Ludwig von Drake: Ha ha ha! Did ya hear that note? Toucan Sam: So look for Kellogg's Froot Loops, follow your nose. but they didn't feel like the character was strong enough, so they switched out the voices with Paul Frees, another actor who might sound familiar. Mel Blanc, the voice of most of the Looney Tunes characters. NC (voiceover): By the way, that voice sounds different to you? That's because it wasn't always done by the same person. Toucan Sam (singing): Crispy and Elicious-day for Breakfast or for Acking-snay. NOTE: Froot Loops (along with it's mascot Toucan Sam) actually did not come out until 1963.NC (voiceover): Released in around 1945*, Toucan Sam started off with a relativity boring scenario, just talking in Pig Latin. NC (voiceover): Number 11-Toucan Sam from Froot Loops. Milk and Cereal song and various cereal mascots (footage from one of Kellogg's It's Gonna Be a Great Day ads) is the intro, title screen and interlude between entries So sit back and enjoy the Top 11 Greatest Cereal Mascots. Why Top 11? Because I like to go one step beyond. NC: No, it's obviously the taste, but the mascots played a big role, and that's why I'm counting down the Top 11 Best Sugar-Coated Marketing Icons of all time. Is it really the taste of the cereal that keeps kids coming back? Or is the mascots, the timeless characters that go through many changes, but still keep the same likeability over the decades? NC (voiceover): There are dozens of cereals out there, but only a distinct few seem to survive over the years. NC: But that doesn't mean there aren't some advertising gimmicks or characters that work better than others.Īdvertising Spokesman: (speaks the accompanying text) BUY THIS ONE TOO! I see something advertised, I have to go buy it.Īdvertising Spokesman: (speaks the accompanying text) BUY THIS! NC: Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic, I remember it so you don't have to! I can't help it I'm a product of advertising.
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