{"id":5768,"date":"2012-08-09T12:37:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T16:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=5768"},"modified":"2012-08-09T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T16:37:41","slug":"who-loves-ya-baby-kojak-pops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=5768","title":{"rendered":"Who Loves Ya, Baby? – Kojak Pops!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For those under the age of 40, today’s post might seem a bit odd.\u00a0 But for those who remember Telly Savalas and his five-year-run on the acclaimed New York City detective show Kojak – today should be a treat.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The character of Police Lt. Theo Kojak became a 70’s pop-culture icon – he even had a catch-phrase, “Who loves ya, baby?”\u00a0 But today, I’ll be discussing the result of another thing Kojak was known for; his trademark lollipops.<\/p>\n

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Kojak and one of his trademark lollipops.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yes, this television detective was known for sometimes enjoying a lollipop on-screen.\u00a0 I’ve read that what he had on the show was actually a Tootsie Pop, though I don’t know if that was ever made clear to viewers.<\/p>\n

These days, seeing a television detective with eccentric habits might not seem that odd, but in the mid-1970’s, it was pretty unique.\u00a0 Television viewers were accustomed to seeing their on-screen detectives cast in a more standard, hard-nosed mold.\u00a0 To be clear though; Kojak may have enjoyed a sugary treat from time-to-time, but he was not to be messed with.\u00a0 This was one tough cop.<\/p>\n

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Kojak at the precinct.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kojak also enjoyed the occasional bubblegum.<\/p><\/div>\n

This unusual confectionery association, and the public’s fascination with it, would eventually lead to the release of Kojak-branded lollipops.<\/p>\n

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Four Star Candy Company – Kojak Pops – candy display box – 1975 – Courtesy John Gavula<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Unlike the Tootsie Pops that Kojak was actually enjoying on the show, Kojak Pops were a flat pop.\u00a0 Here’s an example of an actual wrapper from one that I added to my collection earlier this year:<\/p>\n

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Four Star Candy Company – Kojak Pops – cello candy wrapper – 1975<\/p><\/div>\n

Kojak was a show I grew up with, but beyond that I enjoyed Telly Savalas anytime I saw him on-screen (My favorite movie with Savalas is 1970’s Kelly’s Heroes.)<\/p>\n

I really dig the work of Savalas – so it’s fun to be able to address the man in a small way, through his unexpected association with candy.<\/p>\n

And there you have it – the brief tale of how the character of a tough New York City police detective became a sugary treat.<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For those under the age of 40, today’s post might seem a bit odd.\u00a0 But for those who remember Telly Savalas and his five-year-run on the acclaimed New York City detective show Kojak – today should be a treat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[317,379,321,316,328,351,332,14,324,78,333,505,153,21,15,504,506,348,11],"class_list":["post-5768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1970s","tag-1970s-candy","tag-70s-candy","tag-candy-collecting","tag-candy-collection","tag-candy-collector","tag-candy-wrapper-collection","tag-candy-wrapper-collector","tag-collectible","tag-collecting-candy","tag-confectionery","tag-confections","tag-kojak-candy","tag-licensed","tag-packaging","tag-sweets","tag-telly-savalas","tag-telly-savalas-candy","tag-vintage-candy-wrapper","tag-wrapper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2aFGk-1v2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5768"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5787,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions\/5787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}