Comments on: Yummy Mummy & Urkelo’s: 15 breakfast brands we’ll never see again

By: Dennis Van Staalduinen

Dennis Van Staalduinen — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

Re. Complimenting my wife. Not hard to do actually. She’s pretty yummy. And in today’s post I stuck in an unsollicted reference to our upcoming third child. I’m shameless really.

Re. bizarre products / taste combos: Not sure if you’ve seen this product that’s a frequent guest on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, but it’s pretty high on my “what were they thinking” list: http://www.baconnaise.com/

By: Avra

Avra — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:29:57 +0000

Nice way to slip in the compliment about your wife Seriously, this post got me thinking about other products that I used to see and see no more: chocolate flavoured bubblegum and the peanut butter filled pretzels. Rather than branding mishaps, however, I think these might have been taste combination mishaps. (Though I enjoyed them…)

By: Dennis Van Staalduinen

Dennis Van Staalduinen — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:19:58 +0000

It’s true. Which is purportedly why Flutie got so angry when the Dolphins trampled his cereal on the ground. Although he was also losing a football game badly at the time…

By: Dennis Van Staalduinen

Dennis Van Staalduinen — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:18:30 +0000

It reminds me of the hype surrounding the Reggie candy bar from the seventies – although this site has a few other gems – check the Rambo Black Flack bubble gum: (http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/reggiejackson.html).

By: Mark Belletrutti

Mark Belletrutti — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:16:05 +0000

From what I remember, Flutie Flakes were also for a good cause with a large portion of the sales going to Autism research (Flutie’s son has Autism).

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:06:14 +0000

We were living in Rochester, NY ’97-’00. Flutie Flakes were big! At some points stores had trouble keeping them in stock, and there were jokes about forecasting how Flutie would play based on sales of the cereal.

By: Dennis Van Staalduinen

Dennis Van Staalduinen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:37:03 +0000

Yes, this was fun to explore for that reason. These brands are such an interesting intersection of childhood nostalgia, cartoon memories, and crass commercialism. ET, Smurfberry, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and my old Calvin and Hobbes favourite Frosted Sugar Bombs. All on the cutting room floor.

As for the TMI on FrankenPoop, thanks. No really. Thanks.

By: MrWordsWorth

MrWordsWorth — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:04:53 +0000

Enjoyed this, mainly because old breakfast cereals fascinate me – the ET cereal, Pink Panther Flakes, Quisp, Quake, Smurfberry Crunch, etc. FYI/TMI: When Franken Berry was first introduced, the dye they used didn’t break down, so it turned kids’ waste pink, and they had to reformulate it.