Soft Drinks
6/28/2018 | 28m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Huell visits Galco’s Old World Grocery that specializes in hundreds of kinds of soda pop.
Huell visits Galco’s Old World Grocery, a family owned store that specializes in hundreds of kinds of soda pop. Remember your childhood favorite? Can’t find it anywhere? Well give Galco’s a call at 323-255-7115, and they just might have it in stock.
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Soft Drinks
6/28/2018 | 28m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Huell visits Galco’s Old World Grocery, a family owned store that specializes in hundreds of kinds of soda pop. Remember your childhood favorite? Can’t find it anywhere? Well give Galco’s a call at 323-255-7115, and they just might have it in stock.
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>>HUELL: WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
I'M HUELL HOWSER.
IT'S ABOUT 10:00 ON A BEAUTIFUL THURSDAY MORNING.
HERE WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY OF HIGHLAND PARK.
WE'RE STANDING ON THE SIDE OF YORK BOULEVARD.
WE'RE IN FRONT OF GALCO'S OLD WORLD GROCERY.
THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE THIS YOUNG LADY, NOEL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>>HUELL: GOOD MORNING.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>>HUELL: YOU WROTE ME A LETTER AND INVITED US TO COME HERE TO VISIT YOUR FAMILY'S GROCERY STORE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>>HUELL: YOU TOLD US THERE WERE INTERESTING.
..>> UNIQUE DRINKSES AND ALL SORTS OF FUN STUFF.
>>HUELL: DON'T GIVE IT AWAY.
>> OKAY.
>>HUELL: THE STORE HAS FUN HISTORICAL THINGS YOU WANT US TO SEE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>>HUELL: WE GOT HERE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO AND WE HAVE BEEN INSIDE NOSING AROUND.
AND NOEL, EVERYTHING YOU SAID IN THE LETTER IS TRUE.
>> I'M GLAD YOU THINK SO.
>>HUELL: LET'S GO IN AND SHARE WHAT'S INSIDE GALCO'S OLD WORLD GROCERY WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING.
>> COME ON IN.
>>HUELL: WE'RE INSIDE THE STORE.
THE STORE DOES DEFINITELY HAVE AN OLD FASHIONED FEELING TO IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT REALLY DOES.
IT'S BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS.
>>HUELL: HERE ARE THE CAST OF CHARACTERS OVER HERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> FINE.
>>HUELL: HUELL HOWSER.
>> THANK YOU, NICE TO MEET YOU.
JOHN.
>>HUELL: THIS IS YOUR DAD.
>> YES AND THIS IS MY GRAND FATHER.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>>HUELL: NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>>HUELL: TELL ME THE HISTORY OF THIS STORE.
>>h IT'S HISTORY GOES BACK A HUNDRED YEARS.
IT'S BEEN IN THE GROCERY FAMILY THAT LONG.
WE STARTED OUT UNCLES AND AUNTS AND EVERYBODY GETTING THE SMALL TYPE OF BUSINESS IN THE EARLY DAYS.
WHEN THEY CAME TO EUROPE, FROM EUROPE TO HERE WELL THEY COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
THEY COULDN'T FIND A JOB.
SO THEY CREATED A LITTLE GROCERY STORE.
>>HUELL: AND FROM THAT THIS HAS GROWN?
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> IT'S GIVEN ME A LIVING ALL MY LIFE.
I'VE BEEN IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS -- I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS STORY, WHEN I WAS A BOY WE, MY BROTHER AND I, WE WORKED IN THE STORE.
WE DID THE DIRTY WORK AND CLEAN UP.
YOU KNOW WHERE OUR BEDROOM WAS?
>>HUELL: WHERE?
>> IN THE STOCKROOM, NOT WITH A MATTRESS BUT ON TOP OF MELON CRATES.
I CAN REMEMBER THAT.
>>HUELL: YOU'VE HAD -- YOU HAVE THE GROCERY BUSINESS IN YOUR BLOOD.
>> OH, YES.
