The  Lards part 1" will travel into the dark underworld of Bako-field, dark secrets of Bakos' Scooter Pie eating past. The Final Chapter comes this week!

LARDS PART 1      ( CHAPTER 1)


West Hollywood, 1977, California, USA    
                                   

(1)     As the movie, War of the Gauguin II®., twinkled towards it’s harry end, Chubsy Wubsy giggled. A mas of empty candy wrappers and pop-corn fragments hovered beneath his blubbery set of chins -his ravenous mouth dropping crumbs with each chew cycle  - and the copious m & m debris, his booming fart cast echos across the theater; the  smell of the flatulence caused Fatty Theirbuckle to announce: “smells like Scooter Pies®.” ! All chewing stopped on a dime. If it were not for the  War of the Gauguin II®, you could have heard the proverbial pin drop. At the time Scooter Pies®. and Moon Pies®. were not available in West Hollywood and the two chubby teens had no car. Chubsy was the first to make the daring proposal, but fatty was thinking it.  Bakersfield!®. exclaimed Chubsy. Fatty repeated the name under his breath several times with a honey glazed® stare.

Chubsy knew Fatty was just learning the ropes, Their was a lot more Chubsy wanted to teach the young Moon-pie® hunter. Chubsy still had some popcorn, candy and half a hot dog left. It was a bag shoved is his left pocket. He took the bag out and poured the remains, the equivalent of about one fat shovel-full, into his mouth. Fatty wanted to learn to be a master but he didn’t know how to talk to Chubsy, he felt almost insignificant near him - after all, this was the grand master.
Fatty took a shot at speaking to him, “ Mr Wubsy, why do a lot of great snack foods have great jingle songs but not Moon Pies?” Chubsy paused as in deep thought, the darkness of the night showing off his massive silhouette, and then he said with great reverence “ According to food historians, manufactured marshmallow cake and cookie treats were first marketed to the American public in the early decades of the 20th century. These most likely descended from Victoria sandwich cakes. Advances in technology made marshmallow products of all kinds readily available to the American public. Products proliferated.    The History of the Great American Moon-Pie®. is rather obscure, however,   In his book, "The Great American MoonPie®. Handbook", Mr. Dickson had written of the MoonPie's® lost history. Not long after his book was published, he received a telephone call from Earl Mitchell, Jr., identifying his deceased father, Earl Mitchell, Sr., as the person responsible for the invention of the MoonPie®.  You see, said Chubsy, you don’t write a jingle for an American institution like the Moon-pie®    

Chubsy turned slowly to Fatty , “ Im ready to skip West Hollywood for the big smelly town over the mountains that he knew was shrouded by smog and cow airborne  particulate matter, with Hostess® and Little Debbie® outlets on every street corner.   In Bakersfield, by the late 1950's, the MoonPie® had grown in popularity, so much that the bakery did not have the resources available to produce anything else. The phrase "RC Cola® and a MoonPie®" became well known around the Bakersfield area, as many people enjoyed this delicious, bargain-priced combination. They were so popular store clerks at Floyd’s ® and Montgomery Wards® could not keep the treats in stock.  Moon Pie®  By 1977, Bakersfield was known as the Moon-pie® Mecca. 
     
   

LARDS PART 1      ( CHAPTER 1)


West Hollywood, 1977, California, USA    
                                   

(1)     As the movie, War of the Gauguin II®., twinkled towards it’s harry end, Chubsy Wubsy giggled. A mas of empty candy wrappers and pop-corn fragments hovered beneath his blubbery set of chins -his ravenous mouth dropping crumbs with each chew cycle  - and the copious m & m debris, his booming fart cast echos across the theater; the  smell of the flatulence caused Fatty Theirbuckle to announce: “smells like Scooter Pies®.” ! All chewing stopped on a dime. If it were not for the  War of the Gauguin II®, you could have heard the proverbial pin drop. At the time Scooter Pies®. and Moon Pies®. were not available in West Hollywood and the two chubby teens had no car. Chubsy was the first to make the daring proposal, but fatty was thinking it.  Bakersfield!®. exclaimed Chubsy. Fatty repeated the name under his breath several times with a honey glazed® stare.

Chubsy knew Fatty was just learning the ropes, Their was a lot more Chubsy wanted to teach the young Moon-pie® hunter. Chubsy still had some popcorn, candy and half a hot dog left. It was a bag shoved is his left pocket. He took the bag out and poured the remains, the equivalent of about one fat shovel-full, into his mouth. Fatty wanted to learn to be a master but he didn’t know how to talk to Chubsy, he felt almost insignificant near him - after all, this was the grand master.
Fatty took a shot at speaking to him, “ Mr Wubsy, why do a lot of great snack foods have great jingle songs but not Moon Pies?” Chubsy paused as in deep thought, the darkness of the night showing off his massive silhouette, and then he said with great reverence “ According to food historians, manufactured marshmallow cake and cookie treats were first marketed to the American public in the early decades of the 20th century. These most likely descended from Victoria sandwich cakes. Advances in technology made marshmallow products of all kinds readily available to the American public. Products proliferated.    The History of the Great American Moon-Pie®. is rather obscure, however,   In his book, "The Great American MoonPie®. Handbook", Mr. Dickson had written of the MoonPie's® lost history. Not long after his book was published, he received a telephone call from Earl Mitchell, Jr., identifying his deceased father, Earl Mitchell, Sr., as the person responsible for the invention of the MoonPie®.  You see, said Chubsy, you don’t write a jingle for an American institution like the Moon-pie®    

Chubsy turned slowly to Fatty , “ Im ready to skip West Hollywood for the big smelly town over the mountains that he knew was shrouded by smog and cow airborne  particulate matter, with Hostess® and Little Debbie® outlets on every street corner.   In Bakersfield, by the late 1950's, the MoonPie® had grown in popularity, so much that the bakery did not have the resources available to produce anything else. The phrase "RC Cola® and a MoonPie®" became well known around the Bakersfield area, as many people enjoyed this delicious, bargain-priced combination. They were so popular store clerks at Floyd’s ® and Montgomery Wards® could not keep the treats in stock.  Moon Pie®  By 1977, Bakersfield was known as the Moon-pie® Mecca.