Bazooka Joe Gum to discontinue comics

RedRight88

Next thing you know, Hostess will go out of business

Greg

:((

fxmatt

I think the comics would have been the only reason to buy the gum.

Mr_Cosmic

The gum was hard to chew and lost it's flavor instantly. However, there was a real charm in having gum wrapped in mini comic strips.

Neutron11

Really wrong. Signs of the apocalypse.

SolitaireRose

I have a question for the people decrying the end of the strips: When's the last thing you bought the gum? I haven't even seen it in a few years...the 5 cent price doesn't make enough profit to justify the shelf space.

RedRight88

SolitaireRose said:

I have a question for the people decrying the end of the strips: When's the last thing you bought the gum? I haven't even seen it in a few years...the 5 cent price doesn't make enough profit to justify the shelf space.

Some of the supermarkets here in Bismarck still sell it in bulk.

Mr_Cosmic

I bought a pack of the gum for my son over the summer.

Greg

SolitaireRose said:

I have a question for the people decrying the end of the strips: When's the last thing you bought the gum? I haven't even seen it in a few years...the 5 cent price doesn't make enough profit to justify the shelf space.

Almost every weekend I get a box of Boston Baked Beans and Bazooka from Dollar Tree, which has about twenty or so pieces and its enough gum to get me through the week and share with the kids. When they don't have Bazooka in stock I get Big League Chew or Dubbble Bubble.

DoctorDoom

Greg said:

SolitaireRose said:

I have a question for the people decrying the end of the strips: When's the last thing you bought the gum? I haven't even seen it in a few years...the 5 cent price doesn't make enough profit to justify the shelf space.

Almost every weekend I get a box of Boston Baked Beans and Bazooka from Dollar Tree, which has about twenty or so pieces and its enough gum to get me through the week and share with the kids. When they don't have Bazooka in stock I get Big League Chew or Dubbble Bubble.

I used to love Big League Chew. The gum of choice when playing baseball.

dubbat138

DoctorDoom said:

Greg said:

SolitaireRose said:

I have a question for the people decrying the end of the strips: When's the last thing you bought the gum? I haven't even seen it in a few years...the 5 cent price doesn't make enough profit to justify the shelf space.

Almost every weekend I get a box of Boston Baked Beans and Bazooka from Dollar Tree, which has about twenty or so pieces and its enough gum to get me through the week and share with the kids. When they don't have Bazooka in stock I get Big League Chew or Dubbble Bubble.

I used to love Big League Chew. The gum of choice when playing baseball.

Yep Big League Chew was huge in teeball and the early years of little league. Then once you hit 12 or so ,since I live in the deep deep south,most of the kids switched over to skoal. Nasty nasty stuff.

Mr_Cosmic

Big League Chew actually tasted great but the real appeal was it made you feel like you were a real Major League player with a pack of Redman in your back pocket.