A Great Wisconsinite has passed

[SeriesFinale]

Rest in Peace, Oscar.

[Nottso]

Truly a sad day. One of the highlights of my very sheltered life was when I got to take pics of one of my bikes with the Weinermobile.

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[JoeHova]

I never knew Oscar Mayer was: a) a real guy, or b) still alive. It sounds like he had a good run though.

[burniebrewer]

I still get a kick out of it to this day when I see the Weinermobile cruising around town.

[Invader3K]

I never knew Oscar Mayer was: a) a real guy, or b) still alive. It sounds like he had a good run though.

 

Yeah, I had no idea it was an actual person either. Sounds like he had a pretty successful life.

[GB12]

Yeah, I had no idea it was an actual person either. Sounds like he had a pretty successful life.

This was actually the Grandson of the Oscar Mayer who founded the company.

[JimH5]

I believe one of the Oscar Mayers was part of Selig's original ownership group.

[SeriesFinale]

This Oscar Mayer, Oscar G. Mayer, was the namesake of a Hall at Beloit College that was mostly used to show second-run movies in on weekends. He touched my life deeply.

 

Started working for the family business in 1936, years before anyone's bologna had a first name.

[JimH5]

It's certainly cool that he stayed with the family business and made it grow and become part of the American landscape.

 

As a kid, I consumed more Oscar Mayer meat products than I'd care to admit. That stuff had/has so much sodium and fat that I'm surprised I survived. . .Olive Loaf, Pickle & Pimento Loaf, Bologna, Hard Salami, Hot Dogs, Ring Bologna. . .I don't ever remember getting lunch meat from the actual deli counter, or meat from an actual butcher. It was all that pre-packaged stuff.

 

If I cried tears over OM3's passing, they would be salty and gelatinous.

[RockCoCougars]

I believe one of the Oscar Mayers was part of Selig's original ownership group.

You are correct, this is the guy.

[hawing]

This Oscar Mayer, Oscar G. Mayer, was the namesake of a Hall at Beloit College that was mostly used to show second-run movies in on weekends. He touched my life deeply.

 

Started working for the family business in 1936, years before anyone's bologna had a first name.

One of the first things I did in college was to take a writing test in Mayer Hall, the morning after moving into the dorms.

 

Honestly, when the radio news in Madison said the other day that a longtime Madison businessman had died, I figured it was one of the Goodman brothers. I did not realize that an Oscar Mayer was (had been) still alive.

[RockCoCougars]

The Goodman brothers have to be almost 100. They looked ancient on TV twenty-five years ago when they sponsored the Wheel of Fortune.

[whizkid]

As a little kid my wiener whistle was tied with my army men as my 2nd favorite possessions. Number one of course was my Davy Crockett coonskin cap.

[CrewDood]

I never knew Oscar Mayer was: a) a real guy, or b) still alive. It sounds like he had a good run though.

 

Yeah, I had no idea it was an actual person either. Sounds like he had a pretty successful life.

I heard it said that it was an 'open bun' funeral http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Bikeage77]

I was actually more surprised he was alive than to find out he died.

[whizkid]

Oh, the humanity