1959

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[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

That lady sure got her house egged...

[bagecka.livejournal.com]

bs i loved those little cereal boxes

[misstia]

me too!!!!

[indigocrow.livejournal.com]

Me too! I also really like sound of Sugar Rice Krinkles for some reason.

[keristars.livejournal.com]

Isn't that just Rice Crispies?

[indigocrow.livejournal.com]

I think so, I know the clown though is a lot scarier than the three little guys that are now the mascot.

[ropo.livejournal.com]

I went to look in case it was Dick Sargent the actor who did this, but it wasn't.... found a bio of the artist: http://www.curtispublishing.com/bios/Sargent.shtml

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of anyone trying to give out these. I think it would be a lot cheaper to give out some crap candy bars.

Sugar rice krinkles?

[kadenza.livejournal.com]

Amazing how sugar used to be a positive word.

[dunkler-ort.livejournal.com]

That was what I noticed first! Nobody would ever advertise like that these days.

[magelet10.livejournal.com]

Do they still make Alpha-bits? I remember those commercials from when i was a kid!

[bistyboo1974.livejournal.com]

My local Publix grocery store carries Alpha-Bits. Sometimes I buy a box when I'm feeling particularly nostalgic. I loved them as a kid. :)

[koneko-wish.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize as a kid that breakfast cereal was supposed to be a treat!

[stuberyl.livejournal.com]

As an adult, though, who mostly buys bran flakes and other "healthy" stuff, a bowl of sugar bomb cereal really is a treat.

[koneko-wish.livejournal.com]

Oh, for sure. I didn't get to eat the REALLY sugary stuff when I was a kid; as an adult, Lucky Charms are totally my favorite. XD

I think I'd have avoided any house that gave out cereal for halloween, though. That's just cruel.

[wistfuljen.livejournal.com]

Damn, kid, put the mask back on and I'll give you all six boxes, you creepy little bastard.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Aw man, that'd be the best H'ween *ever*!

[kyspaz.livejournal.com]

Look kids! It's Spanky the knife wielding clown advertising Sugar Rice Krinkles! Yayz!

Krinkles kind of sounds like a disease. Not sure I'd include it in a name for cereal.

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Definitely asking to be egged, there.

[paularubia.livejournal.com]

Hey -- this was linked on BoingBoing (currently on the home page, but it won't be there long):

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/21/post-cereal-food-fit.html

[vp19.livejournal.com]

Rice Krinkles was Post's sugar-coated equivalent of Rice Krispies, made by Kellogg. I believe the cereal was discontinued sometime in the 1960s.

If you listen to some "Gunsmoke" radio episodes from about 1953 or so, you'll hear commercials for both Rice Krinkles and Post Toasties (another now-defunct brand, although Post just brought it back for a nostalgic "limited edition"). Weird hearing such a mature, literate western (which "Gunsmoke" was) interrupted by spots for a kids' cereal (I believe Rice Krinkles' slogan was "more fun than a circus").

[whoseline_wlsc]

I always thought those old cereal boxes were really cute.

[snapes-mistress.livejournal.com]

Eww, the kid has the dreaded "gummy smile," or as I like to call it, the Butthead smile...

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh-huh-uh-huh-huh...I totally see the resemblance. (And I for one hate a bad tooth-to-gum ratio. For some reason it pisses me off.)

[ox-stardust-xo.livejournal.com]

no one else thought miley cyrus?

[randomneses.livejournal.com]

Lolz this kid...