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Paul Cunningham
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 146
From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 05-08-2001 06:45 PM

How popular is Tab cola in the US?

It used to be very common here in Australia but has sort of died off, I cant even remember the last time I saw any.

I am just asking this because it appears Julia Roberts is drinking some in the trailer for The Mexican and it made me curious.

Paul

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-08-2001 07:23 PM

My brother in law who owns a grocery store told me they took Tab out when Diet Coke came along.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 05-08-2001 07:36 PM

TAB cola iz phiggidy phat

Just kidding. The last time I saw TAB cola was probably 15 to 20 years ago.

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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 05-08-2001 09:27 PM

Yeah, what Mike said.

TAB died in about 1983 in the Atlanta area. I always thought it tasted pretty decent, for a diet drink.

I never liked diet Coke. It is not the Real Thing!

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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-08-2001 10:09 PM

BRUCE,
Just wait another month or so I hear that Brad is about to release Diet Film Guard. I suppose the slogan they are working with is......."As good as the reel thing!"
Mark @ GTS
P.S. I'll give you a big break on multiple orders of 12 packs. I'll also ship these happpily to Austrailia but delivery will take at least 3 months.
Mark @ GTS

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 931
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-09-2001 12:02 AM

"TAB....I can't give you a TAB unless you order somethin'."

i know you know where thats from.

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William Hooper
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1879
From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-09-2001 04:07 AM

Tab or Fresca had cyclamates & was yanked because it was linked to bladder cancer & made test subjects in different age groups grow antlers or something.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 05-09-2001 05:16 AM

Mark, the slogan "as good as the reel thing" isn't near as good as "served on a silver platter".

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William T. Parr
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 823
From: Cedar Park, TX
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-09-2001 07:10 AM

I actually saw TAB cola at an HEB store here in Austin, Tx as recent as 2 months ago. I distintively remember the Pink cans that TAB came in. I will have to revisit the store to see if they still have it or not. I only remember seing 2 six packs of it there.

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Steven Gorsky
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 146
From: Frederick, MD, USA
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 05-09-2001 07:53 AM

They still sell it here in Maryland. It is the only drink I know of that still has saccharin in it.

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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 05-09-2001 07:58 AM

Yuum. Diet FG! I bet it will leave a visible residue and cause the Holmes 8's to become professional machines.... Hooray for cyclamates! I need all the help that I can get!!

Thanks for the laugh, Mark

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Sean Weitzel
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 619
From: Vacaville, CA (1790 miles west of Rockwall)
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 05-09-2001 05:32 PM

My mother has had diabetes since I was born. She started drinking TAB back then (70's) so subsequently, I was drinking TAB since I was little, however when Diet Coke came along in the early 80's, ('82 i think) she liked that better and switched to it. Thus, I switched to it as well. now I am addicted to it.. Can't go a day without a D.C. I used to joke that when I die, i need to be buried with a couple of 12 packs of D.C.

I saw a six pack of TAB at the local Lucky's store about a year ago and bought it just to see if it still tasted like I remember it. It was by far the most hideous disgusting tasting liquid I had put in my mouth in years.

Anyone remember when Diet Coke had Saccarin in it?

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 05-09-2001 05:37 PM

I have only been drinking Diet Coke for about 8 years (that's how long I've been diabetic). It sucked ass at first, but I've grown accostumed to it. Now real Coke tastes extremely thick and syrupy to me. I don't have much memory of Saccarin, but Diet Coke now uses Aspertame. There are still a few people who say that aspertame will cause cancer. You just can't win no matter what you do.

I would rather not be buried with Diet Coke. People always look at me a bit oddly when I ask for a diet drink, because I am such a skinny f*ck.

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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!

Posts: 3061
From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 05-09-2001 08:12 PM

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but last time I checked, ALL diet drinks served via fountains still have saccharin in them (blended with aspartame in some cases). Something to do with the inability of aspartame to withstand long periods of storage in warm temperatures (it decomposes into methanol, IIRC)... Look at the labels on the bag-in-the-boxes if you don't believe me, there should be a 'saccharin cancer warning' on there somewhere...

Aaron

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