Good lord, can you imagine working in the Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans factory?!
“This doesn’t quite taste like vomit yet . . . Not acidy enough. And the earwax one: I think we need a little more ‘ear’ and a little less ‘wax,’ don’t you? Now, let me try the new ‘sardine’ and see if the salt comes through better . . .”
Sounds like these are better-executed than the (real life) Willy Wonka candy. I thought that was just cruel: promising kids Everlasting Gobstoppers and stuff that was not at all Everlasting… you know, it just couldn’t live up to the billing. I thought that was mean-spirited marketing. Bah.