The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50407   Message #765238
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
14-Aug-02 - 01:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Products that Never Caught On
Subject: RE: BS: Products that Never Caught On
Wow! Maybe they could make a Museum out of all this stuff. I wouldn't include stuff that was just a fad... like Cabbage Patch Dolls. They caught on like wildfire for awhile. Now, you might think that lava lamps should be in this thread because they appeared and disappeared along with tie-dyed shirts. We thought. At least over here, lava lamps are all over the place, along with tie-died shirts. I even saw a chair set out for trash with a peace sign painted on the back. Some fads do come back, at least for a little while. For food products over here, they re-issued (but not re-mixed, I hope) Black Jack and Teaberry gum, which was made by Clark, from what I remember. It hasn't really caught on, but it's been back on the market in a limited way for at least ten years. Black Jack gum was licorice gum. The perfect follow up to a licorice popsicle. :-)

Jerry