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- Right now, on
"Adam Eats the 80's".

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Oh my gosh.

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I challenge you to find a decade

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with more sought after
collectibles than the 1980s,

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and to prove it, I'm
heading to one man's

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world record-holding collection,

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to hunt down edible treasures

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from a legendary
movie franchise.

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Hi-C Ecto Cooler.

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Cheers.

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And later, I explore a pizza
place built by one heroic man

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to keep the '80s alive forever.

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to keep the '80s alive forever.

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C3PO's, are you kidding me?

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And wait until you see
its piece de resistance.

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I'm on the hunt to relive an

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extraordinary decade for food,

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the 1980's.

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It's an era of iconic hits

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and misses.

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Join me, Adam Richman,

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as we get a long lost taste of

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the icons and the forgotten.

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Oh, talk about smell.

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Because food is my time machine,

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and I've been waiting
my whole life.

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I'm literally drooling.

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For one more bite.

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While you can find plenty
of stuff worth collecting

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from other decades,
there is some thing extra

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that makes the '80s, an
especially collectible decade.

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An original unopened Game Boy

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could be worth thousands
of dollars today,

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while a like-new pair of
Air Jordan 1's from 1985

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could set you back 30 G's,

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plus, after "Star Wars" upended
the movie merchandising game

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and made three times
as much on the toys

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compared to the films,

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everyone started to
market their movies

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and TV shows with
merch in the '80s.

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And another side
of this was food,

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drinks, cereal,
snacks, and candy,

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all produced to celebrate
your favorite flicks.

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It wasn't common
before the 1980's,

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and because food is
inherently perishable,

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these items can be extremely
hard to find today.

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I am going to be
meeting Robert O'Connor

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who owns the Guinness
Book of World Records

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largest "Ghostbusters"
collection.

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"Ghostbusters' came out in 1984,

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after being originally
conceived by Dan Aykroyd,

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as a buddy film he wanted
to make with John Belushi.

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However, following
Belushi's death,

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Aykroyd worked
with Harold Ramis,

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to turn the movie into a story

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about the origin of the
ghost busting group,

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and reportedly got Bill
Murray to join the cast

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after he read less than
30 pages of the script.

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Costing 30 million
bucks to make,

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an unprecedented amount
for a comedy at the time,

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the movie still made
that back in spades.

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Earning more than 220 million

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at
the box office in 1984.

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It spawned a hit sequel in
1989, and two animated series',

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not to mention enough
merch to fill a crypt,

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and has generated over
one billion in revenue,

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and a lot of that
resides right here.

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Oh my God. Oh my God.

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The memories are
flooding back like crazy.

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Oh my gosh, I remember
this lunchbox.

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Robert's collection
is mind blowing.

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He's got "Ghostbusters"
costumes, books,

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Slimer traps, mugs, action
figures, you name it,

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but what I'm after are those
classic "Ghostbusters" eats.

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So, you have the original
cereal, the Slimer cereal.

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- Mmhmm.

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You've got Ecto Cooler.

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- Yes.

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- Oh my God.

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Hi-C Ecto Cooler.

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Ecto Cooler was a
citrus-flavored,

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green-colored drink,
which came out in 1987

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to promote "The Real
Ghostbusters" cartoon.

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The drink was so popular, it
lasted for more than a decade,

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before finally being
discontinued in 2001.

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And for my money,
Hi-Cs Ecto Cooler

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is number one on
my list of tie-ins

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that outlasted their materials.

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Number two, is the
grandaddy of them all,

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Flintstones Vitamins.

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They debuted in 1968, based
on the 1960's cartoons.

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And finally, number three
is the Anaheim Ducks,

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an NHL team birthed in 1993,

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and originally named
"The Mighty Ducks"

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after Walt Disney's film
from the previous year.

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I'm curious to taste it,

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but not if it's a
prized possession and--

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- I say there's no better
time than the present.

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- You mean it?

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- I'm kinda curious
to see what's in there

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after all these years,
anyways .

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- There may actually
be a ghost in here.

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It's definitely got
an interesting--

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- It looks like you pulled
it out of Lake Erie.

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- Yeah.

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No matter how much this
might look like something

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Slimer sneezed out,
I'm holding out hope

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that it still tastes the same.

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So I could experience
this little piece

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of 80's pop culture
history just one more time.

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Coming up.

