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marnweb	Crazy American Breakfast Cereals	Lead	[-]
Posts: 130 (04/05/08 5:29 PM) Globetrotter Cravin' Kasem Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Oh My! - what horrible stuff some kids ate way back when and even now. I think I recall Kaboom on this list, but nothing else. Take a look at these, gang! Anyone here remember some of these other ones? I think Puffa Puffa Rice should have made it as it was a very strange name, not sure of its flavor, but we see it in the ads preserved on the Monkees' DVDs. http://www.asylum.com/gallery/20-vintage-breakfast-cereals-that-would-disturb-todays-youth/691432/
Mare55		#1	[-]
Posts: 389 (04/05/08 5:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I definitely remember Quisp cereal and a couple of the others look familiar. I'm sure my parents just wouldn't buy them. Some are pretty funny! Mare
NoraLou		#2	[-]
Posts: 8674 (04/05/08 5:56 PM) Rev. Nora Paperback writer Amazing Grace Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Oh some of those look just awful! In spite of my sweet tooth, I've never been a fan of sugared cereal-and I think I'm glad!
25or6to4		#3	[-]
Posts: 4176 (04/05/08 8:57 PM) Mr. Smarty Pants Treasure Chest Rock of Gibraltar Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I remember Franken Berry and Boo Berry...can't say that I remeber Fruit Brute, though. I do admit to a box or two of Kaboom in my youth. Shane The lost album. In stores June 17th.
Monkeegroupies		#4	[-]
Posts: 2186 (04/05/08 10:47 PM) Mauler-Catcher Rosie Mod Squad Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I remember Kaboom-I used to love that PS1 WORDS OF WISDOM Everyone seems normal until you get to know them You can't have everything. Where would you put it? I don't get even, I get odder. Stupidity got us into this mess - why can't it get us out? If it ain't broke, fix it till it is. My Reality Check bounced Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool
theory536		#5	[-]
Posts: 8246 (04/06/08 2:52 AM) elxxxx doolittle bright pink stripey sock Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A few years ago, they introduced Lucky Charms which were exciting because they were exotic and American. They didn't last though - as much as we love our sugary cereals here (like Frosties, Ricicles etc) I think the idea of eating marshmallows with cereal just didn't appeal to many people. Sugary cereals (yum!!) used to have toys in as free gifts, but annoyingly they don't do that any more in an attempt to get kids to eat healthily (ha-ha)!! elxxx ******** Every man is a fool in some man's opinion
The Big Dogma		#6	[-]
Posts: 603 (04/06/08 3:20 AM) GOMOTB Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I ate a lot of those when I was a kid. Probalby why my brain is fried today. I didnt think it was so horrible... Then anyway "Hello? Yes, Commissioner! Yes?... Yes?... Yes?.. Holy jumping mother o'God in a side-car with chocolate jimmies and a lobster bib! WE'RE ON OUR WAY!" -- Sam of Sam & Max, the Freelance Police "They call me the Bandit without any Pants." BD the GOMOTB(Grumpy Old Man of the Board.....Yeah thats me! whatcha gonna do about it?) "Weasles! They're not just for breakfast anymore!"
theory536		#7	[-]
Posts: 8250 (04/06/08 3:39 AM) elxxxx doolittle bright pink stripey sock Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Actually, you know I've just looked through them all - aren't there a lot that taste of like fruit and stuff? We just don't really get that here. Some of those look disgusting! elxxx ******** Every man is a fool in some man's opinion
Actrs12B		#8	[-]
Posts: 316 (04/06/08 11:15 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I don't remember any of those at all. LOL
Molly Divoon		#9	[-]
Posts: 2194 (04/06/08 11:41 AM) The Divoon Miss M nutty-buddy "not Peg" Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I remember a few of those! (Although either the folks who did the marketing on the cereal or the folks writing the critiques needs Freudian analysis.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ My fansite: The Monkees @ FashionState.Com Can you dig it?
