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

[Rick McCullough <rsmccull@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW, in the actual movie, the guy offers her "a diet drink.  It's harmless.  No
calories, nothing.  Wouldn't make you fat, so help me."  IOW, no brand name
mentioned.  Now who could resist a line like that?

> << 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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