One more Twinkie
November 19, 2012, 8:48 am
Posted by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels
Very Serious People have noticed the demise of Twinkies:
The Twinkie Manifesto informs us (me) that Twinkies sponsored “The Howdy Doody Show.” Didn’t know that!
Paul Krugman quickly pivots to 1950s tax rates for top earners (90%) explaining why they too had to lunch on twinkies and ate from brown paper bags.
Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11nsZ3lEWD0&NR=1
It’s excellent. You’ll be wanting to pass it around.
Let’s hope Mayor Bloomberg never watches! Has he ever gone to the Bronx? Has he ever been in a Bodega?
I didn’t know Twinkies sponsored Howdy Doody, either. I was too old for Howdy, although my little sister liked him.
(The shows I loved as a child were on radio: Boston Blackie, Sky King, Smilin’ Ed, Henry Aldrich, Baby Snooks, etc.)
The Bodega clip was great!
I just learned Hostess owned Drakes. The bodega staples of Drakes 3 pack cookies and Funny Bones may not be with us much longer.
I loved the coconut cookies! I once found a lump of something in one of mine and when I sent the lump and the wrapper it came in back to Drake’s, they sent me $10 in coupons. Which was enough for 40 new packs of coconut cookies!
I read in the paper that the bosses and the workers have agreed to mediation, so maybe there is still hope..
About being fat — Many people are irrational about it and suffer needlessly over it. This afternoon I asked one of my doctors whether it’s true that if you don’t have a disease that’s exacerbated by being fat (e.g., heart trouble or diabetes) that fat of itself is not a health problem. He said, Yes, that true.
Check this out with your own MD, and if you’re in good shape otherwise, enjoy your Twinkies while you may :-)
We have bodegas in Michigan, but we call them “party stores.” I’ll attest to the Honey Buns being a staple, but licorish whips run a close second.
“What’s Country Club?” “Exactly.”
What a great clip, Gene!