Blasts from the Past

[Red Baron 0]

Ugh...lucky Americans that get it.

[treble 0]

So, SodaLicious.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Arizona Iced Tea is all over the place here in my part of Wisconsin. Walgreens has it, as well as a couple gas stations and even a Chinese restaurant in my area. Still only a buck, too.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

 

and his counter-part

 

 

 

Remember me?

 

 

 

 

Probably not.

[the max 0]

 

These were like a dollar for a huge fucking can of really sweet iced tea. Can't go wrong.

 

They're still around now, but distribution is not so high.

 

Maybe it depends on where you live, but all gas stations down here routinely stock at least four different flavors. When you get into the ghetto areas and truck stops, it's not uncommon to have at least two rows of 10 cans (all different flavors) or in some places an entire Arizona cooler with all sorts of different kinds.

 

I'm a sweet tea man myself, but when I can find the 1/2 tea 1/2 lemonade, I'm happy.

[yankovic fan 0]

Remember me?

 

 

 

 

Probably not.

 

I was looking up random old cereals once, and asked a friend (born in 82) if she remembered Fruit Brute - a cereal in the monster cereal brand. She was shaking her head in deep thought, "yes I remember that one..."

 

So I continue reading "Discontinued in 1983.... Damn girl you remember stuff from a year old?"

 

 

She wasn't amused.

 

 

[MrRant 0]

If they named it "Fruit Booties" it never would have been discontinued.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

I should point out that distribution of Arizona Iced Tea is limited in Canada, I'm sure it's still pretty well-stocked in the States. I can only think of one store that still carries them, and that's a province away from me.

[Red Baron 0]

Arizona's is stocked up well down here in the Niagara region.

 

 

A real blast from the past is the Hula Burger from McDonalds.

[King Kamala 0]

They're fairly well stocked here in the Portland, Maine area. The convenience store up the street has about 10 different flavors. I'm personally partial to The Arnold Palmer or the RX Energy Drink. And they're still a buck. Good stuff.

[Red Baron 0]

Maybe its only in Atlantic Canada, maybe on the east coast in the states, but they use to have the McLobster

[Guest George's Box]

I loved Vanilla Coke and Pepsi Vanilla.

Those was sneakily five years ago. How fucked is that?

I spent like two minutes (that's like ten in Internet Time) staring at this, trying to figure out what you meant. This is almost as bad as that "I have never been to this board again" post.

[Red Baron 0]

Probably was drunk when typing that.

 

I remember back in High School, getting a bottle of Vanilla Coke, Poutine and cookies that was full of grease.

[treble 0]

I think I remember seeing McShrimp once, probably when I was in Maine.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

I loved Vanilla Coke and Pepsi Vanilla.

Those was sneakily five years ago. How fucked is that?

I spent like two minutes (that's like ten in Internet Time) staring at this, trying to figure out what you meant. This is almost as bad as that "I have never been to this board again" post.

 

Indeed I was, Baron. Even so, I shouldn't have let that slide. Jesus. Edited, Czech.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Maybe its only in Atlantic Canada, maybe on the east coast in the states, but they use to have the McLobster

 

Wow, now that sounds appetizing...

 

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

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I loved Vanilla Coke and Pepsi Vanilla.

<br />Those was sneakily five years ago. How fucked is that?<br />

<br />I spent like two minutes (that's like ten in Internet Time) staring at this, trying to figure out what you meant. This is almost as bad as that "I have never been to this board again" post.<br />

<br /><br />Indeed I was, Baron. Even so, I shouldn't have let that slide. Jesus. Edited, Czech.<br />

 

That doesn't really make sense to me either. I spent about two minutes trying to figure out who you're trying to talk to here, or what the hell "you was". Jesus.

 

EDIT: So bad it fucked up my post royally.

[King Kamala 0]

Maybe its only in Atlantic Canada, maybe on the east coast in the states, but they use to have the McLobster

 

 

Oh hell yeah, we have those in Maine still. You're talking about the lobster rolls? They're actually a bit better than what you'd think a lobster roll at McDonalds would be but it's pretty much all lettuce with a tiny tiny bit of lobster salad. I rarely if ever get one. Especially when you can get much better ones, albeit for slightly higher prices.

