Witness now the unhealthy nexus of blockbuster movies (Steven Spielberg, j’accuse!) and sugary breakfast cereals.
I love cereal. I think it is my favorite food. The best is Fruity Pebbles, by Post. I loved this box so much, I put it up in my room when I was a little kid. I know, I was mental. I remember when Purple Rain was out, there was a Fruity Pebbles commercial with Barney on a Purple Bike and outfit. pimping out the new grape flavor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opU8MDNadiQ&feature=PlayList&p=3C6C097332A573FC&index=10 Today we are going to view some specifically 80's breakfast cereals and then we will take a look the way other popular cereal boxes used to look. Remember these little boxes, below? They look a lot cooler and more alive these days. 1980's Cereals Here is Pac-Man cereal. It was kind of a knock off of Lucky Charms, which I didn't like because I didn't like marshmallows. I did love Pac-Man though. Who didn't? I was even Ms. Pac-Man for Halloween in third grade. Here is the commercial for the cereal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBUQX4G5oYQ I kinda sorta remember this Nerds cereal. Again, I really appreciate the packaging on these Willy Wonka products. They were pretty innovative. Dude...Dinky Donuts. I don't think I was ever lucky enough to eat these! But they were big in the 80s. They may or may not still be around. I seem to recall some sort of faux powdering on a powdered doughnut version of these, that was mildly disturbing. I couldn't find a close up of the box for Cabbage Patch Kids cereal. My mom broke down and bought these one time and that was it! I was a Cabbage Patch Kid freak, along with every other girl in the 80s. Here is the commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3am26nA6m8 Donkey Kong cereal! Nice! Cookie Crisp is still around, but this is what the box used to look like. These little guys really tore up the roof of your mouth! Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_6dmCsBM4 Smurfberry Crunch was actually really good! Other Vintage Cereal Boxes Remember when Apple Jacks looked like this? Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfNgtFL8VHw&feature=related I was a big Cap'n Crunch Fan, but these Peanut Butter puffs made me thirsty and were strangely greasy for a cereal. Here is the original Cap'n Crunch in all of it's 80's glory. These also left the roof of your mouth raw, but it was worth it. Man oh man. Crunch Berries! These are my runner up behind Fruity Pebbles. I developed a theory based on Crunch Berries: Crunch Berries were special because there was only one or maybe two berries in every bite, while there were tons of yellow squares. Then, Cap'n Crunch came out with an All Crunch Berries cereal (no yellow squares) and the berries weren't as...special. I apply that theory to anything of value that is suddenly mass produced or too readily available. I mean, what would happen if Christmas went on every day of the year? Keeping things very limited raises their value substantially! Okay, okay, so that is already a well known theory..I like the sound of the Crunch Berry Theory a lot better. Moving on. As I said, I hated Lucky Charms. I ate the oat pieces and left the marshmallows. But I wanted to show the box for those of you who remember it looking like this. Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK2zcKqFLf0&feature=related We all liked these boxes, did we not? I never had a bite of Boo-Berry or the two others below, but I liked the cartoon-y boxes. Now pour yourself a bowl of cereal and watch This clip of Schoolhouse Rock! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo
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A look at some of the cherished - or forgotten - cartoon characters that have graced cereal boxes
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I love cereal. I think it is my favorite food. The best is Fruity Pebbles, by Post. I loved this box so much, I put it up in my room when I was a little kid. I know, I was mental. I remember when Purple Rain was out, there was a Fruity Pebbles commercial with Barney on a Purple Bike and outfit. pimping out the new grape flavor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opU8MDNadiQ&feature=PlayList&p=3C6C097332A573FC&index=10 Today we are going to view some specifically 80's breakfast cereals and then we will take a look the way other popular cereal boxes used to look. Remember these little boxes, below? They look a lot cooler and more alive these days. 1980's Cereals Here is Pac-Man cereal. It was kind of a knock off of Lucky Charms, which I didn't like because I didn't like marshmallows. I did love Pac-Man though. Who didn't? I was even Ms. Pac-Man for Halloween in third grade. Here is the commercial for the cereal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBUQX4G5oYQ I kinda sorta remember this Nerds cereal. Again, I really appreciate the packaging on these Willy Wonka products. They were pretty innovative. Dude...Dinky Donuts. I don't think I was ever lucky enough to eat these! But they were big in the 80s. They may or may not still be around. I seem to recall some sort of faux powdering on a powdered doughnut version of these, that was mildly disturbing. I couldn't find a close up of the box for Cabbage Patch Kids cereal. My mom broke down and bought these one time and that was it! I was a Cabbage Patch Kid freak, along with every other girl in the 80s. Here is the commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3am26nA6m8 Donkey Kong cereal! Nice! Cookie Crisp is still around, but this is what the box used to look like. These little guys really tore up the roof of your mouth! Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_6dmCsBM4 Smurfberry Crunch was actually really good! Other Vintage Cereal Boxes Remember when Apple Jacks looked like this? Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfNgtFL8VHw&feature=related I was a big Cap'n Crunch Fan, but these Peanut Butter puffs made me thirsty and were strangely greasy for a cereal. Here is the original Cap'n Crunch in all of it's 80's glory. These also left the roof of your mouth raw, but it was worth it. Man oh man. Crunch Berries! These are my runner up behind Fruity Pebbles. I developed a theory based on Crunch Berries: Crunch Berries were special because there was only one or maybe two berries in every bite, while there were tons of yellow squares. Then, Cap'n Crunch came out with an All Crunch Berries cereal (no yellow squares) and the berries weren't as...special. I apply that theory to anything of value that is suddenly mass produced or too readily available. I mean, what would happen if Christmas went on every day of the year? Keeping things very limited raises their value substantially! Okay, okay, so that is already a well known theory..I like the sound of the Crunch Berry Theory a lot better. Moving on. As I said, I hated Lucky Charms. I ate the oat pieces and left the marshmallows. But I wanted to show the box for those of you who remember it looking like this. Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK2zcKqFLf0&feature=related We all liked these boxes, did we not? I never had a bite of Boo-Berry or the two others below, but I liked the cartoon-y boxes. Now pour yourself a bowl of cereal and watch This clip of Schoolhouse Rock! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo
A look at some of the cherished - or forgotten - cartoon characters that have graced cereal boxes
Every now and again, ignorance truly does become bliss. Today’s youth whose coddled tastebuds have never known the sugary, delectable embrace of these 21 bygone breakfast cereals never have to know the longing that comes with remembering what a wonderful treat breakfast once was. Nostalgia is no blue-moon craze. It’s more of a weather pattern, […]
Take a look back at some of the most popular vintage 1970s cereals that we loved - including many discontinued products we still miss. (And don't forget about the free toys that were inside kids' cereal boxes!)
Remember the sweet, sugar-frosted breakfast cereals you loved as a kid? Sugary cereals of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s bring back those sweet childhood memories.
The most recent addition to my TASTY series celebrating packaging imagery and iconography from yesteryear with a dash of nostalgia and a pinch of cranky humour. Original image painted using acrylic paint. Perfectly reproduced as a giclee art print (maintaining the true colours) printed on the highest quality Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm paper. My process is to gather the complete visual history of those brands that most resonate triggering intense memories of childhood. Like memories, I extract all the best bits and merge them together in a montage culminating in a single image that references the brand enough for it to be immediately recognisable and at the same time is not representative of any one package design.
"The Great American Cereal Book," by Marty Gitlin and Topher Ellis (Abrams Image), looks back at the history of the breakfast favorite, from Grape-Nuts to Rice Chex to an abundance of sweetened cereals.
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