>>HUELL: I'M SURE HE HAS A MILLION STORIES TO TELL.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE HEARD THEM ALL.
>> I HAVE.
>>HUELL: AND YOUR DAD COMES INTO WORK EVERY DAY.
>> OH, YES.
RAIN OR SHINE OR WHATEVER.
>>HUELL: SUPERVISING HIM?
>> NO, I DON'T BOTHER HIM.
HE DOESN'T WHAT HE WANTS.
I JUST DO THE PAPER WORK.
>>HUELL: I GOT YOU.
WHEN YOU COME TO WORK EVERY DAY YOU BRING SOMEONE ELSE WITH YOU.
LET'S MEET THE OTHER HALF OF THIS.
YOUR MOM IS BACK HERE.
HELLO, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> JUST FINE THANK YOU.
>>HUELL: SHE'S MAKING THE SANDWICHES.
>> OKAY.
>>HUELL: WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> DO I ALL OF THE COOKING.
I MAKE BLOCKBUSTERS.
>>HUELL: BLOCKBUSTER, WHAT'S IN A BLOCKBUSTER?
>> A NICE FRENCH ROLL, MUSTARD AND MANONYES, ALL LOTS OF MEATS.
>>HUELL: YOU KEEP YOUR MOM WORKING.
>> ABSOLUTELY SHE'S BUSY ALL THE TIME.
SHE NEEDS TO KEEP GOING.
SHE STAYED HOME FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND SHE SAID JOHN, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK.
THIS IS DRIVING ME BUGGY STAYING HOME.
>>HUELL: ARE YOU MAKING THOSE FOR US?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: THESE ARE YOUR WORLD FAMOUS.
>> THESE ARE THE WORLD FAMOUS BLOCKBUSTERS.
THEY MADE SANDWICHES.
AND ROCKER EE HAD ONE AND HE PUT IT IN HIS MOUTH AND HE SAID THIS IS A REAL "BLOCKBUSTER" AND IT'S BEEN THAT SINCE.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING THEM SINCE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>>HUELL: WELL, THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>>HUELL: LOOK OVER THERE LOUIE.
THERE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE.
THINK HE SPOILS HIS GRAND DAUGHTER, DOESN'T HE.
>> HE LOVES HER DEARLY.
>> MY MOTHER WASN'T NERVOUS A BIT WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED BUT SHE'S VERY NERVOUS.
>> I'M SO SHAKY IT'S NOT FUNNY.
>>HUELL: BEING ON TV?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: WE'RE GOING TO EAT ONE OF THOSE BLOCKBUSTERS.
SACK THEM UP FOR US.
>> YOU CAN HAVE MORE.
NUE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
WE NEVER GOT YOUR FIRST NAME.
>> ROSE.
>>HUELL: ROSE, NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>HUELL: NICE TO MEET YOUR HUSBAND OVER HERE.
YOUR PARENTS.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: AS WONDERFUL AS THIS STORY IS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS STORE, YOU HAVE BROUGHT US HERE TO SHOW US SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE I THINK TO ANY STORE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE THING ACROSS COUNTRY.
I HAVE CALLS FROM PEOPLE FROM NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.
THE STORY HAS TRAVELED TO JAPAN IN THE TOKYO TIMES.
IT'S BEEN ALL OVER.
I MEAN I WAS JUST VERY SURPRISED AT THE REACTION.
>>HUELL: TO WHAT YOU HAVE GOT RIGHT OVER THERE.
>> IN ISLE THREE AND FOUR.
IT'STHE ISLE OF POP.
>>HUELL: HERE WE ARE, ISLE THREE, THE ISLE OF POP.
JOHN THAT NEEDS A LITTLE EXPLANATION.
LOUIE, IF YOU PAN OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE QUICKLY WHAT JOHN IS TALKING ABOUT.
TELL US WHAT YOU GOT HERE, JOHN.
>> RIGHT NOW, TODAY, I HAVE ABOUT 250 SODAS.
MOSTLY ARE OLD SODAS YOU CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE.
