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A Look Back At The Gum We All Hated, But Had To Buy Anyway

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In January 2013, Bazooka Joe Comics, which had been wrapped around every piece of Bazooka Joe gum for 58 years, are changing. The strange and sometimes off-color jokes are now being replaced with brain teasers.

“Instead of a cheesy joke,” Anthony Trani, Bazooka Candy Brands’ vice president of marketing, told The New York Times, “we wanted to have a fun, engaging activity for kids” that would ultimately, he later said, “make the brand relevant again.”

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I loved opening this comics as a kid, even if they were "cheesy". With that being said, let's take a look back at 58 years worth of Bazooka Joe and his rag-tag band of friends.

We've all been here.

Bazooka Joe Comics

I laughed at this a little bit.

MyComicShop.com

We all had friends like this growing up.

MyComicShop.com

Perfect kid logic.

MyComicShop.com

You'll laugh when you get it.

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This is 100% a dad joke.

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HA HA HA HA HA. Who hasn't thought of their pillow as a marshmallow at least once?

The Kingston Whig-Standard

My cakes probably wouldn't taste any better.

The Kingston Whig-Standard

So simple LOL.

dailymail.co.uk

The answer to the age old question, "what's in the special sauce?" Do you really want to know?

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We're hoping these have brought back some fond nostalgic memories for you, but we aren't done yet...

Nothing like an old-school mom joke.

The Topps Archives - blogger

Parents everywhere can relate.

The Topps Archives - RSSing.com

Not everything was a cheesy joke, they had some rap skills too.

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Victor Sells Out

Call the fire department, someone just got burned.

ComicsAlliance

Okay, some of the jokes were truly kinda cheesy.

nytimes.com
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Even I am a little confused by this one. Is that a baby with worries?

bazookajoecomics.com

And here comes another dad joke LOL.

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This probably wouldn't fly in today's world.

Paul's Voyage of Discovery & Etc.

What was your favorite thing about Bazooka Joe bubblegum? Did you collect the comics, or just toss them away to get at that gum?