Episode 145
Morning 6-Pack - Juice Brick Memories: RIP Frozen Cans
Nostalgia hit hard this morning, folks! We’re diving deep into the bittersweet news that Minute Maid is officially waving goodbye to their iconic frozen juice cans. Remember those little bricks of citrus goodness? Yeah, I can hear the collective gasp from everyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s! It was a rite of passage to crack open one of those cans, plop it in a pitcher, mix it with water, and pray it dissolved before the Saturday morning cartoons ended. Talk about a juice ritual! We’re reminiscing about the days when these frozen delights lived in our freezers alongside dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets and questionable TV dinners. And let’s not forget how these babies were born to serve soldiers in WWII – because nothing says “support our troops” like slightly metallic orange juice! So we raise our glasses (of fresh juice, of course) to those frozen cans that were never fresh-squeezed but always gave us a citrusy hug in a time of need. Farewell, Minute Maid, you will be missed like that one chunk of ice that never dissolved!
Transcript
Good morning.
Speaker A:It's Haystack and boy, this is a.
Speaker A:This is a nostalgic kick in the pants.
Speaker A:If you were a kid in the pre millennium era, Minute Maid is officially discontinuing their frozen canned juices.
Speaker A:Yep.
Speaker A:Gone.
Speaker A:Poof.
Speaker A:An entire generation just collectively yelled, mom, where's the can opener?
Speaker A: r orange juice anytime in the: Speaker A:It was a ritual.
Speaker A:Open the can, plop that citrusy brick into the pitcher like a frozen comet, mix it with some water, pray it dissolves before the Saturday morning cartoons are over.
Speaker A:These things have been chilling in our freezers for 80 years.
Speaker A:Originally designed for soldiers in World War II.
Speaker A:Yeah, the government looked at the battlefield and said, you know what these guys need?
Speaker A:A refreshing glass of slightly metallic orange juice.
Speaker A:Because nothing says we support the troops like flirt fruit slurry in a can.
Speaker A:So now Coca Cola, who owns Minute Maid, says they are pulling the plug because of shifting consumer preferences.
Speaker A:AKA y' all forgot about us and great values.
Speaker A:Way too cheap.
Speaker A:So farewell, frozen juice can.
Speaker A:You were affordable.
Speaker A:Slightly icy somehow.
Speaker A:Always had that one chunk that never fully dissolved.
Speaker A:You lived a good life in the back of our freezers next to the dinosaur shaped chicken nuggies where the legends reside.
Speaker A:RIP Minute Maid can.
Speaker A:You were never fresh squeezed, but you were always there.
Speaker A:Like a juice flavored emotional support.
Speaker A:Brick, we're going to miss you.
Speaker A:If you remembered these things, these frozen cans of Minute Maid.
Speaker A:I can think of probably at least six other things you had in your house if you remember frozen cans of Minute Maid juice.
Speaker B:Well, gather round folks.
Speaker B:It's the time of day when we laugh and smile in a lighthearted way.
Speaker B:Tune in for the giggles and let's kick back.
Speaker B:Here comes the fun.
Speaker B:It's the morning six pack.
Speaker A:Taking a look at the top six other things you probably had if you remember frozen Minute Maid juice in your house.
Speaker A:Number six, the Goonies on VHS.
Speaker A:Or if you were really fancy, LaserDisc.
Speaker A:5.
Speaker A:A partitioned tin foil tray known as a TV dinner.
Speaker A:Although science is still not sure what was in that fruit cobbler.
Speaker A:4, a drawer full of leg warmers.
Speaker A: veryone's legs were cold from: Speaker A:And then never cold again.
Speaker A:I don't know how that works.
Speaker A:Number three, a book on parenting by Bill Cosby.
Speaker A:If only we had known then what we know now.
Speaker A:Number two, a wallpaper.
Speaker A:A wallpaper wall wallpaper.
Speaker A:You know, it usually featured flowers and smelled like cigarette smoke.
Speaker A:And the number one thing you probably remember from your house.
Speaker A:If you remember frozen Minute Maid juice cans, a Shake Weight.
Speaker A:Look it up, kids.
Speaker A:It's worth it.
Speaker A:Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.
