Bazooka is a brand of bubble gum that began to be marketed in the U.S. by the Brooklyn, New York based Topps Company shortly after World War II. The gum was packaged in a patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme, although Topps claims that it took the name from the instrument, not the weapon. Beginning in 1953, Topps changed the packaging to include small comic strips with the gum, featuring the character "Bazooka Joe". Virtually unchanged in over 50 years, Bazooka remains a popular brand of chewing gum. Up until 1970, the price of a piece of Bazooka gum was one penny. Bubblegum is a type of chewing gum that is especially designed for blowing bubbles. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... The bazooka is a folk musical instrument, a primitive version of a trombone, usually with a lower but less wide range. ... The bazooka weapon was one of the initial anti-tank weapons based on the High Explosive Anti-tank (HEAT) shell to enter service, used by the United States Armed Forces in World War II and the Korean War. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Bazooka Joe comic, in Hebrew Bazooka Joe is a comic strip character, featured on small comics included inside individually wrapped pieces of Bazooka bubble gum. ...

In recent years, Bazooka has been advertising some successful television commercials, most having someone doing something bad, then that person saying "I don't want no (blank) all I want--" that character then putting its hands in the air and shaking their hips "--is Bubblegum, Bazooka zooka bubblegum." Then four men, always the same, dressed in different things for different occasions, sing "Bubblegum, Bazooka zooka bubblegum." A voice is heard at the end of the commercial saying "Some gum." These commercials can be found on YouTube. YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. ...

The Topps company expanded the flavors, making them Original, Strawberry, and Grape. The Strawberry flavor is in a pink and white wrapper and the Grape in a purple and white wrapper. Bazooka bubblegum is sold in Canada. The patriotism of the Original flavor's wrapper does not seem to bother or affect anyone in any way. People seem to rather, disregard the wrapper. They are more interested in the bubble gum and the Bazooka Joe comic itself. Bazooka bubble gum has you bouncin' off the walls it's soooooooooooooo fircken good!!!