Puppets (1966)

This cereal flew under my radar and I never even knew it existed. It was just a sugar-coated puffed wheat cereal, but the packaging is what made it memorable.

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[Tangobutton]

And that is Marsha Brady (Maureen McCormick) in the commercial, Gabe! Their mispronunciation (ahem!) of 'caramel' ("kar-mul"'here in Michigan) did not make us want to say it their way. I was 3 when this came out and it was available for a couple of years because I do remember my Mom getting it for us. It was Super Sugar Crisp inside. I do remember that. Thanks for the spin down memory lane!

[MixelMaster]

"Hey Donald this man has his hand up my-"*outro plays*

That's so sus.

[NathanSpies]

They should totally bring these back, imagine what popular characters they could turn into puppets!

[stillaboveground]

59 cents? That's outrageous! If cereal ever gets to be a dollar a box, I'll skip breakfast!

[GMapper]

You almost had me spitting out my honeycomb at the with that "up Mickey" joke at the end! Haha great video as always.

[DLCOrganization]

I can almost guarantee you that virtually no one has heard of this cereal and
those who lived back in 1966 had forgotten about it forever until finding this video. Just saying.
Excellent vid, Gabe. You're a hero for this.

[Kaden-qr]

1:54 Thanks so much for revealing the name of the company who did the commercial! I have heard of their name before but never knew they did this. I thought it was done by Disney’s in-house animation division.

Oh, and also the first half of the commercial (the scene where Mickey and Donald paint their Puppets) was done by Phil Duncan, a personal friend of Ade Woolery, the founder of Playhouse. Duncan had previously animated Mickey and Donald in various shorts and in Mickey and the Beanstalk. I don’t know who did the second half.

That same Cartoon Research article also shows that the commercial was conceived on August 25th 1966, with the agency being William Etsy Advertising.

Oh yes, and that’s Maureen McCormick from the Brady Bunch as one of the girls.

[douglasidly]

One of my favorite things from your channel is that i get to watch vintage cereal commercials that i havent seen my entire life.❤

[ivanholtzman]

You should have mentioned Marcia Brady in that commercial...I am pretty sure you recognized her...like you said a rebrand of golden crisp or honey smacks a la Nabisco...and also noted they are using caramel in the description like they are now doing today...interesting to see how little nutritional value they put on the label back in those days...as always thanks for sharing...I look forward to your videos on Saturday.

[JohnRiggs]

Never heard of it, either! Interesting.

[ShadeofJeremy]

I was born in 72, so this was just a little before my time. Otherwise, I'm sure I would have had the Pooh container. My mom had me everything of Winnie the Pooh when I was little. They do look cool and fun thanks for sharing this.

[bwb]

I'm old enough to remember the Winnie the Pooh boxed cereal, but not the Puppets containers. Also, love the YouTube algorithm. After the video, an ad for Disney World came on.

[Ricardo_Montegarza]

Is that Maureen McCormick from The Brady Bunch on 1:38?

[MochaMoonpie]

*in a sudden rhythmic hypnotrance, head bopping back and forth*
New super-tasting caramel cereal...
New super-tasting caramel cereal...
New super-tasting caramel cereal...

[lee]

You forgot to mention the girl in the commercial was Marcia from the Brady Bunch. What was the name of that website where you can find scripts of old cartoons?

[mparchive]

I was about a minute or so into this video before I realized I actually had this cereal when it was out (I was two in 1966, so I probably had it towards the end of its existence). Very strange feeling, as the memory hadn’t been recalled since then. I’m pretty sure it was the Donald Duck one, but I didn’t know who Donald Duck was at the time.

[danalexander]

Pre-Internet I would see these at thrift stores all the time and had no idea they were cereal containers. In the 1990s, I remember ALPO cat food did a similar thing with plastic Garfield containers (the lid was at the top).

[inkertron]

Super surreal that these existed also the cereal pouring out of the bottom of the container just looks wrong

[EBTheOriginalMaster]

Who would want to sleep with these things? 😂

[unionstreet]

1966 oldies time also marcia marcia marcia