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Well, you've read the notes, you've divined their true meaning, and now you are ready to make with the excellent postings. And remember, VIVID descriptions.
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Favourite candies growing up: Three Musketeers, Clark Bar, Bun. I've always been a sucker for candy corn and my Grandmother used to keep those orange slice candies in her candy bowl in the front hall of her house. I now have the candy bowl. It is filled with unappetizing coins.
I still love Three Musketeers. Though today I really love peanut m&m's. And though I guess it's really not candy, I also love peanut brittle.
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MARZIPAN!!! Marzipan pigs, marzipan fruit, chocolate covered marzipan.
Bridge Mixture. Yummy. (Is that what it's called in the US or only in Canada?)
Black licorice babies (no longer pc).
Those long string-like pieces of licorice.
Hungarian liquor chocolate cherries.
Almond Joy Bars. Two yummylicious bars in every package. The coconuttiest. I'm drooling!
And on special occasions I'd get a box of Black Magic Chocolates. Each box had a sheet of illustrations of each piece and what it consisted of. I'd lovingly gaze at the illustrations and carefully select a piece, maybe two... or three.
And dark chocolate covered orange peels.
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Peanut brittle is most certainly candy, although not the sort you'll find wrapped by a megamanufacturer and sold at the local 7-11. I've no intention of making it myself, as I don't have that kind of a sweet tooth.
I do have a fondness for M&Ms. When I was a kid, I'd suck on them, disolving that hard candy shell down to where the milk chocolate was. If I sucked enough of the red ones, or the green, they'd stain my tongue. I'm going to have to teach the grandlads that stunt!
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I just noticed that FS Pogue has no flag. Is he a man without a country?
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Oh, Panni, you would remind me! I wasn't a big fan of Almond Joy, but Mounds were high on my list. I think it was the dark chocolate that I loved (still do!), matched with the same coconut filling found in the Almond Joys. I'll always pick out the dark chocolates from a box, leaving the milk chocolates for everyone else.
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Great photos of your kitties, TCB! ;D
When I was growing up, my favorite candies were the hard Christmas candies. Especially the ribbon kind....green with white or silver stripes. You could let it melt in your mouth or crunch and crunch. It had a kind of peppermint flavor.
I also liked Brach's Maple Nut Goodies, which I think are still available. A hard maple shell, light brown, with walnut pieces inside. MMMMMMMMMMMM...
Here is your Allison Hayes picture of the week: Tonda in La Bruja De La Selva (the Witch of the Jungle) as it was known in Mexico, or just the plain old Disembodied here in the US! Her voodoo dance in a costume with a big zipper in the back and curtain fringe on the front was a highlight of her career - if not film choreography!
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I always enjoyed SMARTIES. But SMARTIES from Canada and not SMARTIES from the USA. Because the SMARTIES from the USA are called SWEET TARTS in Canada. SMARTIES in Canada are like M & M in the USA with the exception that they CAN melt in your hand and the candy shell over the chocoalte (or the peanuts) are hot as hard as the shells on the M & M
Also great chocolate bars from Canada: Coffee Crisp, Aero, Crunchie, Mr. Big and Caramilk
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I liked hard candies, my favorite being "Sour Cherries." Just the memory makes my mouth pucker. Best flavors of Lifesavers were Butter Rum, Wint-O-Green and Cryst-O-Mint. I also liked Pixie Stix as well as those colored dots of candy stuck to strips of paper.
Sorry to have been E & T yesterday - computer glitches.
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Black licorice babies (no longer pc).
PC or not, they are still marketed by Old Time Candy (http://www.oldtimecandy.com/licorice-babies.htm)
(http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-small/licorice-babies_small.jpg)
or you can get chocolate:
(http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/chocolate-babies_small.jpg)
der site super shopper Brucer
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Wowee! I'm FINALLY logged in!
Has anybody else had a problem lately of pages on this here site loading r-e-a-l-l-y slowly?
Candy Memories:
The Majik Market on the corner:
The neighborhood kids and I would sometimes walk ALL through the winding suburban streets of our neighborhood until we reached the Majik Market on the corner of a couple of (relatively) major streets (the names of which are lost to the mists of time). There, we would stock up on Now 'n' Laters (which, when I heard other kids mention them, I was sure must have been spelled Nounladers - I finally "got it" once I saw the packaging), Tangy Taffy, Lik-M-Aid and Pixy Stix (both pure colored sugar...heroin for kids), Marathon Bars (we never figured out that all the holes created by the "braiding" meant that we weren't getting more candy for our money, even though the bar was longer), Bit o' Honey, SweetTarts, Tootsie Rolls (and of course, we'd keep the cardboard tube to use as a bank for our pennies), Jolly Rancher Stix (especially "Fire," which was hot cinnamon), and Pop Rocks (we were all convinced that "Mikey" from the Life cereal commercials had died when he combined Pop Rocks with Pepsi and his stomach exploded). Also, there were these things that were plastic coffins with candy bones inside (same kind of candy as SweetTarts) and plastic lockers with candy books, pencils, gym shoes, etc.
On the Homefront:
The sugar fix of choice was gallons and gallons of Kool-Aid, preferably grape (this was before all the fancy dancy flavors like Bomberific Berry Blue or whatever...I remember cherry, orange, and grape, and that's it). Next in popularity were those tubes of colored sugar syrup you stuck in the freezer, then would snip the top of the plastic tube with scissors and push the frozen sugary sludge up through the opening as you ate it. What the heck were those things called?
Halloween:
Tiny candy bars like Three Musketeers, Snickers, etc. were THE BEST! Definitely the top of the Halloween Food Chain. Significantly lower were such delicacies as wax Coke bottles with sugar syrup inside (bite the top off the wax bottle and suck out the syrup), the previously mentioned Bit o' Honey and Tootsie Rolls, Joe Palooka bubblegum (wrapped up in a crummy joke that had whiskers in 1922, and hard as a rock), and - lowest of the low - apples. Even if you'd wanted to eat the apple, everybody's parent was razor-blade aware and would never have let you consume it, anyway. But what self-respecting kid would be happy with an apple on Halloween? We knew apples were GOOD for you - who did they think they were fooling?
At the movies:
As someone else already mentioned, Snowcaps; also Jujubes (I wonder how many kids had their fillings pulled out by those things?), Good 'n' Plenty (remember the original "Sneak Previews" on PBS? Gene Siskel's credit appeared on a box of Good 'n' Plenty. Don't remember what Roger Ebert's credit appeared upon), Goobers (I always thought it strange that a candy would seek to invoke the image of the guy from the Andy Griffith Show), and Junior Mints.
Any other Junior Mints fans here? Ever notice how Junior Mints would be really, really good up until a certain point, maybe 2/3 of the way through the box, when you would suddenly become violently nauseated? Or was that just me? I have a very vivid memory, though I was only a wee lass at the time, of eating Junior Mints while watching "Grease" with my mom and cousin. Just as I reached the "very very nauseous" point, the film reached the scene in the restaurant where Stockard Channing and Jeff Conaway are having an argument and he very sloppily shoves half his hamburger into his face just to get her goat. I came very close to tossing my cookies right there (but didn't).
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My favorite movie candy treat was either Jujy Fruits or Turkish Taffey.
Jujy Fruits still abound:
(http://store4.yimg.com/I/candywarehouse_1784_223594379)
However the following tip from CandyWarehouse may not be universally appreciated:
Fun Movie Tip: Sit near the front of the theater... chew a Jujy Fruit for about 30 seconds or until soft... throw at movie screen... win a prize if your Jujy Fruit actually sticks to the screen! Prizes redeemable from the movie theater usher/valet. (-;
Unfortunately, Bonomos Turkish Taffey is no longer manufactured; it does, however, have a fascinating history:
(excerpts from Old Time Candy (http://www.oldtimecandy.com/bonomo.htm)):
The candy, which first appeared as a nickel bar after World War II, became a favorite with the economy-minded. Unlike some of its competitors, which melted in your mouth, Turkish Taffy eroded slowly, and it was so chewy that a single bar could last through most of a double feature at the movies.
Mr. Bonomo (pronounced BAHN-uh-moh) was born into the candy business and actually had Turkish roots. His father, Albert J., was a Sephardic Jew who had emigrated from Turkey. In 1897, the year before Victor Bonomo was born, his father started making candy in Coney Island to supply concessions at the amusement park. After World War I, Victor joined his father in running the candy factory on Eighth Street in Coney Island, where saltwater taffy and hard candies were produced.
As World War II ended, sugar rationing gave way and the entire country was eager to indulge its sweet tooth. Bonomo's joined the race to satisfy the surging demand, promoting three candy bars, "Thanks," "Hats Off" and "Call Again," which Tico Bonomo, Victor's son, described as "poor man's Milky Ways."
Then the candy cooks at the Coney Island factory came up with a batter of corn syrup and egg whites that was cooked and then baked.
"It was not really a taffy but what is technically known as a short nougat," explained Tico Bonomo. Nor was it Turkish. "It was not a family recipe and the name we chose, 'Turkish Taffy,' just reflected clever marketing," he said.
It cooled into sheets the size of school desks, which were distributed through Woolworth stores around the country. Clerks at the candy counters used ball-peen hammers to whack the sheets, breaking off shards that were sold by the pound.
Apparently this method of distribution merely whetted appetites for the candy, then available only in vanilla. Mr. Bonomo had the slabs cut into panels the size of 1945 nickel Hershey bars, which were larger that 1999 65-cent Hershey bars. The bars were packaged in wrappers that showed smiling men in fezzes pouring batter into a huge vat. Of course, in Turkey, the fez had been outlawed by Kemal Ataturk in the 1920's, but back in the 50's the design drew no complaints.
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Now eBay will sell me an empty box for 40bucks or so
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/03/i/01/93/d0/b0_2.JPG)
and I could buy a box car for a train set
(http://www.tcamembers.org/articles/collecting/TICKET/mini-ticket001.jpg)
but no more Turkish Taffy :'(
der Brucer (warning: do not inadvertantly enter "Juicy Fruits" into a serach engine!)
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Oops...almost forgot Grandma's House:
Oreo, Chips Ahoy, and Archway cookies (the ones with the dab of strawberry jam - or whatever - right in the center) in the cookie jar, which was one of those "figural" deals with trees and a shepherd playing a pan flute on it. In the freezer: The cheapest "ice milk" in either vanilla, chocolate, or Neopolitan. Never any other brand or any other flavor.
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I always enjoyed SMARTIES. But SMARTIES from Canada and not SMARTIES from the USA. Because the SMARTIES from the USA are called SWEET TARTS in Canada. SMARTIES in Canada are like M & M in the USA with the exception that they CAN melt in your hand and the candy shell over the chocoalte (or the peanuts) are not as hard as the shells on the M & M
I am so confused. Are you saying that US smarties are NOT chocolate with a candy shell (like M & Ms)?
(i am stunned).
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OMG DR LULU - Bit O Honey, of course!
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Since I deal with candy all day I'll pass. Suffice it to say our company m,akes candy sticks (which were called candy cigarettes in the old days) and various forms of gummio candies.
I must keep this short as I am still half asleep. The William Finn concert was almost three hours long and while I wouldn't have cut one wonderful minute, I didn't get home until after midnight and am running at half speed today. If I have a chance later, I'll post more details of the concert.
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Hands down: Snickers.
Also: Junior Mints, and Snow Caps. I also recall be enthused for a time about something I think was called Chick'n Sticks, which was sort of like a Clark or Butterfinger or 5th Avenue bar, but without the chocolate.
Have recently developed a growing fondness for PayDays.
With Passover right around the corner, I would be remiss if I didn't mention Joyva Chocolate Covered Ring Jells. (Dark chocloate of course, so they could be eaten after a fleishig -- or meat -- meal.)
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OMG those chocolate babies are cute!
Wow, you guys are really candy experts. I feel so inferior.
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Wowee! I'm FINALLY logged in!
Has anybody else had a problem lately of pages on this here site loading r-e-a-l-l-y slowly?
Lulu,
I'm not sure if you're experiencing the same trouble that I had some months back. My aggravation started when a site called "Global Finder" hijacked my homepage. I hope that hasn't happened to you, but let me know if it has.
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Dan in Toronto:
I don't think that's the problem, because 1) I'm only having the problem with super-slow loading HERE, and 2) The hubby has constructed a firewall to protect me from such things.
Thanks for your concern, though! :)
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OMG DR LULU - Bit O Honey, of course!
You can still get Bit o' Honey here:
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/bit-o-honey.htm
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How about the WORST candy you ate as a kid?
Circus Peanuts (orange styrofoam in the shape of elephantiasis-deformed peanuts)
Lik-M-Aid (colored sugar in one foil packet and a piece of chalk in the other...you like the chalk (okay, it wasn't REALLY chalk, but kinda) and stick it in the sugar, then like the chalk clean. Repeat. When all the sugar is gone, eat the chalk. DISGUSTING.)
Bazooka Joe bubblegum (see description in my mammoth post above.)
Wax lips/fangs (no further explanation necessary)
Valentine candy hearts
Bomb Pops (those red-white-and-blue popsicles you got from the ice cream man)
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"like the chalk" = "lick the chalk"
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How about the WORST candy you ate as a kid?
Lik-M-Aid (colored sugar in one foil packet and a piece of chalk in the other...you like the chalk (okay, it wasn't REALLY chalk, but kinda) and stick it in the sugar, then like the chalk clean. Repeat. When all the sugar is gone, eat the chalk. DISGUSTING.)
I LOVE THAT! I don't think that is the name I know it by, but I think it is called something like lick a stick (?)
It has a delicious stick and you dip it in the flavored sugar. :)
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I'm not sure if you're experiencing the same trouble that I had some months back. My aggravation started when a site called "Global Finder" hijacked my homepage. I hope that hasn't happened to you, but let me know if it has.
What is global finder, i'm curious.
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Wow.
Michael Cerveris will star in the title role of the Ravinia Festival's production of Sunday in the Park with George this summer. Cerveris joins the previously announced Audra McDonald as Dot and Patti LuPone as Yvonne in the musical, which runs Sept. 3-5 at the Chicago theatre.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/85229.html
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Yes, DR Jennifer. I read that this morning as well. But, tell me, why is LaLuPone playing Yvonne??
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I am so confused. Are you saying that US smarties are NOT chocolate with a candy shell (like M & Ms)?
(i am stunned).
De-stunning follows:
For the US market "Smarties are made by the Ce De Candy (http://www.smarties.com/) company. (Although some of their product is manufactured in Canada.
US Smarties look like this:
(http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/smarties_small.jpg)
Their web site FAQs state:
7) Q: I bought Smarties in Canada, and they were more like M&M's. What gives?
A: Ce De Candy only owns the trademark to the name Smarties in the United States. Outside the United States, Smarties is a registered trademark of Societe' des Produits Nestle' S.A. and are more like M&M's. If you are in Canada, and want your tart and sweet favorite candy look for Rockets!
The Nesltle Smarties look like this:
(http://about-australia-shop.com/graphics/gr200smarties.jpg)
and are described by their Aussie vendor as "Milk chocolate in a crisp sugar shell."
der de-stunner Brucer
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How about the WORST candy you ate as a kid?
Wax lips/fangs (no further explanation necessary)
A picture's worth a thousand words:
(http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-small/wax-lips_small.jpg)
der Brucer - for those of you needing a candy-recollection guide, Old Time Candy (http://www.oldtimecandy.com/CandyList.htm) has lists by decade!
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As a little kid in Medford we (me and my cousins) would walk down to the Corner Store on Griffin Creek Road and I would always buy a Jolly Rancher Green Apple stick! Usually we would get the candy cigarettes as well. Those were fun. Flicks were my favorite movie theater treat and on special occassions my mom would take us to the import store and we could get those yummy rice paper candies which I still see at the stores. Oh, and Cracker Jacks were great...back in the days when they had "good" prizes!
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I guess the PC crowd hasn't noticed these yet:
(http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/watermelon-slices_small.jpg)
and these were fun:
(http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/nik-l-nips_small.jpg)
der Brucer (gaining weight doing research!)
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Thanks Der Brucer. The Nestle smarties are the one I know (and they are like M&Ms). I had no idea that you didn't have those in the US.
I think part of the reason for my surprise is that I watch US tv all the time. And I see commercials for smarties (the chocolate ones) all the time. There is one playing now where they are separating them into colors on a table.
What I tend to forget is that many US shows, are also shown on Canadian channels simultaneously. And when that happens, the commercials are Canadian, which I always forget.
So basically none of you here are familiar with the chocolate colored smarties? That is so sad! :)
(they are actually very good).
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***WARNING - THREATS AHEAD!***
My calculations tell me that if we average 160 posts/per day we will reach 50,000 by July 4.
Maybe I could post a picture of every candy made and shorten the time!
(And MBarnum could post a digest of every Bollywood film ever made, and TCB could list all the double-entendres he's exposed, and Noel could list all the lyrics he's written, and Pogue could list a brief description of evey book he owns, and elmore could describe every measure he's arranged - wait, now I've gone too far!)
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Fun dip! That is the name for Lulu's Lik M Aid.
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Well, truth be told, I never met a piece of candy I DIDN'T like. Really. I have an incurable sweet tooth and would rather have candy than regular food any day of the week.
All of my favorites have been named (I always loved any chocolate with nuts so Almond Joy, Snickers, Mars Bars, Hersheys with Almonds were nirvana)except I noticed no one has mentioned (unless I read too fast) Mary Janes, and I also loved candy lipstick. I know, it sounds weird, but it was a wonderfully fun piece of red colored candy rolled in the shape of a lipstick in foil paper. I could eat a lot of those at a time.
Trouble with all the candy is overindulgence. I couldn't be happy with just one Milky Way or Mars bar. I had to have five. (And in my youth, I wouldn't gain an ounce even eating all this junk.)
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...I noticed no one has mentioned (unless I read too fast) Mary Janes, and I also loved candy lipstick.
I bet you were cute in your Mary Janes and candy lipstick 8)
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ANOTHER FLAME GOES OUT
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/120926/0_21_033004_cooke_alistair.jpg)
Broadcaster Alistair Cooke Dies at 95
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
LONDON — Alistair Cooke, the broadcaster who epitomized highbrow television as host of "Masterpiece Theatre" and whose "Letter from America" was a radio fixture in Britain for 58 years, has died, the British Broadcasting Corp. said Tuesday. He was 95.
Cooke died at his home in New York at midnight, a spokeswoman at the BBC's press office said. No cause of death was given, but Cooke had retired earlier this month because of heart disease.
"I have had much enjoyment in doing these talks and hope that some of it has passed over to the listeners, to all of whom I now say thank you for your loyalty and goodbye," Cooke said on March 2 when he stepped down on the advice of his doctor.
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In a speech to the Royal Television Society (search) in New York in 1997, Cooke traced the development of his urbane, soft-spoken style to his wartime work with the BBC.
"During the end of the war, the BBC in New York invited various famous exiles, Frenchmen mostly, to come and talk to the underground in France — famous, famous, great literary men," Cooke said.
"And I had the privilege of sitting in the control room, and I thought that I will learn about broadcasting from listening to these men...
"What I learned is that they were dreadful broadcasters. They wrote essays, or lectures, or sermons and they read them aloud. And I suddenly realized there was a new profession ahead. Which is writing for talking. Putting it on the page in the syntactical break-up and normal confusion that is normal talk," he said.
Cooke also recalled some advice when he started the program.
"A wise old talks producer came to me and said, 'Cooke, a word in your ear. Could I give you a bit of advice?' I said, 'Of course.' He said, 'Don't get too popular ... or they'll drop you.'"
Read the entire AP story (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,115583,00.html)
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Yes, I read about Alistair Cooke this morning. Have so many fond memories of his introductions and closing comments from years of watching MASTERPIECE THEATRE.
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I knew candy would bring out the postings.
Pogue: What is "Bun"?
I'm gettin' me some Chocolate Babies! Do they still call them that or do they call them something more times-friendly.
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I'm in the middle of watching the '30s version of Imitation of Life, but just had to break away to tell you all that thanks to this film, I now have a new favorite pick-up line - to wit:
"My name is Steven Archer, and I'm an icthyologist."
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What do the chocolate babies have in them?
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I noticed several of us don't have flags actually? Don't know why...
I agree with Lulu that Circus Peanuts were the worst-tasting crap around, Blecch!
Right now, Bed, Bath, and Beyond here in LA is selling boxes of DOTS for 99 cents. They're kinda like JUJYFRUITS only a little softer and kinder on the teeth.
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BK...a Bun was a somewhat roundish chocolate cluster with peanuts and a vanilla creamish filling inside. They also came with a maple filling which I could do without. They may have been regional, but you really never saw them in the rack by the supermakret check-out counter. I have stumbled across them here and there in La. Like at Whack-O.
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I have to say that Canadian chocolate bars (Rowntree, Nielsen, Cadbury) are superior to U.S. (Hershey's). I've done comparison tests.
Chuckles were also great.
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I just added a map. (You modify your member profile.)
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Yep, DR CP, you need to add your location to your member profile (to get your flag shown).
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Chocolate babies are chewy chocolate - there is no filling, nothing inside.
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I have to say that Canadian chocolate bars (Rowntree, Nielsen, Cadbury) are superior to U.S. (Hershey's). I've done comparison tests.
Oh gosh I love chocolate!
What other chocolate bars do we have that the US doesn't (or vice versa)?
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A friend of mine who was born in Brazil (moved to the states when she was 6 or 7) once brought me back a VERY yummy chocolate bar from a visit back; unfortunately, I can't remember the name! But it had crispy wafers and was kind of like a Kit Kat bar, but different.
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Good morning!
-Just doing some laundry... I realized that clean clothes would be a good thing for Opening Night tonight. ;)
Candy? Did you say Candy?
As DR Matt H stated, there's never really been a candy I haven't liked - or at least haven't given a try... or two. Heck, I even like salted licorice - although, it's not something I have often, but if I happen to come across a store that sell the little salted pieces, then I'll get a small bag to tide me over for a while. -Oh, but I'll always go for some All-Sorts.
I'm a big fan of anything Hershey's, M&M-Mars, Godiva, Michel Cluizel, Ferrarra Pan,... Oh, and what's that other chocolate company in Pennsylvania? They make great chocolate drops and assorted baking pieces/goodies.
And, yes, Maple Nut Goodies are still being made. In fact, I went through a bag last night during and after the show. And then there's Bridge Mix, Chocolate Stars, Non-Pareils, all those various nut clusters, etc...
Then there are some of those regional faves: Modjeskas (caramel covered marshmallows!), Mallo-Cups, Sky Bars, Necco Wafers, Nut Goodies, etc.
And my favorite "ethnic "candy" are those tamarind pods which are coated with salt, sugar and chile powder. And there's a certain type of Filipino polvorone which are made with dehydrated milk, sugar and assorted flavorings - oh, and those pili nut clusters are good too.
Well, time to head out - I need to pick up a new MIDI cable for the keyboard...
Oh, but also Cowtails, Goetz's Caramels, Bit O'Honeys, Mary Janes...
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Oh, and BK, now that you're here...
We watched the To Catch a Thief DVD last Friday (and thoroughly enjoyed it...why didn't Brigitte Auber have a bigger career here? She was utterly delightful) and was wondering if you know what the OAR was? According to DVD sites, it's 2.35:1, but the DVD itself seems to be framed as 1:85:1, and we noticed that it sometimes looked as though pan-and-scan was being employed (maybe it was just strange camera work??). The film was shot in VistaVision, which I thought had the same ratio as CinemaScope, which was typically 2.35:1, no?
The more I think I know about proper framing, the more I find I have to learn.
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Yummy. My teeth are hurting reading all this!
Any time now - as soon as Adelphia shows up - I shall have a high speed cable modem. Wheeeeee!
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Chocolate babies are chewy chocolate - there is no filling, nothing inside.
So it's hollow?
But not like easter bunny hard chocolate, right?
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I'm gettin' me some Chocolate Babies! Do they still call them that or do they call them something more times-friendly.
Order Chocolate Babies Here! (http://www.oldtimecandy.com/chocolate-babies.htm)
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Lulu, as always, the DVD sites are full of beans. VistaVision was a non-anamorphic. The film was shot with the film going through the camera horizontally and took up two standard film frames. There were only one or two films actually projected in VistaVision - all others were simply printed in standard 35mm, but the filming process brought out extra resolution, so even the 35 prints were incredibly sharp. VistaVision was designed to be projected at either 1:66, 1:85, or 2:0 but NEVER scope (2:55 or later 2:35). Most theaters in the US projected it at 1:85, the standard theatrical ratio after 1954. The framing of To Catch a Thief is what it should be. If you ever see a full-frame transfer of a VistaVision film and you look carefully during the logo you will see on the right hand side some lines appear - those lines contain all the various framing marks. Those lines also appear at the beginning of every reel. In 1:85 you don't see them, but full frame they're there plain as day.
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Jennifer, try to read my lips - CHEWY. Not hollow. Like caramel chewy.
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I am not a big candy fan, no sweet tooth here unless it's for maple syrup on my ice cream, so I have to pass on the TotD. My Joe, however, is very big on Cadbury Bars (and despises Hershey). I wait for the 99˘ sales at, say, Stop'n'Shop and then go to every store in the area and buy them out in the Milk Chocolate (no nuts for him), store them in the basement, and bring them upstairs in lots of seven, so he can have one a day, usually at night, right after brushing his teeth. No the best for dental health, but he loves them so.
Then again, all these candy babies and gummy worms and all put me to mind of the late, lamented Erotic Bakery that was in Greenwich Village in the '70s. Joe took me there and bought me a chocolate treat to embarrass me, and then I embarrassed him by walking down the street eating it--slowly.
When Sweeney Todd first opened, Len Cariou was going with Glen Close, I was told. I don't remember whether they actually got engaged or what, but my friend in the cast related that the company had an after-the-show party for them. The centerpiece was a cake from said Erotic Bakery ornamented with candy bossoms, and the legend on the cake read "Eat Them All, 'Cause Every One's a Prize."
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No link, der brucer, but I'm assuming it's that oldtimecandy thing
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BK...a Bun was a somewhat roundish chocolate cluster with peanuts and a vanilla creamish filling inside. They also came with a maple filling which I could do without. They may have been regional, but you really never saw them in the rack by the supermakret check-out counter. I have stumbled across them here and there in La. Like at Whack-O.
Are these they?
(http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/bun_small.jpg)
"Bun Candy Bars... absolutely one of our favorites! 1.75 ounces of milk chocolate, roasted peanuts and creamy center."
der Brucer (shopper for the stars)
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Can someone explain to this Luddite the meaning of "anamorphic" and "non-anamorphic?" And why "non-anamorphic" isn't just plain "morphic?"
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No link, der brucer, but I'm assuming it's that oldtimecandy thing
When I clicked it it worked?
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/chocolate-babies.htm
der Brucer (hoping BKs clicker isn't busted)
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Yummy. My teeth are hurting reading all this!
Any time now - as soon as Adelphia shows up - I shall have a high speed cable modem. Wheeeeee!
Yeah, sure - ask BK
der Brucer (singing "Promises, Promises")
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And I want to offer my sincerest condolences to DR §wishy §arah. It is terrible to lose a loved one, but particularly so when it is unexpected and a young person's life is suddenly cut short. Whatever you do, don't be afraid to grieve for your friends, in your own way, in your own time.
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Maple Buns AND Cat Tails! Never had them together, but now it makes me want to.
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This post seem to fly off into the ether:
Thoughts from reading the notes (which, on occasion, some of us do):
A pre-packaged set of soft-cover Kritzer books would make a nice gift item.
Perhaps if a Product Fulfillment minion were available we could open
THE GUY HAINES EMPORIUM
Suggested items for sale:
“Jogging Jew” warm-up jackets
“The Destroyer” T-Shirts
Benjamin Kritzer Yarmulkes
“What is it, Fish?” place mats
“Evil Eye” aprons
“Time-The Bitch Goddess” wall clocks
“Sneezing Jew” handkerchiefs
AOL/DSL reversible doormats
Hey, if an Irish Catholic from Levittown can do it, so can a Jew from Studio City!
I’m sure other DRs will have suggestions.
Der Brucer (at 160 posts/day average we will reach 50,000 by July 4)
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Luddite: You must understand that anamorphic as regards film prints is different than an anamorphically enhanced DVD, although the principal is the same. Anamorphic film prints (scope processes) use the entire frame of 35mm film, but the image is squeezed. A scope projector lens "unsqueezes" the image which then becomes a widescreen image. An anamorphically enhanced DVD uses the squeeze principal, but for all ratios. In other words, a 1:85 film will have slight bars top and bottom and a squeezed image until it's decoded for widescreen TVs, at which point the bars go away and the image fills a widescreen TV. If it's a scope film it's the same, only the bars are bigger and remain top and bottom when unsqueezed (although not nearly as severe as a letterboxed picture on a standard 4:3 TV). Of course, these are all perfect questions for The DVD Place at http://dvds.allaccessworld.com.
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Hoping to clarify for DR Jennifer, Chocolate Babies were sort of like Tootsie Rolls, but shaped as tiny tots.
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Jennifer, try to read my lips - CHEWY. Not hollow. Like caramel chewy.
Okay :)
But you did write, " there is no filling, nothing inside".
That is what confused me.
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Never cared much for the candy itself, but I always liked the name of the product known as "Sugar Daddy."
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Hoping to clarify for DR Jennifer, Chocolate Babies were sort of like Tootsie Rolls, but shaped as tiny tots.
Okay thanks. Now I understand exactly what they are!
Oh and Der Brucer's link worked for me. I just clicked on "here".
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I didn't see the "here" thing - I was looking for an actual linky-poo.
I've put up an expanded review of Something's Gotta Give over at http://dvds.allaccessworld.com, which includes my thoughts on another DVD site's rather idiotic review of the transfer.
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der Brucer, dem Buns is da ones!
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Just visited oldtimecandies - amazing that they still make things like Cherry Mash, which I used to love. I may have to place an order and change diets to the all-candy diet.
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I didn't see the "here" thing - I was looking for an actual linky-poo.
To order Chocolate Babies try this Linky-Poo (http://www.oldtimecandy.com/chocolate-babies.htm)
Better - clearer - more professional?
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Candy, candy, candy. I remember the corner store and the candy counter. The same place where I (or one of my sisters) would go to buy my father cigarettes. I was probably 7 or 8. He would give me 50 cents and I would walk to the corner and across and go to Steve's and get a pack of Kents for my dad. No questions asked. I think my dad had taken me in one day and introduced me so Steve would know who and what and why. Anyway, back to candy. I remember penny candy and dots on a long strip of white paper which you pulled off and usually ate some paper along with the candy. I love Buns (don't go there). They are hard to find in my area. I also admit that I think European chocolate is FAR superior to Hershey's and other American chocolate, especially after the winter sojourn to London. There is an immediate taste and texture difference. European chocolate melts almost at the touch and certainly melts in your mouth without much effort. It's silky and delcious. I'm making my mouth water. Better stop.
That being said, I do like American candy. I love Zero Bars. Also, chocolate covered raisins are a fave, especially on the rare occassion that I venture into a movie theatre. I like good chocolate covered cherries (seems I like things covered in chocolate) and I like non-pareils (sp).
On an unrelated topic, in my somewhat obsessive attempt to complete my collection of the Capitol Sings CD series (I have all of them but three) I have been looking for Capitol Sing Johnny Mercer-Too Marvelous for Words, Capitol Sings Duke Ellington-Mood Indigo and Capitol Sings Around the World-Far Away Places. They seem to be out of print and my exhaustive searching has turned up no leads. I found Johnny Mercer at Footlight but it's out of stock at the moment (take it off the Web site then) and I can't find the other two (aside from mentions on various Web sites and jpegs of the booklet cover) at any music/on-line bookstore site. I've also been to E-Bay and Half.com to no avail. Any other places I could or should be looking?
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I shall depart this Landscape of Delights.
The morning shift is over.
(Woody want's his turn!)
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DR DerBrucer, I think your links are too high tech :)
Actually, it is true. If you don't realize the slight change in color of the word that you're using as the link. Some could miss it.
Oh, I think i'd like the all candy diet. Sign me up!
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Just went to the Old Time Candy site and saw an assortment photo of candy from the 50s and saw the candy buttons I mentioned in my previous post.
Here is the picture
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Since I was away from a computer last night, I just checked yesterday's posts and was shocked that only one DR was willing to put up $10 towards submitting KRITZER TIME for a 2004 Pulitzer Prize. With my $10 we still need three other DRs who are willing to contribute $10 towards the fee and then we can get the process started. KRITZER TIME is certainly better than many previous winners.
BTW, I posted about the book on the Cast Recording mailing list and hope it not only brings new sales but also new DRs as well.
Regarding the Finn last night, it was three hours of songs from previous Finn works (the Marvin Trilogy, ELEGIES, A NEW BRAIN, the last "Infinite Joy" Concert)and new material. I loved the songs from Finn's version of THE ROYAL FAMILY and hope it gets produced soon. I can't really single out anyone who was better than anyone else so I'll just list the singers: Betty Buckley, Jerry Dixon, Raul Esparza, Jessie Tyler Ferguson, Janet Mertz and Stephen deRosa. This is the kind of evening that made me glad I live in NYC.
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Oh, and Goo-Goo Clusters - all three varieties (that I know of), French Burnt Peanuts (memories of the Montgomery Ward and Sears candy counters - ah, that smell! - popcorn and sugar), Boston Baked Beans...
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Thanks WEL for your efforts. Do write your thoughts about the book for us here and for amazon and barnesandnoble. We'd like to include them in the package we're putting together for movie people (yes, Virginia, we've used the amazon reviews for each book in the presentation).
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How about the WORST candy you ate as a kid?
Circus Peanuts (orange styrofoam in the shape of elephantiasis-deformed peanuts)
Bazooka Joe bubblegum (see description in my mammoth post above.)
Wax lips/fangs (no further explanation necessary)
DR Lulu, you've described three of my favs from when I was a kid! I loved the taste of Circus Peanuts. And Bazooka Joe bubblegum was a perfect way to make sure I spent that entire quarter that was given to me (along with the nifty comic and fortune inside.) And the wax lips were a triple threat: funny to wear, good to chew, and then fun to spit!
Other great candy from my youth:
Jawbreakers -- the bigger the better!
Bullseyes -- ribbons of flat licorice with a yellow bee-bee in the middle
Red Hot Dollars -- They weren't hot, just cherry flavored, hard gummies
Zero Bars--sort of a Milky Way knockoff, but these were usually sold frozen
Good and Fruity--preferable to Good and Plenty. Today's Mike & Ike's just aren't the same
Charms Sweet and Sour lollipops
Charms hard candy with the bubblegum inside
Flying Saucers--two thin round wafers molded and joined and filled with candy bee-bees. We used to pretend they were Communion wafers.
Arghhhh--I could go on and on....
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Never cared much for the candy itself, but I always liked the name of the product known as "Sugar Daddy."
There was also at one time a sister product called Sugar Mama, which offered a more challenging suck.
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BK, are you going to put up a review of Bhoot Bungla over on the DVD sight? I think you should. And JRand53 can do a review of Pakeezah and maybe Gumnaam and I will put up a review of Dhadkan and Ananad.
Oh, remember those candy necklaces? Those were fun to chomp on!
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There was also at one time a sister product called Sugar Mama, which offered a more challenging suck.
We'll leave that one alone also ;)
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Marzipan. My favorites were the banana shaped ones.
Brown M&Ms-I will eat them all I just like the light & dark brown ones the best.
Black licorice (the true licorice) including little button shaped ones.
Red string licorice, & fat red licorice
GoodnPlenty
Butterfingers
Big Hunk
Abba-Zaba
Look
Milk Duds
Heath Bar (or did those come out later?)
Toffees from England. We always had a good supply of those in the house
Jujubes
Butter rum
Chocolate covered raisins
Halvah
Coffee-etts
I love good chocolate so Hershey’s is out.
Lindt milk chocolate IMHO is the best.
Allen Wertz candy comb and mint sticks. Their red licorice is great too. You can’t get the mint sticks any more. :'( They were incredible. A bit like a Bavarian Mints but far superior.
See’s Candy which are still my favorites:
Milk chocolate, chocolate buttercream
Peanut brittle
Victorian Toffee
California Brittle
Molasses chips
Scotch Mallows
Butterscotch lollypops (I dare not eat since chipping a tooth).
Jrand you reminded me of the Christmas ribbon candy-always a treat every year.
Lulu, I agree with your opinion of Junior Mints. The single wrapped ones are the best size to get. My father objected to my buying them so I rarely ate them. At the time, the company that made Junior Mints donated heavily to the Birch Society. Among other things, the society didn’t like Jew’s. Stuart don’t you feel guilty now? :D
DerBrucer I was in the mood for JuicyFruits recently and could not find them. Not even at the movie theaters.
JoseSPiano how could I forget Boston Baked Beans. The best ones, which I mail order, are from Hebert’s Candy Mansion in Massachusetts.
