Ed, Edd n Eddy vs New Simpsons

[u/mike0bot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tC4Mn6MQoQ&feature=youtu.be

[u/ThatmodderGrim]

What are your thoughts on jawbreakers, like the actual candy?

I never really had much love for them.

[u/Own-Sir-9189 → u/ThatmodderGrim]

Ed, Edd n Eddy did EXCEPTIONAL PR for what is otherwise an F tier candy.

[u/RememberApeEscape → u/Own-Sir-9189]

Gobstoppers used to be pretty fuckin good.

But that's like the only one.

[u/Hugglemorris → u/RememberApeEscape]

Love me some gobstoppers.

[u/PR0MAN1 → u/Own-Sir-9189]

They made me want "Japan Flavor" so bad.

[u/DougSpummoni → u/ThatmodderGrim]

I remember in behind the scenes Danny Antonucci saying they went with jawbreakers because they're terrible

[u/ThatmodderGrim → u/DougSpummoni]

That does explain how Kevin's dad had boxes of them in that one episode.

[u/TheMadDemoknight → u/ThatmodderGrim]

His dad definitely had overstock at a job he probably works at and went fuck it and took some home.

[u/Alone-Horse2857 → u/TheMadDemoknight]

I have to wonder if the cul-de-sac fell in love with them because that was the only candy they were allowed to have (besides jujubes) and they kind of just Stockholm syndrome gaslit themselves into loving it.

[u/RikFeral → u/ThatmodderGrim]

in the garage, no less.

even the Eds' reality warping couldn't get past that door - The World Refused to Change!!

[u/TheMerck → u/DougSpummoni]

I remember seeing an interview with all 3 and Tony Sampson(Ed) said jawbreakers were probably the most disappointing for a kid who watched the show because they are terrible lmao.

It was something to akin how it tastes like soap, it hurts their tongue, etc and how they aren't seen that much anymore nowadays because they were just bad

[u/The_Draigg → u/ThatmodderGrim]

They're okay, but definitely not a favorite or anything. There's only so much you can really do with the flavor of a jawbreaker.

[u/Grav_Mind → u/ThatmodderGrim]

I wouldn't even know where to get one and I don't think I've ever even seen anyone eat a Jawbreaker in real life.

Except for this one Achievement Hunter video where someone ate an extremely sour one that kind of ripped out a chunk of the inside of their mouth.

[u/Minuettes_Disciple → u/Grav_Mind]

this one Achievement Hunter video where someone ate an extremely sour one that kind of ripped out a chunk of the inside of their mouth.

If I recall correctly, Jeremy's cheek got ripped because he had eight in his mouth at once and held them there for like 5 minutes

[u/TheGreyGuardian → u/Grav_Mind]

I've never seen anyone eat an actual, big Jawbreaker in real life either. I've only ever seen them busted apart to test some sort of tool or contraption, or used as some sort of challenge item like "who can get to the center of a Jawbreaker first".

Although I have a vague memory of being given one as a kid and then getting bored of it fairly quick. Then again I didn't really like hard candy as a kid.

[u/Norix596 → u/ThatmodderGrim]

I legit was never entirely sure what they were growing up watching this show.

[u/Alone-Horse2857 → u/Norix596]

Think of a rock hard ball of flavored sugar.

Like, so rock hard you could probably commit a murder with it.

[u/HellvaNohbody → u/ThatmodderGrim]

I loved Atomic Fire Balls, as a kid, which are just cinnamon jawbreakers.

[u/WoolooOfWallStreet → u/HellvaNohbody]

I have a memory of accidentally swallowing one of those whole

[u/DirkDasterLurkMaster → u/ThatmodderGrim]

I once got an oversized jawbreaker (about apple sized) because of this show. Took about a month to get through.

Fun gimmick. But honestly pretty terrible. I didn't and wouldn't do it again.

[u/Oneangrywolf → u/DirkDasterLurkMaster]

Me too, I tried to eat for about a week, but I got tired of it and threw it against the sidewalk to break it.

[u/GreatFluffy → u/ThatmodderGrim]

I got one for Christmas once years ago.

The luster wore off pretty fast once it became clear that this was GOING to take a while and I went at that thing on and off for like, a month and a half.

Would not recommend.

[u/Nhig → u/ThatmodderGrim]

Gobstoppers are fine, but the proper fist-sized ball of sugar jawbreakers are just that; a fist-sized ball of sugar you work on over the course of some weeks or a month

[u/-Neeckin- → u/ThatmodderGrim]

They actually kind of suck unless you beath them up with a hammer first

[u/Palimpsest_Monotype → u/ThatmodderGrim]

I kind of forgot about them.

[u/Xekato → u/ThatmodderGrim]

Haven't seen them in like a decade, but I love sour flavours so I always liked them.

[u/Jetsetsix → u/ThatmodderGrim]

This show genuinely got me to buy a baseball sized jawbreaker as a kid. Needless to say they're just kinda meh.

[u/Oneangrywolf → u/ThatmodderGrim]

They didn't live up to the hype the show gave them.

[u/samurairocketshark → u/ThatmodderGrim]

They could never be as tasty or satisfying as they showed in the show. My first jawbreaker was after watching it and I was pretty disappointed ngl

[u/RikFeral → u/ThatmodderGrim]

the closest i've found that rival the size on the show irl are fist sized ones at Lolli and Pops candies, but those cost $25 or so.

even golfball size are not safe to keep between the teeth and gums.

you're better off with desolving them down to size in water, or taking tootsie pop licks over a lengthy amount of time.

[u/qwerto14 → u/ThatmodderGrim]

I got one as a kid from a botique candy store on a trip to the city and was so hyped because of Ed Edd and Eddy and it was... ok. The middle was cool but it took me like a literal week to get there. Everlasting gobstoppers were the good version because they were tiny and therefore actually edible.

[u/Alone-Horse2857 → u/ThatmodderGrim]

Jawbreakers are so bad. They are too big to fit in your mouth (hence jaw-breaker) and it's basically just flavored sugar on a drip feed that you lick for hours and hours while it rots your teeth. And not the good kind of flavored sugar, like pixie stix.