Brad Tries The State Fair

Sampling different oddities from the State Fair, including fried pickles, chocolate bacon, and alligator on a stick.

 

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  • 9/8/2010 10:20 PM Emptysquare wrote:
    Did I really just read the words. "Chocolate Bacon." and, "Fried Pickle?" Well, now I just have to watch it...
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    1. 9/8/2010 10:46 PM fmdof wrote:
      wow really? i can't go anywhere without seeing those delicious treats.
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  • 9/8/2010 10:39 PM Dominic wrote:
    Ah, the state fair, just crawling with some Brad tries opportunities heh. I remember trying chocolate bacon years ago, it was surprisingly good.
    Also I am just now realizing that Jillian is a lot like my girlfriend haha, least on camera.
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  • 9/8/2010 10:41 PM Gin wrote:
    That was amazing! It's true whenever Brad hates something it is so much more entertaining to see his disgusted reaction! Also, the ending of the video was wicked scary CRAZY ILLONOIS DRIVERS
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    1. 9/9/2010 1:05 AM Rob wrote:
      We are not crazy drivers! We're maniacal drivers!!!!! When we get road rage we wait til ur in ur bed asleep to slit your throat
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  • 9/8/2010 10:48 PM IMPYEMU wrote:
    Great episode, Brad.
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  • 9/8/2010 10:49 PM Ter wrote:
    I actually want to try the things on this brad tries!
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  • 9/8/2010 10:51 PM Sean wrote:
    That's why I even go to the fair. So I can try the crazy stuff they can think of.
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  • 9/8/2010 10:52 PM Mieville wrote:
    Unfortunately the place near me that did alligator also did springbok and I couldn't resist that springbok taste, damn I miss that place.
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  • 9/8/2010 10:53 PM Gary wrote:
    What the fuck happened at the end?!
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  • 9/8/2010 11:05 PM Dane wrote:
    Wow, what a way to end the video. Was that a hit and run like I first suspected, or was it a near miss?
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    1. 9/8/2010 11:33 PM Dane wrote:
      Do I have to change my name now or something. God Damnit....Steven P. then
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  • 9/8/2010 11:20 PM Creature SH wrote:
    With this title, I expected a bit more Godzilla style antics...

    Anyway, I have to say this now: For me, the really disgusting part of "Brad Tries" is usually not whatever the subject is, but the notion of sharing it between three or four people. Eargh!
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  • 9/8/2010 11:23 PM Anonymous wrote:
    You know Seth Rogen?
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  • 9/8/2010 11:31 PM Dane wrote:
    Cool video. I actually like pickles. Well, only sweet pickles. I can not find a restaurant that serves something other then Dill pickles. I can't stand Dill pickles. I just sent a e-mail to that person by the way. I hope that helps. Do my soda drinks next as payment!
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    1. 9/9/2010 12:54 AM HeartBurnKid wrote:
      People who eat sweet pickles are communists.
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  • 9/8/2010 11:44 PM Gunwild wrote:
    You guys didn't laugh at Jillian's Gingers Have No Souls joke! You're mean!

    Also good way to end the video. Unless someone was seriously hurt and we're all terrible, terrible people.
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  • 9/8/2010 11:53 PM Alexander wrote:
    I WANT YOUR SUNGLASSES BRAD! The exact kind I've been looking for for like a year. And I e-mailed the bot at Pepsi, I'll try the e-mail you provided this time.
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  • 9/9/2010 12:17 AM Mr. Saturn wrote:
    Man, I've never been to a state fair before. I really ought to go just to try out all the ridiculous food.
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  • 9/9/2010 12:34 AM Tranex wrote:
    For how often you get sick I would never share food with you! Love your work, though. Keep it up!
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  • 9/9/2010 1:01 AM mrwednesdaynight wrote:
    And the award for the most shocking ending to an internet review video goes to, Brad at the Fair. Seriously, that was the last thing I expected to see in this or any review of yours. It's good to see Chicago is well represented at the Illinois State Fair. Pigs and cows representing the rural part of the state, vehicular manslaughter representing the city. The fair has something for everybody.
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  • 9/9/2010 1:09 AM J.P. H wrote:
    Never take those shades off Brad. Ever. Even in Snob videos. Even while driving. There is no good reason to stop looking that cool.
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  • 9/9/2010 1:20 AM Adam wrote:
    Man, I wish I could try some gator! Also, I fuckin busted up laughing when you put in the Problem Child 2 puking scene! I can't remember how many times I watched that movie when I was a kid
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  • 9/9/2010 2:14 AM Lowkey wrote:
    Fried pickles taste...interesting if you eat just one, or two, but after that they start to leave a really bad taste in your mouth. I guess they sort of remind me of salt n vinegar chips, except the flavor is very overpowering. I normally love pickles (and salt n vinegar chips), but I'll never eat another fried pickle.

