HACKS

ok, we’re not gonna talk about hackers today, but instead, we’re gonna talk bout something we’re all familiar with, the Gula-gula HACKS (sweets).

Went to do some research on HACKS today, from evening until now, should be at least 6 hours spent on this old man. In the end, I’ve come a conclusion, the old man in fact is just another old man, and I couldn’t get his name yet. But there’re proof in the pics below.

But before that, let’s talk about the name HACKS, why hacks?
So, the first thing I did was searching for the meaning of the word hack, a search on dictionary.com, shows that hack in fact has this meaning

to cough harshly, usually in short and repeated spasms.

hacking cough a short, dry, frequent cough.

So it’s pretty much self-describing, the word hack and the brand name HACKS.

i’ve finished about 6 HACKS when I was writing this post.

talking bout its history, I couldn’t get the exact year of its birth, but I sure found that it’s in the 1950s.

The original commercial tagline for HACKS sounded something like this :

Hacks, Hacks, Hacks
The real cough sweet that’s a treat to eat!

A check at the famous old man who appear on the plastic wrappers of our beloved HACKS sweet ~~~

i’ve found this

this old man actually coughs in this photo

next up, I found one grumpy old man who does not cough in the photo

And both of them don’t have the same face. So I conclude that he has no relation to the parent company HACKS (White Hudsons ~~ Hudson, another gula2 brand that I like too :))

So the moment when the bosses at HACKS wanna shoot this commercial, I’m sure they’ve actually talent-scouted for bald guys, a re-preduction of the ad, as what i’ve figured would look something like this.

And probably, they’ve discarded a few HACKS old hack wannabe, that includes, him

in the meantime, let me finish my hacks

If you look closer at the old men, there’s another feature (think hard enough)
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They don’t have teeth as well. =)
At least the first old man look like that, don’t u agree?