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I find out if we can recapture

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the taste of
classic Ecto Cooler,

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and a video game
system so popular

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you could have it for
breakfast.

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But first I get to the bottom

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of two other
"Ghostbusters" inventions

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that inspired confusion
across the nation.

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- Don't
cross the streams.

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- How many Cadillac
ambulances were retrofitted

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as the Ecto-1 for the
original "Ghostbusters"?

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Is it A, one,

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B, two,

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or C, three?

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The answer is A, one.

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While most films
would have backups

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for the vehicles being used,

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because of the rushed
shooting schedule,

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they only had one
working Ecto-1.

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I'm at the world's
largest collection

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of "Ghostbusters" memorabilia.

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And I'm about to
find out if I could

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re-experience the
taste of Ecto Cooler,

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one of the most iconic
flavors of the '80s.

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It's not that bad.
- I was just gonna say that.

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- I was expecting to grab
this, grab my throat, and die.

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It's actually, like, tasted
like fruit punch.

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There a little more
sweetness than I thought.

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- Yeah.
- I remembered

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something green but
it's actually orange,

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like orange flavor
and orange color.

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There is a little
bit of the flavor

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that I remembered.
- Yeah.

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- Having that sip of something
from back in the '80s,

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it's just, you have that moment.

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It's really real Ecto Cooler.

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That was worth it.

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I am noticing little things
that I didn't notice before.

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Is it like a gumball thing?

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- Put the coin in there
and the gumball comes out.

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- Oh my God, this is incredible.

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This is... Surprise,
Mini-Puft Surprise.

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- Yes. There's actually a
marshmallow goo in these.

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- Really.

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I could spend a week sifting
through Robert's collection,

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but there's one
story in particular,

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about a pair of
"Ghostbusters" collectibles

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that I really want to squeeze
some more info out of.

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One of the little things
that we initially spoke about

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was the legend of
Slimer Toothpaste,

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and Slimer Bubble Gum,
and the similarities of the two.

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You have both,
correct? Over there?

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- Yes, I sure do.

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- It really is
kind of remarkable though

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that the packaging
is eerily similar.

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Ghostbusters Slim was
the perfect product

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to come out of a tube.

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Early in the decade, experts
estimated the bubble gum market

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to be worth nearly
half a billion dollars.

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So, gum companies got creative

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to get their slice of the pie,

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and that gave the '80s some
new gum delivery systems,

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like a tape
dispenser, or a tube.

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- It's very easy to
convince mom or dad

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that you need more
toothpaste.

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- When you just want more gum.

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- When you want more gum.

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- Can we squeeze
some of them out

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to see if they were similar.
- You're more than welcome to.

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- Don't
cross the streams.

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- Now, granted,
these things are not

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gonna look like they did
back when they came out.

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All right.

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So, which do you say is which?

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- That would
have to be the toothpaste,

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and that is bubble
gum.

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- 100% correct.

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Just a matter of the
different shade of green.

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And even if the
products don't look

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too similar under scrutiny,

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the packaging is a
totally different story.

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Picture it's the '80s,

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and then you just absent
mindedly reach for this,

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and instead, you get this.

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There was the bubble gum,

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and there was a toothpaste
flavored like bubble gum,

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both with incredibly
similar packaging,

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with very different tastes.

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Who would've thought
40 years ago,

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that Slimer gum and
Slimer toothpaste

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would one day sell for up to
$300 a tube,

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almost no one,

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and that's part of why
the value is so high.

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Most people just used
it and threw it out,

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but in a decade filled with
other collectibles worth saving,

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in one case, we did have
too much of a good thing.

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If you collect
the baseball cards

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in the '80s, you weren't alone.

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With so many card
collectors out there,

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the cards themselves
got overproduced,

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flooding the market with more
product than people could buy,

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creating what became known
as, the Junk Wax Era,

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which lasted from roughly
the mid '80s to the mid '90s.

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Card company we're
producing as much as

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three times as many
cards as before.

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So cards that might have
been worth big bucks

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so their values plummet.

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So, maybe people
should have been

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collecting cereal boxes instead.

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By 1988, the Nintendo
home entertainment system

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was one of the best
selling toys on the market.

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Veteran cereal maker, Ralston,

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decided to cash in on the
games phenomenal success

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and make the Nintendo
Cereal System.

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The Nintendo Cereal System

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drew in fans with
its unusual design.

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One cereal box for
two different cereals.

