PEZ Museum

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PEZ Museum


What Everyone is Saying About the Burlingame Museum of
                                     Pez Memorabilia

                 [Image]Bay Area Backroads--(Aired 9/29/96) "Inside a
                        South Bay computer store, a one-of-a-kind museum
                 exists to honor a symbol of American childhood: Pez, the
                 quirky plastic statues that spit candy from their necks.
                 Pez has fascinated and fed Americans for generations.
                 "What could be more perfect than a toy that gives you
                 candy?" says museum curator Gary Doss. " (...more)

                 [Image]KGO-TV Channel 7--(Aired/4/96) "The Bay Area
                        as a center of culture. We have some of the
                 great museums of the world. In most cases, you've
                 already heard about them. But as Channel 7's Wayne
                 Freeman shows us tonight, there is one that continues to
                 remain fairly obscure." (...more)

                 [Image]KRON-TV Channel 4--(Aired/5/96) "The Bay Area
                        boasts a plethera of museums all filled with
                 semi priceless works of art. So many museums in fact
                 that it seems there is something for everybody. Tonight
                 our Contact 4 consumer reporter Emerald Yea tells us
                 about a recent addition to the cultural scene that looks
                 back at the way we were." (...more)

                 [Image]ABC-TV--(Aired/22/96) "As Baby Boomers reach
                        middle age, many of the things they grew up with
                 have become museum pieces. For example,(Barbie Dolls,
                 Comic Strips, and)a unique collection of hot heads at
                 the Pez Museum in Burlingame California, just south of
                 San Francisco. There are hundreds of dispensers on
                 display. (...more)

                 [Image]by Benjamin Pimentel. (3//96)--"Gary Doss'
                        passion for Pez is best explained by a flyer
                 displayed at the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia -
                 'You don't have to be a kid to get a kick out of Pez,
                 because you never out-grow your taste for fun.'
                 (...more)

                 [Image]by Michelle Nolan. (2//96)--"So much popular
                        culture has been demystified in the past 0 or
                 20 years, it's hard to find a hobby with a little
                 intrigue left. PEZ collecting, however, retains an
                 element of excitement and mystery all its own. PEZ, you
                 say? (...more)

                 [Image]by Sue Hutchison. (5/22/95) "Last week, I made a
                        pilgrimage to Gary Doss' museum in Burlingame.
                 Unfortunately, when I arrived, electricity was out. But
                 the darkness turned out to be an enhancement. Gary shone
                 a high-beam flashlight over each piece in his
                 collection." (...more)

                 [Image]by Diana Marszalek. (2/3/96) "In the opinion of
                        Gary Doss, PEZ candies and their cartoon-crowned
                 dispensers have secured a spot in American pop culture
                 for one simple reason: People eat 'em up. "It's a toy
                 that dispenses candy,"Doss said. "What could be more
                 happy than that?"' (...more)

                 [Image]by Warren Lutz. (5/7/95) "Should world tensions
                        escalate, nuclear weapons spray across the globe
                 and life cease to exist as we know it, it is certain one
                 bit of Americana is going to make it through. PEZ. "Kids
                 still enjoy them. You still see them in stores, and
               adults still find them nostalgic," (...more)


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