YOU REALIZE IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS COKE AND PEPSI BUY THE SHELF SPACE AND NOBODY ELSE CAN SELL PRODUCTS.
HOWEVER THE PRODUCTS ARE LOCATED SOMEWHERE WITHIN COUNTRY.
PEOPLE REMEMBER BIRLEY'S ORANGE.
THEY'RE NOT MADE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT IN THAILAND.
>>HUELL: THEY STILL MAKE THE OLD SODAS THAT WE GREW UP DRINKING.
>> ONCE UPON A THYME THERE WERE 3500 SO SODAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
I DON'T HAVE THEM ALL, BUT I'M TRYING.
>>HUELL: LET'S START.
WE WILL START AT THE END.
HERE ITS, DAD'S CLASSIC CREAMY ORANGE.
>> WE ALSO HAVE THE LEMON AND CREAMY RED.
THE FAMOUS HERE IN LOS ANGELES IS THE DRAFT.
>>HUELL: DAD'S CLASSIC DRAFT ROOTBEER.
WAS THIS AN EASTERN DRINK OR HERE AS WELL?
>> ORIGINALLY FROM CHICAGO ABOUT 1933, I BELIEVE.
>>HUELL: LOOK AT THIS, SUN DROP.
>> FROM TEN.
>>HUELL: I GREW UP DRINKING SUN DROP 40 YEARS AGO.
>> TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN IT STILL HAS THE PULP IN IT.
>>HUELL: WHERE DO THEY MAKE THESE THINGS?
>> A LOT ARE IN THE CAROLINAS BECAUSE OF THE GLASS IN THE AREA.
>>HUELL: I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO NEXT.
>> TENNESSEE YOU WON'T FIND THE GLASS, BUT YOU FIND THE CANS.
>> DR. WELLS WAS SIMILAR TO DR. PEPPER.
IT STARTED IN LOS ANGELES AND WENT SOUTH.
IT WAS VERY BIG IN THE SOUTH.
>>HUELL: AND HERE IS THIS ONE.
ORANGE CRUSH.
YOU CAN'T GET ANYMORE AMERICAN.
ALL AMERICAN THAN A GOOD OLD ORANGE CRUSH.
>> YES, YOU CAN.
WE ALSO HAVE DR. PEPPER, THE ORIGINAL NRAL FORMULA AND IT'S ONLY MADE BY ONE PACKER IN THE UNITED STATES.
>>HUELL: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE ORIGINAL FORMULA?
>> THE FORMULA HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
TODAY IT'S MORE LIKE A COLA.
THIS IS LESS CASH ONATION.
>>HUELL: WHAT IS MOXY.
LOOK AT THIS ONE.
MOXIE ORIGINAL ELIXIR SINCE 1884.
WHAT'S THAT?
>> IT WAS ORIGINAL KNEE MARKETED AS A BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.
>>HUELL: A WHAT?
>> BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.
>>HUELL: BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.
WHAT DOES THIS TASTE LIKE?
>> WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TEST IT.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE A TASTING STAND SET UP.
LOOK AT THIS STUFF T GOES ON AND ON.
>> WE HAVE THIS HERE FROM THE CAROLINAS.
AN ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS CHERRY SODA WITH FLAVOR.
>>HUELL: LOOK AT THIS CHEERWINE.
>> MOST OF THE OLD SODAS ARE MADE FROM NATURAL INGREDIENTS.
>>HUELL: THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A DIET SODA.
THESE WERE PURE SUGAR AND OTHER THINGS.
>> MOST OF THEM ARE MADE WITH SUGAR.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THE DELAWARE PUNCH.
IT'S ON THE TOP.
I HAD A MAN HERE LAST SATURDAY FROM VIRGINIA.
HE SAID I WANT TO SEE IF THIS IS AS GOOD AS I REMEMBER.
HE OPENED IT UP AND SAID IT'S AS GOOD AS I REMEMBER.
>>HUELL: WOW.
>> IT'S REALLY A GOOD ONE.
