Trivia: Mr. Potato Head was a Pipe Smoker!



Before anti-smoking groups had their way, Mr. Potato Head’s favorite accessory was a smoking pipe.

The pipe was discontinued by Hasbro in 1987. (Image: wm.edu)

The original Mr. Potato Head was an actual potato. In the early 1950s, as a young boy in a poor farming family, George Lerner took potatoes from his mother’s garden and used grapes as eyes and a carrot as a nose to make a doll for his younger sister.


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Trivia: Mr. Potato Head was a Pipe Smoker!



Before anti-smoking groups had their way, Mr. Potato Head’s favorite accessory was a smoking pipe.

The pipe was discontinued by Hasbro in 1987. (Image: wm.edu)

The original Mr. Potato Head was an actual potato. In the early 1950s, as a young boy in a poor farming family, George Lerner took potatoes from his mother’s garden and used grapes as eyes and a carrot as a nose to make a doll for his younger sister.


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Posted on March 12, 2008 at 1:01 am by Alex
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5 comments to "Trivia: Mr. Potato Head was a Pipe Smoker!"


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