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I'll pass on the mass market candies. Oh, to be in New York and enjoy once again the chocolates and varieties from Lilac Chocolates on Christopher Street or Mondel's confectionary on upper Broadway, across the street from my alma mater.
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There was also at one time a sister product called Sugar Mama, which offered a more challenging suck.
That caused me to just choke on my coffee! LOL!
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Broadcaster Alistair Cooke Dies at 95
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Very sad, but for me it's another case of "I though he already was."
Er, has anyone here ever participated in a Ghoul Pool?
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BK---
I'll do the review this weekend when I have a little more time (tickets to only one show --- Karen Ziemba in WEIRD ROMANCE at Mufti --- instead of 3 or 4 like the last two weeks). It's really amazing how much there is from mid-February to mid-June. Although three of the six Muftis and three of the six Musicals Tonights are in the fall or early winter, all three Encores!, all four Broadway by the Years, all three Broadway Closeups (the series that presented the Finn), the V-Log musical, etc. (not to mention the other three Muftis and Musicals Tonights) all fall between mid-February and mid-June, meaning that there are many multi-show weekends. I wish it were more spread out, because then in Summer there is almost nothing.
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DRDTM re: Alastair Cooke - isn't it terrible, I thought he was too.
More ribbon Candy....more Ribbon Candy! I will share with DRJane.
MBARNUM - what a great idea. Bollywood reviews at the DVDPLACE....
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I knew candy would bring out the postings.
Pogue: What is "Bun"?
I'm gettin' me some Chocolate Babies! Do they still call them that or do they call them something more times-friendly.
Actually, BK, I think Chocolate Babies is a far more "times-friendly" name than what they called them when I was growing up.
I think my favorite candies, and I believe they are local ones, but are sold nation-wide are Brown & Haley’s Mountain Bars. They sound very much like Charles Pogue's Buns. I always liked Tootsie Rolls, Sour Apple sticks, Milky Ways, Mounds Bars, wax pop bottles, candy cigarettes (but preferred chocolate), and when we went downtown and shopped at Sears’, I would always buy a quarter-pound of chocolate stars.
At the movies, when I was a kid, it was always a Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar (without almonds), because I usually only had a nickel extra to spend. If I was feeling flush, I would always spend a dime and buy Flicks. Sadly, Flicks are no longer made.
Who was it was talking about Turkish Taffy? You can still get it, but it is now called French Chew.
Jennifer -- Sadly you are too young to remember the days of the candy counters and candy stores. I still remember penny candy.
Wow, is it possible to put on pounds typing?
Jrand – Thanks for the compliments on my kitties (don’t go there derBrucer).
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A candy story from high school.
The Associated Student Body at Burbank High School (ASB at BHS) went through a few changes re their office space while I was a student there. Originally, the office was located over the library, with windows overlooking same. The librarian had never liked this arrangement, and during the first semester of my senior year the ASB was moved to another room, a strange space that was technically two classrooms linked by an archway and short flight of stairs. During the spring semester, the ASB was moved again, this time to what had been a storage area that the janitorial team used.
Because the new office area was partially underground, beneath the football field, it stayed cool through the hotter months. It was at this time that Bob, the rather snobby (if unimaginative) ASB President, decided a fundraiser was in order. To this end, be placed a gigantic order with Ghiardelli for chocolate bars, to be sold at a profit. The problem was, he ordered too much of the stuff, and the bars didn't sell nearly as well as he thought they would.
The only place the ASB had to store the chocolate was in it's offices. This was fine, in one sense, because (as I said) the semi-underground location kept the office cool, and the bars didn't melt. On the other hand, the ventilation wasn't all that great. Soon, anyone walking into the office was knocked out by the smell of sweet chocolate. Opening the windows helped a little, but then the entire courtyard outside the office became infused with the chocolate smell. Everyone in the school became so sick of breathing chocolate fumes that sales of the bars quickly sank to a disasterous level. Bob and company ended up having to sell the bars back to Ghiardelli at a loss!
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LOL
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Alistair Cooke had a good, long life. To be mentally active until the end is a blessing.
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...(tickets to only one show --- Karen Ziemba in WEIRD ROMANCE at Mufti --- instead of 3 or 4 like the last two weeks). ..
I love Weird Romance! Good score, fun book! Try to include how they do the special effects when you post a review, if you can, how much is specific and how much is left to the imagination!
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Now I would think smelling the chocolate would encourage the sales. At Hamilton High we had a candy line at lunch. If I remember correctly it would open the last 15 minutes of the lunch period & I was usually first in line. For a quarter I would by five candy bars and munch on them during class. Can you tell I like candy? That was just the candy I ate at school, not what I had at home. My father kept a tin of chocolate next to his bed and my mother had a tin of assorted English Toffee next to her side. In the living room there was always See’s candy for company. In the kitchen there were little glass jars filled with assorted treats. No wonder my teeth are so sensitive.
Question, which of those favorite childhood treats don’t you like today? Though not on my list, I won’t eat Hershey’s anymore. Recently I had Raisinetts and didn’t care for the chocolate. I need the gourmet ones from the candy store. Now I’m thinking Gayle’s Chocolates in Michigan. They have great chocolate covered dried fruit. But now I am reminded of another favorite I couldn’t eat today, malted milk balls. I do eat the delicious ones from Gayles.
How did I forget cotton candy. Two bites today is more than enough.
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Alistair Cooke had a good, long life. To be mentally active until the end is a blessing.
Are you kidding? It's a miracle! I am not even mentally active now.
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There is something disconcerting about the phrase "Charles Pogue's Buns"...
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Maybe unseemly is the word you are looking for.
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How could I have forgotten Malted Milk Balls?? I love 'em!
Never crazy about Goobers. And I too have lost my taste for Raisinets. And Butterfingers. (Though I still like a Clark or a 5th Avenue, now and again.)
I also have to concur with my brother, DR Jay....the chocolates from LiLac on Christopher Street are out of this world. But I have found Rochester's version: Stever's chocolates. Just as home made, and just as delicious. In fact, they were written up in the NYTimes not long before we moved up here.
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There is something disconcerting about the phrase "Charles Pogue's Buns"...
Especially when used in a sentence such as "They sound very much like Charles Pogue's Buns."
Take it as a compliment. Sort of like Bette Davis Eyes.
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MBarnum, I was going to ask you to do a Bollywood roundup for The DVD Place - so I'll post my review of Boot Bungler, but you and Jrand do a whole big roundup.
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There is something disconcerting about the phrase "Charles Pogue's Buns"...
Sorry about that CP. The sentence didn't come out exactly like it did in my head.
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Are you kidding? It's a miracle! I am not even mentally active now.
LOL-tell me about it!
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I want some chocolate. So much for trying not to gain any more weight. I have been on a binge lately and today’s topic is giving me the munchies. It doesn’t help that I can’t get out of a walk today.
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I also have to concur with my brother, DR Jay....the chocolates from LiLac on Christopher Street are out of this world. But I have found Rochester's version: Stever's chocolates. Just as home made, and just as delicious. In fact, they were written up in the NYTimes not long before we moved up here.
I just saved this important information for my, I hope, trip to New York in October.
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I guess what I was trying to get across in my earlier post was that in terms of candy, I ran the complete gamut from very expensive Godiva to the cheapest tasting of the cheap (Black Cow suckers).
I think the biggest candy fad during my years of teaching were BlowPops. There were very few kids at recess who weren't sucking and chomping on those.
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I guess what I was trying to get across in my earlier post was that in terms of candy, I ran the complete gamut from very expensive Godiva to the cheapest tasting of the cheap (Black Cow suckers).
I think the biggest candy fad during my years of teaching were BlowPops. There were very few kids at recess who were sucking and chomping on those.
I would ask what BlowPops are, but I think I prefer to use my imagination!
Maybe tomorrow's topic should be:
Which do you prefer carrot sticks or celery?
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While TCB meditates on buns and Blowpops while daydreaming, perhaps, about an all-day sucker.....
I loved many of the same candies most of you have already mentioned, but some of my favorites were Fifth Avenue (anyone remember when each half had an almond on top?); Baby Ruth (they do NOT now taste the way they did when I was growing up -- they used to be much chewier...now they have very little substance); I loved Butternut candy bars, too.
But my favorite of all time:
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Butternut, yes, uuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm....
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I was very impressed by much of the recall of favorite childhood candies, but Lulu's accounts were both prodigious and vivid. Somebody KNOWS her candies!
Is there anyone "else" who has spent more time in dentists' chairs than one would have liked who wishes his/her familiarity with candies during childhood had been less friendly?????
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We have a new tenant in the apartment below ours. I was getting dinner ready last night, with the usual musical accompaniment. Granted, it was on the loud side, but there's never been a problem before. But last night came a knock on the door, and it was Christine (age 40ish) from downstairs. "Do you mind?" she asked. And as she heard the music she just shook her head, made a disgusted face, and asked, as if hearing something unbelievably revolting, "What is that you are listening to?" I just told her I was sorry, and then turned down the volume of Subways Are for Sleeping's "I Was a Shoo-in."
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Why have I never heard of this zero bar so many of you have mentioned??
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Jrand: "disconcertingly unseemly?" But I suppose no more so than "BK's nutmeats".
Jennifer, Don't worry about missing out on the Zero bar...I never understood the fascination and found it about as unappetizing as a Zagnut bar.
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Why have I never heard of this zero bar so many of you have mentioned??
