Brad Tries Orbitz
No, not the gum. Watch as Jake and I try out a 14 year old bottle of Orbitz Drink.
We also sample some other drinks such as Dang!, Goya Sugar Cane, Goya Coconut, Columbiana, and a wheat drink called Boza.
We also sample some other drinks such as Dang!, Goya Sugar Cane, Goya Coconut, Columbiana, and a wheat drink called Boza.
eeek new brad tries and wtf is orbitz i thought that was the stuff i chew in class
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I remember that Orbits stuff in Grade 6. Girls mostly drank it. Here's an ironic tip though. Someone I knew back then put the "enhancers" on their hand when we were barbecuing back then after they burnt their hand from the hot tongs and their hand felt better immediately.
Just so everyone knows, those "flavor enhancers" are just colored flavorless gelatin, and they are not medicated.
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Nice, missed your ventures into the world of food/drink poisoning
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That shit scared me too much to drink it when it was first on shelves. I don't know how you can drink it a decade and a half later. Uhg!
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I used to love orbitz back in the day. The little balls are gum. The main reason to collect the bottles nowadays is to put colored lights under the bottles. I still kind of wish that it would be brought back
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Me too! Start the petition!
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Ha....2 boys, 1 glass.....maximum snark. I don't think the sarcasm-time\space continuum can take it
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Talking about balls is hardly as okay, as it was now. Good sow, maybe you should try punica once, the fruty drink in the giant glass bottle where the bottle always opened with the same sound
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omgeee! ah the memories! The kids in elementary school thought I was crazy when I drank that stuff at lunchtime. Glad to see a new Brad Tries video.
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Living in Colombia, I was amused that you finally got to punch one of the most familiar and famous drinks in our country.
Colombiana really is a staple for us. You can get it anywhere, and there is people that actually like it better than other drinks. I like it too, but I'm not that high of a fan.
There's a special preparation named "refajo", where we mix Colombiana with clear beer (in equal parts). It's a pretty popular mix too for BBQs and parties.
Finally, I wanted to comment on Coke. In our country, Coke is still made with pure sugar, but I have tried the high dose sugar syrup variety, thanks to a friend who brought a bottle from USA. Being accustomed to the pure sugar version, I didn't like the corn syrup one. It just tasted... Bland. IMHO.
Keep the good work up! Waves to Jake, I love his work in your movies.
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Oh god I remember this stuff. It was so gross. I had to run it through a strainer and get the chunks out.
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ORBITZ FINALLY! *Fan-Squeee* This was my favorite drink as a kid. The orange one was by far the best. The balls had flavour 14 years ago. The last sip will be mostly balls n_n
I remember the 90s and they where basically the same in the usa and canada. Lots of plaid shirts tied around the waist, overalls, bright colors, Ace of Base, and Pogs. Anyone remember that show Ghostwriter?
Also good guest host, he's funny.
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What is this misconception of Canada being like 10 to 15 years behind you guys in the states? Hey Americans guess what not only are we at the same level of pop culture as you, but we are far more advanced then you guys. We have Universal Health Care and we legalized Gay Mariage for our entire country in 2003, not only that, we have no minorities, and we dont allow a television station to claim it's news when it's not (FOX News)so who's behind on the times?
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I was making a joke =) I love Canada very much.
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Awww. We love you too, Brad.
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Oh fuck dude I'm sorry. I've just been hearing this so much lately that Canada is behind the times, and I went over the top, and this was an unfair thing to post. Still love your site, and I'll buy Paranoia cause I feel bad now.
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> Hey Americans guess what not only are we at the same level of pop culture as
> you, but we are far more advanced then you guys. We have Universal Health
> Care and we legalized Gay Mariage for our entire country in 2003, not only
> that, we have no minorities, and we dont allow a television station to
> claim it's news when it's not (FOX News)so who's behind on the times?
You're also light-years ahead of America in smugness and dickery!
I knew the instant Brad made the joke thin-skinned Canadians would be here spouting off how wonderful their country is and better than America... Guess what? Here you are!
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And apparently one of my fellow Americans would come in and criticize someone for posting the positives of their country (unless you don't consider equality and truth to be positives, in which case, shame on you).
Especially since he came out and apologized for overreacting, when he didn't realize it was a joke. I'd rather spend time with the "smug" Canadian than the assholish American.
