Beech-Nut Fruit Stripe Gum 1960s TV Commercial

[imsixftsix]

I loved this when I was a kid...It was intensely sweet....

[dsarrach]

Can anyone tell me who made this animation please? Thank you!

[OldMrMemories]

This gum was soo good when I was a Kid. I miss it

[clintonearlwalker]

I forgot all about Fruit Stripe, my grandma always had some when I was a kid.  Also, Doublemint, Spearmint, Teaberry where some of my favorites.

[WhoShatInHere]

Fruit Stripe gum had that long lasting flavor too. Sometimes you could chew it for like 3 seconds before it was like eating paste. Ahhh the memories.

[ReeseMac]

Fruit stripe gum was great.. Now they've put that aspartame sh!t in it. They screwed it all up.

[elc1960]

Fruit Stripe gum was a big part of my childhood. My favorite flavor was lime, but I liked all of them. I didn't care that the flavor would last only a few seconds, I liked it anyway. As I got older, my tastes have changed but I still always have a pack of gum on me. Nowadays though, it's either 5 Cobalt (peppermint) or Rain (spearmint).

[anglerfly]

oh by jingo

[GibsonLesJosh]

this is what stride mystery tastes like

[Sheri451]

I used to eat that gum when I was little. I do'nt remember mixed fruit, just lemon, lime,cherry,orange.

[nanlisa]

I think I remember this one from when I was a kid.

[hermwerm1]

Hahaha, I remember this commercial and the gum. Tasted good, (as a child) but the flavor faded very quickly. Good memories though. Thanks for posting. :-))

[xTheLameOhx]

do they have this gum still? i remember this one kind of gum with like zebra stripes and it had tattoos on the wrappers! those were awesome!!

[RJRanke]

I never had any Fruit Stripe Gum.(I was always a Spearment man.)I always loved the comercials,though and still remember the flavors!

[Adrian51524]

they still sell them in store and im chewing some now although the 20 second flavor its not half bad :P

[sabertoothsquirreful]

my fav. kind of gum!

[Sheri451]

I used to EAT this gum when I was achild, this and Juicy Fruit

[Juliaflo]

@Sheri451 Two different brands of gum.

[bettygoodbody]

you are right, everyone, they did change it. it used to even smell like the fruit. and also what is even worse, the hostess cup cakes taste like cardboard and chemicals . i remember when those were incredible, and it isn' t my age, they switched to cheaper ingredients, had to be.

[bettygoodbody]

i always swallowed it , and look everyone, i am in my fifties, see, it didn't kill me! thats what i heard, that i would die from swallowing my gum. heck , i used to eat the big packages, that came out later. but i did lose my teeth and wear dentures. the fillings would come out from chewing too much!

[olddude521]

After shoving 5 sticks of this stuff in my mouth at once and chewing all day, I can see why i eventually lost my taste for it.

[skeilak]

@olddude521 : That's funny! I remember doing the same thing.

I haven't see Beechnut products in years.

I thought they went the way of Bonamo Turkish Taffy, and

Mr. Salty Pretzel Sticks washed down with Hoffman's Cocoa Cream soda.

[fromthesidelines]

This was probably shown around October 1962.

[OldMrMemories]

For some reason it doesn't taste as good nowadays as it did back then. Something changed or maybe I'm just old! lol!

[MissMousy60]

Fruit Stripe used to taste sooo good. Now it is awful. They have changed it.

[a997aa]

Why can't commercials be like this anymore?

[JPband007]

this gum is the best but eveyone knows it only last about 20 seconds but still good

[9evilnine9]

It is the gum with the least stamina, flavor goes so quick you pack would not last anytime at all.

But MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! It is good!

[misharyutubbee]

That's why I'd chew the whole pack at once!

[9evilnine9]

LOL! I'm guilty of that too!

[moproducer]

Yikes! Stripes! Yep, you'd pop it in your mouth, give it about 3 chews, and it was worthless. Someone said it used to be better, but that would have been well before the late '50s, when I first chewed it.

[xpoohxbrutalx]

whoa thats a loooong commercial

[bertskoi]

This ad's great but I am perpetually looking everywhere for the 1971-72 era of Beechnut Fruit Stripe Gum Ads with the Zebra! Does anyone remember the Zebra and the "Tickle Your Tongue With Fruit Stripe Gum!" and the famous retort, followed by laughter, endless laughter- "It WON'T tickle MY tongue, Zebra (tries gum) - - "IT DOES!!, IT DOES TICKLE MY TONGUE!!!!" - - "WOO-HA-HA-HA-HA!"

