Ice creams, Kids, Adults, Summer, Yukatan, The great wax coat on a fine Cream van. The Plastic head of annonimmity. Finding Mr Tastee. Finding Mr Tastee. Is it hot where you are? Do you hear the chimes? Can you see the face of Creamy Iced pleasure?
About me:
I know the summer is all but gone when people head to the beach and try to beat up the ocean. They're not crazy, they're just angry. Angry that the summer has to end. This is all that is left of our summer.
There are other signs too; Shadows get shorter Electricity gets louder Killer bees arrive from the Yukatan Penninsular. Still the summer isn't officially summer until Mr Tastee comes to town.
No one knows who is is or where he comes from. But when that first really hot day in June rolls around, you know the Tastee mobile's gonna come to the rescue. No one knows his true identity.
Some people think he escaped fron a local mental hospital while others just call him Leonard. "You never understood me Leonard, you never really understood me" The only thing everyone agrees on is that the summer just wouldn't be summer without him.
Do you know where to find him? Isn't he here on the first hot day of summer? He must have been; somewhere... Where? In a park near Oval? Near a gallery on the southbank? There is only a little daylight left now, maybe you have seen him, maybe you havn't. But when the sun finally sets...
CHECK OUT THE MR TASTEE CAMPAIGN MAP
MR TASTEE HAS BEEN SPOTTED HERE!
Who I'd like to meet: Kids who love ice cream. People far and wide who need relieving from those high summer afternoons. You know who you are. If the sun beams down on you, you may well find Mr Tastee in your local street.