CinniLuWho		#10	[-]
Posts: 2049 (04/06/08 12:18 PM) FVB Glitter Guhl iPod Chick Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	With the possible exception of Quisp, I don't remember any of them. Could be in part because my mother would NEVER have bought any of them (which really only affects those that were around in the 60s) and that I pretty much stopped eating cereal in high school. The fanciest cereal we ever got was Trix! Cindi http://www.purplebutterflycreations.com "Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) "Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche
Jonesounds		#11	[-]
Posts: 25036 (04/06/08 12:26 PM) Maharishi of Music Chopped Liver Magnum, PA Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	When I was little,the cereals I remember most were Kelloggs K (now it's Special K),Wheaties and Rice Crispies. When we would get sweetened cereal,I remember Frankenberry or Count Chocula. I was born in 1967,but some of those cereals like Puffa Puffa Rice I never heard of except in watching old Monkees episodes where they list it in the end credits.
theory536		#12	[-]
Posts: 8259 (04/06/08 12:50 PM) elxxxx doolittle bright pink stripey sock Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I only really ever eat Frosties or porridgefir breakfast anyway elxxx ******** Every man is a fool in some man's opinion
Molly Divoon		#13	[-]
Posts: 2195 (04/06/08 1:01 PM) The Divoon Miss M nutty-buddy "not Peg" Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Puffa Puffa Rice commercials!! (The JINGLE might shake a couple of memories loose out there...) Black and white commercial. (This one is on the hilarious side of politically incorrect.) Color commercial. (So I keep expecting Steve McGarrett or Greg Brady to show up...) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ My fansite: The Monkees @ FashionState.Com Can you dig it?
marnweb		#14	[-]
Posts: 139 (04/06/08 1:10 PM) Globetrotter Cravin' Kasem Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yea, the Freudian comment is pretty funny, Molly. Anyway, I quit eating most cold cereal on a daily basis in high school. Now it is rare that I do and when I do it is definitely not pre-sweetened much. I dug peanut butter Capt'n Crunch though when I was about 10, but I didn't see it on the list.
Molly Divoon		#15	[-]
Posts: 2198 (04/06/08 1:32 PM) The Divoon Miss M nutty-buddy "not Peg" Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Cap'n has endurance in flavor and marketing, Marnie. I found an article from the Sun (U.K.) about breakfast cereal concerns. Cereal 'sugary as chocs' But never mind that...what's a "McBacon Roll" from McDonald's? What else do the folks in the U.K. have at their world-franchised fast food restaurants that we don't? ^^^^^^^^^^^^ My fansite: The Monkees @ FashionState.Com Can you dig it?
Jonesounds		#16	[-]
Posts: 25042 (04/06/08 2:07 PM) Maharishi of Music Chopped Liver Magnum, PA Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I usually don't eat breakfast at all.
The Big Dogma		#17	[-]
Posts: 609 (04/06/08 5:13 PM) GOMOTB Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Although I have seen most of those boxes, I spent majority of the 70s & 80s overseas where I did not see these offered in the base commissaries. If I did see an odd one I was usually on leave. A lot of different cereals (as many other products) were marketed regionally also so if some were available in New England, they were necessarily sold in the south or the midwest. "Hello? Yes, Commissioner! Yes?... Yes?... Yes?.. Holy jumping mother o'God in a side-car with chocolate jimmies and a lobster bib! WE'RE ON OUR WAY!" -- Sam of Sam & Max, the Freelance Police "They call me the Bandit without any Pants." BD the GOMOTB(Grumpy Old Man of the Board.....Yeah thats me! whatcha gonna do about it?) "Weasles! They're not just for breakfast anymore!"
Jonesounds		#18	[-]
Posts: 25045 (04/06/08 5:52 PM) Maharishi of Music Chopped Liver Magnum, PA Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Waffles or Pop Tarts were more of a favorite as a kid.
