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The speaker reminisces about their childhood and the candy store called Peppermint Palace. They discuss their love for Bit of Honey candy and its chewy texture. They also mention the affordable prices of candy back then. The conversation then shifts to a record store they recently visited and the albums they bought. They go off-topic multiple times but eventually talk about Bit of Honey again, mentioning a spinoff called Bit-O-Chocolate. They recommend checking out the record store and buying Bit-O-Chocolate candy. That's just funny, we just had a nice conversation about all our doctor appointments. We are back for our number six on my list of my seven favorite candy to get on Halloween while growing up in the 70s and again this discussion came up right before. Bit of honey is mine and some people disagree with me but I love bit of honey and let me explain why. First of all it's good, tell me is it good? It's very good. It is very good. It tastes good. Very chewy. Tastes good, very chewy, lasts a long time, gets your money's worth and as a kid when you barely got a quarter. You got to remember back when we were a kid there were only a penny. Well no, well the individual pieces but. Remember Peppermint Palace? Yeah, Peppermint Palace you can get well the penny candy and stuff but yeah you're right. You can get a hundred pieces of candy for a dollar. Right. Where can you, come on, that's unheard of, that doesn't exist, it did, oh it did. For those who don't know Peppermint Palace was our little candy store back in Sauk Village Illinois and it was really a tiny place in a tiny little strip mall but for us it was heaven. They serve ice cream and every candy that you can imagine. Remember that? They used to have a, what was that, 25 cents in that little bag of candy, the mystery bag. The mystery bag. The mystery bag. The mystery bag. Yeah. And it would be all the shittiest candy and one good one. Sometimes you got a, you know, almost a nickel piece of candy on it. Right and stuff but. It was a candy bar back then. Yeah but we would try, for me it was a half, it was a 25 minute walk there and stuff. Oh yeah. 20 minutes from my house over there and stuff. But Peppermint Palace to everybody who grew up in Sauk Village is like basically talking about heaven. And everything. So. But I'm thinking. I never went there once. I don't even know where this place is. Really? By Ron's Pizza Train right there. Over there, right next to the ditch on, right down the street from Rickover. And stuff. On Farns. You know, remember that house that was the Realty Company and that house, that big house right there, right where. They were big people too. Where Sterks was at and the open field, the open field where they used to have the carnival out there. The Reeves family. Reeves. Reeves. Yeah Reeves. Reeves Realty. It was a little tiny strip mall. It used to be a car wash and they closed them off and rented out each stall. Yeah. Was it a car wash? Yeah it was. It was a car wash back in the day. Okay. That makes sense because that's about how big the store was. Like a stall, a stall of a car wash. They're on the corner. Holy fuck. Yeah, that made me think of that. See. See this is an educational podcast. I handed John Oden, I handed John Oden my Pink Floyd album on that, right there. Really? Which Pink Floyd album was it? Dark Side of the Road. Of course. Yeah. And I was the first one to own it. Really? He paid me something. Yeah. I don't want to say it but. You can say it. This is. He paid me a half ounce so he could just use that album. No shit. A half ounce? A half ounce. Yeah, but that's back then when a half ounce was, how much was a half ounce back then? Like five bucks or something. Yeah, something like that. We're not talking about a half ounce right now. Right. And stuff like that. So. It was a fair trade. Yeah. I got that and he brought, he gave me the album back. Right. He gave me the album back. Of course. We're on albums now. And by the way, we're going to get completely off subject right now and I don't fucking care. Yeah. Randy's in town from Alaska. So what did we do yesterday? We went and visited a record store. Oh, that was so cool. The first record store I have been in, in 40 years at least and stuff. And it's Kelly Met Records and Kelly Met, no, no, I'm sorry. Crown Point. Crown Point. Kelly Met City. Crown Point, Indiana. Crown Point Records in Crown Point, Indiana, right downtown by the square. So there's a bunch of cool shit. If you're in the area of Crown Point, go visit. I stayed with the dude. I'm not getting paid or nothing. We went in there and literally had to stop looking because it was so cool and there was so many good albums. How many did you buy? Eight. You bought eight? You spent over $100. Yeah. I bought one. Which is C.W. McCoy. That's all I need to say. I saw that and paid $8 for it. I'm in heaven. And so this is badass. For me as a truck driver, you know, and I love that song. So I'm very happy. I spent $8 there. I got my first album that I bought in, again, over 40 years. And so I got rid of it. The stupidest, second dumbest thing I ever did in my life was to give my albums away. The funny thing about it is I never stopped giving albums. My whole life. How many albums do you have? Thousands. Yeah. I mean, he's not kidding. He is not. I mean, because whenever he had to travel, he would like have these crates. Like these fucking albums we got to move again and shit like that for years and stuff. So he's not kidding. And he bought, and I got to tell you, cool ass albums that he got. He got some Johnny Cash albums and Beatles 65, which is great. And they're original. It seems like they're on the original labels. So, you know, absolutely great find. Worth $100. So anyways, we're completely off subject there. But we had so much fun here yesterday. And again, Crown Point Records, I'm getting nothing for this. No, Calumet Records in Crown Point, Indiana. Oh, Calumet Records. Is it? See, that's how, you know, he's not getting paid. You don't even know how to say it. Well, I remember you saying it, so I know what you said. I got a picture. If you want, I'll put up the picture of it. There you go. Post it. I'll put it on the My 77 podcast Facebook page, whatever it is. If you want to visit it, cool. If not, that's cool. I hope you do because I hope people