Ovaltine Update

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I finally found the USA version of the Ovaltine website. Compared to the UK version and the official site, the US site seems pretty lame. It is far less professional and has almost no content. Strange.

In my quest for information about a product I do not enjoy, I found the following on Wikipedia:

Ovaltine had a minor but memorable role in a 1996 episode of Seinfeld, The Fatigues, in which Jerry is nominally attempting to 'mentor' his comedic nemesis Kenny Bania. Noting that much of Bania's stand-up act concerns milk drinks such as Nesquik and Bosco, Seinfeld writes the following (deliberately obtuse) routine for Bania: "Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round. The jar is round. They should call it Roundtine!" Bania reacts eagerly, declaring, "That's gold, Jerry! Gold!"

Per Mike's shout, I should mention one more thing about Pringles. The salsa-flavored Pringles come in a blue can. I'm not sure why they think that blue is a good color for salsa. What's more, I'm not sure why they think salsa is a good flavor for potato chips. Salsa is pretty much a corn chip exclusive. Potato chips have french onion dip. I've been eating the chips, but salsa-flavor is pretty much the Ovaltine of all the Pringles flavors.

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