What's the word?

[YLO BRD]

Thunderbird! Does anyone remember this ad slogan from the 60's? It advertised a really...cheap ($2.00) wine that all the kids bought. It of course was named Thunderbird, and had the wing logo on the label. Maybe this was just a Detroit thing, they also made another fine wine called "Silver Cadillac"

[tr cruiser]

Thunderbird, Boone's Farm, Ripple - brings back memories of a misspent youth. :mouth_water: Haven't seen any of these on the store shelf since I left Michigan, though we do get the occasional Stroh's beer. :beer:

lyrics to When the Word was Thunderbird (http://www.allcountry.de/Songbook/Texte_W/When_The_Word_Was_Thunderbird/body_when_the_word_was_thunderbird.html)

[MATBird]

YLO BRD
No it wasn't a Detroit thing - I remember it in Connecticut when I was in High School. We even mixed it with Ginger Ale to meke it go further

[niteflight]

I humbly offer the following review, from the "Oregon Voice", January 1999:

Thunderbird's "Serve Cold" (750 ml, $2.79, 17.5%), "The American Classic," was a complex and aggressive wine from the first sniff. "The stale farts of an aging Times Square hooker," noted Brandon, seeking vivid metaphors for the barbaric attack, "or the odor of vomit-soaked sewer grates." Mike found the nose urinary with a hint of Windex. To me, it was a quivering bouquet of Nyquil, rotten grapefruit, and horseradish. The odors were heavy like sun on a headache, like varnish on an open sore.

The flavor was hauntingly scolding, like Mom's cooking sherry. Quick and staccato, without subtlety, the flavors attacked: Vaseline, allegations of lime, Triaminic and bacon grease, a pile of bum yak on Burnside, a diesel train crashing into a baby duck, rancid Mountain Dew, a backalley dumpster's burnt caramel apple. My God, the horror! It was like waking up in a tire fire.

Each sip ended with a hydrogen peroxide sting that made you cringe and wonder if the next sip was worth it. When the glass was drained, the flavors cooled to a slow evil burn, like the lingering itch of jalapeqo diarrhea. But at last we had a buzz.

[YLO BRD]

tr cruiser, I think you must have listened to WCHB while you were in Detroit. Never heard that song on WXYZ or CKLW with Robin Seymour. I'll have to check our local wine shelves and see if its still available. I'll save some for all that come to visit.

[FUN X 3]

YLO BRD- What da? Is that a mini-me Ronald McDonald sitting in your avatar???

[YLO BRD]

niteflight, Aaahhh....memories of the good old days. I'll make sure I save some for you!

[YLO BRD]

Fun X 3 - don't you recognize Woodstock from Peanuts? He has his earmuffs and scarf on ready for the cool top down trips this fall.

[Gobird]

Thunderbird Wine, we use to drive over the Maryline Line to get this stuff many years ago when we were teens. It did what it was supposed to do, it got us drunk. :lol: At that time in life that was what the main goal was for this.:beer:

[03bird]

whats the word-------------THUNDERBIRD
Whats the price-------------->30 twice
AHH Thunderbird one cheap way to get smashed

[Lady 007]

Woodstock says he wants to go to destin!!! For me, strawberry hill! but I missed the woodstock!!

[Joybird]

Cross state lines to get alcohol????Never!!!!!!!!!!Can't prove it, I have ID saying I was 19?????????? Ohhhhh its 21 here and 19 there...........hummmmmmmm maybe I did cross that line.....

[rlstonejr]

when we were in Key West in August, I pulled into a parking lot and the obviously native and well lubricated attendent yelled "what's the word?" I replied "THUNDERBIRD, WHAT'S THE PRICE?" and he said "30 twice!" Then he directed me to a great parking place, close to him and well lit.:smokin:

[03bird]

AH for those care free days of yesterday, when the biggest problem was $2.00 for gas and a buck for beer or Thunderbird. @1? no body cared or checked proof.

[YLO BRD]

Forgot about the 30 twice part of the ad. The modern update could be: What the word? Thunderbird! Whats the price? About $5 grand over sticker.

[Lady 007]

haha ylo, I think sticker will go up!

[Catbyrd]

It was so easy to open; you didn't even need a corkscrew!