    There's this catfish place in Guntersville, AL that I always eat at when I go visit relatives. They serve fried pickles, and apparently they are very popular. Actually, they serve gator there too, but it's like gator nuggets.
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  • 9/9/2010 2:16 AM Bobby wrote:
    Strange, this is actually the first video of the series that gets me really hungry. I just want to try everything you guys tried. Especially chocolate bacon, fried pickles and alligator.
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  • 9/9/2010 3:19 AM CasualRuffian wrote:
    Gosh, I would kill for a cheesecake on a stick right now. This is what I get for watching a Brad Tries at 1am.
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  • 9/9/2010 3:49 AM Erocs wrote:
    When you said Tiss rimed whit piss i laughed. Translated to norwegian it is piss (or dick, depending on how you use it).
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    1. 9/9/2010 12:52 PM Orjan wrote:
      You use it in a vagina
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  • 9/9/2010 3:51 AM Turcano wrote:
    Man, it's a good thing the state fair only comes once a year, because carny food will kill you dead.

    Also, are you experiencing a cicada invasion, or is that sound something else?
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  • 9/9/2010 4:14 AM Robb wrote:
    I tried fried pickles a couple years back and really liked them. I do like pickles however. Great vid as always, good stuff. Made me miss the state fairs I never used to want to go to.
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  • 9/9/2010 4:20 AM Kathrin wrote:
    The ginger you get at a sushi bar is pickled ginger, so no wonder you don't like it.
    Maybe you could try korean Gimchi (aka Kimchi) sometime. It's pickled, but more spicy than sour.
    That cheesecake on a stick is quite ingenious.
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  • 9/9/2010 6:05 AM Wooderon wrote:
    I've eaten alligator before, or it might have been crocodile, I don't know. Its harder to get a hold of over here in the UK.
    To my memory, it had a fish-like consistency but tasted like chicken. Pretty good.
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  • 9/9/2010 6:25 AM BlackBobby wrote:
    Holy shit! How can a single person accumulate so much style? Brad was obviously going for "best dressed visitor of the state fair".

    Everything with Brian and Sarah is automatically comedy gold, but with this the editing took the cake. The random shots of the fair were each more awesome than the last.

    And obviously you're working on your next feature film. "Bitches in Cages" - a Stoned Gremlin Production.
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  • 9/9/2010 7:29 AM Brand wrote:
    Man, I feel jipped, no fair I've ever been to has had such interesting treats. I've also never been to a fair with good pizza!
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  • 9/9/2010 7:37 AM Rebeca wrote:
    Alligator penis on a stick...interesting.
    Man, now I'd like some fries and a coke, this video made me really hungry.
    Was that a car accident at the end?
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  • 9/9/2010 8:16 AM Ryan wrote:
    Man, you are looking rather kinda-homeless at the beginning...and I kinda like it.

    Anyway, a lot of those foods aren't all that "weird", especially in the Midwest. I see fried pickles on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives all the time. And I went to a place last night that has a chocolate bacon sundae, which is pretty awesome. I'm jealous of my friends who went to Dragon*Con and went to a Cajun place in Atlanta with fried alligator. It sounded awesome.

    I want a pizza cone. NOW!
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  • 9/9/2010 8:24 AM LucasChad wrote:
    Does anybody looked at those fried pickles and not think of "Shit Pickle?"
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  • 9/9/2010 8:42 AM Paloma wrote:
    Hi! I'm doing interviews with movie critics for a college work. Could you help me? I Can send the questions by email. Kisses!
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  • 9/9/2010 8:59 AM Nephilim wrote:
    I want fried pickles now...
    I've never seen anything like that here
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  • 9/9/2010 9:57 AM Matt wrote:
    You've now made me want to attend the Big E over in Springfield, MA next week. Great episode, perfect ending.
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  • 9/9/2010 10:11 AM DrunkenPunk800 wrote:
    I went to a fair last week that had a stand for Chocolate Covered BACON! No joke.
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  • 9/9/2010 11:09 AM austin wrote:
    Great episode.

