Tastykake In Popular Culture

**Tastykake has been a longtime sponsor of the Philadelphia Flyers, who award a case of their desserts whenever a Flyer scored. The cases are usually given to charity in the player's name. Legendary Flyers broadcaster and Hall of Famer Gene Hart's signature goal call went: "He shoots, he scores, for a case of Tastykake!" **Tastykake has also been a longtime sponsor of Philadelphia Phillies broadcasts. Hall of Fame announcer Harry Kalas (1936–2009) often announced that a box of Tastykakes had been delivered to the booth between innings. At his memorial service at Citizens Bank Park in April 2009, mourners were treated to Tastykakes and soft pretzels. **Author Janet Evanovich features Tastykakes in her mystery novels about Stephanie Plum, all of which are set in Trenton, New Jersey. Plum, played by actress Katherine Heigl in the 2012 film, One for the Money, asks, "Hey, why are you messing with my Tastykakes, huh?". **From 1995-2018, Eastern State Penitentiary recognised Bastille Day (July 14) with a yearly celebration involving Tastykake. A woman dressed as Marie Antoinette and her fellow re-enactors would throw as many as 2,000 packs of Tastykakes from the towers of the penitentiary to the public below while "Antoinette" said, "If the people have no bread, I say, 'let them eat Tastykake!'. **Tastykake owns the naming rights of local sports talk radio station 94.1 WIP's broadcasting studio, which has been dubbed "The Tastykake Studio," and it provides staff with free treats in exchange for product promotion; this has been a running gag with WIP hosts. x First Film With Sound Thomas Edison and W.K.L Dickinson paired up in 1895 to make the first film that included the use of sound. In 1913 Edison compiled 19 talking films, however projectionists were not appropriately trained and often sound and image were out of synch, resulting in audience dissatisfaction.