Bubble gum Bubble gum Bubble gum is a type of chewing gum, designed to be inflated out of the mouth as a bubble. In 1928, Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, was experimenting with new gum recipes. One recipe was found to be less sticky than regular chewing gum, and stretched more easily. This gum became highly successful and was eventually named by the president of Fleer as Dubble Bubble because of its stretchy texture. The original bubble gum was pink in color because that was the dye that Diemer had most on hand at the
The Pink Poodle relocated a short distance to 18 Fern Street. A bar and restaurant in the new development that replaced it bears the name "The Pink Poodle". In 2005, the National Trust of Queensland nominated the sign to be one of Queensland's Heritage Icons. In 2015, the signage appeared on a postage stamp issued by Australian Post as part of its "Signs of the Times" series. In 1995, author Matthew Condon published a novel, "A Night at the Pink Poodle", about the rise and fall of a Gold Coast highrise apartment salesman. The Pink Poodle The Pink Poodle was an iconic motel