 

 

I remember when I was in DC back around '99 or '00, McDonalds had chicken wings. I had a mild allergic reaction to 'em and found out they had MSG in them. Needless to say, I'm glad they never found their way up here.

 

How about The McDonald's hot dog that was around for a brief period in Summer of '02. I just remember the uberpatriotic commercials with little kids with sparklers and miniture American flags shilling the All American hot dog.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Mighty Wings? I recall those being advertised in Michigan briefly and then nothing.

[World's Worst Man 0]

SG, we should start a campaign to get Harvey's to bring back their buffalo chicken toasted sandwich. What they did was an absolute travesty and mustn't stand.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

SG, we should start a campaign to get Harvey's to bring back their buffalo chicken toasted sandwich. What they did was an absolute travesty and mustn't stand.

 

My God yes!

 

Treble, SodaLicious was awesome. Along the same lines:

 

 

For fear or bringing my attention to my grammatical disaster earlier, YPV, I won't re-quote. But it's been edited since.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

SG, we should start a campaign to get Harvey's to bring back their buffalo chicken toasted sandwich. What they did was an absolute travesty and mustn't stand.

 

Not a bad idea, GQ. Not a bad idea at all.

[King Kamala 0]

Dunkaroos....now those were the shit. I don't know if they're around anymore, I had them a year ago or so. I think they're along the same lines as Combos (Which I also love), where as they're only found occasionally at odd gas stations and convenience stores.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Dunkaroos....now those were the shit. I don't know if they're around anymore, I had them a year ago or so. I think they're along the same lines as Combos (Which I also love), where as they're only found occasionally at odd gas stations and convenience stores.

 

Combos weren't as good as I remembered, with the exception of the "Pizzeria Pretzel" flavour. I actually found them in a quite a few places on my city-wide "best pepperette" search.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

I saw a commercial on youtube for "Fruit Wrinkles", it appeared to be a jelly bean type spin-off of Fruit Roll-ups.

 

Did anyone ever have Starburst jellybeans? Those were ok, I seem to recall. Do they still exist?

 

I also saw a commercial for Real Ghostbusters cereal which had a glow in the dark box (which WWM pointed out was a brilliant concept - a box that glows in the dark for a product generally used in the morning).

[King Kamala 0]

I enjoy one or two kinds of Combos (the aforementioned pizzeria pretzel ones are pretty good) but some of them, when I ate them, I got a lingering feeling that I was eating repackaged dog treats. I mean they even look similar.

 

Fun fact; Quentin Tarantino's favorite breakfast cereal ever was a Bill and Ted cereal. He mentioned it in some interview I read and talked about how he knew they weren't going to last so he bought out several grocery stores' entire supply of it. Seems like something Tarrantino would do.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Wow, I didn't know there was a Bill & Ted Cereal.

 

For most of my youth, I never got to eat any good kids cereals. My mom would always buy those huge family size boxes of Rice Krispies (the plain ones), Cheerios, or Kix. Nothing more exciting than getting up in the morning and having a bowl of sawdust and milk.

[Darthtiki 0]

Arizona's is stocked up well down here in the Niagara region.

 

 

A real blast from the past is the Hula Burger from McDonalds.

 

Carl's Jr./Hardee's has a new burger that's like the hula burger.

 

I remember trying the Bill & Ted cereal, the free telephone booth cassette holder was of much more interest.

 

WWF Superstars cereal....I wish I never tried that.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Why have Dunkaroos been mentioned twice in this thread? They really weren't that good!

 

Seeing all these kids foods makes me feel ashamed to have eaten so much of that crap, knowing the kind of damage it was doing to everyone I knew growing up. These mass marketed, sugar filled, kid oriented fat snacks. Yuck.

 

Hopefully I'll do better with my kids.

[Ripper 0]

 

The greatest pop in the history of the world.

 

Although this is a picture of the pussified upside down astro pop design they came out with just before they stopped production. The originial, you could make that thing to a point so sharp that it could kill a man.

 

This shank/lollipop combination made Astro Pop the greatest thing ever.

 

And i was about a week from stalking Keebler execs over them getting rid of Pizzarias. Because those were the shit.