Comments on: Taster’s Cherce

By: RIYank

RIYank — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:38:53 +0000

I wonder whether thelarmis has ever chewed a piece of gum.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:53:13 +0000

I didn’t care what gum it was, I just liked to blow bubbles and occasionally snap it or stick it under my desk. Hubba Bubba and Bubblelicious were the best to blow bubbles with though. I even did the stance!

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:41:35 +0000

Fruitstripe was fun too though that wasn’t really bubble gum.

By: ms october

ms october — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:38:13 +0000

i loved almost all gum as a kid. hubba bubba, bubble gum, big league chew, bazooka, the gum from blow pops. my jaw almost fell off. the second it ran out of flavor i would pop in a new piece or slab.
the bubble gum from cards tasted like cardboard. i usually liked the grape, strawberry, or original flavors.

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:32:16 +0000

I loved gator gum! Wow – I hadn’t thought of that in years. I wonder if Josh Wilker has reviewed that bubble card

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:28:06 +0000

3) That’s some bubble. I think you could blow the biggest bubbles with Hubba Bubba but I didn’t like how soft it’s texture was. I also liked the slight tartness that the Bubbalicious and Bubble Yum had. Dude, remember Gator Gum? That had the face-pinching sourness at first and then the flavor went away within two minutes.

By: joejoejoe

joejoejoe — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:09:45 +0000

I liked Bazooka. I couldn’t blow a bubble so a lot of the qualities of those big bubble gums were lost on me. I just felt like a cow who couldn’t blow a bubble. I probably chewed more baseball card gum than any other kind of gum in my lifetime.

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:46:16 +0000

Ah it was the Garigola / Bazooka contest

http://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/1976/Topps/564/Kurt_BevacquaBubble_Gum_Champ/1854263

I’m pretty sure Topps owned Bazooka back then. I can’t imagine Topps promoting a competitor (eg Fleer). BTW I remember the ridiculous bubble measurement scissor from the contest. Hilarious

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:38:17 +0000

What kind of gum did Kurt Bevacqua chew when he won the big league contest on tv around ’75 (I remember watching it)? I have to think it was a Topps product since the episode got a card the following year. For nostalgic reasons give me that thin, dusty and brick hard gum that came with cards.

For taste and coolness reasons give me Bouton’s Big League Chew — shredded bubble gum in a pouch.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:13:48 +0000

Which was the one Lee Majors rep’d. i think Hubba Bubba. it was like a western shoot out I think, but with bubbles. I like that one.

Still wish I was bionic, deep down inside.