Uncle Lynn, The Pop’r King, is guesting today on Eat Your Veggies! He wants all Our Bloggy Friends to know how his little ol’ family-run company got started. So here’s Chapter One: What to Do When a Good Idea Pops into Your Head! And Don't Forget to enter this week's Great Pop'rs Giveaway!
Hi there, Blogosphere! I’m Mr. Pops; aka, Uncle Lynn, The Pop’r King. Veggie Mom has asked me to write a bit of The Pop’rs Story, and while it is hard for me to write about me, it may be an interesting story to tell. What I plan to do is publish The Pop’rs Story every once in a while, and if Veggie Mom tells me it’s interesting, I’ll keep on going. Soooooooooo...
It all started at the end of a business trip in 1992. Our family then lived in a very small town in the Southwestern part of Wisconsin. On my way home, I stopped to fill up my car (probably for about $1.25 per gallon!) and noticed a sign advertising Pop Rocks. Remember those? Since I had not yet bought the “Look what I brought home for you!” present for the three kids, this jumped out at me and I was sure the three boys (this was before Soccer Boy came along) would think they were cool–problem solved.
I bought each boy a pack or two, and headed home. I got about a mile away, and that “light bulb” you sometimes hear about went off in my head, and I wondered out loud whether Pop Rocks could be put into Popsicles. I started to giggle a bit thinking about it, and then decided I would go back to the gas station, where I bought every Pop Rock packet they had! Over the next weeks I played around with the idea, and eventually got something that actually worked. This was a little tricky, since water sets Pop Rocks to popping, but when I got it going it made a very interesting experience for my kids and their friends.
I guess I have always been a bit entrepreneurial (I once tried to make a Trivial Pursuit-like game using a school's curriculum as a fun study aid, and pretty much lost all the little bit of money we had at that time trying to figure out how to market these games, but that is another Very. LONG. Story!), so once I had a sample Pop Rocks/Popsicle product that worked, I started doing some research.
If you remember, you couldn’t just Google an answer back then, so it was a bit of a test of my resolve to find a contact at the Pop Rocks company, but eventually I did. Turns out back then Pop Rocks were marketed in North America by a company named Carbonated Candy Ventures, which was managed by a fellow named Raul. I was able to convince Raul to let me come to Pennsylvania with my sample and let him try my idea.
When we met, he was blown away by the POPPING POPSICLE I let him try, and he immediately told me I would have to meet the owners of the company so they could check it out, and see what they might want to do. Thinking I could do this all in the same trip, I was ready to go. But, the owners I needed to meet were located in Barcelona, Spain. Hmmmmmmmmm. It turned out to be quite a long business trip!
Guess this is a good place to end this chapter–but you can see the fledgling idea that formed the basis of the Whole Pop’rs Story. More to come later!
PS: Isn’t Veggie Mom doing a great job over here at Eat Your Veggies? Make sure you enter her latest Great Pop’rs Giveaway, so that you can try some of these fun and good-for-you seasonings yourself!
Thanks for Sharing!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Today's Guest Blogger: "Mr. Pops;" aka, Uncle Lynn!
“Mr. Pops;" aka, Uncle Lynn
Posted by Aunt Julie at 9:19 AM
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How cool is that! Can't wait to hear the rest of the story... I am loving my Popr's. We just convinced the boys to eat their asparagus with butter Popr's last night. Success!
Great story... can't wait to read more.
How cool now you got my curosity up I am going to keep my fingers crossed on winning some! Karen
What a great story! can't wait to read the rest.
How neat! I want to know what happens next!
I know where this is going. Y'all are totally gonna end up on Oprah. Totally.
oooooooooo I want a popping popcile soooooooo bad right now. LOL
Wow, Uncle Lynn....good follow through. A lot of people (like me) don't do that. In my current state I would have had a great idea and forgotten it by the time I got that 1 mile down the road. This is very interesting....
And I LOVE pop rocks....
I need to try some of those poprs!! Popping popcycles sounds fun.
Hey--Uncle Lynn looks like a Real. Cool. Guy! Thanks for the first chapter--I can't wait for the rest!! Hey--thanks for visiting & come back soon--we've got lots more groovy info, Jersey Questions, and, of course, the neat Asbury Park, NJ, prizes at the end of the week!
Great introduction to the pop'rs inception. :)
Wait! Don't go yet! What happened next? Where can I buy a pop rocks posiscle?
Okay, I am so intrigued I just can't even hardly stand it! What a great story!
Okay, I'm dying here - when do we get the rest of the story?
That is interesting, and I'll have to find the rest of this story.
What a neat story. Can't wait to read more.....
This is such a fun story... love the idea of a guest blogger on your personal blog...
What an awesome stoyr...hope yo read the next installment soon!
Great story!
Went to the pop'rs site to read the whole story. awesome!
now THAT is an interesting concept - my brain never thinks out of the box like that.
Ah ha...so that's what they are! Cool!
That is a cool story!! And I LOVE pop rocks...best candy.
My kids love their Poprs!
I've never had one before! Thanks for sharing that story with us!
Very cool! Off to read the rest of the story on Pops blog!
That's truly impressive...I'm off to read the rest of the story.
now, to the rest of the story...
That is so cool! I can't wait to read the rest of the story! :)
I love an entrepeneurial spirit!
How cool! I love entrepreneurial minds. Having the guts to chase those dreams and make them realities is something truly special.
It's great to have a creative mind always looking for a new idea! Best wishes to you!
Great idea!! I am always the one that sees something and said, oh why didn't I think of that?!
I just love reading about people with amazing entepreneual spirit! These sound like fun...I must try them someday!
Great interview! Hope you DO end up on Oprah!
Very intersting... I just bought my kids some Pop Rocks the other day for the first time. Totally freaked them out!!
Wow! That sounds really cool! I have yet to let my kids try Pop Rocks.
That's very interesting. I don't think I ever would have thought of putting the two things together.
That's awesome that your idea went so far. Incredible.
what a great idea. my kids love popsicles and would love this product.
What a cool story, can't wait to read more of it. And I LOVE me some pop rocks!!! So do my kids.
Happy SITS Day!!!
Hmm Interesting.
My kids will honestly try just about anything that pops in their mouths...so Pop'rs sounds like something I might be looking into...
Happy SITS day!
My dad invented the "Gumball Wizard" spiral gumball machine so I think I can somewhat picture the confused/concerned look on the faces of "Pop's" loving family when he came home saying he was going to make popping popcicles. I can still see my moms face as she reacted to "honey, I'm quitting my job to build giant gumball machined"- Eeeek! (Check out Global Gumball online sometime) It looks like some pretty awsome stuff though!
Great story. Can't wait to try them!
what a cool idea! how creative! :) enjoy your SITS day!
I still remember trying Pop Rocks for the first time...on my first sleepover!
I WANT one NOW!
Wow, you just never know when that crazy idea could be something big!
So admirable to go after what you believe in!!!!!!!!!
Oooo, that sounds so good. Wow, I want a popping popsicle! And what a great business trip too!!
So wait...Pop'rs actually pop? How cool is that?! Way to go after a dream!
Happy SITS day!
What a story! Love that you had the guts to chase your dream. Hope to see you on Oprah- and Ellen totally would give you a shout out. ;) Off to read the rest of the story.
Fascinating and urban legend making all at once ... hopefully they'll get marketed over here in Japan at some point!
It's always great to hear how an idea was born, thanks for sharing :D
Oooo, I've read other parts of the Pop'rs story (nope, not my first visit to you!), but not the beginning like this. I think I want to try those popping popsicles!
Cool story, can't wait for the conclusion!!
I'm a newbie to your blog, but I'm definitely gonna investigate this whole pop'rs thing. I'm intrigued...
where can i find one of these delicious treats?? Those used to be my fav candy back in the day!! Holy Cow...now i can say "i know who invented those things" hee hee
What a great story! I hate waiting to hear the rest!
I loved Pop Rocks as a kid, but never thought about a poppin' popsicle ~ sounds like fun!
Bebe :)
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