    Fried pickles from Tony Pacos is the best!
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  • 9/9/2010 11:12 AM Fredrik wrote:
    Man I fucking love gingerbeer! Too bad it's like impossible to find here in Sweden.
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    1. 9/27/2010 11:02 AM Captain Awesome-ish wrote:
      It's impossible to find in the United States too. The only place I could ever find it in is in this one Oriental Market a short drive from my home. On the other hand, Ginger Ale is quite common.
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      1. 11/21/2010 2:30 AM Kiwifruit wrote:
        Try west indian places. Ginger beer is very popular in the Caribbean. You can also make your own if you have the recipe.
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  • 9/9/2010 11:24 AM ThomasMink wrote:
    Fellow pickle hater! We seem to be a rare breed.. think I'm the only one in the town here who hates pickles. Made me smile just knowing there is at least one other out there. Creepy as that sounds..
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  • 9/9/2010 11:41 AM Remi.P wrote:
    Wow that ending, for some reason it gives me Cloverfield vibes XD
    The crocodile eating should be the beginning of a new chronicle: Brad's anti-Noah Ark, where Brad eat 2 of each animals :U
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  • 9/9/2010 11:57 AM RicardoBlayer wrote:
    Actually here in Terceira (Azores, Portugal) we have a fast food place that only serves pizza in cones, wich is funny since we don´t have a McDonald´s or any major fast food franchise, but we do have bizarre pizza in a cone franchise.
    Of course that they do multiple varitions of pizza in a cone, some of them with cottage cheese and that tastes really good and fresh (specially with salmon)
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  • 9/9/2010 11:59 AM Sean Rivera wrote:
    Brad, you think that stuff is crazy? Should have seen the Orange County Fair. They had some crazy stuff this year, like a chocolate covered pickle, deep fried butter, chocolate covered deep fried Oreo wrapped in bacon, and a bunch of other stuff. Freaken nuts.
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  • 9/9/2010 12:28 PM Chino wrote:
    So you chew all the way through insects but you spit out the pickle? WTF man?
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  • 9/9/2010 12:30 PM SubaruBob wrote:
    Ha nice ending
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  • 9/9/2010 1:07 PM Nomonkey wrote:
    this is boring
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  • 9/9/2010 1:38 PM Sammantha wrote:
    I recently stayed down at Wildwood NJ and the board walk has pretty much everything you can think of fried. From Oreos to Pickels to cucumbers to reeses cups to M&Ms to Snickers to Hot Dogs to Corn Dogs to Pop Corn and so many other things.
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  • 9/9/2010 1:53 PM Nomonkey wrote:
    this is boring
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  • 9/9/2010 2:00 PM Nomonkey wrote:
    brad you know that I am surprised that people will see the stupidity that you do in this life, please throw yourself a better shot or I'll give it to you fool, I know where you live ...
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  • 9/9/2010 2:12 PM luis wrote:
    HEY!!!!!! does guys from the fair stole the idea from the simpson!! HOMER SIMPSON GOT THE IDEA OF BACON CHOCOLATE BACON FIRST!!!!!!
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  • 9/9/2010 3:30 PM Per Nyrud Kaas wrote:
    Ironically, tiss is piss in norwegian.
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  • 9/9/2010 4:23 PM Bruno Mattei Show Brian wrote:
    For those that are curious, yes, that was indeed a sudden car crash at the end there. We just happened to catch it in the middle of our shot. Everyone was fine, it just totaled out that blue car you see there at the end.
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  • 9/9/2010 4:57 PM CrimsonDusk wrote:
    If you squint your eyes a bit you can imagine it's the Bruno Mattei show talking about Rats. Still great episode and loved the fair scenes, especially the Problem Child 2 scene. It reminded me of my summer vacation and how I love salty food.
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  • 9/9/2010 8:52 PM Nexeus wrote:
    Brad, you need to do a drunk episode you guys eating chocolate covered bacon and washing it down with Baco Vodka
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  • 9/9/2010 9:29 PM Phred wrote:
    God damn it! All my state fairs have are creepy carnies that look they'd kill you for a dime.
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  • 9/9/2010 10:40 PM GunsmithKitten wrote:
    Ahhh, the American decadence that is fair food. County fair here does alligator nuggets, but I always come for the barbecue nachos.
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  • 9/10/2010 1:01 AM ending wrote:
    end brad tries with a car crash to make it exciting.
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  • 9/10/2010 8:58 AM Matt wrote:
    ...and it's only a day later that I realize the Charlotte's Web reference of the title art. Durr.
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  • 9/10/2010 10:56 AM Hemily wrote:
    Action packed Brad tries! men with beards, cute women, crazy food and car crashes!

