Jay Ward’s animated cereal commercials are a part of the studio’s history. Burns, an Emmy-Award winning screenwriter of “Munsters” and Mary Tyler Moore” fame, is keenly aware nothing in his resume has achieved the global recognition of Cap’n Crunch. Tasked with the assignment, on short notice, to come up with an idea, he scribbled out an old navigator and some kids that would sail aboard a ship known as the Guppy. Perhaps Allan Burns knows best how a sidebar can become iconic. Some entries provide a few detail, but why not a little book about the Cap’n and his Quaker Oats friends? Was it possible to write a book that wouldn’t get soggy in milk? The wonderful world of Jay Ward’s animated cereal commercials has become a sidebar to the studio’s history. It’s fair to say I learned to read via cereal boxes and comic books, not from going to school. Often the back had games, puzzles, or some incredible offer for a premium we could not live without. Like zombies, we stared at the colorfully illustrated boxes. Many of us have fond memories of how the cereal box stayed on the kitchen table when we ate breakfast. And, of course, I begged mom to get the cereals at the grocery store. To me, they were animated mini-adventures sandwiched in between my favorite Saturday morning cartoons. Even at a young age, I knew the Cap’n Crunch, and Quisp and Quake cartoon commercials were created by the same folks. I grew up in the early 1960’s as a fan of the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. Ward’s team gave him some artistic flair. George Lois of Papert, Keonig and Lois Advertising, created Quake. Quake was originally supposed to be a fairy. Ward studios, who created Quisp, tried to come up with his rival but failed. But it appears Quake was doomed from the start. Quisp and Quake, the alien from another world, and the miner from the Earth’s core, engaged in a popularity battle for over a decade. And after that, for a few years, produced King Vitaman cartoons. Ward is the same team that rolled out Quisp and Quake in another series of animated commercials a couple of years later. Cereals had mascots, but to name one after a character was untested water. It was the first time any cereal company launched a brand named after a character. My latest Cartoon Research mini-book, Jay Ward’s Animated Cereal Capers, presents the Cap’n’s story and the men behind his creation in 1962. Guppy is nearly 700-years-old? And, if he submitted a sample to 23andMe DNA it would reveal he was half Viking and half Native-American? The Cap’n’s mother was a “young Indian girl” named Gidget Running Star. Third is permanent.It’s a safe bet to say anyone reading this knows Cap’n Crunch. Your first violation will result in your post or comment being removed, with a warning. Do not try to find a loophole around the rules - we will still ban you. All rules are subject to moderator discretion. All rules subject to moderator discretion/3 strikes. If there is an appropriate tag for your post, you MUST use it. If you think that your bot may be legitimately useful, please contact us. so don't post it here unless it's specifically related to the Mandela effect.Īllow ANY BOT to post on our subreddit. This isn't a place to talk about religion, and it isn't a place to talk about politics. If your post isn't showing up - please don't submit 10 more copies! Message us first. These belong in /r/MandelaJerk, or really wherever you want that isn't here. No fictional stories, satire, jokes, etc. Civil debate will always be allowed - but simply coming here to shut others ideas down will result in a ban. If you have a legitimate concern about a users mental health, contact the mods.Ĭome here to argue. This includes any accusations of being a "bot", "NPC", "insane", "crazy", etc. This subreddit is for CIVIL DISCUSSION of the Mandela effect. Posts must also include a body with specific details indicating why it relates to a known Mandela Effect or the Mandela Effect in general. Thoroughly sum up what your post is about in the title. No low effort posts, including vague titles. Instead, post a comment in the weekly DAE megathread, or depending on what you are asking consider checking out /r/TipOfMyTongue. If your question follows the lines of "does anyone else remember.", do NOT make a post. These type of posts are best suited for /r/GlitchInTheMatrix. For example, we don't know what color your neighbors car is - so don't post about it here if it changes color. No personal changes or "DAE remember?" posts. The Mandela Effect is a group of people realizing they remember something differently than is generally known to be fact - the most famous example of this would be the Berenstain/Berenstein bears.
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