All About Tubby Custard!
dust...@mindspring.com
Third word: Mmm?
That last one likely depends on how strongly you feel about kiddie TV's
Teletubbies. Not to mention how you committed you are to their lifestyle,
generally, and Tubby Custard, specifically.
Tubby Custard, billed as a "favorite food" of the waddling tube stars,
debuted this week in Burger King fast-food palaces in the United States and
Canada.
It's the first foray in what could become a vast Tubby food line. (Well,
maybe not all that vast. According to reps at the itsy bitsy Entertainment
Co., keepers of the Tubby flame in North America, Tinky Winky and crew
pretty much subsist on Tubby Custard and Tubby Toast. Beverages and/or Tubby
Gnocchi need not apply.)
In any case, Tubby Custard is here (selling for 69 cents, per 4-ounce tub,
at one New York City location)--and it's pink.
"I loved the Tubby Custard," a Netizen wrote on a Teletubby newsgroup
(alt.tv.teletubbies). "The pink color didn't bother me a bit (just what I
need another food to like)."
Now, the reason the custard is pink, itsy bitsy's director of marketing
Jaymi Horn explains, is because it's supposed to be pink. That's the way the
Tubby Custard machine makes it on the TV show, remember? (If you don't, just
go with it anyway--no trying to make sense of Tubbyland.)
The wonderful thing about Tubby Custard is--wouldn't you know?--it tastes
just like Tubby Custard, Horn explains.
And how exactly is that?
"It's delicious,"Horn says.
(Just go with it.)
A little digging (and sampling) reveals that Burger King's Tubby Custard
tastes quite a bit like Jell-O vanilla snack pudding. (Coinky-dink alert:
Jell-O is the official real-world manufacturer of Tubby Custard.)
According to the ingredients, Tubby Custard is mostly skim milk, water and
sugar--with a touch of Red 40 for color and sodium stearoyl lactylate for
that Tubby-smooth texture.
Tubby Custard is part of a six-week tie-in promotion with Burger King.
Through June 20, fans also can collect clip-on beanbag finger puppets (Tinky
Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po are all rendered in miniature form--as are
Noo-Noo, the vacuum cleaner, and Bunny, the rabbit). At select locations,
there are also Tubby-fied Chicken Tenders, which let you see what, say,
Dipsy would like like if Dipsy fell into a Burger King fryer vat.
While the puppets and other special items aren't long for this world, Tubby
Custard may survive on the menu, depending on customer response. So far, so
good. The snack's doing "great," Horn says.
"I think kids like the pink," she says. "It's a really bright, happy color."
Aesthetics aside, are the dumpy Tubbies the sort of body-image roll models
most diners aspire to?
Tubby size has nothing to do with it, Horn argues.
"The Teletubbies are...technological babies," she says. "They're babies.
They look like they have diapers."
And if that doesn't put you in the mood for Tubby Custard...
Mel Wright
sister move, and I wanted something quick. I saw the Tubby Custard advertised
on the side of the kids' meal bags, and I thought this should be interesting,
but there was no Tubby Custard inside. They got some gummy lifesaver packs
instead. They didn't care, but I was a bit disappointed. I'm nearly 30. How
pathetic is that? heh heh
Mel
Robnboy
>I feel gypped. I bought the kids BK last night because we were helping my
>sister move, and I wanted something quick. I saw the Tubby Custard
>advertised
>on the side of the kids' meal bags, and I thought this should be interesting,
>but there was no Tubby Custard inside. They got some gummy lifesaver packs
>instead. They didn't care, but I was a bit disappointed. I'm nearly 30.
>How
>pathetic is that? heh heh
>
>Mel
>
Not pathetic at all! I'm 38, and the only reason I go to BK is for the toys.
Or McDonalds or Wendy's for that matter.
--
"You don't understand. I've got seventeen real live fairies on stage!"
-Mae West-
Uncle Waltie
Robnboy wrote:
> Not pathetic at all! I'm 38, and the only reason I go to BK is for the toys.
> Or McDonalds or Wendy's for that matter.
You're 38?!?!!?? How recent is that picture of you on the photo page?
I would have guessed you were early 20s. You look really good for
being such an old fart!
-walt
--
"On second thought, just kill everyone that
annoys me that has the potential to breed."
Travis Hardison
<dust...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> One word: Tubby. Second word: Custard.
> Third word: Mmm?
>
> That last one likely depends on how strongly you feel about kiddie TV's
> Teletubbies. Not to mention how you committed you are to their lifestyle,
> generally, and Tubby Custard, specifically.
>
> Tubby Custard, billed as a "favorite food" of the waddling tube stars,
> debuted this week in Burger King fast-food palaces in the United States and
> Canada.
>
> It's the first foray in what could become a vast Tubby food line. (Well,
> maybe not all that vast. According to reps at the itsy bitsy Entertainment
> Co., keepers of the Tubby flame in North America, Tinky Winky and crew
> pretty much subsist on Tubby Custard and Tubby Toast. Beverages and/or Tubby
> Gnocchi need not apply.)
>
> In any case, Tubby Custard is here (selling for 69 cents, per 4-ounce tub,
> at one New York City location)--and it's pink.
On days when there are competing 99¢ specials between Wendy's, McD's
and BK, the Tubby Custard could well tip the balance for me. And I *want*
a Laa-Laa to sit atop my monitor.
