These commercials for Corn Pop always put me in a state of unease (the Jaws music doesn’t help). In these ad, always and only at the last second the kid gets their Pops right before what I can only assume is going to be a big freakout. What would happen if Mom didn’t show up with the Corn Pops? Would they explode and go on a killing spree??? I really wanted to know because I had a sister who was really into Corn Pops and I feared for my life.
drquest: I use to work at a Bugles Boys store back when malls were all the rage.
Drahken: Yeah, that’s the one. Man, it’s been a long time since I saw one of those. I had completely...
Doug: @Drahken, you mean this?: http://www.ebay.com/ itm/Vintage-Pac-Man- Wind-Up-Plastic-Toy- Tomy-1980s-/16072...
Peter FoxHusky: Dar, no monitor but a color TV for both the C64 and for just watching television. Drahken: Dunno about the toys, I never had any. The commercials made them look good, but they also look like a lot...
ClaymationWerewolf: @Doug that’s really funny! When I watched the episode I actually did wonder if I was... Drahken: I vaguely remember sky commanders, though I never watched it at the time, I mostly just remember the ads...
Daniel Th1rte3n: Another excellent piece! I was aware of this property as a kid, but never owned any of the toys,... Doug: Yeah, there were toys. I had one. Were the Aussy and Jamaican bad guys? The way you describe them and the...
vinvectrex: This one near the top of my list of toys I wanted but never got. And, had I gotten it, I wouldn’t...
Remember when they were called “Sugar Corn Pops”? Guess Kellogg’s didn’t like the word sugar being in there (even though the sugar is still plentiful in the sugar-coated styrofoam).
Aw heck, I saw your header and thought you’d found an ad I saw ONCE in the late 60s – a cartoon kid is besieged by signs that read “KEEP OFF THE GRASS! NO SWIMMING! NO DOGS ALLOWED!”, etc… the kid freaks out and screams “Sugar Pops PEEETE!!!” and the anthropomorphic prairie dog consoles him. It’s like Jules Feiffer wrote the thing…