[Wolfstar]

FoxNews caption: A portrait of Ronald Reagan made of jelly beans is displayed at the Jelly Belly headquarters in Fairfield, Calif.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Reagan was a former smoker?

And he STILL lived to 93....take that anti-tobacco nazis!

[wimpycat]

There are jelly beans, and then there are Jelly Bellys. I never heard of Jelly Bellys before Ronald Reagan made them famous, and I haven't eaten a plain ol' jelly bean since.

[Viking2002]

Another of The Gipper's admirable traits - he knew from good jelly beans. Jelly Belly ROCKS.

[w1andsodidwe]

First place I checked Saturday evening, but it was too early. Glad to see them honoring him.

[Vision]

The president, whose favorite flavor was licorice

I had heard it was another flavor, can't remember what though.

[Wolfstar]

Just pinging for your enjoyment in a sea of sad news. Doodlelady, remember what you and I discussed about SAG late yesterday? Contrast their sterile two-paragraph statement with this news from the Jelly Belly company. They put black ribbons around the jelly bean portraits of RWR (which 500,000 people a year have been visiting). The difference between obligatory vs. genuine sentiment.

[gorush]

There was a great cartoon by Joe Heller in today's Wisconsin State Journal showing Reagan from behind standing in front of God...Reagan was removing the lid from a jar..."Care for a jelly bean?"

[My2Cents]

Wolfstar, that's it!

Since it seems unlikely that a ten-hour roundtrip drive to the Reagan Library on Friday makes a whole lot of sense, as a memorial, I'll tour the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, CA, which is only 25 minutes away from where I live! Perfect way to show my respects to Pres. Reagan.

[Starve The Beast]

Three Jelly Belly portriats... pretty sweet!

Jellybelly.com

[mylife]

Mmmmmm Jelly Belly

[doug from upland]

Okay, where is the marketing genius who will create a Jelly Belly line called The Gipper Mix?

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[MadIvan]

Ah yes. The Great Man had good taste as well.

I never cared for jelly beans until I tried Jelly Belly ones. Pear is my favourite flavour.

Regards, Ivan

[formerDem]

Thanks for posting this!

I like to give jellybellys (and sometimes those gumball dispensers made especially for them), but I rarely buy them for myself. Tomorrow I'm going to the local gift shop that has bins of jellybellys to choose from and buy and eat some in his honor.

[RGSpincich]

My wife takes the kids (and their friends) to the Fairfield factory once every couple of years. They come home with tons of the "misfits" at bargain prices. Root beer is my favorite.

[Chewbacca]

I can't believe nobody posted the link to the Jelly Belly website. They have a tribute to Reagan there.

http://jellybelly.com/Cultures/en-US/default.htm?MSCSProfile=DCCDF22EB27065BE74277CB8CCB73BC4EDF208BEC430DE4106E7892B3DDABADFC9BA52AC9D12BEF7E3477D1BE551C3D9315385B1016ED7F602A5C25555717533226F24CB36143C938425752D30D1895AFA5E3C1131EA1F576105ED91CE048DD1FF830911835C1042AE29CCF8040A254BEB1C1DDAAA8E7033E62347AC41F9F353&UserPref=culture%5Een-US%7CCurrencyCode%5EUSDen-US