I remember eating a candy when I was growing up that was kind of like Laffy Taffy candy. It was a soft taffy candy, white and in the shape of a small rectangle that was wrapped in a white waxed type paper with red letters (UNCLE Remus)printed on the side. Did any one else out there ever eat it? If I remember right we bought it from a small store located on the Gantt's Quarry to Sylacauga road. I think Milton Coleman lived near the store. It sure was good eating but I have not seen it around since I grew up.
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YES, IT IS SO SAD MARILYN, THE OLD AMOS AND ANDY SHOW WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. THE COLOURED SHOWS NOW MAKE THE WHITE LOOK LIKE A BUMBLING IDIOT AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING. THAT IS REVERSE DISCRIMINATION IF THERE EVER WAS ONE. MVB ES
I have quite a few episodes of the old Amos & Andy TV show (about 80). They are in a format not suitable for most dvd players, but I'll be gald to convert some for you, if you are interested.
Would love some of them...put a price on them and let us know. Many of laughs those guys provided us with. I might share that at the time they were so popular, I had 3 babies and was teaching at Fayetteville. I had a black lady that came to my house to keep my babies. She also had lunch ready for Ivy and it would be during the episodes on TV. They would watch and she would really get into these shows. So funny how she would react. She would get mad at them, laugh at them, really live the part...so funny how times have changed.
My condolences to your family and my apologies for the previous post. It surely wasn't meant to seem unfeeling or uncaring. I just started reading from the older ones first and didn't see the sad news until after I had posted the offer.
I'm not trying to sell, but I'll be glad to add you to my list when I get some of these converted to a format that you can use on a set-top DVD player.
I do remember this candy. It was sold in a small southern town at the Feed and Grain store. I would go in there with my granddaddy and Uncle Remus candy was what I always got from the glass-fronted candy counter. Loved that stuff. Wish I could find it now! As you can see it's 15 yrs after your post. Was googling and this was the only hit I had on the subject.
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Hey Cuz, hope you & yours are safe and well. Seems as if we are "old hands" at this new normal, social distancing. We are maintaining here. I so glad that we aren't going through this while still in the workforce! So far, we haven't heard of any family caught up in this mess.
I ate (and loved) Uncle Remus Kisses as a toddler. They were sold on the Centerville Public Square (here in Tennessee,Lol!), at Liberty Pharmacy. I wasn't but about 3 years old, but I was a wrapper peeling kid! I was born in 1960. I remember watching TV when JFK was first shot, then the announcement of his death. My mother cried.
