The Brand Hole

Ep. 55: Mascots, mascots, mascots, pt. 1 (w/ Robert Dean)


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Poppin' Fresh. Horatio Magellan Crunch. Ernest J. Keebler. The characters that brands invent to sell us shit, yet somehow become part of our childhoods, our culture, and, in some cases, our kinks (thanks for being so open minded, Chester Cheetah). 

We welcome back comedian Robert Dean (beingdean.com) to talk through some of his suspicions on the history of Mr. Peanut, the darkness of Chuck E. Cheeze's origin story, and the sad desperation of the Hamburglar. Back in two weeks with mascots that are racist, sexy, and just plain strange. 

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