearances in Japanese advertising. Here, Snoopy and the gang's girls hawk hot pepper sauce with a song catchier than anything Schroeder ever played.
David Letterman Gets Charlie Browned
I thought all of the adults in the Peanuts series didn't have faces and sounded like muffled trombones? Something's not quite right here...
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show: Snoopy's Foot
Sure, we all love Snoopy on holidays, but what happens to Charlie Brown when the pumpkins rot and the tree comes down? The Peanuts gang keeps going, that's what they do, so why not keep enjoying their animated adolescent coping?
Nutcase Terrorizes Grand Central
[Some dude promoting peanuts hands out samples to people at Grand Central Station. Who among you would have hit him?; image via Getty]
'Peanuts' Creator Sometimes Blue! Family Mortified!
The family of Charles M. Schulz is totally pissed over a new biography about the Peanuts creator. They should be! It contains shocking revelations such as that the cartoonist felt "melancholy." Also, the work is plagued with errors, they say, "including a mention of a housekeeper serving dinner after she no longer…
