The Professor Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Halloween is a brilliant holiday. You dress up in a costume, you get candy. There are even great TV specials. As a kid, October 31 was always circled on the calendar. Candy companies (and dentists) mark the date as well. Adults fill bags and plastic pumpkins with bite-sized chocolate bars. Milky Way was long been a popular choice for trick-or-treaters. Some other candies from the past have fallen out of favor with young'uns. Once upon a time, children rang the doorbell for Necco Wafers and Coconut Grove bars. Let's flip through the newspapers and magazines of the past for some classic candy advertisements. Brach's (1962) Note the Banana Split Bars, a direct competitor to the Banana Split chews made by Necco. Banana flavors were big in the 1960s. Mars (1950s) Mars no longer sells the Forever Yours bar. Well, technically they do in a way, as it's a Milky Way Dark. Milky Way (1960s) I miss how wide these used to be. Post Cereal (1958) People should give out sugary cereal more often. Neck (1950s) Can you name these eight flavors? Curtiss (1950s) Nabisco bought Curtiss in 1981. Mars Milky Way (1954) We like the detail of "Mars' sunlit kitchen." Rather poetic for the small print. Wrigley's Spearmint Gum (1929) This one is older, but it's a beautiful piece of art. Plus, it's neat to see what kids of the 1920s were getting for Halloween. Brach's (1959) We used to always excitedly hit up the houses that gave out the full candy bars. In 1959, Brach's was exciting — or so they claimed. Schrafft's (1960s) No longer around, Boston-based Schrafft's was a major player in the Northeast Halloween game. They even had Andy Warhol shoot a commercial for them in 1968. Curtiss (1956) Many of these ads refer to children as "goblins." So that's what they thought of us. Fleer Dubble Bubble (1954-1957) This delightfully impish kid showed up on trick or treat bags, too. Kool-Aid (1964) Because you have to wash down all that candy with something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 I remember that we used to get mixed nuts a lot more often back then. Now it turned into a giant candy festival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Great post thanks for sharing! I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 These old ads are cool. Anyone else find themselves looking at the walls of Cracker Barrel and other restaurants like them? Some of those old time ads are really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 who remembers this in your local grocery store? Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Octagon Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Oh man that's a great one AF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Oh man that's a great one AF Thanks.... here's a few candies........ Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 who remembers this in your local grocery store? Those were excellent. We have a small grocery chain here that still does this...it's just not branded as Brach's. I usually buy a bag to take to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlamoAtari Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 That brachs add is awesome, they also used to have a taste test coin box on some of them. It was the honor system, but I might have forgot how to add a few times when I checked out the candy. Maybe that's why I hate Math Grand Prix so much. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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