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07/09/2003: Good Humor’s Colossal Fossil Ice Pops.

New Article: The land of the freezer pops is typically uninteresting, save for one Good Humor entree that’s as extinct as it’s focal topic these days — Colossal Fossil, the lemonade popsicles with gummy dinos on the inside, were an almost-forgotten fave of mind till I was recently able to locate the old commercial for it, which is included in the tribute as a download. Special bonus: how to make your own Colossal Fossil pops!

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Discussion Thread: 30 comments

I love when a new blog entry pops up when I’m replying to the previous. In other news, I love it when a plan comes together, and I love to live on Love Street.

Ghosted by squee4242 (click me for review of Hulk) @ 07/09/2003 3:42 PM EDT

They aren’t god and they don’t hear your prayers? Send them a letter, duh.

Ghosted by ljifyjljhf @ 07/09/2003 3:43 PM EDT

I didn’t know how to write letters back then. And to further the argument, I’ll say I still don’t.

Ghosted by Matt @ 07/09/2003 3:45 PM EDT

I could get those Dino’s in the middle.

They probably were discontinued because of the choking hazard. Babies are dumb that way.

Ghosted by ljifyjljhf @ 07/09/2003 4:01 PM EDT

Fill the mold about halfway with lemondade, let it freeze almost solid, drop the dino in and fill it the rest of the way and freeze it some more.

Ghosted by amembrane @ 07/09/2003 4:10 PM EDT

Too much work…who needs perfection

Ghosted by Jones @ 07/09/2003 4:12 PM EDT

You could also "spear" your dino on the stick in order for it to stay. That way it looks like the dino died in a vicious battle before being frozen in its stego urinated grave.

Ghosted by KoNaX @ 07/09/2003 4:58 PM EDT

Awesome. I wish that the ice cream that I’ve grown up with didn’t suck so much. Who needs a Hulk-shaped ice cream bar when you can have Colossal Fossils?

Ghosted by Paul @ 07/09/2003 5:10 PM EDT

Awesome. I wish that the ice cream that I’ve grown up with didn’t suck so much. Who needs a Hulk-shaped ice cream bar when you can have Colossal Fossils?

Ghosted by Paul @ 07/09/2003 5:10 PM EDT

Matt, the reason you shouldn’t overfill your ice pop mold is because water-based liquids expand when they freeze. If there’s too much liquid in the tray, the lemonade will flow out during freezing, creating a sticky mess in the freezer.

Also:

"Fill the mold about halfway with lemondade, let it freeze almost solid, drop the dino in and fill it the rest of the way and freeze it some more."

The problem with that scenario is that the frozen part will float in the fresh lemonade, as ice tends to do. The advantage would be that you could use two different juices for a totally awesome ice pop treat, if you can make it work.

Ghosted by Sean @ 07/09/2003 6:17 PM EDT

Sometimes I feel like Gary Larson when he mixes polar bears and penguins in the same Far Side panel.

Ghosted by Matt @ 07/09/2003 6:19 PM EDT

Aaaaaa!!!! I LOVED Colossal Fossils! Another piece of my childhood has resurfaced in X-E Article form and caused my wife to look at me like I have 6 heads. May the deity of your choosing bless you, Matt, you’ve made my day!

Ghosted by Schlitz @ 07/09/2003 6:41 PM EDT

The high point of this article for me was the subtle reference you made to ‘Denver’, Matt.

No, not the city (or is it a state? I don’t know, I’m Canadian…) the Prehistoric "Last Di-no Sauuurr".
I recall watching this on the illfated YTV channel here in Canada before they went to the era of "Cybernetic Space Cube-esk" kids television.

Ah, the memories… *very* odd though that my latest memory of this obscure childhood show is tainted by some fucked up drawing of ‘Denver’ molesting the shows children I saw once. That thing ruined what whistful memories I had of the show. That and YTV.

Great article Matt, like always!
-Blayne

Ghosted by ernie@bungie.org @ 07/09/2003 8:03 PM EDT

Does anybody remember "Vampire Bars" from Good Humor? They were around in the early 90’s. They were black popsicles with some kind of red goo in the middle. They sold them at my school, among other ice cream bars, and my friends and I became addicted to them. We would load up on them every day at recess. Sadly, one day there were no Vampire Bars to be found. When we asked what happened to them we were told that they had been banned because of the high amounts of sugar. I never saw another one anywhere after that. Oh, what I would give for just one more delicous Vampire Bar…just one more.