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On one side of the box,
you had Zelda cereal,

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with all of your
favorite characters,

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and this one was berry flavored,

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whereas on this side of the box,

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you had all of your Mario
friends in a fruity cereal.

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And if you've
managed to keep hold

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of an unopened box of Nintendo
Cereal all these years,

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well, those have sold
for as high as 200 bucks.

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Not a bad way to start the day,

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but you tasted the cereal,

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and it really wasn't
working for you,

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all you had to do was...

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Good as new.

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Coming up, I explore
a pizza place

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packed with enough
'80s memorabilia,

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that it's really a
giant time capsule.

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Complete with a
vintage set of wheels

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to bring me back to
the future's past.

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And later I taste a
couple of '80s hits

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from the snack aisle.

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I'll be damned, it
tastes like banana.

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I think the sell-by date
must have still been

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in the Reagan administration.

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Which popular '80s toy did
not have a cereal of its own?

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Was it A, Matchbox,

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B, Gremlins,

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or C,

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G.I. Joe.

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The answer is A.

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Matchbox did have
some toy giveaways

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with Rice Krispies
in the early 1990s,

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but unlike its
competitor Hot Wheels,

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it never released
its own cereal.

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From special
cereals, to swatches,

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to scratch and sniff stickers,

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the '80s gave us
so many great items

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that continue to live on

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inside memorabilia and
collections across the country.

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But food items from the
'80s that are "still edible"

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are much more rare.

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Today, I'm on the hunt for
a real taste of the '80s.

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And for that there's one place
that stands above the rest,

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and the evidence is
parked right out front.

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In 1989, "Back to the Future
Two" was released in theater.

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One thing that stands out
in "Back to the Future Two"

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is unquestionably
the '80's theme cafe.

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The whole place is
a wonderful homage

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to the decade of neon with
period specific artwork

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and video games.

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And if you're like
me and thought

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that place seemed pretty cool,

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and you thought you might
like to visit there one day,

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well, then you need to
come where I am right now.

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One of the world's
largest collections

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of '80s pop culture memorabilia.

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It's like a time
capsule you can visit.

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Including vintage arcade games,

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lunchboxes every kid wanted,

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and the toys on every
holiday wishlist.

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Today I have an
exclusive opportunity

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to taste anything
that is still edible

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from within their museum.

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So, I hope that you have
1.21 gigawatts of energy,

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I hope your flux
capacitor is fluxing,

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because where we're going
we won't need roads,

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maybe a fork.

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How In the name of "Battlestar
Galactica" and the "A-Team",

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did you get all this stuff?

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- My wife and I were watching
"Back to the Future, Part II"

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where Marty goes
into the Cafe 80's,

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we wondered, has anybody
made a Cafe 80's?

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We just started buying things.

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We wanna really make
this a real museum,

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where parents can
bring their kids

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and they show them the
toys they played with,

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and the sodas they drank,
the cereals they ate.

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- First, before I dare
try anything still edible

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in this massive '80s collection,

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I have to try the food
they do best here, pizza.

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The pies here haven't been
hanging around for four decades,

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but they're designed to appeal
to the people who you have.

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Whoa.

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Whoa

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Are those like
little pizza bites?

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- That's our
bagel bite pizza.

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- In the '80's, bagels
were mostly a favorite

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for those living
in the Northeast

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and certain parts of Florida

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and local bagel shops

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were really the only
places to find them.

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Lenders Bagels set out
to change that stat,

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and became the first
brand of packaged bagels

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to be sold at grocery
stores nationwide.

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In 1985, two enterprising
Floridians saw

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that the more available
Lenders made bagels

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to people all over the country,

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the more people all
over the country

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realized they love bagels.

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So, they married them to one
of the most popular foods ever.

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The result was a pizza
bagel, named, Bagel Bites.

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Invented hors d'oeuvre sized
snack with kids in mind.

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Bagel Bites gave latchkey
Gen-Xers everywhere

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the opportunity to enjoy
piping-hot pizza after school

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without needing mom to drive
them to pick up a slice,

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or the money to
order home delivery.

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With sales of more than $6
million in their second year,

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the success of Bagel
Bites signaled to all,

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that the bagel boom
of the '80s was on.

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Oh!

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Pizza bagel bites on
a pepperoni pizza.

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Brilliant.

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I love it.

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I love it.

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I haven't had a Bagel Bite.

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I can't tell you in how long

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you take that bite and
you are right back.