Jennifer,
We (Toronto, anyway) get a chocolate bar called Zero. But it's entirely different from the one mentioned. The Zero we get is made in Belgium, costs not much more than an average Canadian chocolate bar, and, IMHO, is Godiva quality. Look for it.
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DR RLP mentioning Baby Ruth reminded me that some Baby Ruths back in the old days might have a sort of funky flavor to them. I don't know if it was from spoiled peanuts used in the making of the candy or what, but occasionally, as much as I liked them, they'd taste really rancid, and I wouldn't want the rest of it. That never happened with Snickers or any other chocolate covered nut bars.
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My sweet tooth has become less and less prominent as I continue to age, but on the rare occasions that I do buy a candy snack, it's usually Junior Mints or a Zero bar.
However, when I was a wee lad, I had two favorite treats. One was the Nestle "Triple Decker" Bar. It was shaped exactly like a Hershey bar; a flat, thin rectangle, with break-off squares. However, it had (working from the bottom up) a layer of dark chocolate, a layer of white chocolate, and a layer of milk chocolate. I simply adored these things, and was heartbroken when Nestle stopped making them.
My other favorite treat was, oddly enough, something mentioned by name in a book I'd recently read entitled Kritzer Time. It wasn't candy, it was Vernor's Ginger Ale. Now, I've always assumed Vernor's was a local Midwest brand; I've only seen it in Upper Michigan and Wisconsin. It's still quite popular in the UP, and once in a while, it shows up at Kowalski's Market here in Minneapolis. (And whenever it does, I go nuts and buy a case or two.)
Which brings me to Kritzer Time. (Didn't you just love that segue? I'm certainly impressed with it...)
When I was in college, I was reading an essay on criticism by T.S. Eliot. And in it, he used the term "felt life", which meant the quality of a work literate that makes one feel that one has actually experienced the events of the piece. I like that term a lot, but I don't get to use it often when I'm evaluating a novel.
Kritzer Time has that quality. It works by getting under your skin, and making you feel like you're there; when the main character hears a song or sees a film, since there's a good chance you've heard the song or have seen the movie, Benjamin's reaction to it becomes the key to unlocking the character. It's a unique approach; I've never read anything quite like the three Kritzer novels. And that's a very, very good thing.
Also, the novel doesn't dwell on the negative. It's there, and it's never very far away, but unlike so many other autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novels, the ratio of bad times to good times seems to be in proportion to real life. And when the bad times hit, sometimes the most appropriate thing to do is to accept it (however difficult it may be!) and just move on. How many times have I read novels that self-indulgently dwell on negativity? Too damned many. Kritzer Time avoids these maudlin pratfuls and delivers something infinitely more valuable. It's something called "entertainment".
And, like any really good work of literature, Kritzer Time leaves you wanting more. That's entertainment value for you!
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I just told her I was sorry, and then turned down the volume of Subways Are for Sleeping's "I Was a Shoo-in."
Well, fie on her, I say. Nobody, but NOBODY, casts aspersions on my beloved Phyllis Newman!! To your neighbor I say: NEVER!
Perhaps the subtle bass lines of DREAMGIRLS will entice her back upstairs, and then you can give her her whatfor!
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DR Dan-in-Toronto, I think you should send your new neighbor a box of poisoned candy; she clearly plans to make your life miserable from now on.
I'd forgotten about Buns! I loved them, but I also like Baby Ruths, Reese Cups (which I swear were much larger then than now), and I loved the candies in the five-and-dime stores like Grants and Murphys: spicey gum drops, cinnamon hearts, peanut brittle, Hershey kisses, which my mother bought by the pound or half-pound in white paper bags.
My favorite Christmas candies were marzipan, chocoloate covered cherries, and candy canes.
Favorite movie candy: jordan almonds
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Thank you, Robin. I love that T.S. Eliot quote.
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I HATE marzipan. I did love Three Muskateers bars as a kid, mainly because of the wrapper. Also liked Milky Way and, to a lesser extent, Snickers. Frozen U-No bars were aces, and I liked anything with wax - wax lips, those wax juice things, all that stuff (it's all in the Kritzer books). My mother also had an endless supply of bridge mix around the house and I was quite partial to it.
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You must understand that anamorphic as regards film prints is different than an anamorphically enhanced DVD, although the principal is the same. Anamorphic film prints (scope processes) use the entire frame of 35mm film, but the image is squeezed. A scope projector lens "unsqueezes" the image which then becomes a widescreen image. An anamorphically enhanced DVD uses the squeeze principal, but for all ratios. In other words, a 1:85 film will have slight bars top and bottom and a squeezed image until it's decoded for widescreen TVs, at which point the bars go away and the image fills a widescreen TV. If it's a scope film it's the same, only the bars are bigger and remain top and bottom when unsqueezed (although not nearly as severe as a letterboxed picture on a standard 4:3 TV).
You took the words right out of my mouth.
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bk - I'll forgive your hating marzipan because you like Bridge Mixture.
Jane - Yes, the banana marizipan was also one of my favorites because it was so big and lasted a long time. (Let's be mature about this, gentlemen.)
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Perhaps the subtle bass lines of DREAMGIRLS will entice her back upstairs, and then you can give her her whatfor!
Actually, I was thinking more about the subtle scent of gefilte fish, which I'll be making for Passover. Maybe a combination of Dreamgirls and gefilte? ("And I Am Smelling You.")
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I am now officially in the 21st century. Cable modem. Zip, speed, kaboom. Just watched some movie trailers on my little Mac. I may never want to actually write again. Just fooling around on the computer is much more fun.
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Hello!
I'm sorry I missed the chat last night! I did try to make it, actually, around 10 PM, but the server on my PC wasn't working and I couldn't get online or on AIM. This morning, it still wasn't working, so hopefully when I get home that will have changed. (I'm at work right now).
I had some very good news today! I got accepted into both James Madison University and their musical theatre program! They seem to have a pretty good program; I went down to visit some friends there a few weeks ago, and their production of "Anything Goes" was very strong. So I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like this is where I will be going!
Anyway, I love anything chocolate: particulary Mounds, Almond Joys, Butterfingers, Hershey's Kisses, Kit Kats, Milk Duds. I also love Smarties, Jujyfruits, Skittles, Sugar Babies...I could go on.
Charles Pogue--I like your new avatar!!
When Sweeney Todd first opened, Len Cariou was going with Glen Close, I was told. I don't remember whether they actually got engaged or what, but my friend in the cast related that the company had an after-the-show party for them. The centerpiece was a cake from said Erotic Bakery ornamented with candy bossoms, and the legend on the cake read "Eat Them All, 'Cause Every One's a Prize."
Wow, that I did not know. I think Glenn Close dated Woody Harrelson for a while too. Len Cariou=good taste. Woody Harrelson=????
Oh, and BK, I'm seriously enjoying Kritzer Time! I'm about half done right now.
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And who had to talk to the technician from Adelphia to walk him through configuring your AOL for cable/modem? Just who did THAT?
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Just fooling around on the computer is much more fun.
Insidious, isn't it? Just wait 'til you try iTunes. You'll never wanna leave your chair in front of the computer.
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Thank you, Robin. I love that T.S. Eliot quote.
Most certainly, you're welcome!
I'm still reeling from that Vernor's Ginger Ale reference, myself. Lordy, I love that stuff......
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Love Vernor's. I was up for a Vernor's commercial once. I don't remember much about it except that the scene was me sitting in the desert sipping on a Vernor's, while another actor crawls in the sand, all parched and dried up, and says, "I really coulda used a Vernor's". All I had to do was react with a funny expression, something I did very well back then. So, the guy crawls up to me, looks at me and says, "I really coulda used a Vernor's" only he pronounces it "VerNORS" with the emphasis on the second syllable. I just cracked up and could not stop laughing. I looked at him, took a sip of the product and said, "VerNORS???"
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Jane - Yes, the banana marizipan was also one of my favorites because it was so big and lasted a long time. (Let's be mature about this, gentlemen.)
Sometimes a banana is just a banana, DR Panni.
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Sometimes a banana is just a banana, DR Panni.
And sometimes, it's more.
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Today I pre-ordered the Francis the Talking Mule DVD set, the Ma and Pa Kettle Volume 2 DVD set, and the Monster Legacy DVD set (all the 1930s/40s Universal Frankenstein, Dracula, and Wolf Man movies)...I will be on Universal-International overload soon! Ah, but what memories those films will bring back!
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Jennifer,
We (Toronto, anyway) get a chocolate bar called Zero. But it's entirely different from the one mentioned. The Zero we get is made in Belgium, costs not much more than an average Canadian chocolate bar, and, IMHO, is Godiva quality. Look for it.
Well I always like to learn about new chocolate bars, so I will see if I can find this, thanks.
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I wasn't a big candy eater as a child. I was more of a fan of large hunks of meat.
(I was a very large child who appreciated the finer ways to weight gain!)
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My favorite movie food, which I can only get at home, is Firecracker Popcorn. To the melted butter and salt, one "kicks it up a notch" by adding a bit of cayenne pepper. Just a touch; it's easy to overdo it. Dee-lish!
As for movies in the theater, from time to time I sneak in a box of Junior Mints and/or Dots. I have an amazing tolerance for Junior Mints...I could probably (and probably have, now that I think about it) eat 'em by the pound.
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Is there anyone "else" who has spent more time in dentists' chairs than one would have liked who wishes his/her familiarity with candies during childhood had been less friendly?????
