{"id":4164,"date":"2012-05-23T21:18:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T01:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2012-05-23T21:18:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T01:18:50","slug":"wacky-wednesdays-bum-bums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4164","title":{"rendered":"Wacky Wednesdays – Bum Bums!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For this week’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays, we turn our attention to 1974’s Wacky Packages Series 6, and Bum Bums, the parody of Nabisco Confections’ Pom Poms.<\/p>\n

Pom Poms have been around at least since the 1940’s, and along with Sugar Babies and Junior Mints, were originally a part of the Welch’s family of candies.\u00a0 By the 1970’s, however, all of the Welch’s candy brands had become a part of Nabisco Confections, and that’s when this parody sticker hit shelves.<\/p>\n

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Bum Bums - from Topps' Wacky Packages Series 6 - 1974<\/p><\/div>\n

Bum Bums is a fine parody, though there’s not as much direct word-play across all the elements of the package. \u00a0 I do especially like the “The candy that’s good to handout” line.<\/p>\n

I have a Pom Poms box from the era that is very close to what was used as the basis for Bum Bums, though my box does not have a horizontal line of text in red, so mine might be earlier, or a bit later.<\/p>\n

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Nabisco - Pom Poms candy box - early-to-mid-1970's<\/p><\/div>\n

Not long after this, by 1976 or 1977, Pom Poms underwent a significant packaging redesign, so this look was already on the way out by the time it was parodied.\u00a0 Here’s a look at the design that followed:<\/p>\n

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Nabisco - Pom Poms - candy box - mid-to-late 1970's<\/p><\/div>\n

Pom Poms are still around today, though now they’ve been brought closer together with their long-time sister candies, Junior Mints;\u00a0 Pom Poms are now known as Junior Caramels.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything for today’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays.\u00a0 See you back here tomorrow for more fun!<\/p>\n

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