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==I'd rather spend time with the "smug" Canadian than the assholish American.==
When did he say he was American?
And he was doing more than just spouting off the positives of Canada, he was dwelling on the negatives of America, all in an inappropriately defensive manner. He apologized, so whatever, but don't be an ass yourself, "Chris".
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"we have no minorities" isn't Drake Canadian? Leave your Trailer park much eh?
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In Canada it's like 1991 right now.
They just their hands on Super Nintendo.
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You are claiming that Canada is better because it doesn't have minorities? racist much?
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I think you misinterpreted my "no minorities" comment, what I mean is that Canada is so diverse that we have every culture and race on the planet that make up the majority of Canada, for those who took it as a racist way, hope that clears things up.
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It's an old joke that come from the fact that Canada was looking like 80's America in the 90's, like the way Canadian's talked and dressed and LOL @ far more advanced yet your super racist (1940's much?) in your over the top post from a simple joke, doesn't seem that much more advanced to me but what do I know? I'm just a dumb American from California.
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Don’t worry... most of us Canadians aren't that ignorant. I don’t understand how he can try to defend our country and say his minorities comment in the same paragraph. Don’t worry; these kinda people (the ignorant poster) are not the majority in Canada. I also, personally, I don’t understand how some Canadians can get so offended over such a small joke. I found it kinda funny, myself.
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Yes! I've been waiting so long for a new Brad Tries, just the title card alone got me excited
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Watching your reactions to the Boza drink was the most disturbing thing I've seen since Cannibal Holocaust.
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I remember a friend of mine opening a can of Sugar Cane drink in my car and the smell was pure Stomach Acid Puke. I was cringing at the thought of you drinking that stuff.
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Oh my God, no fucking way. Orbit was the weirdest drink when I was little, I don't remember drinking it but I do remember it now that it's up in the video. Pure 90s at it's strangest.
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It's likely somebody took your glasses to the lost and found. Who knows, maybe if you call they may still have them.
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Please tell me you guys tried to cook the Sugar Cane. Maybe it really is just tomato soup.
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This is possibly my favourite Brad Tries episode yet =] Jake is always hilarious
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Haha nice! To Daria indeed. Glad I could help bring this epic blast from the 90's to your living room for all of us to enjoy.
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Botterscotch root beer? Where do I get some?
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In which Lloyd reenacts the kitty scene from Geek Maggot Bingo.
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Holy crap, I had totally forgotten about Orbitz drink! My aunt worked in a grocery store when I was a kid and she would always get me a bottle. What a blast from the past.
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OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! You finally did it! I'd been asking ya'll to try Orbitz since I started watching your shows.
I wish ya'll had got the large lot of it like on ebay of different flavors to try maybe some aged better than others.
The butterscotch root beer sounds awesome I love butterscotch!
What was that last thing? was that really sour milk mixed with other crap or is it that fermented tea stuff like off Andrew Zemmer?
Gotta love the cat anus that was a highlight of the episode!
Did you go down a water slide in a jacket/shirt? With sunglasses on? WTF?
"Hey, you bring me something to drink in the skull of an enemy!"
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oh damn I forgot something!
Man, ya'll really loved talking about balls a lot in this video!
I live in Texas and Goya is a popular Mexican market brand name for drinks. I've seen several different drinks under that label. never the sugarcane drink but they do got a coconut milk drink if ya'll wanna try that. I tried it before and it just tasted of water with coconut shavings in it.
That reminds me of something else I'd like to see you dig up a can or bottle and try... Lime/Coconut Coke! Remember it?
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I love Guarapo! (Sugar Cane juice)
It's really good if you put it in a machine and it squeezes it, it has to be filtered first, it's really sweet. GOYA is a spanish fruit/drink company. Also, to eat a sugar cane, you gotta peel the edge off, and suck on it, or chew it.
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Holy crap, Orbitz! I could never remember what that drink was called. I used to drink it at my friend's house a lot when I was like 14, playing 4 player deathmatch in Quake 2 obsessivly. Memories, man.
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So Brad's glasses are the three seashells from Demolition Man.
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My favorite Orbitz memory is a teacher at school accidentally dropped and broke a bottle of it in the hallway once. Those little balls were everywhere lol. I never had the drink but was always curious about it. They should bring it back definitely.
