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07/22/2008: X-E's '08 Summer Megaparty: Boppin' Berry Hi-C!

I've written about Hi-C Ecto-Cooler around 700 times now, but despite my glowing praise, a few readers have pointed out a very dark fact: In an early X-E article, I said that Ecto-Cooler was a putrid, vile concoction that became successful only on the merits of having Slimer on its packaging.

I was exaggerating for humor's sake at the time, because saying things in extreme terms is hilarious. Still, Ecto-Cooler was far from my favorite Hi-C flavor, and it's also true that I never would've wanted it had Ecto-Cooler not been thematically tied to Slimer. I was always more of a Ssips Iced Tea kinda guy, anyway.

But on the heels of Ecto-Cooler, King Hi-C realized that some of his other flavors stood to benefit from goofy mascot characters. Slimer's success paved way for a parade of insane mascots and flavor names that took Hi-C far, far away from the "natural" themes of its earlier offerings. One of my favorites from this new frontier was a bright red, strawberry-flavored ditty called "Boppin' Berry."

As a firm believer that anything made to taste like fake strawberries is better than anything not made to taste like fake strawberries, Boppin' Berry was totally up my alley. It was really about the flavor — a gorgeous, overly sweet juicy juice packing jusssst enough tart to follow each sip up with a pleasant lip smack. Still, I don't think Boppin' Berry's mascot hurt matters any. Take a look at that guy — an anthropomorphic strawberry, wearing sunglasses, rooted in a bed of piano keys. Wasn't that one of the bosses from Nintendo's Stinger?

Eh, in truth, I think my palette (not in the food sense) has needed to mature over the years to truly appreciate the Boppin' Berry Piano-Playing Strawberry-Head for the god that he is. Doubt that I was totally in love with the guy in my youth, mainly because I was already past the age where it was acceptable to find cartoony mascots "cute." Now I'm older, and I know better. I won't go so far to say that the Boppin' Berry Piano-Playing Strawberry-Head has the makings for a perfect tattoo, but that's only because I know it's an idea I should keep to myself.

As for the drink itself, it was pretty phenomenal. And very, very red. Much redder than the photo suggests, as you're seeing food dye that's had almost fifteen years to lose its luster. The "fifteen years" thing also explains my hesitance to try Boppin' Berry one last time.

PS: Don't ask me why I have a sealed 9-pack (well, 8-pack now) of Boppin' Berry leftover from 1995. I don't have to explain myself to you. Especially when I'm ticked that I can never watch The Golden Girls again.

Tomorrow's my golden birthday, I don't know why but my mom thinks that's such a big deal.

I drank Boppin' Berry for at least 4/5 of my high school career. It's very red and when it leaks in your bookbag, people think you are carrying around a severed head. Trust me, I know this.

My mother and grandmother both made a big deal of my "golden birthday", too…but I was only 11, so at least it translated to more toys.

Sometimes, I tell people about that crazy website where you can read about the guy who has old food. I always get sideways puzzled looks. And you want to explain yourself.

apart from reading about Ecto, i keep forgetting Hi-C ever existed. even despite of it those boxes being the perfect drinking container for kids. not sure if i exclusively discovered the amazing trick of inflating the box with the straw and until the drink squirt back out - but i aimed the steam of vitamin enriched goodness at many friends and classmates.. lulz. those boxes were my unofficial super soakers before there were any official ones. haha - Boppin Berry had everything on Little Richard.

I still can't get over the time when he ate Garfield Fruitsnacks from like 1989. They were black!

Fuck. Yes!! Thank you so very much for dredging up one of the mightiest of Hi-C flavors! I had completely forgotten about this one! The only reason I switched to orange was when they got rid of Boppin Berry & Ecto Cooler. And my juice experiences were never the same.

Oh I loved Hi-C! I recall the mascot but I don't remember the drink so much. They don't make kids drinks like they used to!

I have never had the pleasure of trying anything Hi-C. be it the fact that Im a wacky Canadian or that the stores here just didn't carry them for some odd reason.

I feel you Matt… The Golden Girls will never be the same again. Sophia made that show.

Did you stop watching Christmas Vacation when the great William Hickey passed away?

