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GiqueCee

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4. Black Jack and Bazooka were my favorite gums...

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 03:54 PM

1 hr ago

... but, my GOD, what an avalanche of memories! (I'll be 80 next year!)
I got to see the last game the Brooklyn Dodgers played in Ebbets Field.
And I even saved enough Ovaltine labels – or was it paper seals? – to get a Captain Midnight Secret Decoder Ring! I didn't like Ovaltine, but they were the sponsor of the show, so I choked down enough to get the ring, then never touched to stuff again. I much preferred Nestlé's Quick.
BIG fun! Thanks!
I live in Vermont, so I just might make a trip down to Weston to get a boxload of Black Jack. Thanks for the tip!

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Didn't go back far enough! rog 20 hrs ago #1

I was a kid in the 60s and literally owned all but a couple of those toys! Lettuce Be 18 hrs ago #2

I saw Ovaltine in a Newark, N.J. supermarket a couple of weeks ago. 3Hotdogs 17 hrs ago #3

Black Jack and Bazooka were my favorite gums... GiqueCee 1 hr ago #4

Memories 😁 yes I was born in 1951. Loved Mad magazine. TommieMommy 24 min ago #5