Do I ever. :P
I was good today-went to the drug store and didn't buy a single candy bar. :)
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I've always been a big Butterfinger fan, myself. Also used to have a great affinity for plain M&M's, but now much prefer peanut. I'm a toffee hound, so I loves me a Heath bar. Reese's cups are so very yum. Can't turn down Milk Duds. Or Whoppers, for that matter. Chocolate Reisens provoke a Homer Simpson-esque drool. I would regularly head for the little corner store across the street from my middle school for some Jolly Rancher, particularly peach or green apple. More recently have discovered the bags of bite-size Kit Kat chunks. Black licorice, or better yet, Callard & Bowser black licorice squares. Frozen Snickers are faboo.
No, I've never had a cavity! :D
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Actually, BK, I think Chocolate Babies is a far more "times-friendly" name than what they called them when I was growing up.
My mother also remembers them with a less friendly name.
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Robin the Triple Decker sounds yummy. I don’t recall it. I did like Nestle’s Crunch & Krackel bars.
Elmore3003 do you know where you can get good cinnamon hearts today? I like them for cookie decorating and the ones currently sold in the market are disgusting.
Maya CONGRATULATIONS!
Panni, I just liked the color & shape of the banana marzipan. They weren’t any larger, at times they were smaller, but it didn’t matter since I never ate only one.
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Elmore3003 do you know where you can get good cinnamon hearts today? I like them for cookie decorating and the ones currently sold in the market are disgusting.
DR Jane, no, I don't, but this gives me a reason to do a tour of NYC sweetshops for you and take samples!
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Congratulations, Maya!
I'm in a bit of a pickle. I've been wanting to write a play about an incident that occured this summer between two Sondheim.com members for some time now, and though the concept is there (and I have written a splendid outline), it's been very hard for me to actually write it. My school just introduced a new playwriting course to be taught by a guest artist from Theatre For A New Audience, and for tonight's homework, we have to decide what we want to spend the year writing about and begin writing character outlines. Though I'd very much like to work on my Sondheim.com play with the help of this teacher, I can't help but feel guilty for writing about them, especially when there is a chance of what I write being performed. Should I just go ahead and write it without worrying? Should I ask their permission (Which they would grant, but then they would want to read the finished product...)? Should I temporarily abandon the idea? If so, what should I write about?!
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You should absolutely write it. It's a PLAY, and I'm sure while you'll be BASING it on them, you'll be writing your own thing. Many writers base their fictions on real events or people, the Kritzer books being a prime example. It's pretty clear that it's all based on my life, but it's also fiction and I use events and people to serve the fiction. Do it.
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Larry let me know the results. :) I don't like them too hot.
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Zero Bar - I find them in a vending machine sometimes....75 cents, but I still buy one.
It was my special treasure one Halloween - THREE ZERO BARS!!!!
DR Robin very nice write up about Kritzer Time!
Hahaha...I posted about PAKEEZAH at the DVD Place!
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You should absolutely write it. It's a PLAY, and I'm sure while you'll be BASING it on them, you'll be writing your own thing. Many writers base their fictions on real events or people, the Kritzer books being a prime example. It's pretty clear that it's all based on my life, but it's also fiction and I use events and people to serve the fiction. Do it.
I have BK's approval and I'm off to write! ::Salutes::
Thanks for the advice. :)
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Yes DRJENNY - write it! You will be surprised how different and wonderful your version of the event will be. Your writing will enhance it and make it even more real! WRITE IT! The journey will amaze you, and you may even end up in an entirely different place than you imagined you would!
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Hello all. Though you might be getting tired of my "Good evenings".
Gee, is it possble to gain weight from reading about all of these wonderful treats? I know a LOT of them.
Maple Nut Goodies or anything with Maple are a favorite of mine but one I did not see was the little ice cream cones with the marshmellow tops. They had different colors of sugar sprinkled on top.
Now don't tell anyone I told you this but do you know who gave them to me? Well, it wasn't just anyone but a personal friend of my Dads who happened to be a fairy!
My dad wouldn't have anything in his hand and then he would count one, two, three! And there the ice cream cone would be! When I asked him where it came from he said the fairy brought it.
I bet none of you got YOUR candy from a fairy. :)
I learned years later that my dad would drive all over Tampa to find those ice cream cones and he bought them by the boxfull so the fairy wouldn't run out. I never see them anywhere but just thinking about them sure does bring back some good memories of my Dad. :) :) :)
Bruce, I'm into Part 2 now. Ya know, I might be temped to read a little faster if I knew there was going to be another BK book/story. No pressure.
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The "Zero" candy bar is a non-chocolate bar filled with caramel, peanuts, almond nougat and covered with creamy white fudge.
It's totally delicious, and it's alway been my favorite candy bar to freeze in the summer for a treat.
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Jenny, Bruce borrowed beautifully on fact to write fiction. Have fun.
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I wasn't a big candy eater as a child. I was more of a fan of large hunks of meat.
Jenny didn't say we had to be mature!
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I've been wanting to write a play about an incident that occured this summer between two Sondheim.com members for some time now, and though the concept is there (and I have written a splendid outline), it's been very hard for me to actually write it.
If you use Sondheim's name in the title of the play, you'll automatically get a built-in audience.
Just so's you know.
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Thanks for the congrats, guys!
Jenny--I also think you should go ahead and write the play. Of course, I agree with everyone else that the identities should be pretty well-concealed, but I'm looking forward to see what you come up with!
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By the way, I don't think I've mentioned yet that I'm enjoying Juliana's Journal immensely. And now, I have.
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Hello all. Though you might be getting tired of my "Good evenings".
Gee, is it possble to gain weight from reading about all of these wonderful treats? I know a LOT of them.
Maple Nut Goodies or anything with Maple are a favorite of mine but one I did not see was the little ice cream cones with the marshmellow tops. They had different colors of sugar sprinkled on top.
Now don't tell anyone I told you this but do you know who gave them to me? Well, it wasn't just anyone but a personal friend of my Dads who happened to be a fairy!
My dad wouldn't have anything in his hand and then he would count one, two, three! And there the ice cream cone would be! When I asked him where it came from he said the fairy brought it.
I bet none of you got YOUR candy from a fairy. :)
Oh, yes, we did.
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Really? Did your Dad/Mom know her too?
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DR DANISE I loved those marshmallow ice cream cones.....but I had to buy my own!
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Danise this site has a great picture of marshmallow cones. If I had the ability I would post it for you.
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/candy-crate/yumyummarcon.html
Click on the jar to make it larger.
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That description of a zero bar does make it sound good!
Congrats to DR Maya!
And good luck to DR jenny.
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We received the results of Echo’s biopsies today-all good news. :) :) :)
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Great news, Jane!!! :)
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Mmmmmm. Candy. I like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Reese's Pieces.
So I got my essay test back today and my teachers were complaining that they couldn't read some people's handwriting. But look at what my English teacher wrote on my test. What is she trying to tell me? ???
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Sandra- ;D
Thanks Lulu.
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Well, I got a disappointment today. I have wanted to visit New Zealand ever I saw all that beautiful scenery in the Lord of the Rings films. I have forgone any extended vacation time and been saving up my air miles. Well tonight, I have discovered that I am 35,000 miles short of an economy ticket and 135,000 miles short of a business class ticket. I was so looking forward to it. So now, I think I will spend more time in LA and nip up to San Francisco, which I have never been to. Now it is looking to be late May or early June. I'll have to see what's up in LA and San Fran during those dates and try to arrange my vacation around them.
So can does anyone know what's happening in LA and San Fran late May or early June that is of interest?
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Maya,
CONGRATULATIONS!
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A little cheesecake for fans of my avatar. This was Measure for Measure in 1970. That's the lovely wife Julieanne in the background (before she was the lovely wife).
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;D ;D ;D Great news, Jane! ;D ;D ;D
:D :D :D Congratulations, Maya! :D :D :D
DR MIchael Shayne -- Why don't you make plans to fly up to Portland in, say, July and you can attend the Northwest HHW gathering?
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Gee, Mr. Pogue, I wonder what could have attracted her to you??? Maybe it was your Buns?
:o
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;D ;D ;D Great news, Jane! ;D ;D ;D
:D :D :D Congratulations, Maya! :D :D :D
DR MIchael Shayne -- Why don't you make plans to fly up to Portland in, say, July and you can attend the Northwest HHW gathering?
Portland Maine is nice that time of year. Who knows I may take a long weekend off and do that. I used to go to Ogunquit a lot when I was a kid
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;D ;D ;D Great news, Jane! ;D ;D ;D
:D :D :D Congratulations, Maya! :D :D :D
DR MIchael Shayne -- Why don't you make plans to fly up to Portland in, say, July and you can attend the Northwest HHW gathering?
Thank you.
When in July? Why not September or mid October?
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We received the results of Echo’s biopsies today-all good news. :) :) :)
Hoo and ray and Ray and hoo!!!
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Thanks Jay!
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Thank you.
When in July? Why not September or mid October?
September or October is fine with me. And apparently it doesn't matter to Mr. Shayne since he will be in Maine. Of course, we probably should consult with JMK, since he is the only Portland HHW, he might want in on the planning. I wonder how many his dining room table seats?
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Actually, TCB, it was my back...and she always thought I had nice knees too.
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MBarnum doesn't live far from Portland.
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So can does anyone know what's happening in LA and San Fran late May or early June that is of interest?