start paying attention properly now. Right. And we talked to the guy. And get the music good. The music, the, yeah. The quality is. The quality was good shit. That's all I could say. And we know, you know, we fucking know that it's good shit in there. Excellent quality stuff. You know, from what I looked at, not a bunch of, you know, no scratches, no fucked up records. No. But more importantly, the selection was fucking awesome. I mean, Randy, after literally 20 minutes, 15, 20 minutes, he said, I got to stop. He's already spent $100. He goes, if I keep looking. And I was the same thing. I'd buy the whole store. Yeah. I would. Well, not the whole store because there's a lot of crap that I'm listening to. Well, you're thumbing over the one you already have. Yeah. The fact that I like music like massively. The only thing I don't like is rap. Yeah. Right. The rest of it, I want all of it. It's like a guitar. I want all of it. Right. You've got a collection of guitars. Yeah. We're not going to get into right now because we are way, way out of subject. But. And we keep moving. Calumet Records and Crownpoint. That was great. I got it right. Finally. Anyways, Bit of Honey. Let's get back to Bit of Honey. Now, for me, and I'm talking about like the whole candy bar, which you really wouldn't get on Halloween. So it would be really the individual pieces. But I like Bit of Honey. I don't care. I always have. Even today, if I come across it and I see it, I say, oh, wow, Bit of Honey. I won't buy it. And everything. But, you know. But I love Bit of Honey. So say what you want. Make fun of it. Talk about how many teeth I broke. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Actually, the Bit of Honey, like later, the Mary Janes. Oh, yeah. That's right. Are the ones that, like, I actually go to the Mary Janes now if you get a chance. There's a. Yeah. I don't know why. My mom actually, she would prefer that. I prefer that. And I'm like, I could see why. I suppose the Bit of Honeys are a little bit sweeter. Yeah. The Mary Janes have. I don't know if it's more peanut butter. They're more generic. I think it's peanut butter in it or something. They're more generic type. Yeah. Bit of Honey don't have a peanut butter in it. No. No. And actually. Mary Janes have. Actually. It's like a Bit of Honey with a peanut butter. Speaking of that. Yes. I guess. Mary Jane. Mary Jane is. And really, Bit of Honey, Mary Jane, almost the same thing, but they are a little bit different. Yeah. Some people have their favorites. I'm going with Bit of Honey, but if I had a Mary Jane. Yeah. I ain't turning over to Bit of Honey. Yeah. Yeah. Well, these days, I would take Mary Jane over everything right now. No. No doubt. Because, you know. Of course. I mean, what are you going to pack the barn with? And stuff. But hold. Wait a minute. Now, there is some spinoffs. Speaking of Mary Jane. There is three different Bit of Honey spinoffs that they made. Now, let me tell you, if you would try this, would you try the Bit-O-Chocolate? Bit-O-Chocolate. Bit-O-Chocolate. Bit of Honey, but chocolate. I've never tried one. I've actually never tried one. I didn't know there was one offering. Yeah. Well. Maybe. I heard of it. Yeah. I'm thinking the Charleston Chew. You know. Oh. Basically. No. No. You know. The Charleston. Well, we'll get to the Charleston Chew. I'll tell you. Heaven likes them. Yeah. We'll get to that. We got to watch some of them the other day. Number one on my list. But, anyways. The Bit-O-Chocolate. It was made, like, I think in the 70s or 60s and 70s. And they discontinued it for a while. But, good news for all you Bit-O-Chocolate fans. They just brought it back in 2018, I think. Just brought it back. So, I'm sure you can go on whatever your local Google spot that you want to go to. Yeah. I'm sure Amazon sells it. Yeah. Wherever you want to shop. Well, I know Amazon. They've got everything. Okay. Yeah. Oh, by the way. We won't get into this. But, Kit-Kats go on YouTube because, like, Japan. In Japan, they make, like, 30-something different flavors of Kit-Kats. Really? Yeah. You can buy it. That is definitely on Amazon. And I know somebody who got it and loved it. And shit. It's, like, all these different flavors of Kit-Kats. So, anyways. If you want to go exploring, you know. Which is cool? I don't know what kind of flavor. How many? How many flavors do you get? Like, 10 flavors? You know. Strawberry, chocolate. You know. All the usual shit and stuff like that. But, how do you get to 30? I don't know. Yeah. That's. Well, you can buy it. After watermelon. What else is there? Well, first. Well, second of all. I got to say. Japan. The most creative people. They're game shows. In Japan. We're getting off subject again. But, the best game shows in the world. Japan. I love you guys. No. I want to get off subject again. Because. Yeah. I love Japan. I get offended by. The fact that. Everybody. You know. Japan. Japan. What happened to the American shit? Well, what's wrong? It's a world economy. Who cares? We're just talking about. It's a world economy. We're not. We're not going into politics. We are definitely not going into politics. We're just talking about. It's about being American. I'm an old man. Anyways. Number two. On here. Is. Wait. Here. Let's. Got to listen to this. Bit of peanut butter. Now, how does bit of peanut butter sound? Like. Yeah. It sounds almost like. Probably the Mary Jane. It is the Mary Jane. It probably is the Mary Jane. So. Is it Mary Jane? I guess. Yeah. I think. But, it's. It's the third one. It's like a bit of honey. But, peanut butter. Maybe. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Whatever. You know. But, that does sound. I guess that probably would be. About as close to Mary Jane. As we would get. Yeah. But, now the third one. Uh oh. Will you go down this road? Let's see. Bit of licorice. Ew. Yeah. I don't know. I'm a licorice fan. No. Seriously. I love licorice. But, not with this honey in it. Yeah. No. Yeah. I draw the line. That is a line drawer. Bit of licorice. No. What the fuck. I would say bit of hell no. Yeah. Just a bit of hell no on that. I do like licorice. But, bit of honey. Yeah. No. No. Bit of licorice. Uh uh. I like licorice. But, bit of honey with licorice. I can't comprehend that even. I know. That doesn't even. That's the problem with it. 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