Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Question: The roadside landmark Pea Soup Andersen’s is known for its two cartoon mascots, the pea-splitting chefs Hap-Pea and Pea-Wee. The artist who redrew them in 1944 was described as being trained at which famous Hollywood studio?

Answer: Disney. In 1944, Robert “Pea Soup” Andersen hired Disney-trained artist Milt Neil to redraw the two chefs, giving them their distinctive personalities. Their names, Hap-Pea and Pea-Wee, were later chosen from thousands of entries in a public naming contest.