Cereal
Follies of the Madmen #569
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 27, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Cereal, Cartoons, 1970s
Michael Jackson’s Favorite Cereal?
Since Sugar Bear was supposed to sound like Dean Martin or Bing Crosby, this commercial could be seen symbolically as the passing of the musical baton from the Greatest Generation to the Boomers.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 12, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Advertising, Cereal, 1970s
Win a Pony!
Maybe this 1950s contest was the inspiration for the famous episode of THE SIMPSONS where Bart won an elephant.A survey of newspaper records indicate the contest ran multiple times from 1952 to 1955. I wonder how many ponies were actually accepted and delivered?
But Roy and Dale could never cause any trouble, could they?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 18, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Television, Children, Cereal, Wild West and US Frontier
Follies of the Madmen #555
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 07, 2023 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Destruction, Advertising, Cereal, United Kingdom
Native American Endorsements
A good, short essay, with many examples (but not including the two videos below), can be found here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 16, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Candy, Cereal, Twentieth Century, Native Americans
Sugar Rice Krinkles
You will of course detest the word "krinkles" by the end of this commercial, especially since it's pronounced "kuh-rinkles."
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 04, 2022 -
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Category: Clowns, Advertising, Cereal, 1960s
Post Count Off Cereal
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 14, 2022 -
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Category: Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Premiums, Come-ons, Giveaways, Lossleaders and Freebies, Cereal, 1960s
Period Crunch
I doubt you'll be able to buy this new cereal at your local grocery store anytime soon. It's raspberry-flavored, uterus-shaped, and turns the milk red when poured into the bowl.It's the creation of health brand Intimina who are hoping to "fight the stigma around menstruation." They note that 77% of the people they surveyed had "never talked about anything to do with menstruation at the place where the whole household regularly sits down and talks together: the kitchen table." This cereal aims to change that.
More info: Intimina.com
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 07, 2022 -
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Category: Cereal, Body Fluids, Blood
Follies of the Madmen #529
Synesthesia in advertising.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 07, 2022 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Children, Cereal, 1900s
Fingos
A classic business failure. In the early 1990s, the marketing team at General Mills came up with the idea of a cereal that could be eaten without milk any time of day. Despite spending millions to promote it, hardly anyone bought the stuff.From Wikipedia:
As the Gone But Not Forgotten Groceries blog notes: "All cereals can be eaten by hand if you don't add milk."
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 08, 2022 -
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Category: Business, Cereal, 1990s
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