Puttin' On The Hits

I remember this performance. 23 years later this guy seems less funny and much more creepy.

Thursday Haiku

I do not like Ike
Why does everyone like Ike?
I sure as hell don't.











Basho would be so proud.

Surreal Cereal

Breakfast cereal is possibly the greatest thing ever invented. It's quick, it's delicious and it's one of the many ways to have dessert in the morning. I mean, what is breakfast anyway but another time when corporations seize the opportunity to sell us more candy-like fun products. It's only now that I realize the milk was possibly the sole nutritious component in my breakfast bowls. I might as well have soaked my Rice Krispies in Dr. Pepper in order to add a little fizz to my snap, crackle, and pop.

When I was a kid, I was a complete sucker for anything having to do with my favorite licenses. This included but was not limited to, candy, peanut butter, bath time products, underwear, and of course...cereal. Here are a couple of the standouts.

E.T.
E.T. cereal gets points for being the first chocolate and peanut butter combo I ever ate. Here's the spot that sold me.


C3PO's
The taste of C3P0's eludes me now. This must be a testament to either their blandness or their similarity to another product. Remember Batman cereal? Glorified Capt. Crunch. I can only assume that C3P0's was the same.

And why C3P0? Why choose the lamest character in the Star Wars galaxy to hawk a breakfast cereal. R2D2's head at least looked more like a bowl. I get the feeling Anthony Daniels lobbied for this endorsement deal.


Ghost Busters
Who you gonna call? The dentist after you taste this Fruit-Loops-meets-Lucky-Charms-bastadization.


Nerds
It's even better when ordinary candy becomes cereal-- a little redundant but better. Hence, Nerds cereal. This commercial is great, but the cereal tasted like crap. Have you wondered what a pink crayon tastes like? Dip it in milk, take a bite, and you have Nerds cereal. I gotta say, I'm still waiting for Cadbury Egg cereal.


Circus O's
Circus O's are here just because it's ridiculous. General Mills was either competing with itself or simply trying to corner the marshmallow cereal market. Oh well. The commercial is top notch in my opinion.



I must take this final moment to thank my parents for their liberal approach to my breakfast habits. Without their open-mindedness, I would not have been able to sample these or any other delicacies ranging from Apple Jacks to Wheaties-- that's right. I said, Wheaties.