THAT'S OWNED BY COCA-COLA BUT THEY DON'T PACK IT IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY TRIED TO PUT IT IN PLASTIC AND CANS, THEY HAD PROBLEMS STABILIZING THE FLAVOR AND IT HAD A TERRIBLE TASTE.
>>HUELL: SO THEY MAKE IT IN MEXICO IN GLASS BOTTLES.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE CUSTOMERS COMEINGING IN HERE.
THEY HEAR ABOUT THIS AND THEY COME IN LOOKING FOR THEIR OLD FAVORITES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE THEM.
WE HAVE EIGHT CREAMS FROM NEW YORK, ORIGINAL PACKERS FROM BROOKLYN.
WE HAVE THE AJ STEVENS FROM BOSTON AND THE LINE RICKY AND I HAVE FROSTY IN A CHERRY LIME AID.
>>HUELL: LET'S PULL THAT OUT.
LOOK AT THIS.
ORIGINAL GREEN RIVER FROM... >> CHICAGO.
>>HUELL: PEOPLE FROM CHICAGO WOULD KNOW ABOUT GREEN RIVER.
PEOPLE LIKE ME ORIGINALLY FROM TENNESSEE WOULD KNOW ABOUT SUN DROP.
THESE WERE VERY REGIONAL DRINKS.
>> YES.
>> THINGS LIKE THIS VERNORS.
PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST SODA POPS MADE.
YOU BUY IT IN CANS AND IT HAS A TERRIBLE TASTE, IT DOESN'T TASTE THE SAME.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PACKAGE.
>>HUELL: THE BOTTLES.
>> THE BOTTLES.
>>HUELL: WHERE ARE OUR CUSTOMERS.
LADIES COME AROUND HERE.
WE HAVE HAD THEM IN WAITING HERE.
COME UP HERE.
HERE'S A LADY SMILING FROM EAR-TO-EAR BECAUSE UP FOUND WHAT?
>> KNEE HIGH PEACH SODA POP.
>>HUELL: WHERE IS IT.
>> IN THE GLASS BOTTLE.
>>HUELL: YOU BROUGHT THIS TO SHOW US THE DIFFERENCE.
HERE IS KNEE HIGH PEACH IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE.
>> I GET THIS IN MISSISSIPPI.
YOU CAN GET KNEE HIGH PEACH SODA IN MISSISSIPPI BUT ONLY IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE OR A CAN AND IT DOESN'T TASTE THE SAME.
WHEN I GREW UP WE GOT IT IN A GLASS BOTTLE AND IT'S SO MUCH DIFFERENT.
IT'S LIKE, IT BROUGHT BACK SO MANY FOND MEMORIES.
I GO DOWN SOUTH AND LOOK HARD FOR IT.
IT'S HARD TO FIND IN MISSISSIPPI.
YOU CAN'T FIND IT.
>>HUELL: YOU FOUND IT HERE IN HIGHLAND PARK.
>> YES, LOCALLY.
I'M SHOPPING, SHOPPING, SHOPPING.
>>HUELL: YOU CAN ONLY DRINK SO MANY OF THESE, YOU KNOW.
>> >>NOAH: I HAVE AN AUNT THAT WANTS SOME TOO.
I TOLD HER ABOUT IT.
>>HUELL: IS THIS NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO GET TURNED ON LIKE.
THIS >> ABSOLUTELY.
PEOPLE SMILE WALKING DOWN THIS ISLE.
>>HUELL: HAVE YOU FOUND ANYTHING ELSE HERE THAT -- YOU JUST ZEROED IN ON THE KNEE HIGH PEACH.
>> I ZEROED IN HERE.
I ALSO FOUND, AS I WAS LOOKING DOWN THE ISLE I FOUND VERNOR'S GIN GOER ALE.
IN THE GLASS BOTTLE, I'M GETTING THAT TODAY.
>>HUELL: PULL THAT OUT FOR US.
HERE ITS HERE.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER LADY.
>> I'M MICKEY.
>>HUELL: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
>> RED ROCK.
