[bomp] Re: RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP screening/auth or event, rare photos & films,

[Sknoof@xxxxxxx]

<< 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. >>

Well sure, I'm well aware that there were diet colas at that time.  It was 
the mention of "Diet Coke" that I found amusing.

My mom used to drink Diet Rite in the mid-60s.  It tasted like two parts 
Coke, two parts seltzer and one part Windex.

TAB, on the other hand, was utterly foul.  In the mid-70s, I forcibly weaned 
myself off of sugary sodas (which was pretty much all I drank) and TAB was 
nearly the only game in town.  

When Bob Goldthwait started his stand-up career, he always had a can of TAB 
with him onstage.  At some point in his act, he'd take a hit from it and then 
say "This has the exact same ingredients as a battery."



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