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[DERBRUCER]

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)

[DERBRUCER]

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")

[William F. Orr]

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.

[Jrand73]

Maple Buns AND Cat Tails!  Never had them together, but now it makes me want to.

[DERBRUCER]

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)

[bk]

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.

[Stuart]

Hoping to clarify for DR Jennifer, Chocolate Babies were sort of like Tootsie Rolls, but shaped as tiny tots.

[Jennifer]

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.

[Jay]

Never cared much for the candy itself, but I always liked the name of the product known as "Sugar Daddy."

[Jennifer]

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".

[bk]

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.

[Charles Pogue]

der Brucer, dem Buns is da ones!

[bk]

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.

[DERBRUCER]

I didn't see the "here" thing - I was looking for an actual linky-poo.

To order Chocolate Babies try this Linky-Poo

Better - clearer - more professional?

[Ben]

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?

[DERBRUCER]

I shall depart this Landscape of Delights.

The morning shift is over.

(Woody want's his turn!)

[Jennifer]

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!

[Ben]

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

[William E. Lurie]

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.

[JoseSPiano]

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...

[bk]

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).

[Dan (the Man)]

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....

[Dan (the Man)]

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.

[MBarnum]

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!

[Ben]

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  

[Jane]

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?

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.

[Jay]

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.

[MBarnum]

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!

[Dan (the Man)]

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?

[William E. Lurie]

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.