When you watch a film, or television show, with an actor (or actress) that has left our earthly realm it just becomes a bit bittersweet — sort of like a glass of 13-year-old Boppin' Berry Hi-C.

Hi-C tasted so much better when the boxes looked like that. The generic yellow boxes that took their place (on top of having less juice in them) made the stuff unpalatable.

Who am I to tell you that means 1995 when for all we know could secretly mean 2095. Just a thought.

I like that leafy mohawk, and yeah, a boppin' berry tattoo actually would be pretty awesome.

Matt,I just wanted wanted you to know that if you ever have an X-E anniversary party,you would see the biggest Ecto Cooler juice box would be from me,and the card attached would say:
Thank you for being a friend!

The artificial dyes in the Hi-C seem to last longer than natural colors. I have a flask of Everfresh lemonade from the early 90s that is more of tan color with a hint of pink now. I would imagine it tastes like gasoline at this point.

Neg, a golden birthday is when you turn 23 on the 23rd, etc, etc. I don't get the day off, that's all I know.

Are the rest of you seeing this?!
In between the article and the comments,there's an ad for a hair restoration clinic,and the before and after model is Chavo Guererro.
Is that why he did the hair shaving angle?
Where's Scott Keith when you need him?

I definately remember the mascot, but not neccessarilly what it taste like. You would think strawberry juice would be popular, but I find it difficult to find as it's usually mixed in with some other fruit. I think it's one of those things that sounds like it would taste better than it actually is.

Kid Nicky: I'm only getting a best buy ad, although the one you're seeing sounds 10 times more interesting.

If you asked me what the best Hi-C flavor was within the past 15 years I would have incontrovertibly said that it was Ecto-Cooler. I completely forgot the elation I always felt when I peeked into my brown, paper lunch bag and saw that beautiful, bright blue box.

I always wonder why everything from the 90s looked more painterly (and awesome). Also, notice how design from the 90s always involved animals playing extreme sports or something?

I haven't gotten that one Kid Nicky. I have a Swat Assault game there right now (Just thought I would point out that the guys on the side of the road shooting are as big as the assault vehicle you drive in it) I had a Met ad and a Dell ad prior to that.

Hi-C… The strawberry guy looks familiar, but I might be thinking of a sweatsirt I had with a sunglasses-wearing raspberry from Sun-Rype. I do recall a commercial for Hi-C, with some kid dressed as a 50s greaser, singing, "Hiii-Ceeeee."

Estelle Getty was great in Stop or My Mom WIll Shoot. Seriously, that movie is great, and I'm proud to own it on DVD. The best part is when she brings Stallone that giant lunch bag while he's on duty.

Now, I'm reading about her on the imdb, and why have I never heard of the post-Golden Girls show, Golden Palace?! I remember Empty Nest, and how it was a spin-off and they lived next door, but I somehow missed Golden Palace.

Looks like I'll be watching Golden Girls at 1 o'clock on Lifetime tonight as a tribute.

Hey, what was the last reported Ecto Cooler doppelganger again? Citrus Cooler IIRC? Because I kept looking for it and holding out hope and the damn stuff never turned up. Anyone EVER see that in stores?

"Now, I'm reading about her on the imdb, and why have I never heard of the post-Golden Girls show, Golden Palace?! I remember Empty Nest, and how it was a spin-off and they lived next door, but I somehow missed Golden Palace."

Golden Palace was actually on CBS instead of NBC for whatever reason, so that may have had something to do with it.

Damn, I JUST found out about Estelle Getty. And Sophia was always my favorite, too. Bummer.

I also have fond memories of this flavor. We didn't drink a lot of Hi-C, but we could get this one from time to time. This was coupled with my love of anything red and anything strawberry. That was some mighty sweet but potent stuff, and that awesome mascot just made it cooler.

Beckner it was shoutin' orange tangergreen. I can't believe that's still in my memory.

Truly sad to hear about Estelle Getty. Haven't seen Golden Girls in years, but I can still picture her so clearly.

