The History of Fruit Stripe Gum

[@t.p.3456]

It's popularity lasted much longer than It's flavor.

[@jegermuscles8461]

Best 6 seconds of my life.

[@Jackalblade9]

How depressingly true.

[@Shin_Lona]

Which is mind boggling because it really should have been discontinued decades ago.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

@10:30 = "It's a non-stop disco! Betcha it's Nabisco! Bectcha ya didn't know! woh-oh!!" - System of a Down - "Violent P****graphy"

[@Randomark3087]

Came here to say the same thing 😂

[@joshpayne4015]

Awesome fruit flavor for about 1 minute. Then all you could taste were the empty stripes.

[@Kewrock]

Beach-Nut gums were always kinda lame.

[@daverage4729]

I guess thats why Dan is stuffing a new piece into his mouth every 30 seconds, lol!!!

[@TerryTrowbridge]

14 cavities and three crowns because of this gum, you will be missed.

[@MrBeardsley]

Well yeah, you needed to chew a whole pack at once for the flavor to last more than 20 seconds.

[@Sci-Fi-Mike]

​@MrBeardsley, that's what I usually did.😊

[@SECONDQUEST]

As a disgusting person who eats tons of candy. BS. That's from not brushing your teeth, nothing to od with candy

[@TerryTrowbridge]

@@SECONDQUEST I’ve seen it go both ways depending on enamel.

[@6thwilbury2331]

​@@TerryTrowbridge You're both correct. Not brushing your teeth (or not doing it often enough) can result in cavities no matter what you're eating. However, a sugared gum does a better job than almost anything else at coating your teeth with sugar, which leads to the acid that causes cavities.

[@Thraeryn]

I really did love this silly stuff. The fruit flavors were solid, and it was STRIPEY?!

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

This happened to me with so many breakfast cereals that I loved and grew up with. They were there since I was a little kid. Then... suddenly, out of nowhere, in the mid 2000's... almost all my favorite breakfast cereals disappeared completely and almost at the same time. It was like there was this sudden, mass extinction of breakfast cereals. And at the same time, Shrinkflation just kept getting worse and worse. Now, the boxes are teeny., and skinny. The family sized boxes are now half the size that they once were and are not the size of what the medium sized boxes were back in the 80's and early 90's. The same thing happened with the yogurt section. I was raised on Dannon, and Breyers, fruit on the bottom yogurt. They used to come in 8oz cups with all kinds of flavors. 8oz was the standard size for yogurt cups. But in the 2000's, the size of those cups kept shrinking and shrinking, down to the shot glass size that they are now. And the shot glass size cups now cost more than the 8oz cups cost back then. And we saw "fruit on the bottom" yogurt mostly phased out too. Most yogurts now are those pre-mixed colored variety that doesn't have any chunks of fruit in them, and tastes like candy. If they aren't that candy flavored yogurt, they're that super thick and heavy Greek yogurt stuff that tastes like yours shoveling mouthfuls of cheese into your mouth. The type of yogurt that I love that's been around for all my life is just either downsized to a point where it's not worth it to spend money on, or just.... replaced by kid yogurt or Greek Yogurt. Ice cream has gone the same way. You used to be able to get a half gallon of good ice cream. Now, good luck finding a half gallon. They chopped the size on that way down. And on top of that there's a HUGE difference in the ice cream. Around the 2000's, they started whipping air into the ice cream to make it fluff up so they would be able to minimize the amount of physical ice cream in the container. The ice cream you get now, unless it's by companies making premium ice creams like Ben and Jerry's, is this horrible mockery of ice cream that has no body to it at all. This is the fate of Hood ice cream, and Breyers ice cream that I used to love back in the day. And once again, it's all smaller package sized than it used to be, yet more expensive than it used to be when the packages were bigger.

[@Wdavidmetzger]

Uh... this video was about gum.

[@Pissgremlin5964]

I miss Kaboom cereal and Dino pebbles.

[@thomas-ol3ni]

WTF is hood ice cream exactly?

[@MrBoyYankee]

9:28 That crying 900 commercial creeped me the f*ck out. When it would randomly be on shows like Friday the 13th the tv series Tales from the Darkside, Freddy's Nightmares, & Monsters back in the days of the 90's.

[@Frantastic78]

That was real?!

[@drgribb]

Yeah wtf was that? 😂 Never seen that one. Couldn't tell if it was a line to call to cry on, or to listen to someone else cry for money.