>>HUELL: HERE ITS.
TELL US THE STORY ABOUT RED ROCK GOLDEN GINGER ALE.
>> I GREW UP IN GEORGIA AND HI THIS MY WHOLE LIFE.
IT HAS A BITE TO IT.
EVEN WHEN WE WERE KIDS WE DRANK IT AND LOVED THE PAIN.
IT WAS GREAT.
>> OH, DO I HAVE PAIN.
INVITE YOUR ENEMIES OVER.
>> I HAVE THAT ONE.
>>HUELL: YOU LIKE PAIN, DON'T YOU.
>> IT'S SO GOOD.
IT'S SO DIFFERENT AND UNIQUES.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN ARTICULATE WHAT IT'S LIKE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO TRY IT.
IT'S UNLIKE ANY GINGER ALE YOU HAVE HAD.
>>HUELL: ARE YOU A GINGER ALE PERSON?
>> VERNOR'S.
>> I'M GOING TO BUY ONE OF THESE TODAY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF THESE IN A LONG TIME.
IT TASTES DIFFERENT FROM MICHIGAN TO CALIFORNIA EVEN IN THE CAN.
IT'S SUPPOSE TO MAKE YOUR NOSE DO SOME STUFF.
>>HUELL: IS THAT WHAT THESE OLD DRINKS DO?
>> I THINK, I THINK SO.
IT'S JUST FAN TAFRT I CAN.
>>HUELL: WOW.
WHO WOULD OF EVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE THIS MUCH EXCITEMENT ABOUT SOFT DRINKS THAT WE ALL GREW UP DRINKING.
>> I MEAN IT MAKES ME SPEECHLESS.
I COME IN HERE AND I'M ALL SMILES.
I BRING LOTS OF FOLKS, MY CREDIT CARD.
>>HUELL: YOU TAKE CREDIT CARDS, DON'T YOU.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: NOW, JOHN, WE HAVE MOVED TO 3A., WE HAVE FOUND THESE, THESE ARE NOT THE OLD DRINKS.
THESE ARE NEW DRINKS.
>> YES.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE THESE.
THESE ARE ALL SOUR SODAS.
THIS IS INTERESTING.
LOOK AT THIS.
>>HUELL: THIS ONE.
KAVA SUTRA.
LOOK AT THIS ONE.
ATOMIC GREEN TANGERINE.
>> THEY LOVE THEM.
THESE ARE ALL MAXIMUM CAFFEINE, MAXIMUM GARANA.
>>HUELL: BRAINALIZER, REJUVENIZER.
BERRY BOMB, ROOTBEER RIOT.
WHAT'S ON THE BOTTOM?
>> WE HAVE THE BRAIN WASH.
THESE ARE HOT WITH CHILI PEPPERS.
IT'S A HOT SODA.
PEOPLE ASK IF WE HAVE CHILI SODA, YES THE BRAIN WASH. >>HUELL: ARE THESE SAFE?
>> THEY'RE SAFE, I WOULDN'T MAKE A DAILY HABIT OF IT.
>>HUELL: THEY GET THE HYPED UP FULL OF CAFFEINE?
>> YES.
FULL OF CAFFEINE AND GARANA.
>>HUELL: WHAT?
>> GARANA, A CAFFEINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
WE HAVE THEM IN IMPORTS DOWN HERE.
THIS ONE HERE , THIS IS A GARANA DRINK FROM BRAZIL AND WE HAVE THIS ONE H.THESE ARE POPULAR IN BRAZIL.
YOU HAVE THEM FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
>>HUELL: I THINK I MAY OF HEARD OF JOLT.TWICE THE CAFFEINE.
>> YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF BUTTERSCOTCH HAM SODA.
>>HUELL: WHAT'S THAT?
>> IT'S A BUTTERSCOTCH SODA WITH HEMP FLAVOR IN THREE FLAVORS.
>>HUELL: WOW.
HERE ARE THE FANTA ORANGE DRINKS FROM MEXICO IN THE ORIGINAL BOTTLES.