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It has been awhile since the last "Brad Tries..." and the episode didn't disappoint.
What kind of camcorder do you shoot your reviews/movies with? Just curious.
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Man I loved Orbitz as kid, i'd always picked up several bottles whenever I went to the store but damn its really been 14yrs? i feel old.
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That last drink made my stomach hurt watching you guys drink it. urgh.
The water park looked like a lot of fun though!
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Good show! I like Jake as a guest a lot, I think his humor goes well with the reviews and other shows. I vote for more Jake!
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I have 2 other orbitz that wasnt apparently what you had, The blobs were basically jello, I collect nostaligia drinks so I have 2 orbitz, some orbitz are rare, chocolate and some oters, I have Orbitz unopened, and Crystal Pepsi still pressurized (BRAD BUY UNOPENED CANS! not bottles)
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Guarapo de ca~a is what you get from the first press of the sugar cane. It's not very good if it's not fresh and it's really thick. In the old days, poorer families would use the sugar cane juice to brew their coffee because they couldn't afford sugar. So, can is a big no-no. When it's fresh it's MUCH better.
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Even though I'm not a fan of Family Guy, for once I want to see a Brad Tries episode where everyone start puking seconds after drinking whatever concoction is being offered just like that clip where everyone drinks ipecac.
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I remember this as a kid, It wasn't that bad. the floaty bits in it are a little strange. Much like those drinks made from aloe, but all in all it wasn't that bad.
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I'll have you know in 97 we had a terrible flood happening in Manitoba so sorry if we couldn't make a better tasting drink for you
Great video Jake had some awesome reactions.
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First, I remember Orbitz when we stopped by Quincy Market in Boston at like 15yrs old. I never got to try it because they sold out, but I've always been incredibly curious. Thanks for this, Brad!
Also, I actually had Boza before! They sell it at this weird middleeeastern deli that opened up just outside town. Good stuff!
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Man i missed those..
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Oh man, as soon as you said "pro-biotic," I knew you were in for a rough ride. (For those of you who don't know "pro-biotic" translates from the Greek as "fermenting garbage water that only hippies drink.")
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Bah, yogurt can often be classified as probiotic, and that stuff is tasty.
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Your boza's gone sour. This stuff doesn't stay fresh long and you better keep it in a fridge. Boza is pretty great, trust me, I'm from Bulgaria, we drink this for breakfast. Great stuff.
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man that was an awesome episode.
Jake (is that his name?) is the perfect guest for this show, because he just hates with so much passion.
So get him on more often if you have drinks that already sound bad
Sorry Jake, but the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few
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I REMEMBER THIS PRODUCT.
I thought I had made it up because so many people told me they had never heard of it.
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I am of course referring to the Orbitz drink
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RAPE SLIDEEEEE!
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The Slide that Rapes!
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I love how Brad rides water slides while wearing suit jackets
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I remember orbitz I've mentioned it to several people who like bubble tea and confused the hell out of them because they don't remember. Now I gonna watch cause that stuff was bad 14 years ago I can't imagine it aged well.
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wow , the end was the best part of the entire episode.
haven't you thought that drink might not be even drinkable anymore ?
also , I loved that *Dijj* sound you made when you brought that carton. ^^
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Seriously, I remember Orbitz from my high school days, but I avoided it due to the "it looks like a lava lamp" excuse.
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I always wondered if you would do a "Brad Tries Orbitz" episode... and it looks like you answered my question without me asking.
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You were told to never to drink the contents of a lava lamp Jake? That is like, when I was a kid, being told not to eat the leaves of rhubarb. Why would you do something that stupid, even as a kid? xoxo
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Yay! Brad took my suggestion and found some Orbitz!
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LOL! That made me laugh so much my eyes started to water.
Loved the The Fall reference at the end!
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Holy shit I remember that stuff, fuckin 90's.
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LOL Brad wears his jacket at the waterslides.
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That very last bit, that was a reference to The Fall right? Anyways, good episode.
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Which one? 1998 or 2006?
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The canned Goya nectars are meant for cooking, not for drinking as a soft drink....
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Hey Brad if you like Dang Soda, you'll like Dang Gum!
The water park scenes are the funniest bits!
