Or those?

還是那些？

Have you drunk that?

你喝了嗎？

You have?

你有嗎？

Good.

很好啊

Well, these creations are all from one man,

好吧，這些作品都是一個人的傑作。

William A. Mitchell, an all American food chemist.

威廉-A-米切爾，全美食品化學家。

A junk food wizard as such.

這樣的垃圾食品奇才。

And his road a sugar glory would change

而他的道路上，一個糖的榮耀將改變

the world's sweet tooth, forever.

世界上的甜食，永遠。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

Bill Mitchell started working at General Foods in 1939.

比爾-米切爾於1939年開始在通用食品公司工作。

His job was to create new foods

他的工作是創造新的食物

for the world to sink their teeth into.

讓全世界的人都沉浸其中。

And who would be best to talk about such an inventor

誰最適合談論這樣一個發明家呢？

than an old colleague, Marv Rudolph.

比一個老同事，馬伕-魯道夫。

They worked together for six years in the same lab.

他們在同一個實驗室一起工作了六年。

- Miller was the inventor at General Foods.

- 米勒是通用食品公司的發明人。

If you looked up inventor in the dictionary,

如果你在字典裡查發明家。

there was probably a picture of Bill Mitchell

可能有比爾-米切爾的照片

next to the word.

字旁。

He knew what amplified flavors.

他知道什麼是放大的味道。

He knew what colors to use

他知道該用什麼顏色

to make something more attractive.

以使一些東西更有吸引力。

If you had a problem, he was the guy to go to.

如果你有問題，他就是你要找的人。

Management tried to promote Bill many times

管理部門多次想提拔比爾

and he said, "No, just keep me in my lab.

他說："不，就把我關在實驗室裡。

"It's what I wanna do."

"這是我想做的事。"

- Bill had a superhero beginning,

- 比爾有一個超級英雄的開始。

just like the Hulk or Dr. Manhattan,

就像綠巨人或曼哈頓博士一樣。

after his lab exploded and he survived.

他的實驗室爆炸後，他活了下來。

- [Marv Rudolph] He was heating a beaker of alcohol

- [馬伕-魯道夫]他在加熱一燒杯的酒精。

and the beaker had a crack and just exploded (explosion).

而燒杯出現了裂縫，就這樣爆炸了（爆炸）。

They said that he had burns over 80% of his body

他們說他全身80%以上的地方都被燒傷了。

(machine beeping) and he was in terrible pain.

(機器嗶嗶聲)，他非常痛苦。

He managed to come back from that explosion,

他設法從那場爆炸中回來了。

that accident, and start a career that was exemplary.

那場事故，並開始了堪稱典範的職業生涯。

- The time is 1956,

- 時間是1956年。

Mitchell was hard at work trying to carbonate Kool-Aid,

米切爾正在努力地嘗試碳化酷愛。

a popular powdered soft drink.

一種流行的粉狀軟飲料。

- [Marv Rudolph] So he said

- [馬伕-魯道夫]所以他說：

"Why can't I add carbon dioxide molecules to sugar?"

"為什麼我不能在糖中加入二氧化碳分子？"

That was a great leap forward.

這是一個巨大的飛躍。

- And thus Pop Rocks were born!

- 流行搖滾樂就這樣誕生了!

The infamous popping candy.

臭名昭著的爆米花糖。

You might have heard the few urban legends,

你可能聽說過幾個都市傳說。

Pop Rocks and Cola together

Pop Rocks和可樂在一起

will make your stomach explode (explosion).

會讓你的胃爆炸（爆炸）。

- No way, it wasn't true, absolutely not.

- 不可能，這不是真的，絕對不是。

But the rumor would never die.

但這個傳言永遠不會消失。

And people would call up to General Foods

人們會打電話到通用食品

and they'd say "Are you the company

他們會說 "你是公司的人嗎

"that killed that dear little boy?"

