Daddies

Daddies (1918), a comedy by John L. Hobble. [ Belasco Theatre, 340 perf.] Several confirmed bachelors, who insist “marriage was made for women” and who dread the thought of raising children, nevertheless are talked into adopting war orphans. Their experiences vary, with one of them finding himself saddled with triplets, and several, on coming to care for the tots, agreeing to wed the mothers when they are found. But one bachelor, the writer Robert Aubrey (Bruce McRae), is disconcerted to discover that his orphan is not a tot but a seventeen‐year‐old beauty, Ruth Atkins (Jeanne Eagels). She not only persuades him to turn his writing skills toward helping the orphans' cause but wins his love in the process. During the war, David Belasco produced a number of successful comedies such as this, a departure from his more serious earlier productions. But his sense of production values remained steadfast. George Abbott, who in only his second Broadway acting experience was cast as the bachelor with the triplets, recalled that in the first act soda siphons sometimes drowned out actors' laugh lines. When the actors complained to Belasco he replied, “I'd rather lose three laughs than lose the atmosphere created by that sound.”

For the plural of Daddy, see Father.

Daddies, a brand of ketchup and brown sauce in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

History

The brown sauce product, known as Daddies Favourite, was launched in 1904, and the ketchup was launched in the 1950s. The brand is now owned by the H. J. Heinz Company, having been bought as part of the acquisition of HP Foods from previous owner Groupe Danone in 2005. Like HP Sauce, production of Daddies Favourite has been moved to the Netherlands.

Marketplace competition

While both brands remain solid competitors in the UK marketplace - with strong regional popularity in the Midlands, Wales and the West Country - Daddies Ketchup trails the dominant marketing leader, the better known Heinz Ketchup.

Popular culture

In the Raymond Briggs book Father Christmas Goes On Holiday, a sequel to the author's Father Christmas, Father Christmas is very dissatisfied when he holidays in France and finds that he is unable to get Daddies Favourite Sauce and other similar products for his steak.

In the British sitcom Chef!, Daddies Favourite Sauce was the secret ingredient that character Everton Stonehead used in his Caribbean style Jonnycakes (dumplings) in the episode "Rice and Peas".

In the popular 1990s BBC2 panel game Shooting Stars, in one of that show's absurd "True or False" questions, Vic Reeves asked a question, "Daddies Tomato Ketchup tastes better than Heinz Tomato Ketchup... true or false". The answer, according to Vic's own flavour buds, was "true".

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