[@Markimark151]

I liked Fruit Stripe gum as a kid in the 1980s, it was very popular and yes the flavor didn’t last long, but the company should’ve reformulated the gum with longer lasting flavors like Extra and Stride gum did. Candy products have to evolve, there’s been lots of discontinued candies that failed because of Nabisco and Nestle didn’t care enough about their candies.

[@thedude4672]

My favorite gum ever . . . for about 30 seconds before the flavor is gone.

[@RedisNotaFlavor]

Fruit Stripe Gum was delicious for those precious few seconds 😭😭

[@beefy45]

Much like s3x

[@tenebrousoul9368]

Sign up, guys. Dan's jacket swag alone is worth the dollar.

[@SkaterDeeVlog]

0:08 "and now, to give you a brief taste" Yes, Fruit Stripe does offer a VERY brief taste.

[@BigEpinstriping]

I used to love Fruit Stripe; I wonder why they never tried to make the flavor last longer. I seem to recall the Fruit Stripe bubble gum had longer lasting flavor, but That memory is really fuzzy.

[@AlvoriaGPM]

Fun fact: This video is longer than the flavor of 30 sticks of Fruit Stripe Gum. I'm honestly not going to miss it all that much. It's one of those things where whenever I thought of buying a pack I remembered how disappointing it was and just... didn't. So maybe instead of discontinuing it they should have IMPROVED it. The flavor was great it just... wasn't worth the price of admission.

[@TheTookinator]

Excited to see this one make it out to the public :)

[@HeadCannonPrime]

That "easily solvable mysteries" with the music and the smoke was a nostalgia bomb for my ears.

[@WillKeaton]

14:01 Literally my only connection to Fruit Stripe Gum is this commercial right here, which I recorded in a handful of commercial breaks that were placed within episodes of _Captain N and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3._

[@CharlesWorkPPL]

This is EXACTLY where I first heard about this stuff!

[@darthv72]

I love the cat looking on as Dan savors those last 60 seconds of flavor.

[@jonasquinn7977]

I hope Easily Solvable Mysteries becomes a recurring segment

[@Vyctor353]

Holy Snap Crackle Pop I Never Thought I Would See A Commentary On This Subject...It's Almost Like Being In Sixth Grade Again...Thank You...

[@wstine79]

The Jason Vorhees/ Boba Fett gag always gets me.

[@chrishmiller4534]

Aw man! I used to chew it for another hour out of spite. Woah are you really gonna do superman peanut butter and “thirst quenching” gatorgum? Next you’re gonna tell me you’re gonna do TMNT pudding pies. What in the absolute hell were we putting in our bodies back then. My mental health issues are starting to make sense.

[@wstine79]

I remember the Fruit Stripe gum. Much better than Bubble Tape. Love the Zebra print suit

[@STASHdadtv]

Bubbletape had that saying.... Six feet of bubble gum for you... Not them

[@thecunninlynguist]

I loved bubble tape

[@kiruppert]

If you're covering legendary discontinued treats from our childhoods, you should look into doing a video about Ecto-Cooler!

[@HeresWhyItsCool]

I ain't gonna lie, I coulda watched the ENTIRE 15 min runtime of just Dan trying to chew Fruit Stripe Gum..... and considered that an avant garde masterpiece!!!!

[@Jumbleman5]

I loved Fruit Stripe gum as a 90s kid. But as I grew older, my tastes matured to Big Red.

[@thedude4672]

Big Red's flavor doesn't really last much longer than Fruit Stripes. Try Big League Chew original flavor. The taste lasts forever

[@TitularHeroine]

Oh! Big Red! How could I have forgotten

[@Metallic-Sun]

Your fresh breath goes on and on while you're chewin'. Say goodbye a little longer, hold on a little longer, make it last a little longer... with Big Red. That's what I remember of the commercial, off the top of my head.

[@AdamaSanguine]

I've worked in retail for several decades and had no idea it was (until recently) still available. It must have been super rare or unavailable in the Southwest?! Thanks Dan and Co much love.

[@thedude4672]

Are there Five Below stores around you? They still sell it.

[@AdamaSanguine]

​@@thedude4672 Really? I haven't gotten out much in the last few years. I just saw they were building one at the old mall. I'll check it out, thanks. 🤙

[@mcolville]

I love the fact you folks actually look things up. In this day and age, that's amazing.

[@X_Brawn]

You mean Wikipedia isn't an all knowing god?!

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

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[@Sci-Fi-Mike]

I bought Fruit Stripe gum on occasion, but I hadn't gotten it in a few years. I will miss it, but hope it'll come back like Hostess cupcakes (I was never into Twinkies, but I'm glad they're back, too). I'll give it a 75/100 hope Fruit Stripe returns.

