Crispy Critters
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Crispy Critters was a breakfast cereal, which was re-issued by Post Cereals in 1987 after having been tested unsuccessfully decades before. This second attempt to popularize this cereal was also unsuccessful and it was discontinued shortly thereafter.[1]
The cereal consisted of individual pieces that were akin to miniature animal crackers in their shape, appearance, taste and texture. [2]
The commercials for the cereal featured a puppet named "Crispy" with pom-pom antennae and a furry yellow body. Crispy spoke and sang with a voice based on that of Jimmy Durante including the nonsense phrase "Ah-cha-cha-cha". This puppet interacted with a child actor and was accompanied by smaller puppets which resembled the individual pieces of cereal. Together, these puppets spoke the cereal's tagline of "it's indubitably delicious."[3]
The original commercials in the 1960's featured Linus the Lionhearted under the slogan, "The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals". [4]
Crispy may have been the original model the extraterrestrial on the ALF sit com that was rejected as too cartoonish and was subsequently acquired by Post..[5]
[edit] Trivia
Often in the United States, objects or people who have been burned in some way or another are refered to as "Crispy Critters"
[edit] References
- ^ X-entertainment article
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.lavasurfer.com/cereal-post.html
- ^ As on-line sources that mention this fact trace back to Wikipedia, this fact is unverified.
