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Taking a look at 'SWEETS' - Part One 🍭
#lollipops #codewords
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1. Did you know 'Chupa Chups' are from Spain? Image
2. Their logo was designed by Dali.
Madonna and other celebrities were hired to advertise the product.
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3. Slogans such as 'stop smoking, start sucking' and 'sucking does not kill' were used in an anti smoking drive...
4. In 1997 Chupa Chups launched a 'spice girl' range.
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9. The UK website includes "Pizza you haven't tried yet'
'Enjoy a little pizza heaven with this sweet twist on your favourite dish".

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10. 'You can find anything from lollipops, to Spooky Pizza and the newest product launch 3D Skull Lollipops – a tasty fizzy lime brain on a skull shaped strawberry lollipop.'
chupachups.co.uk/products/fun-c…
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13. Italian branded underwear..pyjamas..for all the family..
'fun, sweet and playful'
'out of the box style'
in partnership with Chupa Chups lollipops..🍭 Image
14. Chupa Chups Billionaire's Maltese flagged super yacht spotted off Cobh, Cork.
'An 81-metre superyacht that belongs billionaire Augusto Perfetti has been spotted in Cobh.'
c103.ie/news/buzz/120m…
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15. Augusto Perfetti is worth around  $3 billion, having made much of his money through the Perfetti Van Melle sweet company, which makes some well known sweet treats like Chupa Chups and Mentos. Image
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18. What binds Chupa-Chups lollipops and Salvador Dali?
19. 'Dali incorporated the Chupa Chups name into a brightly coloured daisy shape. Image
20. Dali - melting clocks

cookies - melting cookie monster
What does this symbolise?.. Image
21. Within a few years, Dali's work became more widely known, even touring America during the Thirties. Today, his fame is such that TV shows such as The Simpsons and Sesame Street (above in no 20) have parodied his work.
23. 'The story goes that in the early 1950s, Xavier Bernat worked for an apple JAM factory and had the idea of making lollipops. He built the production machines and sold a striped bonbon on a wooden stick for one peseta each.'
24. 'Shopkeepers were instructed to place the lollipops near the cash register within reach of children’s hands, instead of the traditional placement behind the counter. Thanks for that Xavier – we’ll think of you whenever we go shopping with children!'
25. Why is the ballet shoe linked to chupa chups and Dali?
26. Hackney - Ballet shoe makers- Darcey Bussell, Naomi Campbell customers - Dali - Chupa Chups...
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27. Real life Willy Wonka? Image
28. Augusto Perfetti (Perfects) son of Ambrogio Perfetti (Ambrosia - nectar of the gods.)
Another young man who becomes a billionaire from almost nothing. Image
29. Remember Kojak? It was a Chupa Chupa. Image
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32. On the good ship Lollipop it's a sweet trip to the candy shop. All men on the plane - no women present.

And there you are - Happy Landing on a chocolate bar.
All the man-handling in that scene!
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'See the sugar bowl do the tootsie roll
With the big bad devil's food cake..'
genius.com/Shirley-temple…
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34. I wish Mother were here!?!?!🤔🤔🤔 - right at the start of the video.
Shirley TEMPLE.
She was 3 years old in that clip.
Just the way she pulls her dress down shows how acutely uncomfortable she was doing that.
The lascivious expressions on those men!
35. ...Reminds me of the photo of Tom Hanks at the pageant.
36. My boy lollipop! That started as My girl lollipop until "Millie" appeared to sing about 'her' boy lollipop.
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38. Millie had a brief platonic relationship with Peter Asher of the duo Peter and Gordon.
Peter was the brother of Jane Asher.
He helped the careers of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.
In 2019 he published a book "The Beatles from A-Z.
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39. 2015 CBE for Peter Asher.

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42. Before Millie there was a version of My Boy Lollypop by BARBIE GAYE!!!??? Barbie was 14 years old when she made the recording.
43. The Chordettes sing both Lollipop and Mr Sandman in 1958. Image
44. How many 'ladies' in the line up?
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46. The original song "My Girl Lollypop" was purchased by 'Notorious" record executive Morris Levy??? Image
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48. The song "Mr. Sandman", written by Pat Ballard and popularized in 1954 by The Chordettes, references Pagliacci in the lines..
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci! and lots of wavy hair like Liberace??? Image
49. Pagliaccio - The Clown. Image
End Part One/
Thankyou for Reading 😎
Research by @NinaBrooke8 and David Howey.
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