[@a-cygnus]

Those 10 seconds of flavor were the best.

[@jinpei05]

Thanks for a taste of the Patreon goodness.

[@ceno10101]

bringing back the old jason AND boba fett clip. A++

[@ggbetz]

When i was very young (like 4-6) my aunt would buy fruit stripe gun specifically for road trips. There's even a wrapper in my memory book.

[@WillKeaton]

9:26 They've put some odd commercial breaks in this series, but this one has to take the cake. I assume this is a parody of something, but it's just so darn weird, and it's connection to Fruit Stripe Gum is unknown.

[@aaronmccracken7351]

No connection, but it was absolutely a real 900 number.

[@KAIJUEXPERTAL]

Believe me signing up for this channel is worth it the members only videos have all been bangers so far hilarious & informative.

[@Trenchbroom]

First they took away my candy cigarettes, then my Big League Chew. RIP Fruit Stripe.

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

I've seen candy cigarettes and even Big League Chew in candy store franchises like Loli & Pop, but I haven't seen Fruit Stripe gum in over a decade.

[@thedude4672]

Big League Chew is still around and a top seller.

[@Metallic-Sun]

They even have a girl on one of the packages of Big League Chew now.

[@orga7777]

Both those things still exist.

[@Pissgremlin5964]

@@thedude4672 candy steroid needles are sadly gone though.

[@Belgand]

Great job putting in more work on research than most major outlets. And a very welcome and unexpected collaboration with Matt from Dino Drac!

[@capybara2671]

I've been doing a fruit stripe gum cosplay for the past 5 or so years at dragon con.

[@proffurrypaws]

I'll always remember it from the movie Down Periscope. It cost 25 cents a pack, just remember to chew it silently.

[@ggbetz]

That was a fun movie

[@Cmonnsonn]

What about the history of GATOR GUM? I used to LOVE that gum as a kid!

[@MrBeardsley]

I’m really curious when they introduced the “Yipes Stripes!” slogan, because the only other context I’ve heard it is the 1964 song “Yipes Stripes” by a West Virginia band called The Huntington Astronauts. Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans might remember it from the season 5 episode “Teen-Age Strangler,” as I recall the lyrics don’t reference gum but the timing with Fruit Stripe’s early popularity is a little on the nose.

[@GrooveHillStudio]

I really enjoyed that one! Thanks SG Team!

[@ryanfc]

Now we need video for that gum in the 80/90's that had a liquid center inside. They had a&w root beer, Dr Pepper and others. I think it might have been by Hubba Bubba.

[@joeljenkins7092]

My yipe-stripe tiger was my buddy as a toddler.

[@tyshawnnorwood6281]

I used to buy Fruit Strip Gum from Cost Cutters, now neither exists. They are erasing our childhood lol

[@wheeljoker]

They did that when they murdered Toys R Us

[@Pyne56]

The Centuar gag had me laughing. I feel bad for people that paid for this, Dan chewing gum with awkward pauses. I do appreciate Dans commitment to dressing up for bits.

[@ggbetz]

I agree. Dressing up for bits really sets this channel apart

[@Murrlin27]

1:16 "I'm Dan Larson, and this is... about how long the flavor lasts."

[@daschwah]

“Assaults your gums, not your tastebuds!”

[@Babbleplay]

Just seeing the title now has the 'Yikes! Stripes!' commercial from so long ago playing in my head.

[@lynngreen7978]

I also was unaware of the gummies existence

[@thedude4672]

They're horrible. Nowhere near as good as the gum.

[@ggbetz]

My brother found a pack right when the discontinuation of the gum was announced. Same premise, not as good

[@Alteringrealitystudios]

😂😂 it was one of my childhood favorites. Even if the flavor lasted 10 minutes or less

[@thedude4672]

Ten minutes?! It would be phenomenal if it lasted half that long. I just chewed a piece and the flavor lasted less than a minute.

[@shane1489]

Best 30 seconds of flavor ever!

[@LUVBOTZ]

I really miss this gum. Even though the flavor only lasted 20 seconds, they were a delicious 20 seconds.

[@davidfarrington4308]

I’ll miss Fruit Stripe Gum zero out of 100. I forgot it existed.

[@khand187]

I worked @ a distribution center that shipped & received Fruit Stripes. A trailer full of pallets of FS gum smelled absolutely glorious.

[@osto1964]

Anyone remember the candy bonkers? around late 80s early 90s. Kinda like high-Chew candies.