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This is such a great '80s moment

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to capture, brilliant.

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Coming up, I switch
from '80s themed pizzas

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to the edible pieces
of this collection.

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Are you kidding me?

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Mr. T,

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Cookie Crisp cereal,

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and I get to live my '80s
after school snack dream.

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The snacks I wanted, the
snacks I wish my mom got me,

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the snacks my friend's
had that I envied.

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Wow.

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Wow.

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What 1980s video game
cartridge set a record

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when it was sold at
auction for $2 million?

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Was it, "Donkey Kong",

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"Super Mario Brothers",

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or "The Legend of Zelda"?

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The answer is B,
"Super Mario Brothers".

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In 2021, an unopen
game cartridge of

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"Super Mario Brothers",
a rarity for old video games,

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was purchased by an anonymous
buyer for $2 million.

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I'm hanging out at
Totally 80's Pizza,

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in Fort Collins, Colorado,

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with the owner, Alex Morgan,

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who has one of the
coolest collections

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of '80s artifacts on the planet.

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I look around this room and
I see the stuff I wanted,

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the stuff I wish my mom got me,

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the stuff my friends
had that I envied.

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It's all here, from Run DMC's
Adidas, to a devo helmet,

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but what this collection has
that most do not is the food,

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which is much, much
harder to find.

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Look at how cereal
embrace the pop culture.

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- Sure.
- C3PO's, are you kidding me?

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Mr. T, and all this stuff
is still around today.

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How crazy is that?

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We have some food
exploration to do.

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Let's go eat.

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Alex has been kind
enough to allow me

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to see, touch, taste, and sample

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some of the most iconic
candies, treats, snacks, savory,

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and otherwise from the 1980s.

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Now, Runts, I love that

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these are the
individually packed Runts.

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This must have been
like a Halloween one.

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Runts burst onto the
candy market in 1982,

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and quickly became one of

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Willie Wonka Candy
Company's greatest hits,

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even surviving Nestle's
takeover in 1988,

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to remain on the production
line over other Wonka originals.

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They were shaped like the
fruits their flavors mimic,

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but back then they were more
chewy than they are today.

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The original flavors
were strawberry,

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banana, orange,
lime, and cherry.

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Oh, wow.

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I have never seen a Runt
banana that hasn't ripened.

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How many more years
does this thing need?

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Ripe or not, I'm going in.

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For those of you watching,
don't try this at home.

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I'll be damned, it
tastes like banana.

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I'm not even kidding you. Wow.

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I can't... I am shocked.

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I am so impressed.

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According to the food safety
experts from the USDA,

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sugar technically never spoils.

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Like salt, sugar pulls
the moisture from foods,

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preventing bacteria
from growing.

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That's one reason
jams and jellies

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have so much sugar in them,
to extend their shelf life.

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Runts are mostly dextrose,
which is a type of sugar.

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So after four decades,
they're aging a lot better

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than something
with cheese in it.

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Are you really okay with me

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popping the seal on
the Cheese *?

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- I think today's the day.

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- I think the sale-by
date must have still been

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in the Reagan administration,

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but the seal is intact.

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First thing, I
remember the smell.

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Planter's Cheese *
were an immediate hit

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when they debuted in 1981,

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on the leading edge
of an explosion

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in processed food snacks,
along with other classics,

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like, Pudding Pops, Fruit
Roll-ups, and Lunchables.

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Cheese * became a staple

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of American pantries
for a quarter century,

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before Planters
discontinued them in 2006,

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to focus on their
main product, nuts.

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They weren't gone
forever though.

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Outraged fans
successfully lobbied

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for them to be brought back,

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and they eventually
were in 2018.

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But these aren't from 2018,
and based on the smell,

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they may be a little
too much to even taste.

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It's cheese, for sure,

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but more like a human
produced cheese.

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Smell it, just tell
me what you think.

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- It's like if you put some
cheese in an old gym sock.

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- In a sock
- Right.

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- Yes. Yes.

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From a pizza place in Colorado,

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to a quiet neighborhood
in Northern Ohio,

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'80s collections like these
aren't found everywhere.

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But in rare
collections like these,

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you can still find
foods of the '80s

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that are otherwise next
to impossible to find.

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So, it's thanks to collectors
like, Robert, Alex,

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and the others, who share
their '80's obsession,

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that the sight, smells,
and tastes of that era

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are still within reach,

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if you know where to look.