The Big Dogma		#19	[-]
Posts: 610 (04/06/08 6:03 PM) GOMOTB Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	the Cap'n Crunch Character as was Quisp & Quake, were creations of Rocky & Bullwinkle creator Jay Ward Jay Ward Productions continued turning out fabulously inventive cartoons for the next few years. While its following was enthusiastic, it was not, by network television standards, very large. Series proposals such as "Fang the Wonder Dog" and "Hawkear" (about an Indian scout of the Old West) went unproduced, because the networks wouldn't accept them without emasculatingly massive changes. The studio came to rely more and more on its commercial work, particularly for Quaker cereals - first, with its regular characters acting as spokestoons for existing products, and later with new products based on Ward-designed characters (such as Quisp, Quake and Cap'n Crunch). "Hello? Yes, Commissioner! Yes?... Yes?... Yes?.. Holy jumping mother o'God in a side-car with chocolate jimmies and a lobster bib! WE'RE ON OUR WAY!" -- Sam of Sam & Max, the Freelance Police "They call me the Bandit without any Pants." BD the GOMOTB(Grumpy Old Man of the Board.....Yeah thats me! whatcha gonna do about it?) "Weasles! They're not just for breakfast anymore!"
Jonesounds		#20	[-]
Posts: 25053 (04/06/08 6:09 PM) Maharishi of Music Chopped Liver Magnum, PA Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I used to love peanut butter Cap'n Crunch. That was one of the best back then.
marnweb		#21	[-]
Posts: 142 (04/06/08 7:00 PM) Globetrotter Cravin' Kasem Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	More background info on 'toons used to hawk cereals, pretty cool trivia, BD. I wondered if some of these flops of crazy cereals were offered regionally. It looks like, too, Purina used to produce a lot of cold cereal. I never knew that either. The Capt'n Crunch flops mentioned do not ring a bell for me, one was Vanilly and forgot the other one, something orange fruity, which sounded rather gross. Anyway, I like reading about nostalgic stuff like that, even if most of it isn't familiar to me.
Jonesounds		#22	[-]
Posts: 25057 (04/06/08 7:03 PM) Maharishi of Music Chopped Liver Magnum, PA Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Do they still make "Christmas Crunch"? It would come out late in the year and that would be the only time.
theory536		#23	[-]
Posts: 8263 (04/07/08 1:33 AM) elxxxx doolittle bright pink stripey sock Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sally asked: What's a "McBacon Roll" from McDonald's I don't think anyone's answered yet - so I will! It's what it sounds like - bacon in a roll. McDonalds didn't invent it, no more than they invented the drive through - butit still has to be called a "McDrive Thru" I'd ove to tell you what else we have that yu don't - but I have no idea what you have! I can tell you that McDo in France has Croissants and beer though! I remember Pop-Tarts coming to the UK- they felt so futuristic! elxxx ******** Every man is a fool in some man's opinion
dydrmblvr		#24	[-]
Posts: 2988 (04/07/08 1:57 AM) Raspy McSqueaks MandrakeMallard soul peeps Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	What a neat thread Marnie!! I remember some of the cereals. "King Vitamin, Have Breakfast With The King"! I always thought "Kaboom" was a horrible knock off of "Fruit Loops" - ewwwww! We used to feed "Quisp" to the horses when Mom & Dad weren't looking. I'm sure the Vet wouldn't have found that very funny either! Molly - I remember those Puffa Puffa Rice commercials. Too funny!!! "Crime wave hits ML, film at 11:00" Last Edited By: dydrmblvr 04/07/08 2:00 AM. Edited 1 times.
DavidForever		#25	[-]
Posts: 5714 (04/07/08 8:49 AM) FVB Chopped Liver Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	El, that was Molly that asked, but I didn't know what a McBacon roll was either, but it sounds good. We have no McDonalds here. And I do think the cereals must be regional. I think maybe they try them out on the coasts first. A lot of things never reach the midwest, or at least Nebraska. I have never heard of most of those and, although I don't eat those horrid sugary things, my children and grandchildren did. I eat SpecialK with red berries. Sally B. Last Edited By: DavidForever 04/07/08 8:51 AM. Edited 1 times.