[@RyanRead]

I bought fruit stripe since I was a kid going through his local grocery store while holding my grandma’s Hand. She let me always pick out a candy and it was the gum.

[@SleazeGawd33]

This should have been a 15 second video. Just as a tribute.

[@jasonblalock4429]

This is not the greatest gum in the world. This is a tribute!

[@SleazeGawd33]

@@jasonblalock4429 “you GOTTA belieeeeve me” 😂😂😂 great pull. Kudos.

[@UryuKitsu]

I genuinely thought Fruit Stripe Gum discontinued YEARS ago (not as of this year) cause I hadn't seen it in stores for god over 10+ years? LMAO

[@thedude4672]

They still sell it at Five Below stores. At least, they did about a month ago.

[@jknitt]

Come for the Fruit Stripe Gum. STAY for the 1-900 Cry ad.

[@Zachmansd]

"We're gonna give you a brief taste of what to expect from member exclusives" I see what you did there.🤣

[@elisabeth2166]

Easily Solvable Mysteries T-Shirt when.

[@Foxonian]

Believe it or not there was a Fruit Stripe cartoon ad that used to make me cry as a kid.

[@orinanime]

That cutaway to 'Mars Attacks' made me laugh harder than it probably should have.

[@MP3DK76-kn1op]

R.I.P. Fruit Stripe Gum We'll meet again someday.

[@Stratelier]

Aside: The Wikipedia article has since been updated to reflect the 1960 debut date, sourcing directly to the USPTO instead of a news article.

[@orinanime]

"giving you a brief taste"... I see what you did there

[@DeliveryServiceFan06]

Finally now i can watch The History Of Fruit Stripe Gum Thank You Secret Galaxy also can you please do a video on The History Of Mad Magazine i want you to do a history on the rise and fall and discontinuation of Mad Magazine and as well a History Of Heavy Metal Magazine and it's films Heavy Metal And Heavy Metal 2000 also great video on Fruit Stripe Gum i probably know that gum exists now before i saw this video. Thank You Secret Galaxy For This Video Quote Pee-Wee Herman Would you care for some gum spearmint of fruit. Then Francis's Mouth Turn Black

[@RickFruckberry]

Oh i used to love that gum when I was a kid. Nothing had strong flavor. Baseball cards came with gum we called Pink Flavored. And it was gone in moments. But one thing it was great for was building. Blocks, stones, logs, we stuck together with gum. Fruit Stripe was good because it stayed sticky until the sugar was gone. It stuck good until it got wet. It was cheap adhesive.

[@Darcsyde100]

I remember, quite clearly, my brother and I use to buy the Chocolate Striped gun at the little General Store when we were kids in the mid/late 60's in Peyton, Colo. We didn't buy it for the taste (it tasted like Ovaltine), but because it was chocolate, and we were all in for chocolate back then.

[@teamcosmicseeds]

No way....have a wrapper?

[@Darcsyde100]

@@teamcosmicseeds I was 6 when I last bought a pack and I'm 63 now, so no. If I had known then that it would go away only to become the stuff of myth and legend, I would have Saran-Wrapped a pack or two. But, alas, alack and willy-wally, everything I everything had back then, including my wits, energy and optimism went the way of the Do-do.

[@teamcosmicseeds]

@Darcsyde100 well your wit is still awesome so I'm glad someone bought chocolate fruit stripe...seems the myth is real

[@jeffersonhouse94]

Kudos for the Dinosaur Dracula shout out! He is easily my favorite noted pop culture historian and archivist. He smashes it regularly along with Jay from Sludge Central on the Purple Stuff Podcast!

[@Rob-z7k]

Wow...i still remember buying Fruit Stripe as a kid!

[@trunkage]

Awesome. Can't wait for the Tripledent gum epsiode. That tune gets in your head

[@yonker-roggewedding7229]

This actually bums me out. Just a month ago I was in the store and thought "Hmmm, maybe I should buy some fruit stripe gum". I glanced to see if it was there (No lie, I would periodically check to make sure it was still being made) but I don't remember if I saw any. I was researching historical evidence for what happened to the Apostles and thought, "Oh man this is heavy, I need to take a break. I know! I'll watch some Secret Galaxy! That'll be fun!" Boom! A swift punch to the nostalgia section of my heart. I saw a replica of the Sword of Omens the other day... maybe I should buy it before it's gone as well.

