- We're about to try 90 year old dog food.
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat music)
- Good Mythical Morning.
- Today we're tasting nostalgia.
Rhett tell them about nostalgia tastes like.
- Apparently 90 year old dog food.
- Yup, we have that.
But we also got a lineup of other discontinued snacks
that we scavenged from eBay.
And I'm pretty excited about some of these,
but others not so much.
- Like the 90 year old dog food?
- Yeah.
That's one of them.
We're gonna find out,
why people hang on to this stuff for so long.
And if that means it should come back.
It's time for, to be discontinued
more, more, more snacks edition.
- All right we're gonna taste these discontinued snacks
and decide if the company should either
bring it back or nah that's whack.
- Yeah first up,
we got our most recently discontinued snack.
He's mean, he's green
and while he doesn't want to share his swamp,
he'll sure share a cereal.
- He'll sure share it.
- This is Shrek cereal discontinued on May 1st, 2005.
2005.
We paid $14 for this. - Hey that's a good deal
- This particular cereal was used to
promote the second Shrek movie, Shrek the Sequel?
- Why isn't called Shrek 2 cereal then.
- I was hoping it'd be more to the cereal.
It's a lot of white pellets.
- All right.
So this is basically is there some
some sweetened corn puffs cereal?
We got marshmallows and the shapes of Shrek.
Of course the Donkey, Princess Fiona, Puss in Boots,
Gingerbread man, and a magical potion bottle.
Link I know that pouring milk
is your kinda your thing.
So if you could do that,
I feel like I can't proceed until you do that.
- Yeah, yeah.
Go for it.
- 2005. Okay.
15 years ago, is this safe?
It doesn't have much of the Wade Boggs smell to it.
- Started off with a little dink
and a lot of sink.
- Oh,
(background laughter)
the Wade Boggs really comes through
as you bite it,
it's just like the Wade Boggs is inside.
Those of you who are confused,
you haven't watched the show a lot.
We once ate something from Wade Boggs.
The first time we ever did this,
it was very old.
Has a very distinct smell.
We're going to keep referencing that
- He's a baseball player.
He had a beard.
- I don't think I should swallow this.
- I already have.
It's not that bad to me. I mean, yeah.
It tastes like, old packing peanuts,
I mean, it's a Shrek cereal.
What this guy is, prides himself
on being gross right?
Maybe, it started that way.
And that's the genius in it.
- It should be something
that an ogre would eat,
not an homage to the whole movie
and all his characters.
It should be something.
Cause this is just some kind of lame
lucky charms kinda situation.
- They actually made it taste nasty,
but it doesn't look,
it's not fun nasty,
It's just nasty, nasty.
But if you remove the, expired part of it,
that critique still applies
and leaves us. - I don't really follow
but I think I'm on the same page.
- Even if it tasted good.
It's a big missed opportunity.
- That.
- so nah Shrek cereal.
(laughs)
- You wanna say that?
- [Both] Shrek cereal, nah, that's whack.
(laughs)
- Next up we got Heinz purple,
EZ squirt ketchup discontinued in 2001.
This one is a special edition
for the Jim Carrey version
of the Grinch.
Now this expired in 2003,
even though it was discontinued in 2001,
because ketchup apparently lasts about two years.
- Now, but is this, just ketchup because it's purple.
- We paid, hold on.
We paid $99 for this.
$99 y'all.
- What.
- That's the market.
- Well I'm glad it's not.
- That's what the market dictates.
- Ingredients say,
Heinz Tomato Ketchup, and then coloring.
I feel like we've talked about,
we've visited this concept before
and discussed the.
- Purple ketchup I don't remember.
- Are kids afraid of red ketchup?
I mean, kids always, the kids like ketchup.
- No kids are not afraid of red ketchup,
but kids are intrigued by different kinds of ketchup.
In fact, the EZ squirt line
was so successful.
- Its not easy.
- They sold more than 25 million bottles
of colored ketchup,
because they did multiple,
there was a Shrek one as well,
speaking of Shrek.
And they, it helped Heinz capture
an all time high of 60% of the U.S.
ketchup market.
- So it worked.
- Yeah. But then people,
eventually kids were like,
ah, we figured it out.
It's just colored ketchup.
And they pulled it in 2006.
- Cause I mean.
- So this is a legitimate question.
Heinz, do you need to bring this back?
We're about to find out
we're going to eat some old ketchup
and tell you.
- The purple is gone.
- It kinda just looks like chocolate.
- It's just.
- It looks like chocolate to my eye.
- I'm a bit reeling from the Shrek in my belly.
- Why did we put a whole spoonful of Shrek cereal?
That's 15 years old. Like, why did we start there?
- And when it was in my mouth.
- We didn't stop each other
that's what we're here for.