Matt.. G-d bless Mom & Pop establishments.. - there's a spot called Five Points Grocery near my old childhood neighborhood that's still open.. - the fact that it's remained unchanged against corporate conglomerates like Wal-Mart is one thing.. - but the reason I felt compelled to mention them here in a public forum is that as of my last visit.. they still had BOTH Boppin' Berry and Rock-A-Dile Red Kool-Aid on the F'N shelves! - I know you've encountered such oddities before, but I make it a point to visit there at least a couple times per year.. - no, not to buy anything.. just to walk up to that shelf space and admire that fact they're still selling decade old juice.. - their Hi-C is in those big, tin or metal cans, too.. so not only is it old but it's probably rusted..

Today was one of my closest friend's birthdays, and he is a Golden Girls FANATIC. I was crushed to hear she died on his birthday.

My god, I had forgotten about Boppin' Berry! I always thought the piano keys were just the collar of a much more involved, piano-themed costume.

Hell yes I remember Bobbin' Berry. My sister and I used to put our juice boxes in the freezer, cut the tops off and shave the ice off to make massive sno-cones. My big sis was a ice tea fan while I was a bit more of a fruit punch girl.

Looking back at 90s graphic design makes me depressed that now in the '00s I currently have no use for all those awesome florescent Pantone color books.

I have always wondered why Kool-Aid scrapped Berry Blue, Sharkleberry Fin, The Great Bludini and Purplesaurus Rex. All of them rocked solid. Not to mention that incredible Kool Aid points promotion in which we as kids drank WAY too much Kool Aid in order to earn prizes (Kool Aid Man for Atari 2600? OOOOHHHHH YEAH!).

I'd love it if they still produced these… and with old packaging. None of that newer supposedly hipper Kool Aid Man crap will do.

I have been tempted to go on and buy some of these but they are incredibly hard to find. Not to mention when I did find Purplesaurus Rex on eBay so a-hole was selling a single pack for $60. $60!!!

If I were dumb or desparate enough to buy a $60 pack of Kool Aid I'd have to keep the damn package sealed. When exactly do you open that up? My wedding reception possibly? I mean at $60 this better be the best fucking tasting Kool Aid ever.

Anyway kudos to Matt for always making me wish I had access to the flavors of my youth.

Great write-up. I actually have a first-generation Boppin' Berry commercial on a tape. If you don't already have it, or don't find it on the internet means of finding stuff like that and are interested, drop me a line and I can make it happen.

Denise and All! I can't believe that was in my memory. See, Matt's last mention of Ecto Cooler was in that blog, talking about Crazy Citrus Cooler. I never could find it. And that was a little over two years ago.

Looking at that thread, I'm glad I'm consistent in my hate of those newer yellow boxes.

I never had Boppin Berry but was an Ecto freak and am not sure why… always preferred Hi-C over KoolAid and what not…

I DO need some HELP though if anyone CAN help (and that would be a miracle). I've been trying to put a name to two toys that I had when I was a kid around 1990. For almost a decade I have had no luck tracking them down but I thought just MAYBE someone here could help?

One was an "evil" character, a large black and purple dragon that had wings and was meant as a ride on for a action figure (didn't have the figure, just the dragon). I BELIEVE it had a holographic emblem on its chest? And lots of teeth. It doesnt seem to be a visionary (those had holograms but only vehicles in their world).

The other was from the same toy line but was a hero's toy. It was a lion that had huge wings and a saddle for riding.

They were both made out of plastic but had jointed legs and I think the heads and even tails turned. The lion had an awesome set of claws that rivaled the dragon's fangs.

ANYONE know what these were? Or their names? Or anything about them? I LOVED them and no one in my little small town had anything like them. My aunt gave them to me for a holiday one year and she lived in another state/city. I think there was a cartoon that went with them but am not sure on that because I vaguely remember being sad that it was 'not shown in our area' (syndicated?) but my cousin could see it. I think that memory goes with these two toys.
And no I dont have them anymore. But think of them now and then and wonder what they were?

Mhm, I heard about Estelle Getty passing away, it's shame. She was such a good actress and without her Golden Girls wouldn't have been half as good as it is.

I'll miss Estelle because the fam used to watch Golden Girls back in the day, Sophia being the best part of the show for me, plus Estelle is also in my favorite movie of all time; Mannequin.

