monster movies and favorite cereals

[Monster Bob]

Freakies wasn't bad, but not as good as similar Quaker cereals (Quisp, Quake, Cap'n) to me.

The coolest thing about Freakies was the toy inside- We liked the figures the best,  but they also had character race cars and  magnets.

[Bogey]

I remember Freakys being a sugary corn cereal, ala Cap'n Crunch or Quisp, but harder and less airy. At least that's what I remember.

And all of them good for filling any space between the old chicklets.  The only ones I did not care for were Honey Comb.  If you ate it before it got soggy it would rip the roof of your mouth to shreds 

And speaking of "shreds", I just introduced my son a couple weeks ago to the old-school Shredded Wheat.  You remember, those hay stack like blocks.  They were common place in my childhood days, but I am guessing few in his generation know what they are.

[ChattyLMS]

Though I usually ate potato chips while watching Sir Graves, I do remember waking up late on a couple of Saturdays and watching Channel 50's Chiller (with the bumpers of the guy in the Glenn Strange Frankenstein's monster mask stirring the cauldron.  Chiller came on earlier than Sir Graves and was a decent way to pass the time while waiting) with a bowl of Pink Panther cereal.

Daijamin!
Deja Vu!  It's like we were both sitting in the same living room in the same Detroit area house with the same TV with the broken antenna and the fuzzy picture.  Did your mom usually say, "Get off that couch and go outside and play!", even though it was about -25F?  Or worse yet, go clean your room? 

SE Michigan kindred spirits!

[Daimajin]

Daijamin!
Deja Vu!  It's like we were both sitting in the same living room in the same Detroit area house with the same TV with the broken antenna and the fuzzy picture.  Did your mom usually say, "Get off that couch and go outside and play!", even though it was about -25F?  Or worse yet, go clean your room? 

SE Michigan kindred spirits!

LOL!

The first thing I'd do would be to get the TV Book out of the Free Press and see what would be on Sir Graves the following Saturday.  Always hated seeing it would be pre-empted by tennis or golf.  Ah...I'm off-topic (but I'm hungry and thinking about cereal).  Tomorrow we should start a Sir Graves thread.  Did you know Karloff was Lawson Demming's favorite actor?

[packy120353]

Hey if we're talking cereal and Rondos...which cereal gets the most votes for "Best Toys" inside only, not mail-in. For the 50s-early-60s category I nominate Rice Krinkles and Wheat/Rice Honeys. I really would beg for these just to get the prizes. I still have a nice set of Rice Honeys prehistoric mammals, the shiny gray ones. Rice Krinkles were actually really good although not very PC - who remembers why?

[BaronLatos35]

For me it was Frankenberry and Count Chocula and it seemed like A&C Meet Frankenstein was always on Saturday mornings (not a bad thing though).
Then I couldn't wait for Count Gore to come on around 11, 11:30 that night...
Saturdays were great...

[ChattyLMS]

Rice Krinkles were actually really good although not very PC - who remembers why?

Because they had a stereotyped Chinese person on their box. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo5iprKvceE

Sir Graves was cool! 

[Universal Steve]

Rice Krinkles was one of my favorite cereals. I remember eating them when I was a kid in Texas. I wondered why they stopped making them. Quisp and Quake were good until they gave Quake an orange flavor. Ruined that one. Every now and then I will still have some Captain Crunch. I remember Crispy Critters as being kind of a bland cereal. Wow, thanks for the cereal memories. Times were so much simpler back then.

[Gasport]

MMmmm Mmm! LICE KLINKLES!!

[CreepysFan]

What did Freakies taste like?  Am I remembering correctly when I recall them tasting very similar to Captain Crunch?  And what toys were offered?  Does anyone remember?

  Here's a picture of the Freakies toys Daimajin.  Freakies tasted similar to Capt. Crunch, but slightly sweeter.

         

[CreepysFan]

 OOPS, that's about as clear as I could get the picture.

[Monster Bob]

PC, schmee-see. I am so sick off all of the crap and the sensitivity. Like I should be offended everytime a monster-collecting hillbilly is depicted in a cartoon?  Hrrumph. 







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[ChattyLMS]

Hi Bob,
The pendulum swung one way toward predjuices.  Now it has to swing the other way.  Actually So-Hi, (I think that's his name I might be wrong) is a sweet little fellow.  I don't think there's anything offensive about him.  They don't show him as a moron. 

The Fritos Bandito was also pulled because he was offensive.  Although I understand, I still liked him and it didn't foster any preconceived notions about Hispanic people in me.  He was just a cartoon.

[Daimajin]

See...here's the thing about PC.  A lot of people use the excuse "I'm not PC or I hate the PC stuff" in order to be rude or disrespectful to other folks.  They use it as an excuse for rudeness.  To justify their own prejudices or to excuse their own ugly behavior. 

Speaking as someone who's wife is Japanese, I get offended when I hear some idiotic nonsense like "Lice Klispies."  I realize you probably thought it was terribly funny, but it really just shows the kind of person you are.

[CreepysFan]

 I used to get a kick out of character's from the shows I was watching push the cereals.  After all, if it's good enough for the Monkee's, it's got to be good.  Couldn't even watch Rocky and Bullwinkle without Boris and Natasha pushing sugar coated cereals.