Show notes
Can you get high from eating really old Pez? Why did E.T. love Reese's Pieces so much? Where did the idea for Pixy Stix come from? What's the deal with selling candy cigarettes to kids? Which are the most loved — and most hated — candies in the world? It's all here... John & Jesse dig into some killer candies with sometimes not-so-killer packaging, just in time for Halloween. Boo!1:15 Target candy cigarettes & other bad ideas2:43 PEZ: John finds some PEZ from 1976 and...4:09 Pixy Stix, Fun Dip, Bottle Caps: packaged fun6:00 Snickers: the super-candy gets a super-graphic6:59 100 Grand: not so grand any more — cleanup!8:38 Boston Baked Beans: wicked terrible design.10:23 The most hated Halloween candies: #10 to #512:48 Reese's Pieces: E.T. made 'em out-of-this-world14:05 Missed opportunity: Charlie Sheen wax off15:28 The first really scary movie I ever saw was...18:29 The most hated Halloween candies: #4 to #121:34 Kids' top 10 favorite Halloween candies22:33 Hershey's: an all-time classic, future-forward25:53 Jesse's pub-crawl Halloween costume hijinx27:49 Big League Chew: more tobacco-themed gum28:54 And the next big kid's candy sensation will be...You can also see all these packages over on our YouTube page. And, as promised... click here for the Kitty Litter Cake recipe!Our theme tune "Cold Beat" is by Serge Quadrado licensed under CC BY 2.0Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.
