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vhsalum

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Worst cereals were Corn Pops, Kix, and Grape-Nuts…

Saturday mornings in the summer were the best. After a few hours of cartoons, I’d watch the Baseball Bunch with Johnny Bench and Tommy Lasorda as the Dugout Wizard, and I’d wrap up my Saturday morning by watching This Week in Baseball.

Agreed. Kix had the greatest marketing/ad campaign of all time though. Made their cereal look so good. But alas, they were absolutely horrific. Not quite sure what little sociopathic gobblins they had taste test that crap.
 

sdvike

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Worst cereals were Corn Pops, Kix, and Grape-Nuts…

Saturday mornings in the summer were the best. After a few hours of cartoons, I’d watch the Baseball Bunch with Johnny Bench and Tommy Lasorda as the Dugout Wizard, and I’d wrap up my Saturday morning by watching This Week in Baseball.
And another worse was those corn puffs things. Sugar didn't even help.
 

Babbahganoosh

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Anyone remember the other three that went with Count Chocula, Frankenstein Berry and no Berry (Frute Brute, Yummy Mummy and Carmella Creeper)
I couldn’t find a picture of Carmela Creeper
 

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Lil Nicky Scarfo

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The game changed when they put these out...

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vhsalum

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Im right there with you, Chief. CocoRoos and Apple Zings were staples of my youth.
You poor man (i guess, literally)

My mom tried that one time. Big bags of off-brand cereals. Super cheap, bigger quantity. They were disgusting. One of the very few times in my life I can actually remember winning an argument, and my mom never bought them again.
 
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PUR158

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You poor man (i guess, literally)

My mom tried that one time. Big bags of off-brand cereals. Super cheap, bigger quantity. They were disgusting. One of the very few times in my life I can actually remember winning an argument, and my mom never bought them again.
Hey we can't all be a well off Iowa wrestling Letterman like yourself. There were some hidden gems in those 5 pound bags.
 
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vhsalum

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Hey we can't all be a well off Iowa wrestling Letterman like yourself. There were some hidden gems in those 5 pound bags.

Whoa, whoa. We weren't well off. But choices were made. So while i didn't get all the cereal I wanted, the amount I did get was quality.

My parents bought groceries once a month. When you were out of "your" stuff, you were out. You learned how to ration.
 
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