Part of a Complete Breakfast: Cereal Characters of the Baby Boom Era
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.77 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081304149X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Butting in every ten minutes to interrupt the exploits of Bugs Bunny, Underdog, or Rocky and Bullwinkle, a very different kind of cartoon series won the affection of viewers on Saturday mornings in the 1950s. Breakfast cereal commercials played out their own storylines in time slots of just a few seconds each. Soon, Cap’n Crunch™, the Trix Rabbit™, Toucan Sam™, Count Chocula™, and many more were household names, familiar as the cartoon personalities in regular television programs. Vivid photographs reveal the flavors of the earliest cereal commercials and the role they played in claiming the loyalties of young breakfast eaters. Did you know Tony the Tiger™ originally walked on all fours and had claws and sharp teeth? Or that Lucky the Leprechaun™ seemed to genuinely hate the kids who chased after him to take his Lucky Charms™ cereal? Meet cartoons who never made it into the public eye, including a &l
Two Scoops of Sugar Frosted Fun takingadayoff If you remember eating cereal and watching cartoons on Saturday morning, then this book will bring those days back in more detail than you could have imagined. I haven't thought about Puffa Puffa Rice or Linus the Lionhearted for many decades, but once Part of a Complete Breakfast prodded those memories, the jingles came back to me word for word.It was a lot of fun reading about the ad campaigns and some of the behind-the-scenes details. The Linus the Lionhearted show started with a cast made entirely of Post cereal mascots, and the n. Another Fantastic Book from the master of happy memories! From Tim Hollis comes this volume dedicated to our fondest childhood breakfast memories! A trip down memory lane- illustrated with fun images that evoke memories of a simplier time! From Snap, Crackle and Pop to Linus The Lionhearted to Captain Crunch - all of your favorites are here! Learn the "back story" of the animators, the voice-actors and the cereals themselves. Hollis's writing style tells a story that unfolds with a downhome charm that "speaks" to the reader like a friend telling a story.I highly suggest this book to anyone w. Retro in a bowl Bobby Tony Enjoyed immensely this book invoking phantoms from my past. I enjoyed the humorous style of the writer and have shared it with friends and family, delighting all who come within 30 feet of this book.
Others showed off the super strength given by their breakfast food of choice. In many ways these cereal commercials became extensions of the regularly scheduled programming featuring their own cast of animated characters.Drawing from his personal collection of pop culture memorabilia, Tim Hollis celebrates the characters dreamed up by mid-twentieth-century mad men when television was an exciting new way to advertise. Catch phrases even turned up in everyday talk, from “They’re magically delicious!”™ to “They’re grrreat!”™ Rediscover the heyday of these beloved cereal advertising characters in Part of a Complete Breakfast, which includes fascinating