Re: [bomp] Re: RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP screening/author event, rare photos & films, after-part

[Blair Buscareno <blairb@xxxxxxx>]

Yeesh... Tab.... I remember thinking how foul that crap was.  And I 
remember finding out (via interviews, etc.) in the mid-80s that Greg 
Prevost from the C. Kings was a big fan.  I never understood.

Wilson Smith wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Sknoof@aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>> << She then goes off to a wild party where she is slipped LSD in her 
>> diet
>> coke >>
>>
>> Yeah.  Diet Coke.  I've been telling people since the early 70s that 
>> that
>> film was way ahead of its time.
>
> Well, there was "Tab," which was kinda sorta diet coke, since it was 
> made by the Coke people and was a low-cal cola. That came out, per the 
> wikipedia, in 1963. And there was also "Diet Rite Cola" which came out 
> in 1958.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet-Rite_Cola
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_%28soft_drink%29
>
> They both tasted so unbelievably foul, but were pretty successful. 
> "The legend that TaB stands for Totally Artificial Beverage is 
> unfounded and inaccurate."
>
> W
>
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