Ghosted by Goggles Pizano @ 07/09/2003 8:42 PM EDT

Goggles, I too have lost my beloved Vampire Bars. The ice cream truck would roll by my dad’s (broken home) house every weekday at 3:15. I’d be there with my $1.75. I guess Ice Cream cost less back then. Oh well. Great article, Matt. Now review Freaked. (Just kidding. I won’t start that)

Ghosted by Bansheex @ 07/09/2003 9:21 PM EDT

Matt, thanks so much for this article. Colossal Fossil are my favorite ice pop of all time and for years I have lamented their disappearance. It’s good to know someone appreciated them and misses them as much as me.

P.S. I wrote a letter to Keebler to ask why they sold their salty food division and got rid of ‘Tato Skins and they weren’t very helpful.

Ghosted by Matt Suss @ 07/10/2003 12:09 PM EDT

Hmm, must be ice cream week on X-E. Can’t say I remember Colossal Fossil. In fact, the most fun I ever had with a popscicle was when they started printing jokes on the pop sticks.

Ghosted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 07/10/2003 12:37 PM EDT

Holy Friggin’ Mother of … look at just the dino’s head and neck… looks like somebody’s popsickle is up for sucking…

Ghosted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 07/10/2003 2:36 AM EDT

SPECIAL ONE-TRACK MIND UPDATE

Look at the part of his tail you can see between his legs…

It’s like heads, I win, tails, you lose- heads or tails, you still get the shaft.

Ghosted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 07/10/2003 3:49 AM EDT

I used to LOVE Colossal Fossils. They never sold them at any stores near me, but the Good Humor truck was always chock full of ‘em. Vampire bars were incredible as well.
The summer of Colossal Fossils was indeed a great epoch in my life.
It’s a shame I could never find the equally short-lived Hulk pudding anywhere near me.

Ghosted by BaronVonHotPants @ 07/10/2003 11:32 AM EDT

The weird thing is that I did find Hulk pudding. And it wasn’t even green. What the hell? It was just plain Vanilla with mister stretchy pants on the box.

Ghosted by Sean @ 07/10/2003 1:43 PM EDT

I still have a copy of Denver the Last Dinosaur on an old tape of things we taped off TV when I was about 6. I watched it recently, and I’d be lying if I didn’t think ‘X-E material’ right away. I loved it when I was little, but watching it now made me squirm, thanks to the nasty whine one of the kids’ voices had (not to mention the "bogus" eighties slang…)

Ghosted by Amanda Swiftgold @ 07/10/2003 6:54 PM EDT

Amanda Swiftgold,
Denver the Last Dinosaur on tape? lol. Here’s hoping Matt has a chance someday to have his eyes assulted by *that*. Perhaps that robot dinosaur episode would make good material.

That whole show struck me as a kind of Scoobydoo knockoff with 25% more 80’s slang.
Thing is, I remember this show from the early 90’s. I guess the shows marketing directors were not only living in a field that distorted reality; but time too.

-Blayne

Ghosted by ernie@bungie.org @ 07/10/2003 8:27 PM EDT

Aha! I own a casette from market of Denver (NBU)!

Ghosted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 07/10/2003 11:08 PM EDT

Aw, shit. As soon as I saw the screencaps from the ad I could taste the fucking things — perhaps because all lemonade frozen confections taste pretty similar, but I always remember these were a cut above plus involved dinosaurs and another kind of sugar. I think dinosaurs are perenniel… maybe they can bring them back with Jurassic Park XXXVI: Dinosaurs on Mars.

Ghosted by Kit @ 07/10/2003 11:28 PM EDT

Wait, Schlitz… We have people here who have relationships?

No offense, I just didn’t think married people came here…

P.S. Dannon Single Yogurt cups taste great frozen with kabob sticks in ‘em!

What do you call an authentic video (as opposed to a recorded one)?

HAS ANYONE EVEN PAID ATTENTION TO THE DISGUSTING DINOSAUR?????

Ghosted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 07/11/2003 2:09 AM EDT

i thought it was dink the dinosaur…

That colossal fossil dinosaur looks very phallic…

Ghosted by liugig @ 07/14/2003 4:02 PM EDT

DUHHHHH! i SAID THAT!!! LOOK AT HIM! He gives new meaning to "Dickhead".

Ghosted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 07/17/2003 11:03 AM EDT

I actually got my dinos to stay in the middle with little effort.

I just let the lemonade turn slushy-ish, then I put in the dinos. A bit similar to putting marshmallows or fruit inside gelatin…

Ghosted by marril159 @ 07/18/2003 12:07 PM EDT

You mean you actually made ‘em?! Awesome.

Ghosted by Matt @ 07/18/2003 1:47 AM EDT

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