Sad news

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.

Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, The California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

[Mark Spritzler]

Nice, very nice.

I heard it was arson. Someone left his oven on and cooked him alive?

Mark

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Ahhhh! Who is going to raise the kids?

I can't handle this. I'm going to go get baked.

[Pauline McNamara]

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

I was so sad to hear that PDB is toast. True, sometimes he would loaf around, but he would always rise to the occasion.

This is surprisingly easy.

[Bert Bates]

this is a disaster of biblical proportions! (cats, dogs...)

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
sometimes he would loaf around, but he would always rise to the occasion.

I'd like to see some proof of that.

[Deepak Bala]

What ! Nobody invited the Ginger bread man for the funeral ? How rude !

[David O'Meara]

They couldn't catch him.

[Stan James]

Any way you slice it, this is getting stale. Or maybe I'm just a crusty old heel.

[Chris Rutkowski]

The Muffin Man was a no-show as well? I thought he lived in the same neighborhood as the Doughboy, down on Drury Lane?

[Robbi Palacios]

I was wondering if Dough Boy was for real or not back there.

[marc weber]

So many happy memories... Like the day Pillsbury announced our little doughboy had doughnuts!

[Bear Bibeault]

Well, he is a he.

[Mark Spritzler]

You know he was supposed to be in the movie Ghostbusters, but his lifelong pal the Sta-Puff man stole it from him. They never spoke to each other again after that.

Mark