OT: 110 Years

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:19 am

Juicy Fruit chewing gum and Good and Plenty candy were introduced in 1893. Wrigley's Spearmint gum also came out later that year.

rebl_rn · Post by **rebl_rn** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 5:12 pm

Aaaaaaah, Juicy Fruit. My favorite gum when I was a kid. I called it "yellow kind gum". I haven't had any of that for a long time. I didn't know it had been around for that long though!

Beth

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 5:17 pm

When I was five I was told that if you
swallow three pieces of gum, your stomach
sticks together. I had swallowed two.
I've never chewed gum again.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 5:31 pm

jim stone wrote:When I was five I was told that if you
swallow three pieces of gum, your stomach
sticks together. I had swallowed two.
I've never chewed gum again.

They were lying, Jim. You can go back to chewing gum now.

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 7:36 pm

blackhawk wrote:
jim stone wrote:When I was five I was told that if you
swallow three pieces of gum, your stomach
sticks together. I had swallowed two.
I've never chewed gum again.
They were lying, Jim. You can go back to chewing gum now.

No they weren't, Jim. Blackhawk is simply trying to trick you into a gastric glue job.

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:58 pm

Choo-Choo Charlie was an engineer,
Choo-Choo Charlie was his name we hear,
He had an engine and he sure had fun,
He used Good and Plenty candy to make his train run.

Charlie says, "Love my Good and Plenty,"
Charlie says, "Really rings the bell,"
Charlie says, "Love my Good and Plenty,"

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE REST OF THE DAMN JINGLE!

Can someone help me out? This is from the old black and white cartoon television commercial that aired in the early to mid-1960's (probably during Captain Kangaroo, which is the only show I remember watching back then).

claudine · Post by **claudine** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 6:01 pm

what about paracetamol? must be over 100 years old too.

Cori · Post by **Cori** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:37 pm

Here you go, jim_mc, halfway down this page ...

http://commercials.wavethemes.net/foodot.html#cs

Not that I've listened to it, mind, I'd hate to have something like that stuck in my head the rest of the day.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:58 am

claudine wrote:what about paracetamol? must be over 100 years old too.

I reckon so. Experiments began in the late 19th century, and it became widely available in tablet form in the mid 20th Century, I think.

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:06 am

rebl_rn wrote:Aaaaaaah, Juicy Fruit.

Beth

Hi Beth,
When I read the opening line of your post,I thought for a second that you were quoting the 'Big Chief' in 'One flew over the Cuckoo's nest'!
Great film!

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 4:27 am

"Don't know any other candy that I love so well."

Thank you, Cori. Now I can sleep.

Rockymtnpiper · Post by **Rockymtnpiper** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:52 am

I remember reading somewhere that Wrigley's Gum started out as givaway Schwag. I think its even cited as one of the first examples of Schwag. HE was attempting to sell soap, and to draw peoples attention to his wares he would give them a stick of gum. People were like "yeah.. whatever.. just gimme some of that chewing gum".

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:00 am

Rockymtnpiper wrote:HE was attempting to sell soap, and to draw peoples attention ro his wares he would give them a stick of gum. People were like "yeah.. whatever.. just gimme some of that chewing gum".

That is correct. According to the Wrigley homepage, Wrigley originally produced scouring soap, and as an incentive, he offered cans of baking powder with the soap. The baking powder, being more popular than the soap, he started selling just baking powder, and then began offering gum with the baking powder, and just as the baking powder took over from the soap, the gum became Wrigley's only product. The first two he produced, before introducing Juicy Fruit, were Lotta and Vassar.

BTW, this is my 2003rd post, and the year is 2003.

rebl_rn · Post by **rebl_rn** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:26 am

I think Mr. Wrigley made the right decision in going with the gum. He ended up doing OK for himself. The Wrigley estate is located near where I live, right on Lake Geneva (Wisconsin). I think the Wrigleys still own the "big house" (which would sell for probably at least $4-5 million for what houses on the lake go for), but at one time they owned 3 or 4 other "small" houses and a boat house that's bigger than my apartment, a couple thousand feet of shoreline, etc,etc,etc. They've sold off a lot of that stuff, but it's still there, if you ever take a boat tour on Lake Geneva. Of course, then there's that little ball field named after him and such.....

Beth

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:39 pm

Walden wrote:
claudine wrote:what about paracetamol? must be over 100 years old too.
I reckon so. Experiments began in the late 19th century, and it became widely available in tablet form in the mid 20th Century, I think.

OK, I'll bite. :roll:

What's paracetamol?