>> YES.
WE EVEN HAVE THE YOLI, IT'S A LEMON LIME.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD LOOKING FOR THE SODAS THEY GREW UP WITH.
>> YES.
WE ALSO HAVE AFRA COAL A.
>>HUELL: FROM?
>> GERMANY.
>> THIS IS A GERMAN COLA.
IT'S DRYER.
MOST OF THE EUROPEAN SODAS ARE DRYER.
>>HUELL: WHAT'S THIS , THIS IS LIKE A BEER BOTTLE.
>> THESE ARE FROM AUSTRALIA.
>>HUELL: AUFT RAIL YA.
>> YES.
>> THEY HAVE INTERESTING FLAVORS LIKE PEACHS AND PEARS AND BURG END EE.
>>HUELL: YES.
GINGER BEER.
>> YES.
THIS HAS HOPPS, SAME HOPPS AS IN BEER.
IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
>>HUELL: THEY'RE NONALCOHOLIC.
>> ALL OF THEM.
>>HUELL: WHAT'S THIS COLA CHAMPAGNE?
>> THAT'S INTERESTING IT'S FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
IT SAYS COLA AND A GOLD COLOR.
>>HUELL: THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> IT'S A CREAM SODA.
>>HUELL: IT'S CALLED COLA CHAMPAGNE.
>> YES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
I WILL FIND OUT.
>>HUELL: WHAT ABOUT THESE?
>> THESE ARE FROM MEXICO.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE LOTS OF MEXICAN DRINKS HERE.
WOULD I THINK SOMEONE GROWING UP IN MEXICO AS A CHILD DRANK THE FANTA'S OUT OF THE BOTTLE.
THEY'RE MAINLY IN CANS NOW AND PLASTIC CONTAINERS.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>>HUELL: WHAT IS IT ABOUT GLASS THAT MAKES THE DRINKS TASTE SO MUCH DIFFERENT?
>> WHEN YOU OPEN THE BOTTLE AND YOU TASTE IT, YOU TASTE THE FLAVOR FROM THE FIRST SIP.
IT'S NOT LIKE DRINKING FROM PLASTIC.
YOU DRINK FROM PLASTIC IT TAKES 5 OZ.
INTO IT BEFORE YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE DRINKING.
THE FIRST SIP IS LAST AND I CAN IT'S A DEAD TASTE.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT.
SMOER BETTER, NOT NECESSARILY SO.
>>HUELL: LET'S PUT THIS ONE BACKUP.
THIS GOES ON AND ON.
WHAT ELSE IS DOWN HERE?
>> WE HAVE THE ITALIAN ONES, OF COURSE.
>>HUELL: ITALIAN.
>> YES.
THOSE ARE 15% FRUIT JUICE.
MOST OF THE FRUIT IS FROM SICILY.
>>HUELL: WHAT ARE THESE?
>> THE SAME AS THE WATER.
THIS IS THE INTERESTING ONE.
IT SAYS ON THERE IT'S A CITRUS BASED DRINK.
THIS HAS A LITTLE QUANINE AND I WAS LEAD TO BELIEVE IT HAD A LITTLE ARTICHOKE IN IT.
>>HUELL: ARTICHOKE.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: THESE ARE OLD RECIPES FROM THESE APPROXIMATE MOM AND POP COMPANIES.
HOW MANY AT ONE TIME.
>> 3500 JUST IN THE UNITED STATES.
>>HUELL: THESE ARE OLD FAMILY RECIPES FROM LOCALIZED SODAS STILL BEING USED TODAY.
>> STILL MANUFACTURED SOMEWHERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THEM.
>>HUELL: HOW DO YOU FIND THEM?
>> IT'S INTERESTING.
ONCE YOU GET INVOLVED IN IT, IT LEADS FROM ONE TO ANOTHER.
I REMEMBER ONE OF THE EARLY ONES I FOUND WAS DAD'S ROOTBEER.
FROM THERE I FOUND DELAWARE PUNCH.
