It's The "Connie Vandelay" Show! ([info]kristenjarrod) wrote in [info]babysittersclub,
2007-05-10 00:12:00
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Tab & Fresca, Coke's Redheaded Stepchildren

I checked out the graphic novel rendition of Babysitters Club Book 3: The Truth About Stacey today. Oh, how the time changes!

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(original edition, 1988)
(Stacey orders some food at a theater)
"A small Tab, and a small popcorn, no butter please."



(graphic novel version, 2006)
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"A small Diet Coke, and a small popcorn, no butter please."


I WAS DRINKING A TAB WHILE READING THE BOOK THIS AFTERNOON.
I'm OLD.
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[info]glitterberrys

May 10 2007, 04:32:49 UTC 5 years ago

And hadn't the price gone from, like, two dollars to ten?

[info]superpana

May 10 2007, 06:04:07 UTC 5 years ago

Yes! I remember Stacey had something ridiculous like seventy five cents and is all up in arms because she forgot in New York movie theater concessions could ad up to A DOLLAR TWENTY FIVE OK THNX!

That would be seriously awesome. I wonder how much the ticket cost?

[info]pigeonrat

May 10 2007, 12:56:18 UTC 5 years ago

In Stoneybrook, the cost was ninety-five cents I'm pretty sure. I can't even fathom paying so little for a drink AND for popcorn at a movie theater, unless it was like 1960 or something. I wonder what the average cost of movie concessions was when the book was published.

[info]beatlewifetobe

May 11 2007, 00:10:35 UTC 5 years ago

When I was in college, four years ago, we had a dollar theater. And they got new movies, not old ones! But it was an eensy weensy town. I went there ALL the time (who wouldn't?!). They only had two screens, but it was awesome. The nearest big, eight dollar theaters were over twenty minutes away.

[info]kyosh

May 11 2007, 01:28:46 UTC 5 years ago

A dollar theatre? Holy crap, if we had one of those, I'd never leave. It'd sure beat the mega-expensive theatre that doesn't offer student discounts on the weekends :(

[info]deathbytamarind

May 10 2007, 04:34:38 UTC 5 years ago

I remember having a similiar reaction to the Tab/Diet Coke switch between the book and the graphic novel. I didn't know what Tab was, and to this day haven't seen it anywhere in Northern California where I've lived my entire life. Haven't seen it anywhere else, come to think of it.

[info]jennaxrose

May 10 2007, 04:40:27 UTC 5 years ago

I'm OLD.

As long as the Tab wasn't old...

I've never seen Tab. I don't think it's sold around here.

[info]kristenjarrod

May 10 2007, 18:00:33 UTC 5 years ago

>>As long as the Tab wasn't old... <<

Naaah it was still in date. At my old house though I found a can that had expired a few months prior that I had never drank and I put it on my shelf. But now that can is in storage.

[info]bcsmurfettegirl

May 10 2007, 05:02:58 UTC 5 years ago

what is a tab? lol

[info]myfavouritescar

May 10 2007, 06:33:17 UTC 5 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_%28soft_drink%29

[info]bcsmurfettegirl

May 10 2007, 06:35:32 UTC 5 years ago

hope stacey didnt drink a lot of that, she might have gotten cancer lol

[info]nellswell

May 10 2007, 07:30:05 UTC 5 years ago

I haven't had Tab in awhile, but I pretty much grew up drinking it (and I DO have cancer, lol...though I don't think it was really caused by aspartame). Anyway my dad loves Tab. I kind of like it, too. I still see it in some stores here in the NW. It must still be considered rare, though, because I remember drinking it in college a few times and people wondering if I had an "antique can."

[info]kdlawler27

May 10 2007, 11:16:21 UTC 5 years ago

...wait, you can still get Tab? That stuff pretty much ruled.

[info]thepastperfect

May 10 2007, 13:31:50 UTC 5 years ago

I can get it at the grocery in southeastern Pennsylvania. I've never had any desire to drink it, though (after reading the BSC, I thought it was a special drink for diabetics, since Diet Coke was around too).

[info]kristenjarrod

May 10 2007, 17:59:04 UTC 5 years ago

My friend Brian sells it at sodafinder.com, although its a bit pricey.

There is also a website called ilovetab.com that has a short list of places where you can find it.

[info]cpennylane

May 10 2007, 22:31:18 UTC 5 years ago

They sell it at Target in Michigan, too.

[info]shop4peace

May 10 2007, 13:17:54 UTC 5 years ago

You can still get Tab at most grocery stores around the Baltimore, MD area... I see it a lot, and it always surprises me that it still exists lol

[info]wanderingfrog

May 10 2007, 14:48:09 UTC 5 years ago

They have a new Tab Energy drink, by the way. It is supposed to be cherry-flavoured. I've had it before, and it was decent.

[info]guitarstrings

May 10 2007, 18:19:06 UTC 5 years ago

the cherry is definitely in question, but it tastes good none the less!

[info]yourlivewire

May 21 2007, 19:47:16 UTC 5 years ago

agreed.

[info]raisingirl99

May 12 2007, 00:01:49 UTC 5 years ago

I'm drinking a Tab right now. It's sitting in front of me. Seriously.

[info]kristenjarrod

May 12 2007, 00:13:14 UTC 5 years ago

So am I. So am I. I need to go to Food Lion tomorrow and pick up some more.

[info]xbexuniquex

May 6 2008, 15:04:20 UTC 4 years ago

In the UK edition, which was released in 1998, it also says "Diet Coke" and not "Tab." But then again, I don't think Tab is available in the UK, hence the change in the name.

Oh, and she just says "A small diet coke and a small popcorn, please," no mention of butter as over here we usually have sugar or salt on our popcorn.

It's interesting how books change depending on the time and place that they were published.
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