[@photobygil]

I like that your scripts always strike the right balance of information & humor, regardless of the program or product. You are genuinely interested in the subject (most of the time!), poking fun when appropriate, but always respectful overall. That's much more entertaining than a hyper critical, condescending approach, & I appreciate it. Also, you mentioned Lemonheads as a contemporary of Fruit Stripe gum as far back as 1960, & I didn't realize it was quite that old! Hopefully there's enough material there for a future Lemonheads review. I always felt like I was going to crack a tooth on the common hard Lemon Drop, but the waxy shell covering on the smaller Lemon Heads made those my go-to when choosing sour candies as a child (& even today, actually!). Thanks for sharing this video, in the meantime. It was entertaining (& a little off the wall) from start to finish!

[@repugnus]

Great episode and one of the funniest yaall have done 😂 as always thanks secret galaxy gang

[@stephenluttrell8958]

But what about Fruit by the Foot! Fruit by the Foot people!

[@smegulate9826]

I love that y'all cited Matt as an expert!

[@jonathanwright8025]

If you want to do down a rabbit hole, look into the history of the Ralston company. Trust me it gets weird.

[@nsbd90now]

I was a little kid with Fruit Stripe Gum came out in the 1960s and it was a sensation. A lot of it was probably the TV ads for it on Saturday morning.s

[@eabcool]

i was just wondering last week if Fruit Stripe was still around ! it was my favorite gum but i stopped chewing gum because the flavor lasted so briefly and it's bad for teeth

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

👀 dangerously the only 1 video i really wanted to see. Thank you for publicizing the GOAT.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Awesome history and personal experience about Fruit Stripe Gum!

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff, as always!

[@Peppersfirst]

Fantastic 🎉🎉

[@ScooterinAB]

I love how ridiculously heavy this episode was. Who would have thought mediocre gum would bring up issues of mortality.

[@MistaMaddog247]

"Promotional Consideration was paid by the following....Yikes Stripes!" - Lord Alfred Hayes after every WWF Superstars.

[@veganmonter]

9:50 - Man 900 number commercials were REALLY cringe.

[@Kewrock]

It'll turn up again. There are companies that buy up old, no longer used IP's and sell them online or in nostalgia stores like lobbies of Cracker Barrel restaurants. Remember GatorGum and A&W, Dr.Pepper and Sprite Freshen Up gums? "The gum that...ehem...Squirts".

[@mightyfilm]

Personally, I miss the Dr. Pepper gummis and licorice. They had Dr. Pepper, Hawaiian Punch, and Crush Orange just a few years ago, and they just stopped producing them.

[@ricconway8719]

Another easily solved mystery. Easily solved. 10/10. No notes.

[@HoraceInkling]

New sub, I really enjoyed the MMPR:TM vid so I look forward to what your channel has to offer. 🤘🏼

[@jcbvortex22]

When I get a hold of a time machine, I’m gonna go back in time and create fruit swirl gum, and thus a new Mandela effect will have been created Muuhaahaa

[@nova2512]

*We're releasing this video now to give you a brief taste of what you can expect. Is that shot at fruit stripe in the intro to the videos intro?*

[@speedycounihan]

You do an intro highlighting notable facts about the gum while eating a few of the ever shrinking number of the remaining gum strips. Nice.😂

[@kyngou]

Has any one dialed cry number 😂😂😂 Also Dan has this magical ability to make things sound so important while he is telling you how unimportant they are 😂

[@JohnnyDisco-bg7si]

Thank you for sharing this. I really need to sign up for the monthly subscription.

[@liljenborg2517]

"Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bed-post overnight? Your mom says not to chew it so you swallow it in spite. You stick it on your tonsils and you heave it left and right. Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bed-post overnight?" I never understood that song. Chewing gum loses it's flavor in about thirty seconds of chewing. Of all the various gums out there: Doublemint, Wrigleys, Trident, Bazooka Joe, Bubblicious, etc., etc. Fruit Strip was my favorite gum - though I wasn't much of a gum fan. ALL of them took like 10 chews and they were flavorless rubber in your mouth. For gums like Bubblicious this was actually a feature, because you couldn't blow bubbles with the gum until the sugar (the flavoring) had been dissolved out of the gum. Some gums, like Bazooka Joe solved this problem by simply tasting like lightly sugared rubber from the start.

[@dittm3r]

The cry hotline feels like a parody on Adult Swim, but then i remember the Nintendo hotline, the WCW hotline, and FREDDIE FREAKER.

[@witchypoo7353]

This & ouch gum were always my favorites

[@davebooshty299]

1:32 Was the beginning a joke on its flavor not lasting long enough ?