Will & Grace, an episode during the 2003 season (we think).
Karen returns to work at Grace’s (after fighting with Grace and working for Jack) and Karen “pretends” to have been at the store, and says….
“Sorry I am late honey, that took forever []…. I got your TaB and Gee your hair smells terrific.”
Grace says in a stunned manner– “That *was* a long line, it started in like 1975.”
(“Devotees go far to keep tabs on diet pop,” The Columbus Dispatch, May 7, 2006 — by Ana Fisher)
Maybe you’re too young to remember Space Food Sticks and Shake-a Pudd’n.
That’s because those food fads, introduced around the summer of 1969, couldn’t attract the necessary long-term market share.
Consumerproduct companies don’t seem to mind. They just roll out the next crazy idea and hope it sticks long enough to make a profit to bankroll the next crazy idea.
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(“Dwindling supply has TaB fanatics searching everywhere for their cola,” Press of Atlantic City, May 7, 2006 — by Courtney McCann)
Lolly Yocum will travel to the ends of the earth in search of an endangered species: her beloved TaB soda.
The Lansdale, Pa., doll maker has a summer house in Little Egg Harbor Township, but she spends more time traveling the Garden State Parkway trolling for soft drinks than enjoying the summer sun.
“During the summer months, I go on TaB-buying journeys that take me from Manahawkin to Atlantic City looking for my beloved drink,� Yocum said. “No other drink can compare.�
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