[pce2allkaren58]

Cute mmmm I like Jujubees however you spell them but can't find them anywhere.

[eatmorenachos]

lots of places sell Jujubes online, try Google or ebay. I'd give you a link but youtube won't let me post one.

[ACH68]

Have any of you ever tried black jack gum? It's really cool; It tastes like black licorice.

[Fruuze]

Yeah! I remember first getting a pack of it as a kid on halloween, and I loved the taste! It was also cool because it was the only gum ever to be black-colored, haha

[WETNWILD85]

They sell beech-nut baby food in grocery stores.

[WETNWILD85]

Wow,that was a lot gum in that pack,and I bet it only cost like 40 cent. Today that same pack will be $3.99. I LOVE classic tv and commrecials,when the world was much simpler and easy going. I remember when I was little,I used 2 LOVE beech-nut gum. Fruit Stripe gum is good also.

[mattschwartzsucks]

Actually, I just bought a pack last night and it was only 89 cents.

[shortstufburtonboy]

i love that gum!

[irish89055]

yikes stripes.!!!!.. they brought that slogan back about 20 years agao..

[biscayne427]

I bet Fruit Stripe sales went way up once color TV's came onto the scene.

[UglySean]

I buy this stuff sometimes. Yes it's still good stuff with lame tattoos that I give to my daughter. And still the flavour doesn't last very long. I get it at the downtown candy store that specializes in U.S. imports.

[sakurasaku]

OMG! FRUIT STRIPE WAS THE BEST GUM FOR LIKE, 2 MIN.!!! =D thats the taste of my childhood <3

[antiochblade]

Whatever happened to Beech-nut gum . I used to chew it all the time when I was a kid .

[111bear111bear111]

this gum was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooo good but the flaver would not last along time

[ignatzRat]

Wow the announcer at the end is the same guy who did Duck and Cover!!! Listen

[MoeGreensRightEye]

Keith Olbermann is a blowhard coward.

[hebneh]

I can still sing along with this song from memory.

The commercials convinced me to try the gum, which I liked, but for some reason didn't chew very often.

[YUPitsJRY]

isnt this gum also called "zebra gum" ??

[AnnW57]

Wasn't this the gum that had a commercial that said something like: "I'm not talking while the flavor lasts."? My husband remembers it too... but we are having a hard time convincing anyone we aren't dreaming. ha

[Badgerinmaine]

That *was* Beech-Nut, but not the Fruit Stripe version. I've heard that commercial you're thinking of on a tape of old radio ads I have. In the version I have heard, Columbus' crew wants him to turn back, gives the answer you list, and then the sailor says "We could be in for a loooong voyage."

[goodproblems]

Oh sweet Jesus to have gotten fruit-stripe gum in the Halloween sack, must have kicked so much ass...

[tr8162]

This is the same gum that was later re-introduce in the 90's....they just dropped the "beach-nut" part.

Type this Fruit Stripe Gum or M2J.

[Badgerinmaine]

I remember Beech-Nut used a very similar slogan with its Sour Bites candy (very similar to SweeTarts, but smaller--about the size of as aspirin--and sold in a pouch instead of a roll: "Yipes! Stripes! Sour Bites!"

[piazzalover]

The commercial was before my time but I do remember the gum. I chewed it as a kid when flavor used to last in gum vs today it loses its flavor so fast. This is the reason I don't chew gum anymore.

[chrism823]

Scary

[busby1959]

How on earth is this scary?

[peekaboo6902]

Its funny how you forget about these things until you see the commercial again. I was young, but I can still remember how this gum tasted.. I wish they made this still

[ivorycoastworldcup]

they do

[Gospodean]

I loved how they made you imagine the colors...and all in black & white! McLuhan woulda been proud.

[RoyFive]

Understanding media!

[ballybunion9]

I remember the gum, but I don't remember that particular commercial.

[TheTravelingThumb]

I absolutely remember this commercial. The selling point for me as a child was the bold fruit colored stripes on each stick of gum. Thank you Lucyhuto, this makes my mouth water too!

[SnugglySara]

Cute!