Subject: Re: A theory From: mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu (David McIntyre) Date: 1990-05-11, 13:21 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks In article <1856@bnlux0.bnl.gov> abrams@dan.amd.bnl.gov (The Ancient Programmer) writes: > >In article trudel@revenge.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D.) writes: >> >> >> >>The phrase "That gum you like is going to come back in style" (I know >> >>it's not precisely that..) has been nagging at the back of my brain. >> >>I've been trying to think what sort of gum that would be, because I >> >>can't accept that it's Wrigley's Doublemint. That's too obvious. >> >> >> >>I was thinking about the other types of gum that we know of... > > > >I think that it's Blackjack gum that's being refered to. That > >would be consistant with the One Eyed Jacks etc. It was fairly popular > >around the 1950s. I don't remember when it was taken off the market. > > Ah, but strangely enough, Blackjack is back! Buffalo Bob (of Howdy Dowdy fame) has tv and radio ads announcing the return of this gum. I thought that this fits really well with the show, since this revival would have been happening about the time the boys were writing the show. Dave "mr question" McIntyre | "....say you're thinking about a plate mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu | of shrimp.....and someone says to office : 518-276-8633|you 'plate,' or 'shrimp'......"