92.9 Jack FM -- Playing What We Want » Twinkies http://929jackfm.com Playing What We Want Tue, 21 May 2013 23:30:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Twinkies Are Coming Back in the Greatest News Ever http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-coming-back/ http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-coming-back/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:27:24 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=157469 The long national nightmare is over.

Twinkies are coming back!

]]> http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-coming-back/feed/ 0 Scott Olson, Getty Images Jamie Foxx Wants Y'All to Give Some Love to the Ding Dong http://929jackfm.com/jamie-foxx-wants-yall-to-give-some-love-to-the-ding-dong/ http://929jackfm.com/jamie-foxx-wants-yall-to-give-some-love-to-the-ding-dong/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:48:30 +0000 Joe Russo http://929jackfm.com/?p=144128 Let's not forget that long before Jamie Foxx was winning oscars and rapping with Kanye West, he was making us laugh on "In Living Color" with his hilarious "Wanda" character. That's why I was looking forward to Foxx's second stint as host on Saturday Night Live, where there was no need for him to take himself so seriously.

]]> http://929jackfm.com/jamie-foxx-wants-yall-to-give-some-love-to-the-ding-dong/feed/ 0 There Is a Petition for Obama to Nationalize Twinkies http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-petition/ http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-petition/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:45:38 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=166999 When the US auto industry was in jeopardy four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it's the American junk food industry that's in peril, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step.

Daniel B. of Kansas City has started a petition for the president to "Nationalize the Twinkie industry."

]]> http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-petition/feed/ 0 Tim Boyle, Getty Images Why Pay Thousands For Twinkies? Here's The Recipe. http://929jackfm.com/why-pay-thousands-for-twinkies-heres-the-recipe/ http://929jackfm.com/why-pay-thousands-for-twinkies-heres-the-recipe/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:23:12 +0000 Dan Seitz http://thefw.com/?p=166740 In the wake of the closing of Hostess, many are worried that they won't be able to get Twinkies, and driving the prices of the snack cakes up to absurd degrees on eBay.

Good thing the recipe is easy to find, if you're not made of money.

]]> http://929jackfm.com/why-pay-thousands-for-twinkies-heres-the-recipe/feed/ 0 Scott Olsen, Getty Images 10 Absurd Consequences of Hostess Filing for Bankruptcy http://929jackfm.com/10-absurd-consequences-of-hostess-filing-for-bankruptcy/ http://929jackfm.com/10-absurd-consequences-of-hostess-filing-for-bankruptcy/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:59:13 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=69652 Hostess, which makes such iconic foods as Wonder Bread and Twinkies, has filed for bankruptcy. The company is some $860 million in debt, so clearly some restructuring is in order.

What happens now, you ask? Here are some possible scenarios of what may take place:

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