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Some notes

I think this baby may have grown to a stub now. I'll see if anyone else pitches in. --Amoore 06:42, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)

Where is the reference to Caddy Shack?! Come on! That scene in the pool is classic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.70.138.182 (talk) 23:03, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

State of the Chocolate Bar: the view from Australia

FYI, kind of like a Snickers, only Baby Ruth's came first. HTH. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:33, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've heard that the Snickers bar varies from country to country. --Gbleem 11:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ruth Williamson?

I remember reading in one of the Imponderables books in the Letters section about a theory that the candy bar was named after Ruth Williamson, the daughter or grand-daughter of two candy makers. As you can see, I can remember little about it. :P Libertyernie2 00:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The edition called What Are Hyenas Laughing At, Anyway? (1995), p.84, reports the standard story about it being named for Grover Cleveland's daughter, with additional info that implies an answer to why they would name something in the 1920s for someone from a prior generation: "The trademark was patterned exactly after the engraved lettering of the name used on a medalion struck for the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, and picturing the President, his wife, and daughter Baby Ruth." There is no mention of a Ruth Williamson, although it confirms that the Williamson Candy Company of Chicago invented the "Oh Henry!" bar in 1920, another eventual product of the Curtiss, the maker of Baby Ruth, both brands later being absorbed by Nestlé, of course. Wahkeenah 09:02, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The letters portion of the edition How Do Astronauts Scratch an Itch? (1996), p. 288-289, confirms your recollection. There is a reference to another book, More Misinformation, by Tom Burnam: "Burnam concluded that the candy bar was named... after the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Williamson, candy makers who developed the original formula and sold it to Curtiss." The writeup goes on to note that marketing the product as being named for an executive's granddaughter would not likely carry much weight, hence their "official" story. Wahkeenah 09:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot. I wondered where I read that. Libertyernie2 22:08, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My father owned and managed a grocery store throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and he told me that the kids invariably called it a "Babe Ruth bar" when asking for it. WHPratt (talk) 14:23, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That association is presumably what they intended. :) Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 16:18, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Planters Nut Roll

I'm helping scan some old company newsletters. In a 1971 edition, there is a section where an employee complained about the selection of candy in the machines, specifically asking for Baby Ruth. The company reply was that the selection was rotated and that the Planters Nut roll was stocked and that it was a rebranded Baby Ruth and both were made by Curtiss. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 20:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 12:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

feces section

The whole "resemblence to human feces" section seems to exist to talk about Caddyshack. It's largely unsourced, and of dubious value to the article as a whole. I suggest deletion of that section.Nat Gertler (talk) 01:08, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right. It could be a minor case of "coat-racking". I rewrote it to present the facts and take away the teenage-level hype. But it still may be deletable. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 01:29, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What happened to the section? Its worthwhile to at least mention it was, in fact, the candy bar used in the movie. "DOOOOTIE!!!" Twebb72 (talk) 06:04, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

George hamilton iv song

Is it worth mentioning the reference to the sweet in the title of george hamilton IV's country song (later covered by marilyn manson), "A Rose and a Baby Ruth"? (79.190.69.142 (talk) 22:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC))[reply]

I would hasten to add that Al Kooper covered the song also.THX1136 (talk) 15:01, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

In the movie Hellboy, the character Hellboy is feed with Baby Ruth by his human stepfather. 62.178.137.216 (talk) 18:29, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When Did Nabisco Make Baby Ruth Bars?

According to a commercial probably from the 1980s, Nabisco made some Baby Ruth and Butterfinger bars some time before Nestlé made them. Cbsteffen (talk) 18:32, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Baby Ruth/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

I thought that I would give the article a rating since it didn't have one. I classified it as C class on the quality scale because it has a lot of information on the name, but not much else. I said it was mid-importance because it's one of the older and more popular chocolate bars but not as iconic as a Hersey's bar for example. Eiad77 (talk) 21:28, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 21:28, 31 October 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 08:48, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Unsourced content

I cannot find any sources to verify the content below, so I have moved this content from the article's In popular culture section to here. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:58, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"President Richard Nixon served Baby Ruth candy bars on Air Force One.^{[citation needed]}"

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Not really named for President's daughter

I thought it was well-known that the candy wasn't really named after a baby who'd died many years before. Just something the company claimed to get around naming the candy after a real person who wasn't getting any royalties for their use of his name. 97.126.25.198 (talk) 16:23, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]