THEN YES THIS IS AVAILABLE AND THAT'S AVAILABLE.
NOW I FOUND MONDAY HAT AN SPECIAL.
IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING IT OUT HERE.
>>HUELL: TO THE STORE.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: I IMAGINE WHEN YOU GET IT TO THE STORE THE WORD SPREADS.
>> YES.
PEOPLE COME IN AND ASK FOR DIFFERENT BRANDS.
IT'S A MATTER OF TRACKING THEM DOWN.
SCHEPPS BITTER LEMON IS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES STILL BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE PACKER IN PENNSYLVANIA.
THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH CAN I BUY K I DO THIS AND THAT.
IT TAKES TIME.
IT'S NOT A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS.
IT MAY TAKE SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS TO A YEAR.
I WILL DO IT THOUGH.
>>HUELL: NOW, I RAN INTO CHUCK TAKING PICTURES OF US THIS MORNING.
YOU'RE A REGULAR HERE, WHAT DO YOU BUY WHEN YOU COME INTO THE STORE?
>> DAD'S OLD FASHIONED ROOT BEER AND ORANGE CRUSH AND THOSE THINGS YOU CAN'T GET ANYMORE.
>>HUELL: YOU CAN GET THEM.
>> YOU CAN GET THEM HERE.
>>HUELL: THEY TASTE LIKE THEY TASTED?
>> YES.
THEY DO.
>>HUELL: THEY HAVE THE SAME -- >> A LONG TIME AGO, YES VERY GOOD.
>>HUELL: THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME HERE.
DID YOU GET GOOD PICTURES TODAY?
>> YES, I DID.
>>HUELL: WHY WERE YOU SPECIFICALLY HERE TO TAKE A PICTURE TO DIE?
>> THE OWNER MENTIONED THIS TO ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
>>HUELL: THAT WE WOULD BE HERE.
>> I WANTED TO MEET THANK YOU AND I WANTED TO SEE WHAT LOUIE LOOKS LIKE.
I HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT HIM.
>>HUELL: YOU'RE TAKING PICTURES OF LOUIE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
NO I WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THE YO LADIES.
>>HUELL: HERE THEY ARE HERE.
WE HAVE THIS ALL SET UP.
YOU HAVE THE ROOT BEER SIGN AND MOXIE TEE SHIRT AND THE OLD COKE BOX HERE.
NOW WE GET DOWN TO THE FUN PART.
SO, YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN UP AND DRINK THE KNEE HIGH.
YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE BEDROCK.
DO WE HAVE -- WE HAVE DAD'S FOR YOU CHUCK.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
>> I'M GAME.
ANYTHING IS GOOD.
THEY'RE ALL GOOD.
>>HUELL: STEVEN'S ERAS BERRY.
WE HAVE TO USE A CHURCH KEY ON THESE.
YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A CHURCH KEY IS.
THAT'S WHAT WHEN HE TO OPEN UP SOFT DRINKS AND BEER WITH, SOFT DRINKS I WAS ALWAYS OPENING UP.
SO, WE CAN OPEN UP WITH OUR CHURCH KEYS.
IS THAT A TWIST 1234EU6R7B8G9S SOME ARE TWIST.
>>HUELL: REALLY.
>> SOME OF THEM.
NOT ALL IT HAD THEM.
ARE YOU KIDDING, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE ONE OF THESE.
>>HUELL: YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE A CHURCH KEY.
>> I'M TEASING.
>>HUELL: JOHN, WE'RE OLD.
>> I KNOW.
>>HUELL: YOU'VE GOT ME A BOTTLE OF THIS BLINDHIME GINGER ALE.
THE STUFF THAT'S GOING TO KNOCK MIFF SOCKS OFF WHEN I OPEN IT UP.
>> I HOPE YOU DON'T CHOKE.
>>HUELL: ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THU.
WANT TO INVITE YOUR ENEMIES OVER.
LET'S TAKE A SIP, EVERYBODY.
HERE'S TO THE OLD FASHIONED WAY OF DOING THINGS.
