And just like that we are over halfway through my year of Thing-a-Day Things!
Today's Thing is a review of an accidentally defictionalized product! Or at least it's not officially related with the property in which I have seen it...
Here, watch the review to make some sense of my ramblings above:
From this video's youtube description:
Here is a review from the Ponder Couch of Seagram's Escapes Lime Melonade!
I have never seen real Melonade for sale before I found this in my local Marsh grocery store. The only place I'd ever seen Melonade was in Homestar Runner cartoons!
After a bit of research there are other Melonades on the market. Who knew?
This one is pretty tasty for a melon-lime malt beverage. Check it out!
And I agree. It is pretty tasty. You should check it out! And tell Seagram's I sent ya.
It's a flavor of Krispy Kreme Glazed Pies that I didn't try for my Krispy Kreme Glazed Pies review! This one is Peach Pie! I used to not care for peach flavors other than actual peaches themselves, but recently I've found the I quite enjoy fake peach flavoring, especially sodas.
As with my favorite of the Krispy Kreme Glazed Pies, Banana Kreme, Peach is available for a "Limited Time Only!"
Let's a-try this-a pie!
It's pretty good! I still prefer fake peach flavoring or whole peaches to anything with cooked peaches, but I'd eat it again!
I'm trying to be more descriptive in my reviews so I'll describe this as "a Krispy Kreme Doughnut full of peach preserves".
Yeah... I'll do better next review.
If you are a fan of peaches or glazed pies, try one!
A few weeks ago Bryan Trusty told me that Pizza Hut was going to have 4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles promotional pizzas with turtle-specific toppings. I haven't been a fan of Pizza Hut for many years, but Bryan asked me to do a review. So I tried. Princess Melawesome and I went out that weekend to order the Michelangelo (my favorite TMNT). But the Pizza Hut we went to didn't seem to know what we were talking about. So we just got a pepperoni stuffed crust.
I didn't see any TMNT decorations or ads or anything in the building. The website had them listed, but only the turtle names and the pictures of the pizzas. No pictures of the turtles. I do know they had a commercial:
(there should be a video above, as long as it's on youtube)
But that was it. Nothing in Pizza Hut, not much of anything on their website.
We waited a week.
Then in Target I saw this:
So we searched around for another Pizza Hut to try. They weren't quite sure whether or not the pizzas were official available yet. But they made us the Michelangelo anyway:
As described on the Pizza Hut site:
Michelangelo's Favorite Pizza
Known as the jokester, this one gets a little crazy with seasoned pepperoni, smoked ham, sweet pineapple and spicy jalapenos.
It was really good! I was a bit surprised because I don't usually care for pineapple on pizza, but I'd order it again! I also recommend that you check it out, especially if you're a TMNT fan.
Our waitress said that the pizzas would be available and promoted more when the movie comes out. I hope it is and that there are things like Ninja Turtle carry out boxes and the like. I would love to get another Mikey pizza, or maybe one of each, in a special box.
I don't know what to make of the new movie. I plan to go see it, even if it gets terrible reviews. I'll reserve judgement until I've actually seen it. Even if it's terrible (worse than "The Next Mutation" or the "Coming Out of Their Shells Tour", even) I'm glad it's coming out because of promotional goodies like this.
I watched the first season of the show and read that comic trade up there. I enjoy this stuff! I might read one of the books it's all based on some time. Whelp, let's open it up:
It certainly LOOKS like blood of some sort...
Hmmm... in the glass it looks more like blood orange (like it says on the label). Let's see if it tastes like blood...
Yeah... I know I need a haircut (I tried this awhile ago, my hair is less moptop now).
The verdict? It's pretty good. It doesn't taste like any blood I've ever imbibed before, and it tastes quite a bit like blood orange juice. The bottle looks pretty much like the bottles of the stuff on the show, so that's good.
"Duff Energy Drink?!" What? Why not Duff Beer? The can looks the same, what's the difference?
Oh, I see...
Whelp, let's try it!
Hey! That's not as bad as other people made it out to be! And hey, it kinda looks like beer.
Yeah, it's kind of an orange, citrusy flavor. Not that vitamin/baby aspirin with a hint of that when-you-throw-up-in-the-back-of-your-mouth flavor that most energy drinks have. It's not all that different from Mountain Dew, which I love! I like it so much that I based Muice Joose! on it in my comic strip.
I quite like this drink. It's well worth a bit of money to drink a real Duff Bee... *sigh*... Energy Drink...
They used to carry it in Hot Topic and Disc Replay, but I have not been able to find it lately. I ordered this 6 pack from amazon.com. There isn't that much left, so if you want to try it and/or add a can to your reverse product placement collection, act fast! I can't find any of the Slurm Energy Drink for a sequel (or spinoff, if you will) review.
I snoozed, I losed.
Where was I? Oh yeah...
To finish the review: "Duff! It's not just for breakfast anymore!"
Now if I could only get my hands on the Australian version:
Or the Mexican version:
If you can send me either beer, or the Slurm Energy Drink, I'd be much obliged. Or if you have another Reverse Product Placement item you'd like to see reviewed I'll review it, I'll review the crap out of it!
