Favourite brands of bubble gum!

[Hepcat]

Sadly Black Jack isn't bubble gum. Black Jack has the same consistency as Juicy Fruit.



Black Cat you could really chew into like Bazooka and Dubble Bubble.

[CreepysFan]

   

The idea of a licorice flavored bubble gum appealed to me enough to see if this was sold ANYWHERE in the world, alas not.  Apparently there was also a Green Cat (spearmint), a Purple Cat (grape), and a Magic Cat (fruit) bubble gum made by the same company.  Might try Black Jack, but never big on chewing gum.

[Elisabeth]

Another BLACK JACK fan...YIPPEE!!

BLACK JACK  was always the best chewing gum, and those big, wonderful pink bricks of BAZOOKA were sublime....

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[Therin of Andor]

There was indeed a "Black Cat" bubble gum (in the 1970s?, I would have thought). Small black squares, paper-wrapped and aniseed/liquorice flavour. Not often seen in regular shops, but you'd often get a square or two thrown into a candy showbag at our annual Royal Easter Show, Sydney, in the early 70s. But... don't let anyone tell you that "Green Cat" was spearmint flavoured. No one I knew could tolerate the flavour of "Green Cat". Those first few bites, it tasted more like the flavour of a stinky public toilet! An overwhelming strange/foul smell that went straight up your nasal cavities. We used to dare each other to chew it without holding one's nose. It did make pretty cool bubbles, though.

Great memories here:
http://www.inthe70s.com/food/blackcatbubblegum0.shtml

[Flower]

I just did a search and found that Black Cat Gum is not currently available but that there are rumors ...

http://www.candyshoppe.ca/black-cat-gum-not-available/

[Hepcat]

Great memories here:
http://www.inthe70s.com/food/blackcatbubblegum0.shtml

Wow! Fan clubs and everything! And here I thought it was my personal secret. I have only the haziest memory of ever finding it other than in a single solitary variety store in downtown London so it really wasn't that widely known by the other kids when I was growing up. I'd love to sample the other kinds.

[Therin of Andor]

I have a large, real gumball machine, coin operated and made of heavy metal and glass, which I bought myself when moving into my first flat in 1984.

These days it contains little green aliens from "Toy Story":


A gumball machine full of aliens by Therin of Andor, on Flickr

[Hepcat]

Double Bubble and Bazooka, then everything else.... Buy Double Bubble by the big bag.

I expected Dubble Bubble to put on a better show in this poll than just four votes.

[The Creeper]

I like Black jack gum also, and Clove gum.  Every other year or so they seem to pop up around the fall and then disappear for a few years.

[CreepysFan]

   

  You can get both Black jack and Clove chewing gum all year at a place called Cracker Barrel Country Store.  It's a resturant with a retro gift shop.   They usually carry candies ranging from 50's to 80's.

[Hepcat]

Black Jack and many other imported "retro" confections are carried in specialty candy shops such as Sugar Mountain in Toronto. They're expensive compared with the confections at the local corner store though.

[The Creeper]

That is good to know.  My town don't have either of those stores, but I bet Tulsa has a Cracker Barrel.  I will have to check it out.  Another one I liked from the same company ,I think, is Beachman's.

[Elisabeth]

Black Jack and its sister gums are (were) also available through the Vermont Country Store.  You can get a lot of  retro stuff from there.
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[MDG]

This is the local place where I can get Blackjack, etc. (probabaly have to be in facebook to see it):

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Candynation-Inc/277781378633

[Hepcat]

The best bubble gum available when I was in grade school was the gum that came with the Zip Hockey cards made by Parkhurst. It was thick, juicy, and flavourful with a hint of cherry, and far superior to the thin slab of Bazooka that came with Topps/OPC trading cards.