- H - Wrong demographics for the Teletubbies, but a big fan nevertheless
"Tinky Winky was still sleeping; Dipsy was making adjustments; La La
was eating Tubbytoast...and no one knew what Po was doing."
And as always with these things, they repeat it three times, and the
third time they admit, "No one knew what Po was doing...but they really
liked it, so they did it, too." And then you've got all four of them
zooming around the interior of the great Teletubbies' Dome doing this
little dance that Po's been doing. They're just nuts. :-)
Uncle Waltie
FreeGratis wrote:
> Marianna
> who can *hardly* wait for new teenie beanies at McD's on May 21
They're doing those again? I remember trying to fulfill my in-laws
request to get them a full set last year. I've never been to so many
McDonalds in such a short amount of time. I ended up keeping one of
the little monkeys for myself. I ripped his tags off and he sits in my
backpack with his little beanie head sticking out.
-walt, who only ended up with two McDonalds furbies.
FreeGratis
>Not pathetic at all! I'm 38, and the only reason I go to BK is for the toys.
>
>Or McDonalds or Wendy's for that matter.
Oh! A kindred spirit! Thanks for validating me, Robnboy!
Meowmiao
>
>>I feel gypped. I bought the kids BK last night because we were helping my
>>sister move, and I wanted something quick. I saw the Tubby Custard
>>advertised
>>on the side of the kids' meal bags, and I thought this should be
>interesting,
>>but there was no Tubby Custard inside. They got some gummy lifesaver packs
>>instead. They didn't care, but I was a bit disappointed. I'm nearly 30.
>>How
>>pathetic is that? heh heh
Actually, the Tubby Custard costs extra, about 80 cents IIRC. The only reason
I know this is that I bought some yesterday!
And certainly nothing pathetic about your fondness for kid's meals. I always
buy them at fast food joints---for one thing, they're quite a bit cheaper, and
I collect the toys! I do get some rather odd looks when I plop down with my
tray and my little kiddie meal bag, but who gives a flimflam?? :)
~Meow
"You're an AMAZON, Meow!"
Meowmiao
a bizarre hybrid of vanilla pudding and those pink marshmallow chicks you can
buy around Easter. It's pretty good...I had to fight the urge to run back up
to the counter and shout "Again, again!"
RCLOVELY
>who can *hardly* wait for new teenie beanies at McD's on May 21
Heh Heh my son works there, I can get them faster than you can.
RC
LimeZinger
>and it's pink.
well, don't tell jerry falwell.. (wow, that was lame *and* predictable.)
sarah
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SEMACE
>-walt, who only ended up with two McDonalds furbies.
McDonalds did Furbies? I want one, I want one.
The teenie beanies they are giving away over here are a complete
nightmare...the first set of three (out of twelve) have been available for
weeks - people are going nuts for the next batch.
sarahe
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Robnboy
>I would have guessed you were early 20s. You look really good for
>being such an old fart!
>
>-walt
The picture is only two years old. I look the same now, although I recently had
the breast implants removed.
BlueEyes25
<uncle...@earthlink.net> writes:
>Robnboy wrote:
>
>> Not pathetic at all! I'm 38, and the only reason I go to BK is for the
>toys.
>> Or McDonalds or Wendy's for that matter.
>
>You're 38?!?!!?? How recent is that picture of you on the photo page?
>I would have guessed you were early 20s. You look really good for
>being such an old fart!
>
WOW, I thought you were younger too. I take back what I said about you being
to young for me. I'm too young for you, not to mention a female ;) .
Stacy from MD
Eastern Shore
suffering from sun burn after going to the air show at Dover AFB yesterday.
Darn my pale coloring.
Robnboy
is a stain in my bathtub, in the shape of Hurd Hatfield, that keeps looking
older with each passing year. Hmmm.
--
Uncle Waltie
Robnboy wrote:
> The picture is only two years old. I look the same now, although I recently had
> the breast implants removed.
Trust me, you don't need 'em.
-walt
UncaRobbie
>>You're 38?!?!!?? How recent is that picture of you on the photo page?
>>I would have guessed you were early 20s. You look really good for
>>being such an old fart!
>>
>>-walt
>
>The picture is only two years old. I look the same now, although I recently
>had the breast implants removed.
I have to tell you, Robin, that the seam in the wall behind your head in that
picture always gives the first impression that you're sporting an Alfalfa 'do.
It makes me laugh every time I check out the picture pages. : D
=Uncle Robbie
"...always at the forefront of fashion
and never afraid to be retro."
Robnboy
>picture always gives the first impression that you're sporting an Alfalfa
>'do.
>It makes me laugh every time I check out the picture pages. : D
>
>
>=Uncle Robbie
>"...always at the forefront of fashion
>and never afraid to be retro."
>
>
LOL That would be the quality wood panelling of the world-famous Waterloo
Station in San Diego. I had just won a dart tournament, and was drunk off my
ass.!
I do tend to sport an Alfalfa on a bad hair day, though. Actually, every day
is a bad hair day. I was once told by a lesbian that Dan Quayle would be proud
to own my hair. Bitch.
UncaRobbie
>I do tend to sport an Alfalfa on a bad hair day, though. Actually, every day
>is a bad hair day. I was once told by a lesbian that Dan Quayle would be
>proud to own my hair. Bitch.
Don't worry. You've got other assets that make up for it.