Bazooka Joe Bazooka Joe Bazooka Joe is a comic strip character featured on small comics included inside individually wrapped pieces of Bazooka bubble gum. He wears a black eyepatch, lending him a distinctive appearance. He is one of the more recognizable American advertising characters of the 20th century, due to worldwide distribution, and one of the few identifiable ones associated with a candy. With sales of Bazooka bubble gum down, Bazooka Candy Brands announced in November 2012 that they will no longer include the comic strip in their packaging. The new wrapper will include brain teasers, instructions, and codes that can be
Bazooka (chewing gum) a "softer version of their gum was used to make armor-piercing bullets." A fictional advertisement for the gum, starring Stacy Keach, encouraged viewers to chew Bazooka Joe gum "because life is hard," and "it's like chewing a mountain that someone shot a freeze ray into." In a November 2013 episode of "How I Met Your Mother", it was referenced by Marshall when he made a joke that was not submitted to be part of the Bazooka jokes. In the January 23, 2018 episode of "The Flash" titled "The Elongated Knight Rises", it was referenced synonymously by Cisco as his favorite