- Well, we dinked it instead.
I think if you're gonna stop
you can't dink,
It's like, that's the moment.
- Once you dink, you just can't stop.
- Our dinks have gotten too jaded.
I need to mean, are we sure we want to do this?
- It smells like ketchup.
- Dink it.
- And sink it.
- I did not do what you did.
- It's very.
- Tangy, like in a good way.
Like it got better.
- I was gonna say putrid.
- No, no.
Something about the vinegar.
- Yeah It's fermented.
- Yeah
I like things like,
I like sauerkraut.
- You almost grabbed my thumb, grab my thumb.
- I like sauerkraut.
I like fermented things, I like Kefir.
- Now only for adults now.
Adult EZ squirt
that's what should happen sunshine.
So Heinz EZ squirt adult version.
- [Both] Bring it back.
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we got a couple of discontinued Pepsi flavors,
pride of the Carolinas.
- Yeah.
- We got Tropical Chill
and Strawberry Burst.
Now these are from 1991,
29 year old beverages.
- I was, around in 1991.
So were you.
- That's an understatement.
You should've seen me in 91. - We were friends.
And what I did quite often.
And you were in the Carolinas
and we believed in the pride
of the Carolinas,
and I do not remember. - Do not remember.
- Either of these. - Either of these.
- Slipped under the radar. - Existing.
What was I gonna say?
We paid. - How much we paid?
- We paid $20 for this. - $20.
- Here's the thing,
I really liked the color of that one too.
- I like the color of that one.
Let's trade.
- See, I think, what people do is
they put these on display
and they like to collect vintage stuff.
But what we do is we buy it
consume it get sick.
- Let's do it at the same time,
I could see you going for it,
I just want to make sure we did it.
- Cause you.
- I wanna see the dust.
- Okay, okay.
Okay the dust come out. - three
- [Both] Two, one.
- Dust.
- Oh there's fizz.
- It's still carbonated or carbon dated.
- There's still fizz.
- All right.
- It smells like Pepsi.
- I don't smell any.
- Look at that,
look, look, look at the carbonation.
- Look at that.
Look at the head on that Pepsi.
- Look at the head on that Pepsi.
- And now let's switch cans.
- Uh-oh now we're gonna get confused.
- this is gonna be really confused, all right.
I'ma drink the Tropical Chill so should you.
- Oh!
(laughs hysterically)
- What is that taste?
- It's can,
it's can.
- Uh-oh.
- It's can.
- Oh no.
All I can taste is can.
- Yeah and you know what We just determined?
That Pepsi Can flavored is something that.
(both laugh)
should never happen.
- I tasted nothing other than can,
so I can't make a determination about this
- Tropical Chill...
I really like the color scheme of that.
That's the only thing going for it.
- Who cares about
color scheme? - Oh gosh.
- When it comes to soda. - Oh gosh.
I feel horrible.
- Sorry.
Tropical chill and strawberry burst Pepsi.
- [Both] Nah that's whack.
- And we tried a Gatorade burrito
hoping it would keep us hydrated.
It did not.
So what about Gatorade Gator gum?
I remember this.
- Yes.
- We were able to attain one single piece of Gator gum,
which was discontinued all the way back in 1989.
And we paid $75 for one piece of gum y'all.
- $75 .
- One piece of gum.
- For this.
- One piece of gum.
- This is what I was most excited about
because I remember.
- Oh yeah middle school men.
- Back in the soccer, recreation soccer days.
- And we thought that it was hydrating us.
- I was looking for any edge
to figure out how to like
get some sort of endurance.
- I see that guy just put some
Gator gum in uh-oh
listen.
- I think, I didn't know how to breathe.
- Here's some science for you.
According to the International Chewing Gum Association,
which is a thing chewing gum is very stable
because it's low in moisture
and non-reactive therefore gum is not required
by law to have an expiration date.
So this does not have an expiration date,
meaning?
- Old and unexpired.
- It's gonna be like going right back to 1989.
- Now I'ma have to go forensic on this.
- Yeah, you gotta keep that wrapper.
I mean that wrapper's at least
$50 worth of this situation.
- I can tell that there's brown nodules in it.
- We might need to contact
the International Chewing Gum Association
and tell them that this gum has expired.
(laughs)
It has...
I do not remember brown parts in my Gator gum.
- You know what we've discovered
- Back in the day?
- I mean, it's rusted.
- Now the reason I pulled this knife out
is if you start to die
I'm just gonna end it for you.
(both laugh)
really quickly. No,
actually I'm gonna cut it in half.
- Okay.
- Shield yourself.
- It's Interesting where you're putting your hand.
Ah, that seemed easier.
- You see that?
- Now, you giving me the side that has the.