I never drank Hi-C because I was leery of the fact that it was only 10 percent juice…I'm more of a Juicy Juice man myself…

I'm almost positive you're thinking of the "Supernaturals." Click my name and scroll down to see the dragon and lion.

It was sad to hear about Estelle Getty today, she will be missed. 1st George Carlin, a while back, now this. Ouch. I'm glad that I was able to go to a safe place, where people of similar tastes, where i can be heard and not patronized. Thank you, Matt, for creating this place, for all of us. To be able to to talk about Ecto-Koolers, and Toys, and booze, and enjoy what we can as a damaged collective. You were not in my kid-hood, back then, but you're in my kid-hood, now. Take care, guys, and I'm very glad to have met you all, and to have typed with you so far.
Peace, and take care.

There's a story behind the X-Men promotion on the package that I demand be explored, even if it means more Congo 'action' figure madness!

I had fogotten all about Boppin' Berry! We always used to have Hi-C as kids. We used to love that stuff!

I'm going to take a total guess and say three X-men trading cards. Those were huge in 95, I still have a bunch myself.

dphunkt They still make HI-C. Unfortunately the version I see are in Capri sun pouch type of containers. Damn you! Damn you big kids drink companies all to hell!! 'pounds fist into the ground'

Hi-C still makes strawberry flavored drinks. Probably not at all like this one but still. I like to drink Strawberry soda from time to time.

I used to absolutely love Boppin Berry! Until a road trip around 1994 or 1995. My brother and I were crammed in the backseat with my father's fishing gear and to compensate we were allowed to choose whichever snacks we wanted - so we chose Boppin Berry juiceboxes and Gardetto's snack mix. After gourging ourselves for a while we arrived, unfortunately, in hilly southern Missouri.
& I've never had the desire to eat either since!

I remember the commercial for this. Catchy tune! I don't think I ever drank it though. My Mom must have been opposed to beverages that came in a box for some reason. I think Boppin' Berry had a partner of a different flavor if I remember the commercial right. Apple something?

Reading about stuff like this always makes me a little wistful. I was the kid with the thermos of Kool-Aid and the Ziploc bag of potato chips because it was "a waste of money" to buy all that individually packaged stuff. Don't parents realize that the little stuff like that is how the other kids pick out the losers? Oh well, like Brian, I still have my jingle memories to keep me warm. I've been singing it in my head since the beginning of the post.

Hi-C is the box that rocks. Hi-C is the place for taste. Hi-C is the route to fruit. Hi-C!

Well, fortunately I wasn't singled out because i usually got a real can of soda or a Squeeze-It (all the rage for a while there). I did have chips in a ziplock bag, which I always sold for comic money after the school stopped selling us chips for some silly reason like childrens' health. Worked for me!

"dphunkt They still make HI-C. Unfortunately the version I see are in Capri sun pouch type of containers. Damn you! Damn you big kids drink companies all to hell!! 'pounds fist into the ground'"

Is it just me or do Capri Sun pouches have even less actual drink than a Hi-C box? I mean granted, neither have very much drink in them but it always seemed to me that two good slurps and Capri Suns were flat and empty. On a hot day when you're running around and playing that just doesn't cut it as far as liquid refreshment goes. I think I grew a greater appreciation for Kool-Aid Koolers after that (although now with Kool-Aid Jammers they're doing the same thing Capri Sun has done with those crappy pouches… less drink for your money).

There's something really eerie to me about the too-human features on that strawberry. Probably why I never could bring myself to try Boppin' Berry. Also, that's why I steer as far clear of Gushers snacks as I possibly can; those commercials with the fruit headded kids were just too creepy.

C'mon Matt, don't stop watching Golden Girls. Keep Sophia alive. Also, I heard on the news that she was suffering from "advanced dementia". Thought you might like to know.

