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Slice
Slice is a line of fruit-flavored soft drinks manufactured by PepsiCo and introduced in 1984, with the lemon-lime flavor replacing Teem. Varieties of Slice have included apple, fruit punch, grape, passionfruit, peach glaze, Mandarin orange, pineapple, strawberry, Cherry Cola, “Red”, Cherry-Lime, and Dr Slice. Until 1994, the drink contained 10% fruit juice.
The original design of the can was a solid color related to the flavor of the drink. These were replaced in 1994 with black cans that featured colorful bursts (once again, related to the flavor of the drink), along with slicker graphics. In 1997, the cans became blue with color-coordinated swirls. The original orange flavor was reformulated around this time with the new slogan, “It’s orange, only twisted.” Orange Slice has since been changed back to its original flavor.
In the summer of 2000, lemon-lime Slice was replaced in most markets by Sierra Mist, which became a national brand in 2003. The rest of the Slice line was replaced in most markets by Tropicana Twister Soda in the summer of 2005, although the Dr. Slice variety can still be found in some fountains. Click here to watch a commercial »
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E.L. Fudge Cookies
E.L. Fudge Cookies are an American snack food manufactured by the Keebler Company, a subsidiary of the Kellogg Company. They are butter-flavored shortbread sandwich cookies with a fudge creme filling. The company describes their shape as “elfin,” though it is actually Ernie Keebler.
The name takes its name from the Keebler Elf, but when they were first introduced, the “E.L.” stood for “Everybody Loves”. Varieties include Original and Double-Stuffed (with twice the filling, introduced in May 2002) as well as fudge cookies with either fudge or peanut butter filling.
A Hershey dark chocolate marble fudge ice cream variety includes E.L. Fudge cookies.
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Talk Soup
Talk Soup is a television show produced for cable network E! that debuted on January 7, 1991, and aired until August 2002. Talk Soup aired selected clips of the previous day’s daily talk shows—ranging from daytime entries like The Jerry Springer Show and to celebrity interview shows like The Tonight Show—surrounded by humorous commentary delivered by the host. Although Talk Soup poked fun at the talk shows, it also advertised the topics and guests of upcoming broadcasts of them.
Some of the humor is derived from the reactions to the jokes by various stagehands, who either chuckle softly or groan depending on the severity of the joke. The show used a computerized backdrop of moving spoons, with the same animations of the spoons playing on one side of the screen after being shown on the opposite side in a repeating fashion, behind the show’s host. One episode was recorded in front of a live studio audience. A similar version, The Soup, now airs weekly on E!. Click here to watch a clip from the show »
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