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I always thought Orbitz was delicious when it was cold, but I couldn't stand the weird globs in there...
Definitely one of the coolest looking drinks ever, though.
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I think we need to bring Jake along in this show more often. I think we'd like to see him handle more... Sorry Jake.
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"Here's to Daria". Fuck yeah, Here's to Daria. Loved that show.
P.S. Got to have more video of the water park.
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Dear Brad
You used a song in this episode that I've been trying to find for over a year.
Could you please tell me what the song at the end of this video was.
I'll donate money if you can tell me... thanks
Matt
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCHREyE5GzQ ?
And please donate to Brad, he needs it more than I do.
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Oh, yeah I know about that one, I just thought about the version with a person singing... It's an opera or something
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Nevermind, I found it finally, by accident while looking again... just so you know what song I was thinking of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5-cpW2b-hY
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Brad! Try Pepsi Dry (japanese):
http://www.jlist.com/product/DRK022
-hurry while supplies last! 8D
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Oh, and the version brad uses is from Zardoz I think...
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Man, beware the rapeslide.
Apparently the balls were inert.
I have to wonder if Boza might have spoiled at some point before you got a chance to drink it.
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it tasted the same in 1997... I remember!
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I remember Orbitz! I had it once at a movie theatre, but it was pretty expensive. I remember it tasting alright, but I didn't have it again after that. I don't know if it was because of the price or the taste but it certainly didn't taste like bile.
On another note I'm from Canada and no, it wasn't '76 in the late 90s. We were just as alternative as anywhere in the US.
As always, great review. I love watching Brad Tries because I always know that I'm going to get a good laugh. Thanks for risking your health for our amusement!
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Looks like you now have to try Cat Butt Gum. For Lloyd. Even though Joe already did it.
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Jake is by far my favorite of your recurring guests. If he had his own show, I'd watch.
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Goya Sugar Cane drink is an insult to actual sugar cane. I've tasted both and that Goya swill made me cringe on the overall sweetness and aftertaste. Sugar cane itself is oddly not as supersweet as one would expect and is very fibrous.
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I looked on ebay. Your glasses aren't up there...yet.
You just have to love Jake. Everything that comes out of his mouth is gold!
Goya's Fruit Punch Soda is soooo good.
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Wow Jake is so much better than that other guy to the point you had to splice in some reaction shots of various people.
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who-go is how you say it brad ....lol
i never had the sugar cane juice i had almost all of the drinks since i am puerto rican and coco rico -our name brand for coconut soda- is really good
try tamarindo juice lol
i love drinking coconut water with the chucks in them =D
i guess that wheat thing is.....bad like transformers 3 bad
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I used to drink Orbitz all the time. It looks like this 80s kid's bubblebath called Petite Nette, or Roe in water.
When it was fresh, it just tasted like pure sugar water with a lite fruit accent.
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I believe that is tapioca in the Orbitz. Well... that is my conclusion based on having the drink in the 7th grade... and trying to compare that memory to bubble tea in the modern sense.
It was a gimmick... gimmicks were cool in the 90's.
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Reading what's in Boza, when fresh it would probably taste like sweet liquid pie crust with a touch of booze.
Brad, future request for December. Taste testing various homemade recipes & manufactured brands of Eggnog. Swear to god the last stuff I got in a carton tasted like bubblegum.
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"Dang! That's Good"...at least it's a memorable name.
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Brad, the next time you go to the water park you should just do a retrospective of water park based fun. That is the best idea there has ever been. I need to know if water parks are still fun. I have forgotten over these many years of solitude.
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The internet is America? Didn't know that.
I knew the instant a thin-skinned canadian turned up a thin-skinned american would be here to defend his country.
See what I did there and do you see what you did?
I hail from the flawless country of germany where it's impossible to be patriotic, so I don't get these "my country is better than your's" battles.
If someone makes fun of germany I'm the first one to join, and I could make a lot of fun about canada as well as the us.
To keep it diplomatic: every country can and should improve. But as long as you're not getting gangraped on the street by authorities or in to jail (I never was in one, but movies suggest gangrape is a kind of tradition there, so getting gangraped there doesn't count) because you criticized something, you can be happy because it could be worse.
