the Barefooted Pirate’s Cinnamon Crunch, Wilma the Whale’s Vanilla Crunch-all which have since faded away. On his excursions, the Cap’N would meet a whole cast of characters who then inspired new flavors-Chockle the Blob’s Choco Crunch, Jean LaFoote a.k.a. During Saturday morning cartoon commercials and on the back of cereal boxes, kids could follow the storyline of the Cap’N’s adventures, traversing the Sea of Milk on his S.S. “Easily, Cap’N Crunch has the most elaborate storyline of any cereal character in history,” Gitlin explained.īack in the early 1960s, Jay Ward Productions, the designers of Rocky and Bullwinkle (among other characters), came up with the Cap’N, and Quaker developed the cereal around him in 1963, Gitlin said. ![]() This year marks the 50th anniversary of Cap’N Crunch cereal, and cereal expert Marty Gitlin, co-author of “The Great American Cereal Book,” says he can’t believe no one’s spotted the snafu before.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |