Tag Archives: Breakfast Cereal

Daily 70s Spot: Spoon Size Shredded Wheat cereal (1972)

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

“What could be more natural?” Here’s a healthy Daily 70s Spot for your Friday. A Nabisco Spoon Size Shredded Wheat cereal commercial. Spot aired in August of 1972. We usually had a box of this in the cabinet when I … Continue reading →

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Daily 70s Spot: Golden Grahams cereal (late 1970s)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

“Oh, those Golden Grahams! Golden honey – just a touch – with Grahams’ golden wheat.” Time to wake up and and feign great excitement for breakfast in our Daily 70s Spot. Today we have a sun-soaked, family camping trip and … Continue reading →

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Daily 70s Spot: Cap’n Crunch Peanut Butter Cereal commercial (Late 1970s)

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Here’s your Daily 70s Spot, kids. A fun commercial for Cap’n Crunch Peanut Butter Cereal featuring the brand’s animated mascot, Smedley and a handful of dangerous ‘Magic Tricks’ you can find inside specially-marked boxes. The commercial was grabbed from the … Continue reading →

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70s Spots: Freakies cereal

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

Ralston’s Freakies breakfast cereal first hit kitchen tables across North America around 1973. The Freakies colorful cast of characters included Boss Moss, Snorkeldorf and Goody-Goody and the lil’ fellows enjoyed hanging out at the magical Freakies Tree. By 1977 or … Continue reading →

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70s Spots: Pink Panther Flakes cereal

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

Post launched Pink Panther Flakes on the unsuspecting breakfast-eating public in the early 1970s – likely around 1972 or ’73 – to go along with their sponsorship of The Pink Panther Show. Enjoy a 60 second TV spot for this … Continue reading →

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70s Spots: Introducing Boo Berry cereal, 1972

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

General Mills introduced Boo Berry cereal in 1972. The “market’s first cereal that tasted like blueberries,” was third in the line of the company’s monster-themed breakfast cereals, the first two being Franken Berry and Count Chocula. Enjoy what seems to … Continue reading →

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