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Wow, I completely forgot about Orbitz. I tried it with a friend of mine. I can’t remember what the flavour supposedly was (the balls were red, if that helps any) but it just tasted like sugar water. The texture though. Gack! It was like corn syrup mixed with puréed slugs. We each took one sip and dumped the rest down the drain.
I think Safeway were banking on Orbitz being the next big thing as my local one bought a whole mess of the stuff. Only a week later there were huge display barrels of Orbitz right in front of the doors marked down to 99¢ a bottle. I think that says it all. I believe that the Orbitz soft drink people cut their losses by selling the product name and website domain to the travel company for a large sum of money.
Incidentally, the little balls in Orbitz? Carnuba wax.
I tried a sugar cane drink from an Asian market once but it just kind of tasted like weak green tea.
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oh man I wanted to see his wife go down the waterslide
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This is your best yet. It was 3 terrible drinks with what amounted to palette cleansers in between each one.
Next episode: Brad tries turpentine and sulfur.
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"That was not very good."
And the award for 'Understatement of the year' goes to...
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Someone really should warn people about the pornotastic music on the Dang! root beer website.
http://www.dangthatsgood.com/
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The rapeslide looks brutal. As for Orbitz, I loooooved it years ago. That very flavor you drank was my favorite. Yeah trust me, it was much better back then.
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Sugar cane tastes like sugar, not tomato soup, I have had it before.
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More Jake please
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sugar cane tastes like sugar, if it doesn't then something is seriously wrong with it
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When you said "Rape Slide" did you mean that it gave one of you an accidental Enema? Because I accidentally recieved one going down a water slide during a school field trop once!
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I've had Sugar Cane actually. you chew on it until the sweetness is gone. it's ok.
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I remember this drink. 7 or so years back, one of my science teachers gave us some, and I was the only one of my particular grouping who was willing to try it. Can't remember how it tasted now though, of course.
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How did they make it through that entire review without making one ball joke?
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Boza is nothing without banitsa
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Keep trying stuff that makes you sick, you deserve it for ripping on Transformers and Sucker Punch!
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No idea what was wrong with that sugar cane drink. Never had the canned stuff but I've eaten fresh sugar cane it's like the name implies its very surgary sweet.
You should try a can of Coconut Water, Goya sells it. Best to have it ice cold.
That wheat drink may have gone bad like others are saying. Pro-biotic means that it will increase your intestinal Flora so I don't imagine it can stay good for very long. Even milk gets iffy so close to the date.
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Oh my god I remember this drink. There was an orbitz van giving these away and they gave us three different flavors. It tasted terrible back then too.
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LMAO! "To the 90's here's to Daria" LMAO!
I remember that drink,Looked weird but tasted like nothing special.
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For some reason I remember Orbitz tasting like the juice/syrup that's left in like a can of fruit cocktail. The little balls tasted like wet twizzlers. I think I had that drink like only a few times as a kid. It looked cool but tasted like canned fruit syrup.
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I am a huge Orbitz fan...in 2004..they tried to revive them in Ontario Canada. The Orange balls/vanilla cream drink was awesome...but only available in the store near my ghetto hut lol... Big fan..and I get your Canada references...too bad they discontinued Beaver cola here.
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You should definitely try Salmiak. It is a swedish licorice based on the salt Ammonium Chloride. A friend of mine is obsessed with the stuff, but the rest of the guys and I find it repulsive. In any case, it would make a hell of an episode if you can manage to get your hands on some.
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Jake's reaction while you're describing the smell of Boza is hilarious.
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the boza thing is from bulgaria,man i would send u some fresh boza but that would be very expensive for me sorry but here we buy a little bottle and we drink it with something for breakfest
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Am I a racist for thinking that there should be a grape flavor of 'Dang!' called 'Dayum!'?
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Another countless request: The Dr. Pepper BBQ Sauce
http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Pepper-Kickin-Barbecue-Bottle/dp/B001AC87X4
I think there's also like 7up and A&W sauces as well
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I've had Orbitz when it was new. I remember it being too sweet for me.
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MORE BRAD TRIES
MORE BRAD TRIES
MORE BRAD TRIES
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damnit, i loled so hard that it hurts, that doesn't happen often.
you actually caused me pain, congrats, wish i loled that hard more often.
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Heh, I've had all those drinks except Dang! Wait, I'm from Seattle, that explains it!
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