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Paul Turley stands among his collection of Pez dispensers at his home in Ogden.

Proud PEZ papa

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 9:00am

SOUTH OGDEN -- Wow, get a load of who's hanging out in Paul Turley's basement.

Hello, Mr. Presley, and you, too, Thomas Jefferson. Pleased to make your acquaintance Princess Jasmine, Captain Jack Sparrow and Dino the dinosaur.

Celebrities, cartoon characters and historical figures alike have taken up residence in one room of this South Ogden house -- and they're PEZ dispensers, every one.

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Trivia about Pez

Becky Cairns Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 8:57am

The best-selling PEZ dispenser in history is Santa Claus.

The piece on the back of the dispenser that pushes the candy out is called a "kicker."

There are 12 candies in each package of PEZ.

The PEZ Pals, made in the 1960s, all had the same generic face, but various accessories were added to create a pirate, ringmaster, nurse, engineer, maharaja and other characters.

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Brent Beazer and a PEZ pal are shown at the International PEZ Museum of Erda, located in Beazer's home office and exercise room in Erda, Utah.

PEZ dispensers get respect at museums

Becky Cairns Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 8:56am

You could drive to San Francisco to find out more about PEZ -- or you could just take off for humble Erda, Utah.

The International PEZ Museum of Erda is located just north of Tooele in Brent Beazer's home, where dispensers galore line the walls of an office/exercise room.

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