Some items in L.A. of which I am aware:
I Can Get It For You Wholesale, May 17 only in Glendale
Company at Reprise!, 5/18-30 in Westwood
Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Ahmanson downtown 5/19-7/25
Enchanted April through 5/23 and 110 in the Shade 6/18-7/25 at the Pasadena Playhouse
The Talking Cure through 5/23 and Stones in His Pockets 5/29-7/18 at the Mark Taper Forum downtown
Mamma Mia! through 6/12 at the Pantages in Hollywood
Urinetown 5/11-23 at the Wilshire in the Hills of Beverly
Il Trovatore and Le Nozze de Figaro, 5/22-6/20 at L.A. Opera at the Chandler Pavilion downtown
L.A. Philharmonic, various programs through 6/13 at Walt Disney Concert Hall downtown
There are a slew of smaller theatre groups that will have plays/shows of interest as well. There are also a good number of very interesting museum exhibits that will be in progress during the time frame of your anticipated travel.
Your humble concierge
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Since I was away from a computer last night, I just checked yesterday's posts and was shocked that only one DR was willing to put up $10 towards submitting KRITZER TIME for a 2004 Pulitzer Prize. With my $10 we still need three other DRs who are willing to contribute $10 towards the fee and then we can get the process started. KRITZER TIME is certainly better than many previous winners.
If you can take a contribution from someone on the Kimmel Shi* C-List. count me in!
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Well, you C der brucer, you just got back on the B list. As soon as you actually read the book you shall zoom back to the A list
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We're going to have a special Ask BK Day tomorrow, so put your thinking caps on because I'm doing an interview for broadwayworld.com and their book site, and dear reader Mr. Craig Brockman thought it would be fun for you dear readers to do the questions for the interview. We'd need good thoughtful and fun questions pertaining to Penn and Teller's Bullshit, and for the Kritzer books, most especially Kritzer Time.
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That is great good news DR Jane!! Can Echo go walking outdoors now??
TCB, shall we really finally have a NW HHW get together! Hurray!
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I'm thinking we should do a Los Angeles get-together when Miss Juliana A. Hansen is in town to do Millie at the Ahmanson.
MBarnum, we have started Bollywood threads so go post
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And who had to talk to the technician from Adelphia to walk him through configuring your AOL for cable/modem? Just who did THAT?
Hmmmm.... ??? Lemme think... :P YOU! ;D
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Yes, Mr. Tech. Mr. Know-Nothing about Computers had to talk the Adelphia man through configuring the AOL sign-on screen for the new TCP/IP connection. I was rather amazed that I did it, but did it I dood.
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Or dood it I diddid.
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Maya - Congratulations!
Jane - Good news about Echo. Abie sends his regards.
Jenny - Agreed - write the play.
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The producers of AMERICAN IDOL stacked their show very strangely tonight. There are ten people left, and they put the five weakest performances (unquestionably) in the top half of the program, and the five best performances in the bottom half of the show.
There was no one in the top half (Camile, Jon Peter, Latoya, Amy, and John) who did any better than mediocrely. Jon Peter had another of those performances where there were some striking solidly held notes surrounded by some not great singing. Camile was her usual awful and Latoya was by far the worst she's been in the competition. John was the worst, doing the flattest and least involved "My Girl" I've ever heard. Truly sounded like a high school student for the first time, and it was painful. Either he or Camile just has to be voted out tomorrow night.
The bottom half was superlative going from strength to strength with Jennifer Hudson batting it out of the park with "Heat Wave" and Diana, Fantasia, and especially George (whose smoky, gravelly voice is PERFECTION for Motown) doing great renditions of their numbers.
George's number was consistently busy during the two hour voting. Jennifer's was not so she may be in trouble again. I also dialed Jon Peter's number and I easily got through so he, too, may be in the bottom three this week.
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Jon Peters? The hairdresser? Miss Streisand's former husband?
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::Grumbles, grumbles, and grumbles some more::
I was in the process of typing up my outline so that it would be legible for my teacher, when I glanced at the project outline and discovered some recquirments that I failed to notice before. Though we can write basically anything we damn well please, at the end of the semester, one student's play will be chosen to receive a semi-professional production at Theatre For A New Audience. Seeing as I'm the only person in this class who has ever written a play or who is even interested in writing plays, I figure I shouldn't get myself disqualified from a race that I have a chance of winning. Alas, in order to have your play considered, it has to be roughly ten minutes long and involve four or less characters. No matter how I twist and contort my original idea, it will never be that short, nor will it ever involve so few characters. I'll talk to the teacher tomorrow about bending the rules slightly, but it looks like I'll be heading back to the drawing board. ::)
I can always write this play on my own time. Perhaps I'll enter it into Sondheim's Young Playwright's Competition. He's bound to like a play about his fans...maybe. :-\
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Ms. Streisand was never married to Jon Peters.
I didn't mistype in my AMERICAN IDOL summary.
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This fershluganah topic o' the day really has me craving candy.
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What were they, LOVERS?
I know you didn't mis-type. I'm not THAT dense, my boy.
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Good'n'Plenty, that's what I want. Or those Kit Kat bites would be a totally-different-yet-acceptable substitute.
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It shore do slow up around this hour every night. As if the air was filled with Wussburgers. I'm here and rarin' to go, baby. Nike shorts and a One from Column A t-shirt
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Maybe everybody's out satisfying their HHW-induced sweet tooth. Summer stock t-shirt and grey sweatpants.
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"I Escaped From The Yuma Territorial Prison" t-shirt and leopard-spotted pants.
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There is something disconcerting about the phrase "Charles Pogue's Buns"...
Disconcerting? Nah. I can't think of any reason to dis your buns, in concert or singly.
:D
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Wow! Now we are totally on my turf! After salivating at the images and even the names of candies for seven pages, it's my turn! I'm not going to list every candy I love (because there are so many), but I'll identify my favorites.
Almond Joys, Hershey's with almonds, Butterfingers, Swoops (especially Reese's), Reese's peanut butter cups, bubblegum cigarettes, Fun Dip, caramel apple lollipops, blow pops, tootsie roll pops, Whoppers, and much more!
I cannot stand marshmallow peeps, bit o'honeys, and circus peanuts to name a few!
I showed my mom the website with the old candies, and she said, "Laura, you don't need any of that." I said, "Mom, name a candy you liked when you were young. Watch. It will be here." She replied, "Mallo Cups." As soon as I hit the link, her face lit up. I love my mommy! :)
Congratulations, Mymy!!! :D
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Oh yeah, forgot to mention that those orange circus peanuts Lulu brought up earlier are some of the nastiest things to be found in the candy aisle. Not a fan of the Peeps either, Laura II.
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http://store.blaircandy.com (http://store.blaircandy.com)
Check out this site! I found the candy lipsticks someone mentioned under the "nostalgic - fun candy" section on the left side of the page.
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I'm in a bit of a pickle. I've been wanting to write a play about an incident that occured this summer between two Sondheim.com members for some time now, and though the concept is there (and I have written a splendid outline), it's been very hard for me to actually write it. My school just introduced a new playwriting course to be taught by a guest artist from Theatre For A New Audience, and for tonight's homework, we have to decide what we want to spend the year writing about and begin writing character outlines. Though I'd very much like to work on my Sondheim.com play with the help of this teacher, I can't help but feel guilty for writing about them, especially when there is a chance of what I write being performed. Should I just go ahead and write it without worrying? Should I ask their permission (Which they would grant, but then they would want to read the finished product...)? Should I temporarily abandon the idea? If so, what should I write about?!
The essence of the play is the arguement, not what the arguement is "about." Go ahead and write it, but with a different "topic," which should get your creative juices flowing. The more trivial the "topic," the better.
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...Alas, in order to have your play considered, it has to be roughly ten minutes long and involve four or less characters. No matter how I twist and contort my original idea, it will never be that short, nor will it ever involve so few characters....
Unless...
Consider this: two simultaneous phone conversations, with the two leads (the argue-ers) telling someone else about the arguement from their points of view. This cuts the number of players down considerably.
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Oh! I forgot to mention that I love those strawberry-flavored candies that are covered in wrappers that resemble the actual strawberry fruit.
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Der Brucer missed American Yodel tonight. We dropped by the Purple Parrot after a bunch of shopping, and found ourselves in a very funny conversation with a couple of lesbians, also somewhat newbies to Rehoboth (they've been here three months longer than we have). We also dragged Hugh, the owner, into the verbality at times (he was tonight's waitstaff), and he can pretty well hold his own with der Brucer, as did the two women.
I didn't miss Simon at all.
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I didn't watch American Idol and I didn't miss it at all.
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Oh! I forgot to mention that I love those strawberry-flavored candies that are covered in wrappers that resemble the actual strawberry fruit.
Mmm, yes, good stuff, those.
I didn't watch American Idol and I didn't miss it at all.
Same here.
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Quote from: Charles Pogue on Today at 11:20:59pm
I didn't watch American Idol and I didn't miss it at all.
Same here.
Yeah, you really didn't miss much at all.
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I don't know how to quote correctly. :(
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Good Evening!
-Good opening tonight! And the buzz at the reception was very good too. We'll see what the papers say in the next few days.
*And the reception was held at the Old Ebbitt Grill. Very nice set-up, and very good food.
Well.. It's time for sleep... I'm thinking I may head up to NYC in the morning.. Just because I can ;-)
Goodnight