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What happened to cereal commercials?

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DrTJEckleburg
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1080 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 01:47:24
July 29 2009 01:46 GMT
#1
I thought of this when I bumped into this clip on youtube.



Growing up as a kid I always remembered seeing so many cereal commercials, nowadays I never see any, let me name off a few I would see on a regular basis.

Apple Jacks
Pops
Honey Combs
Golden Grahams
Trix
Cap'n Crunch
Count Chocula
Lucky Charms
Alpha-bits
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Frosted Flakes
Fruit Pebbles
Life

I'm sure theres a ton more out there and there's probably more that I saw when I was a kid, but you get the idea. Today, they have Total commercials, Honey Nut Cheerios, and on rare occasion an advertisement for a Kashi brand cereal. What happened to the bombardment of cereal commercials that I remember from my youth? Has anyone else noticed this? This is especially noticeable for me because I work in grocery and I see all these cereals in person all the time and I remember seeing them on TV back in the day.

Im pretty good at whistling with my hands, especially when Im holding a whistle.
skronch
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2717 Posts
July 29 2009 01:49 GMT
#2
you probably stopped seeing cereal commercials when your favorite TV shows stopped being saturday morning cartoons
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Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
July 29 2009 01:50 GMT
#3
On July 29 2009 10:49 skronch wrote:
when your favorite TV shows stopped being saturday morning cartoons


yeeeaah about that
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ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
July 29 2009 02:02 GMT
#4
kellog's cereal are pretty frequent
Snowflakes in January, Heart warm like February, I wouldn't ordinarily..
Husky
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3362 Posts
July 29 2009 02:13 GMT
#5
Dont know if you guys saw this but some of the big cereal companies decided (or were forced, I dont remember) to stop advertising towards children if they could not meet certain health standards in their products.

An example of that is why Trix isnt shaped like fruit anymore. It affected the commercials as well.
Commentaries: youtube.com/HuskyStarcraft
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
July 29 2009 02:15 GMT
#6
On July 29 2009 11:13 HuskyTheHusky wrote:
Dont know if you guys saw this but some of the big cereal companies decided (or were forced, I dont remember) to stop advertising towards children if they could not meet certain health standards in their products.

An example of that is why Trix isnt shaped like fruit anymore. It affected the commercials as well.

Not shaped like fruit!! How will I know what delicious flavor is about smash into my taste receptors
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Husky
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3362 Posts
July 29 2009 02:22 GMT
#7
On July 29 2009 11:15 n.DieJokes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 11:13 HuskyTheHusky wrote:
Dont know if you guys saw this but some of the big cereal companies decided (or were forced, I dont remember) to stop advertising towards children if they could not meet certain health standards in their products.

An example of that is why Trix isnt shaped like fruit anymore. It affected the commercials as well.

Not shaped like fruit!! How will I know what delicious flavor is about smash into my taste receptors


Color recognition
Commentaries: youtube.com/HuskyStarcraft
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
July 29 2009 02:27 GMT
#8
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Radical
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States481 Posts
July 29 2009 02:52 GMT
#9
I don't really eat those kinds of cereals anymore, but I have to say I was very disappointed when I discovered that Trix had changed from fruit shapes into generic little balls like Cocoa Puffs or Kix. What's the point in eating Trix if it isn't shaped like fruit?
Smix *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States4549 Posts
July 29 2009 02:54 GMT
#10
On July 29 2009 11:52 Radical wrote:
I don't really eat those kinds of cereals anymore, but I have to say I was very disappointed when I discovered that Trix had changed from fruit shapes into generic little balls like Cocoa Puffs or Kix. What's the point in eating Trix if it isn't shaped like fruit?


!! I didn't notice this!! Blasphemy ;o Hope it tastes the same at least.
Though those trix commercials irritated me when I was little.. I felt bad for the poor bunny who just wanted some trix
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Smix *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States4549 Posts
July 29 2009 02:55 GMT
#11
On July 29 2009 11:13 HuskyTheHusky wrote:
Dont know if you guys saw this but some of the big cereal companies decided (or were forced, I dont remember) to stop advertising towards children if they could not meet certain health standards in their products.

An example of that is why Trix isnt shaped like fruit anymore. It affected the commercials as well.


Wow I had no idea. Thanks for the info ;o
TranslatorBe an Optimist Prime, Not a Negatron // twitter @smixity
jonnyp
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States415 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 04:14:34
July 29 2009 04:12 GMT
#12
On July 29 2009 11:54 Smix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 11:52 Radical wrote:
I don't really eat those kinds of cereals anymore, but I have to say I was very disappointed when I discovered that Trix had changed from fruit shapes into generic little balls like Cocoa Puffs or Kix. What's the point in eating Trix if it isn't shaped like fruit?


!! I didn't notice this!! Blasphemy ;o Hope it tastes the same at least.
Though those trix commercials irritated me when I was little.. I felt bad for the poor bunny who just wanted some trix


trix for smix! (im sorry, couldn't resist xD)

i was wondering why they changed shapes, that's a terrible law if that's true :O. im pretty sure most people can seperate trix from real fruit, gotta love the bureaucracy.

they do still taste the same to me btw

awesome clip, fresh prince was a great show, i still watch it when it's on (despite it's dated wardrobe lol)
The number of years it takes for the Internet to move past anything is way, way over 9000.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 29 2009 04:28 GMT
#13
sily wabbit trix r 4 kidz
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