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...chemist Joseph Rosefield fixed peanut butter's tendency to separate by adding hydrogenated vegetable oil; he called the thick, creamy result Skippy (probably after a popular comic strip), and a brand was born. Within the decade, Skippy was fighting it out with other established brands like Peter Pan and Heinz. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches invaded children's lunch boxes soon after: by one 2002 estimate, the average American child eats 1,500 PB&J sandwiches before graduating from high school. In the 1990s, nut-allergy fears led some schools to eliminate peanuts from cafeteria menus. Still, peanut butter remains...
When he’s not acting in Hasty Pudding burlesques, you might find W. Brian Polk hanging out with his pals from the improv group On Thin Ice or performing in comic operas with the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players; he’s also been spotted performing in several Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club shows. Polk—actor, singer, writer—has contributed an enormous amount of his time at Harvard to the arts. For Polk, theater isn’t just a passion; it’s an incredible community. The San Diego native first found...
...Fuck You” she bravely denounces some acquaintances for being “small-minded” and “racist,” claiming their “point of view is medieval.” In each, though, Allen again delivers some comic relief—the title of the latter, for instance, is repeated over and over in the manner of Alvin and the Chipmunks.While it’s easy to enjoy the seemingly innocuous Allen deliver poetic justice, she also demonstrates that she, too, can admit weaknesses and regrets. She includes an endearing number...
...letters, Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady. At least two more books are in the works, one about her style, and one about the First Spouse and the "cultural moment." A Michelle Obama coloring book has just arrived in stores, and a comic book is not far behind...
Writer-producer Joss Whedon has played with the conventions of monster stories (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), space sagas (Firefly) and comic books (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog). Now, with Dollhouse (Fox, Fridays, 9 p.m. E.T.), he tries dystopian sci-fi. Echo is not a slave, technically; she goes to the Dollhouse after having run into unspecified trouble as an idealistic college grad named Caroline. The deal: if she becomes an active, the company makes her problem go away--along with all her memories. The threads running through this ambitious serial: Who was she? And what...