Miss those thunderbird, ripple, boones' farm strawberry hill, and Mogan David Mad Dog 20 days of summers gone by.:hippy::flower::mouth_wat:

We were underage and headed to play "pass out" (if anyone remembers that game). someone bought us 11 bottles of strawberry hill. an officer pulled us over and hauled us down to the station and they called our parents. we never got to play the game or drink the wine. that was probably a good thing.:pink:

[BirdsAndBugs]

Thunderbird wine? That stuff was flat out nasty. :thumbsdow

Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill was cheap and much more drinkable. I even enjoyed it somewhat. :smokin:

[SteelCityTBirds]

Thunderbird, Mad Dog 20/20, Night Train, and Wild Irish Rose...all are alive and well and can be found at many of your finer convenience stores on the bottom shelf of the cooler.

My first, last, and only experience with any of these was Pink Grapefruit Mad Dog.:worried: Hey, I was under 21 and didn't have a say in the matter. I was in training, in the Army, in Virginia and have never been more drunk, off-balance, hot flashy, and sick all at the same time...and I even HATE the taste of grapefruit. The things we will do sometimes...

[yelobird2002]

Thunderbird Wine was about as nasty as the Brew 102 beer we bought in L.A. as kids. A case of Brew 102 could be had for $1.69
Era was 1969 - 1971. Brew 102 got its name from its recipe. It was the 102nd try on a recipe before they got it right.

[Chuck]

You folks are old -- umm sorry I guess I am as well. It's an mid state NY thing as well. Started out as a boones farm apple whine boy, puked every single time I drank the stuff, then went to Manashevits, puked about half the time, moved to Blackberry brandy, got me down even more, then found my true love, of course started at the bottom You folks are old -- umm sorry I guess I am as well. It's an mid state NY thing as well. Started out as a boones farm apple whine boy, puked every single time I drank the stuff, then went to Menshevits, puked about half the time, moved to Blackberry brandy, got me down even more, then found my true love, of course started at the bottom Shafer, is the one beer to have when you're having more than one.Shafer is, is the one beer to have when you're having more than one.

[FUN X 3]

Chuck, you REALLY are old, you can't remember you said something right after you said it, so you say it again...:lol:

[goldent]

Most people reply when you tell them you got a thunderbird with whats the word? of course Thunderbird! Whats the price? 20,000 twice! Mad dog 20/20 forever! I was the wine that just kept giving and the hangover lasted forever! :bestwish: :pbj: :nuts: :puzzled: :puzzled:

[niteflight]

Ah, memories. We used to go for the neighbors homemade. Zinfandel. I didn't have the ethics to steal it - but the kid next door did, and he had the key to their shed. By the time they caught on, there was upwards of 65 bottles missing. We'd take 2 each (and a piece of wonderbread), go to an abandoned house at the bottom of a steep ravine known as "Rumblin Tumblin Hill" that we couldn't get back out of until we were sober enough to avoid detection.... There were a few girls that were bad (good) enough to accompany us too. Many an indiscretion occured down there. Also once, somebody got some "White Lightning". By the time we had added everything from orange soda to root beer to it to try and make it drinkable, it was so bad we had to throw it out. We didn't want to get drunk that bad.

[goldent]

Does anyone know the answer to this?
What's the joy?

[FUN X 3]

What's the joy?
A T-Bird toy.

[taflocks]

check out this site www.tcsn.net/rags/bum/

[0bird2]

When I was young and foolish, we made a drink we called Panther P-ss. Start with a 1 gallon jug and put in a fifth of cheap Vodka, a pint of cheap gin, 1 small can of lime concentrate, 1 small can of lemon concentrate and fill to top with Mountain Dew. Stir well and drink from the jug. Pass it around and don't worry about germs, they're dead.
It was great stuff, maybe I'll go home and make a jug.........
We couldn't afford gallon jugs of wine, so made this instead and it wasn't to bad to drink.

[DavidA]

NOW we understand what happened to you George! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[K.P.]

...and what happened to YOU, David?:lol::lol::poke::biggrin:

[DavidA]

Me? Me? Me? Nothing happened to me.... nothing wrong with me ..... NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! :cul: :cussing: :nervous: :damn: :canada:

[LuvHisBird]

Karyl:

Whatever do you mean Hon? He is perfectly normal........:nuts: :nuts: :nuts: :puzzled: :joker:

[K.P.]

:laugh::laugh:

Nothing like a man with "commitment"!!!

[SunLuvNBird]

"See kids, this is what too much alcohol does....."

[Skip]

Remember Fred Sanford's special concoction? You put Ripple & Chianti together, and what do you get?


ChRippled!!!


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[Sam]

Skip,
I thought it was "Ripple" and Champagne, and he called it;
"Champipple"!:lol:
(I LOVED that show!)

[Skip]

Kevin:

I think we both might be right!

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