I haven't seen that strawberry guy in years. I always wondered why they got rid of him for more generic looking packaging, since he was clearly much better…

I just read on the Wiki page that Ecto Cooler/Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen/Crazy Citrus Cooler was officially retired in 2007 (of course this is a Wiki article so I take its contents with a lil bit of skepticism). And as Brian Langlois just mentioned above Boppin' Berry was released with another flavor that escapes my memory and my Google searches apparently. I believe he is right that the character was an apple. On a sorta related note you should read this XE article from '02 that is one of my all-time faves about Matt purchasing defunct Fruity Bubblegum Hi-C http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/614.html

oh you can't stop watching the golden girls! i will watch forever, even after all four ladies have gone out to that great lanai in the sky.

Matt, you were one of the first people I thought of when I heard Estelle Getty passed away. I swear, because I know your love of the show. We were big fans in my house too, so we were all very saddened to hear this. I always personally liked her as Cher's mom in the film "Mask" even though it was a small role I thought their interaction onscreen was very effective. But I love everything about that damn movie anyway…

At first, I mistook Boppin' Berry for the flavor(s) that used those disembodied Claymation lips as the mascot. Those were odd commercials…

And someone up there mentioned the show moving to CBS to become "Golden Palace." Is it me, or for a long while, was CBS the place where long-running sitcoms went to jump the shark and die? I remember "Family Matters" and "Step by Step" ended up there when Urkel and Laura finally ended up hooking up and getting married and Eddie became a cop, and when Cody was replaced by Bronson Pinchot b/c Sasha Mitchell went to jail for beating his wife.

YO! Just wanted to explain my absence. I'm on a cruise (since Saturday) and am paying like, 5 dollars to just say this. Be back on Saturday.

Brian Langlois We got squeezits too!! Comparing the quantity I don't think those got much drink in them either. I learned in high school though how to 'nurse' a drink so you have some throughout the whole meal. In high school with our hot lunch meals we got those tiny milk cartons. They served chocolate milk or 1 percent milk I always picked the chocolate because the 1 percent tasted so watered down. My Grandma would go to costco and get among other things our lunch stuff. We would get ocean spray cranberry juice boxes (like I mentioned on another thread recently) bags of crackers and cookies, a sandwich, a ziploc bag of slices of cheese, Squeezits there for a while, all in a hand me down lunch box or a brown paper bag. I got white lunch bags with my name diagonally written on them for a while (Jodi Jodi Jodi Jodi…) that my Grandma still has at least one of them that I saw the last time I was over at her house. Those were so cool because they didn't say Jody or Jodie they actually said Jodi which is how I spell my name.

One time I was embarrassed because she packed a lunch full of junk food. Why was I embarassed? Because it was a field trip and I was sitting acrossed from the health food nut home ec. teacher that was eating a healthy lunch. It was the week after easter so I was eating peeps, jelly beans, robin eggs, chocolate, colored boiled eggs etc. along with a sandwich and a soda.

But that isn't all I looked quickly through youtube videos to try to find a squeezit ad which I have been meaning to do lately and I found a couple. Also I found an ad that was a great surprise to me. One that mentions the cherry cracker koolaid that came out during the 4th of July that Matt did an article about.

"Big deal, I took a whole place setting."
"Not now, Ma!"
Also, "Pardon me while I play the grand piano."
*sigh* I need a blanket and heater/fan combo.

There is nothing on my head but Halloween right now. It's too early, and even I know it, but I can't help it. Unfortunately, this seems to always happen, and come October I'm not nearly as excited…usually.

Yesterday I watched Halloween IV(My favorite one other than III, it's hilarious!) and got out parts of my "Halloween Village." I'm going to try to hunt down some Apple Cider today.

There was a banana flavored HiC that I really loved, can't remember the name of it though.

Crayfish - I am! I hate summer, I hate being sweaty, I hate the sight of people's naked feet sticking out of their shoes as they walk around the filthy city streets, I hate the smell of bodies on the bus. I love apples and pies and sweaters and boots and ghosts and the sun setting at 5 PM and reading Lovecraft stories in my dark apartment with a reeking weiner dog on my lap. September is just barely tolerable, and we're not even at August yet. October can't get here soon enough.

Banana-flavored Hi-C, you say? Where was I when this miracle from the juice box gods was bestowed upon us?