"殺了那個親愛的小男孩？"

- Soon after, Mitchell was on a roll,

- 不久之後，米切爾就開始發力了。

he created a powder, when mixed together with water,

他創造了一種粉末，當與水混合在一起。

would create a bright orange liquid,

會產生一種明亮的橙色液體。

and it was 94% sugar, but it had Vitamin C.

而且它是94%的糖，但它有維生素C。

- [Marv Rudolph] He invented Tang,

- [馬伕-魯道夫]他發明了唐。

he invented the orange flavoring system,

他發明了橙子調味系統。

which was much more intense

這是更激烈的

than just a typical orange flavor.

不僅僅是典型的橙子味道。

- And fun fact,

- 還有一個有趣的事實

Tang even made its way to space.

唐國棟甚至還上了太空。

First of all, John Glenn's Mercury flight in 1962,

首先，約翰-格倫在1962年的水星飛行。

it was used to make the spacecrafts water supply

它是用來做航天器的水供應的

stop tasting so much like metal.

停止品嚐如此多的金屬。

Now it's 1967, early in the year Mitchell had patented

現在是1967年，早在這一年，米切爾就已經申請了專利。

a faster setting jello.

一個更快的設置果凍。

- [Marv Rudolph] Quickset Jello was a very useful invention

- [馬伕-魯道夫]Quickset果凍是一個非常有用的發明。

because you didn't have to wait for the jello to set,

因為你不用等果凍凝固。

which took hours, and he cut the time in half.

這需要幾個小時，而他把時間縮短了一半。

- But why stop there?

- 但為什麼要止步於此呢？

Only a few months later, he was hard at work.

僅僅幾個月後，他就努力工作了。

Ladies and gentlemen, I think

女士們，先生們，我想

this is Mitchell's finest invention.

這是米切爾最好的發明。

(drum roll) Cool Whip.

(鼓聲)酷鞭。

- [Marv Rudolph] Oh yeah, Cool whip

- [馬伕-魯道夫]哦，是的，很酷的鞭子。

was the first freeze thaw stable nondairy whipped cream.

是第一款凍融穩定的非乳製品鮮奶油。

You could whip cream, but you freeze it

你可以打發奶油，但你要把它凍起來。

and it's going to separate.

並且要分開。

That was a huge product, a huge success for General Foods.

那是一個巨大的產品，是通用食品公司的巨大成功。

- William A. Mitchell

- William A. Mitchell

was granted 44 patents in 35 years, an incredible feat.

35年內獲得44項專利，這是一個不可思議的壯舉。

But like any inventor, some did work and some didn't.

但就像所有的發明家一樣，有的人確實成功了，有的人卻沒有。

- [Marv Rudolph] One of them that didn't make it

- [馬伕-魯道夫]他們中的一個人沒有成功。

was dry alcohol.

是幹酒精。

He would take wet alcohol and mix it

他會拿溼酒精和它混合

with this fluffy maltodextrin and it would stay dry.

用這種蓬鬆的麥芽糊精，它可以保持乾燥。

There were problems with that, but it does work.

雖然有問題，但確實有效。

The funny thing about that was General Foods

有趣的是，通用食品

was a completely non alcoholic company.

是一家完全不喝酒的公司。

You couldn't even bring a bottle of beer

你連一瓶啤酒都不能帶來

into General Foods, it was forbidden.

進入通用食品公司，這是禁止的。

Management said, "What the heck Bill, what are you doing?"

管理部門說："搞什麼鬼，比爾，你在幹什麼？"

- Eh, it's a shame,

- 誒，真是可惜了。

I kinda like the sound of that one.

我有點喜歡這個聲音。

So a toast of Tang, and Pop Rocks on the side,

所以，敬酒的唐，和流行搖滾在旁邊。

to William A. Mitchell,

給威廉-A-米切爾。

the greatest junk food chemist that ever lived.

有史以來最偉大的垃圾食品化學家。