    Tiss actually translates to urine or penis, depending on the context of the sentence. :p

    You Americans do have some odd meals...
    Chocolate coated Bacon? i'd never really have thought of mixing meat and chocolate...
    Though, in the UK, they deep fry chocolate bars, that's odd as well...
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    1. 9/10/2010 3:30 PM Kibbitz wrote:
      I believe the Mexicans have mole sauce which has chillies and chocolate in it.
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      1. 11/21/2010 2:35 AM Kiwifruit wrote:
        Mole is a savory unsweetened chocolate sauce. It's very good on pork or chicken.
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  • 9/10/2010 11:13 AM TehDuke wrote:
    I'm actually a fan of fried pickles... of course I actually like regular pickles too, so what have you.
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  • 9/10/2010 12:32 PM Wolfgar wrote:
    All of it looks really good, although I can understand not liking the pickles.
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  • 9/10/2010 1:49 PM executor wrote:
    Nice episode with great ending: *screech-crash-zoom* CUT!
    And here in germany, I've never seen something crazy as chocolate bacon or fried pickles. Man, that's weird. Although the pizza cone? That looked pretty tasty. Too bad this stuff can't be send overseas...

    ...also some weirdo from another page once send me an envelope full of pizza rolls. That guy was strange...

    ...
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  • 9/10/2010 4:08 PM Early Bird wrote:
    Nice Cool Hand Luke shades. What we have here is a failure to masticate.
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  • 9/10/2010 4:29 PM The Goddamn Master wrote:
    'Bitches in cages!'
    Jillian's gonna keep you in the doghouse for YEARS, Brad! Although if she wears that top, I'm sure you won't mind...
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  • 9/10/2010 7:49 PM Your Future Self wrote:
    Health issues galore! its the state fair!

    yummy food. if i had one wish, I wish I would remain incredibly healthy up until my dyeing breath. so that way, I could eat all the chocolate bacon I wanted.

    nice tryin' mr. brad sir and friends. and loved the ending!
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  • 9/10/2010 9:34 PM Lai-Lai wrote:
    This will be my 4th email to Pepsi this year, but I'll use the address you suggested.

    I'm going to recommend bringing it back for a month when the economy is good; that's when people are going to want to spend & stock up on a limited product. I also mentioned that retro is "in" with the fashionable & nerds alike.
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  • 9/10/2010 9:37 PM Smapdy McCraken. wrote:
    What's that dreadful highpitched noice in the background? Is it Ciceda mating season where you are?
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  • 9/11/2010 12:00 AM Dave wrote:
    Illinois fair? Brad, you must attend the Minnesota State Fair. Between teryaki(sp?) ostritch on a stick, deep fried green beans, chocolate covered key lime pie on a stick, deep fried Twinkies, and other foods being added every year I think you could have a Brad Tries that rivals no other. And would totally be worth the drive. Then you force Linkara to join in and then comedy gold occurs.

    In terms of alligator there is a place close to my house that sells alligator burgers. Unlike most alligator this is super tender and the place has this awesome mustard sauce for the burger. It's so delicious.
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  • 9/11/2010 12:11 AM Shawn DC wrote:
    The shades were awesome. Someone sprung fried pickles on me the last time I went to a fair. Along with fried cauliflower. Good times...

    Fun video. Glad to see you survived the fair.
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  • 9/11/2010 1:23 AM Ninjamohawk wrote:
    Amazing how the Illinois state fair looks and sounds 100% identical to our Minnesota State fair.
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  • 9/11/2010 1:44 AM Zoah wrote:
    The only things that I haven't tried in that video (and don't have occasionally)

    The Pizza cone, and the Cheesecake on a stick....the pizza sounds better out of the two.


    Gator is very common where I live, and we eat it at least 2x a month..the fried pickles..hmmm I dont care for pickles all that much, but when people make them here, they usually have them sliced, and not in spears..much more manageable size lol

    The ginger at the sushi bar is only there to cleanse the palate when eating multiple types of sushi..

    You know how if you eat a piece of cake and try to drink a soda afterwords (or anything really sweet) you cant really taste it? So you have to nibble on something savory to get rid of that sensation? Kinda the same thing with that ginger at a sushi place..thats the whole point of it.
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  • 9/11/2010 8:58 AM Gabby wrote:
    you can get deep fried pickles at almost any bar here in niagara. oh so good
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  • 9/11/2010 6:04 PM Joe wrote:
    "The Sandlot" rules! I'm so glad you squeezed in the famous twirlee/puking scene in there.