>>HUELL: BOY, THAT'S GOOD THOUGH.
>> ISN'T IT.
>>HUELL: UM...
I'VE NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE.
>> YOU'RE TURNING RED.
>>HUELL: IT HAS AN AFTER TASTE TO IT.
WOW, IT'S HOT.
OOH, LOOK AT HER.
LOOK AT THIS LADY.
GET A SHOT OF THIS.
THIS IS A PICTURE, PUT IT BESIDES YOUR FACE.
IS THIS AN AD FOR KNEE HIGH.
TAKES YOU BACK TO CHILDHOOD.
>> OH, YOU HAVE NO CLUE.
>>HUELL: TAKES YOU BACK?
>> I HAVEN'T HAD THIS SINCE I WAS LITTLE.
>>HUELL: TAKES YOU BACK.
>> TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
>>HUELL: THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.
NOW YOU HAVE TO TRY YOURS.
THE SUN DROP.
>>HUELL: THAT TAKES ME BACK TO MY GOOD OLD DAYS.
THAT'S THE JOY AND WONDER OF WHAT ALL OF THIS IS ABOUT.
>> YES IT IS.
IT BRINGS YOU BACK TO THE ORIGINAL FLAVORS AND THINGS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG.
THE FATHERS AND MEMORIES COME BACK WHEN YOU DRINK IT.
IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM TODAY.
IT'S NOT COMMODITY, IT'S FLAVOR.
REAL FLAVOR.
>>HUELL: THIS IS HISTORY.
THIS IS FAMILY.
THESE ARE MEMORIES.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>>HUELL: THESE ARE THINGS YOU CAN ALMOST LITERALLY TOUCH AND FEEL WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PUT THIS BOTTLE TO YOUR MOUTH AND TASTE THESE OLD TASTES THAT WE HAVE TASTED SO MANY TIMES SO MANY YEARS AGO.
I'M TEARING UP JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
ACTUALLY I'M NOT TEARING UP TALKING ABOUT IT.
I'M TEARING UP BECAUSE OF THIS STUFF HERE.
I'VE GOT TO KILL THAT TASTE WITH A SUN DROP.
UM... NOW THAT'S A SOFT DRINK, A SUN DROP FOR MY YOUNG DAYS IN TENNESSEE.
WE'VE HAD AN WONDERFUL TIME HERE.
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
WE MIGHT POINT OUT THEY'RE NOT CHEAP.
THEY'RE MADE IN LIMITED NUMBERS AND YOU HAVE TO SHIP THEM TO GET THEM.
>> YES FROM THE CAROLINAS AND FROM ALL OVER COUNTRY AND WORLD.
>>HUELL: THEY'RE WORTH EVERY PENNY.
>> THINK SO.
>>HUELL: I KNOW THEY ARE TO YOU.
>> I'M LOADING UP ON THE SUN DROP.
IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL DAY IN HIGHLAND PARK.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO VISIT TO EITHER RETOUCH WITH YOUR YOUTH, DAYS PAST OR TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE WONDERFUL OLD AND NEW FLAVORS COMING OUT.
EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BIG AND MASS PRODUCED.
THE LITTLE SOFT DRINK, SOME OF IT VERY OBSCURE ARE STILL A LIVE AND WELL HERE IN HIGHLAND PARK.
WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL DAY.
CHEERS.
>> CHEERS.
>> CHEERS.
>>HUELL: HERE WE GO, NOTHING BEATS A SUN DROP.
NOTHING.
NOTHING.
>> IT'S THE KNEE HIGH.
>> NOW MOXIE, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD FROM 1884.
THIS ONE FIRST CAME FROM BOSTON.
UP PROBABLY FOUND IT IN THE DICTIONARY.
IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE IF YOU HAVE TWO MOXIES YOU'RE TOUGH AND STRONG TO DRINK IT.
>>HUELL: IS THAT WHERE THE WORD MOXIE CAME FROM?
>> YES.
IT'S THE ONLY SODA POP IN THE DICTIONARY.
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