Rev. I have to agree with you–I hate summer and am ready for Fall! Its only redeeming quality is the 4th of July. I guess it's just the 100 degree temps in lovely Oklahoma…ugh

Jeremy Whatsisface That was Tang. I just saw a video of the ad on youtube that is why I knew that. Several ads used lips like that in their ads though not just Tang. Like Twizzlers candy.

Mr. Boligarky:
THANK YOU SO much! That's exactly them! I haven't seen them in more than ten years and its amazing to have a name and a real image to go with my childhood memories now. I am so in your debt. Thanks again!!
PS - and they were cooler than even I remembered them being.

Now i must find some! !

gingela5, you're in Oklahoma too? What part? I live in OKC myself. And yes, I'm damn tired of the heat. It wasn't all that hot until a couple days ago. I hate summer and was hoping we wouldn't have any 100-degree days this year.

The AC in our apartment tries hard, but it's just not powerful enough to cool this much square footage.

SO, I never post long posts, but this is gonna come close to long:
I was at work today and two fellas came in both wearing Ghostbuster t-shirts. That's kind funny, so I asked if they called each other this morning and planned that. They laughed and said no, we were demonstrating the new game to Target Corp. (which I have mentioned before, is right next to where I work) They were seated in my section and I asked them if they would "like a beverage…or Ecto Coolers maybe?" Then they lit up and said how that the people who license Ghostbusters are going to be trying to put out a bunch of the old marketing tie-ins…INCLUDING ECTO COOLER!!!!
Man, I hope they are right.

Goob, thank you! The Tang lips, though, had arms and legs if I recall…creepy. Even moreso than the floating Twizzlers lips.

Annette, I'm in the Edmond (not the snobby part

) area. Since we were spoiled last summer I forgot what a hell hole it can be here in the summer!

Why all the summer hating? I still love it and I haven't gotten to go to the beach once.

Didn't Squeez-its have a drink that was kind of like a gelatin? Because I was all into whatever that was, even though I can't remember the name. It was like drinking a bottle-shaped plastic container full of Jello. "It's a solid! It's a liquid!"

According to wikipedia, they still make Boppin' Berry. I can neither confirm nor deny this.

Going back to very early comments, Denise I myself would rather replace B's with C's.

I got spoiled too, gingela. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so dang humid! And actually, I live in Warr Acres, but if you go a block down the street, you're in OKC, haha.

Toffeecake Are you thinking of the drink Orbitz? That one was clear with floating colored gelatin balls in it that even if you shook it up they went back into place which has always been a mystery creation. That one was very short lived.

Hey, Gingela and Annette, I'm in Oklahoma, too! I would bold your names but I don't know how. Anyway, there sure seem to be lots of us here.

No one is allowed to get excited about Halloween until AT LEAST Labor Day. Also, enduring the long, sultry summer makes fall that much sweeter.

I regret to inform you, Matt, that Boppin' Berry had a dark side. My research reveals a 1993 FDA Enforcement report which lists the following recall:
RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: FOODS — CLASS III

PRODUCT Hi-C Boppin' Berry Strawberry Flavored Drink, in 64 fluid ounce
polyethylene bottles. Recall #F-215-3.
CODE 2325SA (bottle), A112092 (case).
MANUFACTURER Whitfield Foods, Montgomery, Alabama.
RECALLED BY Coca-Cola Foods, Division of the Coca Cola Company, Houston,
Texas, by visits beginning January 11, 1993, and by telephone
January 20, 1993. Firm-initiated recall ongoing.
DISTRIBUTION Alabama, Georgia, Florida.
QUANTITY 921 cases (8 bottles per case) were distributed.
REASON Product is contaminated with yeast.

I can only imagine how a batch of Boppin' Berry contaminated with Yeast must be festering by now….

Almost forgot to ask - it seems that HI-C still makes a Boppin' Strawberry flavor. Anyone tried it? Is it the same?

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Goob: I added yur wii code just to let you know. I left mine on yur blog. I wonder if Matt has had to have his stomach pumped because of all the REALLY old food he's eaten. lol.

As for Hi-C, I never was a big drinker. We were more of a Capri Sun family. I wouldn't mind trying some of that boppin' strawberry flavor, though.

