fruity pebbles – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Deck the Halls with Advertising

People have long complained about Christmas being too commercial. Stan Freberg, who did a fair amount of advertising work himself, lampooned the idea in 1958 with his “Green Chri$tma$.” It was also a major theme of A Charlie Brown Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Christmas, Food, Holidays, Music, Television, The Flintstones | Tagged a charlie brown christmas, barney rubble, cereal, coca-cola, commercials, ebenezer scrooge, fred flintstone, fruity pebbles, hess, honey nut cheerios, linus van pelt, mcdonald's, mcdonaldland, peanuts, ronald mcdonald, santa claus, stan freberg |

Cereal Offenders

The Internet has had a lot of talk about cereal commercial mascots, but I figured I might as well add my voice to the hubbub. I never was big on this sort of dry cereal myself, partially because my parents … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Food, Television, The Flintstones | Tagged bamm-bamm rubble, barney rubble, cap'n crunch, cereal, cocoa krispies, cocoa pebbles, cocoa puffs, dean martin, fred flintstone, froot loops, frosted flakes, fruity pebbles, gerry matthews, golden crisp, gramps, granny goodwitch, jay ward, jean lafoote, king vitaman, leprechauns, lucky charms, lucky the leprechaun, mascots, mel blanc, paul frees, pebbles flintstone, quick draw mcgraw, snagglepuss, soggies, sonny the cuckoo bird, sugar bear, sugar crisp, sugar frosted flakes, sugar smacks, tony the tiger, toucan sam, trix, trix rabbit |