- Yeah, I'm the one on the side
that's got the mold on it.
- part of the label on it.
$75.
- It smells just,
it smells just like Gator gum.
- I remember what it tasted like.
- Gatorade.
- It was, very concentrated.
- Yeah, it was like the.
you can get the powder for Gatorade
and just yeah.
Not as tangy as I wanted it to be.
- I still taste the more you eat it.
- The essence.
- Oh no. Put it in your mouth.
Just go for it.
- Look how many brown spots are on it.
- But it tastes just like nostalgia.
- Okay, I'll take your word for it.
(laughs)
I'll take your word for it.
- This needs to come back though,
and I'm telling you why. - Yeah I completely agree.
- Because I don't want to keep having
to eat $75 old pieces off eBay.
Cause now am re hooked on this.
- Yeah, if you bring it back,
the price will go down. That's the economy.
- I once scored two goals.
Tell'em Rhett.
- with his left foot.
- In one game.
- All because of?
- My right foot.
- Gator gum was what you were supposed to.
- Gator gum.
- Cause that was the commercial.
But now you screwed it up.
- Gator gum.
- [Both] Bring it back.
- [VOICE] So good.
- Now we come to the oldest snack
we have ever tried on this show.
It's dehydrated dog food from 1930.
- Using the term snack
pretty loosely here.
(laughs)
- So we paid $60 for this brown paper coated can?
is there a can in there?
- I believe that there is a can in here
and then they, yeah,
they use this like cardboard top to it.
First of all,
this is in excellent condition.
I just, I don't know how I feel
about opening this.
- Well that's what we do, man.
Interesting tidbit here
in the twenties and thirties,
canned dog foods started becoming a thing,
but only for rich people, because most people,
they would just feed their dogs,
scraps like leftovers
from what they were eating.
But if you were highfalutin
and you wanted to like break out
a sophisticated meal for your dog.
- It works differently than other cans.
- Is it that you don't know
how to use the can opener?
- No It doesn't have a lip to grip.
- I think maybe you rip.
- There okay, I got it now.
- Oh maybe, I think you should rip off the paper first.
- Yeah this can opener is made for modern cans.
- And I think people are selling this stuff
for 60 bucks on eBay,
so that they can like put it in
like the ripoff Cracker Bales
or something, you know?
It's like, this is set deck at this point.
Oh my gosh. There's no, freaking.
- It's all cardboard.
That's why it wasn't working.
Oh gosh it's just, I mean, look at that.
It is just sand.
- Dirt. Come here, boy.
Come here, boy.
You want some dirt?
You wanna eat some sand?
- Oh look. Speaking of dust, man,
I gotta, get my mug away from it.
- Don't breathe that in.
Turn on, the vent.
Waft it.
- It smells like the dirt
that is around Wade Boggs' body.
(background laughter)
Is he dead?
- Let's mix it up.
Cause it's, you don't eat it like this,
you add water to it, oh.
- Okay.
- You wanna pour water as well?
- You do the mixing, I'll do the.
- Pouring water also your thing?
- I don't wanna do too much here.
- Okay. That's enough.
- Give that a nice whisk.
- That was maybe too much.
It's almost like it has developed a repellent quality.
Like, look, it is not,
it is totally not mixing
like the water it's mixing with it,
but it's not taking on any of the water.
- My dog Tucker growing up, I'd feed him Gravy Train.
And you know, you would, you'd make Gravy.
And I just felt like a chef.
I felt like I was really caring for my dog,
but then he died.
- [Stevie] Do you remember kibbles and bits,
kibbles and bits.
- I remember the commercial.
- Well, let me just, I, don't,
I know you probably can't tell
by looking at this on camera,
but it has not mixed with the water.
It's just like, if you literally,
if you put sand with water,
it's just water and that thing,
but it hasn't taken on.
- Yeah. It's like sawdust.
- It's over the years.
The many years that it's been
in that cardboard can,
it has lost its ability to bond with water.
I don't know what even what to conclude about that.
- Well, I think the conclusion pretty easy.
We don't need this.
Anyone's life.
- Hold on, but hold on.
I think we have to eat it in order
to determine.
- Dehydrated dog food.
- Hey, hold on Wade Boggs
is alive and he's very active on Twitter.
We just got the note.
- Sorry Wade.
- But you will die at some point.
I mean,
(background laughter)
I mean I'm not wishing it on you.
Did you get a good smell of it?
- Dehydrated dog food.
- [Both] Nah, that's whack.
- Okay so the only things
that we're going to bring back
apparently are Heinz's EZ Squirt Purple ketchup.
- For adults.
- And, Gatorade Gator gum,
which is the one I feel really,
Hey, Gatorade people y'all watching.
Y'all need to bring that back
because that was special.
- They're convinced.
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