Disregard the above comment because I am obviously the dumbest person on the Internet.

No FyarlGirl, that would be me.
(Make FyarlGirl's name in bold, computer. I command you.)

Why don't you update your website instead drinking Kool-Aid? (READ: Website, NOT blog). Did you forget the password or something? Because that's what the Internet thinks.

Also, it's not Stinger, it's Moero! Twinbee: Cinamon Hakasei wo Sukue. And the strawberry is not a boss, just a level 1 enemy.

Bill, I just heard your post in my head being told by Scotty during his scene in Star Trek IV talking into the mouse. Yes, I lol'd.

It wasn't Orbitz, these drinks were all gelatin and they came in the same kind of bottle as the Squeezits. Also, the Kool-Ade knockoff squeezits kindof sucked.

On another note, I just found some cat booze at the pet store. It's supposed to make them mellow. I fed some to my cat ten minutes ago, he's already looking kind of stoned.

I dropped the K like a month or two ago. I'm not telling you not to use it, though, because I tend to refer to people by most used usernames. (Hey Broomstick!)

Also, I say that in Shrine chat, all the time. In fact, I got a 6in Blaziken that talks the other day. He was like free cuz I cashed in my spare change jar~

Boppin' Berry was the only Hi-C flavor I remembered liking. I was a Ssips Ice tea girl all the way. I got way too excited the day I found out they sell it in quarts at my local Shop-Rite.
I had a fascination with Capri Sun though … probably because my mom would never let my brother and I have them.

I agree with whoever said the Kool Aid knock off of Squeezits sucked! They actually burned when you drank them….if I want a drink that burns on the way down I'd rather do shots of whiskey.

Goob rules! Oh my God, those lips are creepier now than they were in my youth! It makes me wonder what MY lips do in the middle of the night. But that whole video was a treasure trove of nigh-forgotten memories. Geez, Striped Chips Ahoy? Giggles? And I still have that Peter Venkman figure lying around somewhere. Thanks again!

Couldn't help but notice all the talk about Squeezits and their variants. The thing with Squeezits is that they were alright the first couple times, until I'd start somehow tasting the bottle's plastic in there. Like that line in Willy Wonka, "I bet the gold foil makes the chocolate taste terrible." But strangely enough, I never experienced this phenomenon in, say, plastic bottles of soda. Just Squeezits and the Kool-Aid brand. Oh, and the gel variety were just disgusting. I couldn't get past the texture of the stuff.

BTW, if I had to down a Squeezit, I usually went for Smarty Artie Orange. I think it had less to do with the flavor and more that I sympathized with him because he was the nerd of the group.

Dyarr, Matt, matey, I'm so sorry to hear about Sophia. But I agree with the others, keep watchin the show.

So did no one else notice that Fred Savage was comedian in the Cocoa Krispies ad in Goob's link?

Jeremy Whatsisface I used to experience a nasty plastic taste when I would by 20 oz. Cokes from certain stores…there were some stores I had to resort to buying cans.

Crayfish, I know it's late,(and that it is off the subject) but I've been away from civilization for a few days. No, you're not alone.

There are Halloween conventions and gatherings happening all the time. Not just big trade shows like TransWorld either. Ironstock, Great Lakes Frightfest, Kreepfest, Rocky Mountain Gathering, to name a few. I've already been to three haunt conventions this year and will be at another next weekend. So stow the flip-flops and swimsuits and break out the pumpkins and fangs!

Wow, not sure if this happened to anyone else (I didn't take the time to read through all 125 comments), but the second I saw that juice box, it unlocked a deeply-buried memory of a theme song that went something like:

(In bad hip-hop)
HI-C!
Is the box that rocks!
HI-C!
Is the place for taste!
HI-C!
Is the route to fruit!
HI-C!

(Then later on, a line that possibly ends with "carry")
It's Jammin' Apple and Boppin' Berry!"

Also, I think Toffeecake might be thinking about GELOOZE (not positive on the spelling). It was basically what it sounds like…watery Jell-O in a Squeez-It bottle. It made the grossest sound when you squeezed it out. And in a coincidence, I've been asking people about this product for the past couple of weeks, and nobody can remember it.

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