When you think of the best classic fair foods, visions of funnel cake, cotton candy ... bubble gum at all. When you think about it, biting into a batter shell to get to endlessly chewy gum ...

A chewy resin that produced bubbles proved ... Diemer’s invention inspired an entire new category of music. "Bubble gum pop" equates his candy to flirtatious fun set to an upbeat, breezy tune.