The early '70s were a simpler time in a lot of ways, but maybe not for doctors forced to diagnose "Franken Berry Stool." Yep, theneon pink poopwas a real condition, caused when kids downed too much of General Mills' new Franken Berry Cereal. Turns out the cereal got its bright hue ...
In the late 60s, Cocoa Puffs offered Bobbing Cuckoo Birds in the shape of Sonny The Cuckoo Bird (the cereal's most notable mascot) or Gramps (Sonny's grandpa). To explain how it works, I give you part of a jingle used in a TV ad: "Hold the pole like so... tap him and he go...
The previous post being the final one where I will get personal and introspective and weird on Back of the Cereal Box, I’m adding one more to the top of the stack to direct anyone who comes to this website toward all my other creative efforts. Theprevious top-of-the-stack postsat th...
one aired in 1972 and also featured Gilchrist's real-life brothers Michael and Tommy, sitting around a breakfast table, suspicious of the cereal because it's supposed to be healthy. They're convinced that Mikey won't like it, since he is supposedly picky and doesn't like much of anything...
high. Not that I’d want a Jose and the Pussycats album or anything, but I’ll gladly admit that the obligatory chase music is not usually terrible, especially in light of what pop music was in the early 70s. To see for yourself, watch this clip in which the gang flees militant ...
zebrine((of, like or pertaining to zebras) isodine(of, like or pertaining to bandicoots) I’m honestly not sure how many of these get used with any regularity and just exist after having been formed by extension from the animal name’s Latin root. It doesn’t matter to me either way...