Pepperidge Farm is set to announce that it's removing transfatty acids from its Goldfish crackers. The company will, however, retain the product's terrifying TV jingle, in which a chirpy-voiced singer urges consumers to "bite their heads off," a message comparable in its cheerful creepiness to the twins in "The Shining" urging Danny to "Come play with us... forever and ever and ever... "
February 16, 2004
Bill Barol
I'm a freelance writer in Santa Monica, Ca. But what I really want to do is not get paid for blogging.
This is yet another in a neverending series of 'retropanics' for me, since Pepperidge Farm probably thinks I'm gonna feel all good about their new health-conscious recipe, when all I'm really thinking is "Holy crap, what the hell are transfatty acids and how many of them have I eaten in my 32 years of Goldfish consuming?!?!" Kinda like when my local diner put up a sign that they were now serving Grade-A beef.
Posted by: Ken Goldstein | February 16, 2004 at 08:41 PM