    Bon-a-petit!
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  • 9/11/2010 9:03 PM Skinny wrote:
    You've never had fried pickles? It's really big here in the south and more often than not it's fucking delicious.
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  • 9/11/2010 11:11 PM Deemah wrote:
    I bet you had a violent shit
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  • 9/12/2010 3:05 AM thephantom wrote:
    PROBLEM CHILD 2! Yesssss! and I don't really like having stuff dipped in chocolate either. I do, however enjoy my ginger beverages.
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  • 9/12/2010 7:52 AM Polacanthus wrote:
    The scene with you friend staring in awe to the puppets is just PRICELESS.
    For some reason is one of the most hilarious things I've seen.
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  • 9/12/2010 1:32 PM Christian wrote:
    The Tiss I do believe is an off-brand version of a Soda that is really popular in Jamaica named Ting that is just how you described it. I tried the soda on the island but when I found a bottle at my unique soda shop here in NE it tasted nothing like it
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  • 9/12/2010 10:50 PM Wolfie wrote:
    Weird that Ginger beer is a weird drink out there. I mean we have it all the time here. Sold in Supermarkets in fact. Best is to buy ginger beer and mix it with Spiced Rum.
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  • 9/13/2010 1:50 PM ChewySmokey wrote:
    what, no deep fried butter, Brad? :p
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  • 9/14/2010 9:57 PM Little Miss wrote:
    I tried fried alligator last time I went to the fair and I thought it tasted just like chicken! Unfortunately I couldn't go to this years fair :/ But hey, next year I will ^-^ I want to try the chocolate covered bacon!
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  • 9/17/2010 1:52 PM Howard wrote:
    Those fried treats are the last thing your lady friend needs. Baby got BACK, son.
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  • 9/21/2010 3:57 AM Deadpool wrote:
    That was a pretty cool eps.. And the Big box girl is their too.. that si your wife? I don't know why, but that thought did not hit me untile now. I did just think she was a cool friend of yours. *Thumbus up*
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  • 10/14/2010 9:32 PM Pepsiman from Japan wrote:
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crystal-Pepsi/113658958644649?ref=ts like it
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  • 10/25/2010 7:31 AM Leon wrote:
    I'd love to try that chocolate bacon! Sounds delicious, as do the fried pickles. I love to try frying all sorts of things. You all should try deep fried Mars bar, now THAT's a tasty treat (unless you're diabetic, it's almost pure sugar)!

    I LOVE ginger beer, it's insanely common in the UK, used to drink it almost daily. Fiery Jamaican ginger beer is the best.
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  • 11/8/2010 10:11 PM dustyjo wrote:
    Heh, they sell Fried Pickles down here at Zaxby's, they aren't bad. They only sell the chips though.

    They're kinda weird, but they're just dill pickles with a bit of breading.
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  • 1/17/2011 11:33 PM Kean Wai wrote:
    Aww I wanted to know how a corndog taste as we don't have it in Singapore
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  • 1/20/2011 8:39 PM Fresh Seafood wrote:
    Love going to fairs to try the foods they bring around each year! Just a few years ago there was chocolate covered sushi! Surprisingly it was good.
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  • 1/24/2011 5:23 PM will wrote:
    Hey, fried pickles aren't an oddity. That's actually a very popular way to make them. I don't like them, though.
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  • 3/15/2011 11:44 PM Rewind83709 wrote:
    Unfortunately when I watched this episode, I felt really sick. Simply because it's at the fair, and the last time I was at the fair, I got really sick. This was a great episode though. Loved the look on Sarahs face at one of the booths. Thanks again guys.
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  • 3/15/2011 11:47 PM Rewind83709 wrote:
    Unfortunately when I watched this episode, I felt really sick. Simply because it's at the fair, and the last time I was at the fair, I got really sick. This was a great episode though. Loved the look on Sarah's face at one of the booths. Thanks again guys.
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  • 7/26/2011 9:05 PM valve wrote:
    I like it.
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  • 2/4/2012 8:43 AM Matthew wrote:
    Why do people think that fryed pickles are strange down here in Alabama every single seafood restaurant has them and fucking love them
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  • 2/17/2012 9:54 PM GothicRobots wrote:
    I have only ever had fried pickles once, at a pub in Calgary called Tipperary's. They were fantastic, and I've been wanting to have more ever since. And a great shout-out to my favourite drink of all time, ginger beer! Very cool episode!
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  • 4/26/2012 11:37 PM Lori Jimerson wrote:
    This video made me think of the fried cheesecake that I had at my local road side ice cream shop!
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