I ran across this blog about breakfast cereals and cartoons a week or so back and it’s a fun read.
Some of my favorite points…
The Trix Rabbit:
“…the Rabbit is the modern day retelling of the Greek tragic myth of Tantalus; the cereal is forever just out of reach. The kids are psychologically demented and knowingly evil…â€
Cap’n Crunch:
“According to Quaker Oats, the Cap’n was once promoted to Admiralâ€
(I have to wonder – did they spell it “Adm’l�)
Lucky the Leprechaun:
“Trivia: the current 5-pointed star was originally introduced as 6-pointed; read into it what you will.â€
Check out the entire post here…
Scary. Of course, any blog that opens with a Babylon 5 quote scares me.