Cereal
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
Follies of the Madmen #523
Source (pages 10 and 11).
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 05, 2022 -
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Category: Aliens, Advertising, Comics, Cereal, 1950s
Raisin Bran keeps you regular
Trapeze artists discussing bowel movements doesn't conjure up good images.
Lincoln Star - Apr 1, 1938
Possibly relevant, this Snopes article: Did a Trapeze Artist with Diarrhea Defecate on 23 People? (The answer is no)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 05, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Cereal, Excrement, 1930s
Germs pick out the weak ones
The theme of this 1920's ad campaign was that if your kid didn't eat Ralston Purina breakfast cereal, then he/she was going to die.
Fitchburg Sentinel - Jan 3, 1928
Pittsburgh Press - Nov 1, 1927
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 19, 2020 -
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Category: Health, Advertising, Cereal, 1920s
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