Straight Line of the Day: The Dark and Gritty Origin Stories Behind Certain Breakfast Cereals:…

Straight Line of the Day: The dark and gritty origin stories behind certain breakfast cereals…

66 Comments

  1. is underscored by “Captain Crunch”, who currently impersonates a cereal magnate after he (Horatio Magellen Crunch) went on a “powered sugar binge” and was drummed out of the Navy for crashing into 13 vessels while attempting to dock his wife’s Ford Grenada station wagon. Most egregiously, he wears a commander’s uniform he stole from the set of Russel Crowe’s flop movie about the Royal Navy.

  2. The story of Captain Crunch, a former Admiral. He deliberately disobeyed Fleet orders and, using a stolen French vessel, propelled himself and crew through the Bermuda Triangle forward to 20th Century San Francisco, all in search of the Great White Whale.

  3. a lawsuit on behalf of mascot birds Toucan Sam, and Sonny the Cuckoo alleges that cereal makers intentionally injected them with a mixture of LCD, Meth amphetamine, and cocaine without their knowledge or consent. Dig-em frog could not be reached for comment.

  4. Muriel the marmoset was forced to undergo re-assignment surgery to become Tony the Tiger; as the studio execs changed the role in response to focus testing, but had already paid Muriel the advance.

  5. As ordered, General Mills delivered the corpses of his two fallen comrades to the laboratory. Dr. Kellogg was sure he could create one super-soldier by combining and reanimating the remains of Majors Franks & Berry.

  6. The Dark and Gritty Origin Stories Behind Certain Breakfast Cereals:…
    are exemplified by the war between Quisp and Quake .
    Quisp won but was so weakened it was easily defeated by Captain Crunch and his poisonous Crunch Berries.
    It’s a sad tale full of intrigue, betrayal and sugar.

  7. Kix was originally hipster slang for a type of illicit drug sold only between Santa Monica, California and the Arizona border at Needles, as referenced in the song “Route 66”…

  8. The dark and gritty origin stories behind certain breakfast cereals…

    …trace their history to that time C.W. Post had breakfast on the black sand beach at Punalu’u.

  9. Tony the Tiger came from a troubled background, shuttled between sanctuaries run by Bhagavan Antle, Carole Baskin, and ultimately Joe Exotic. He was used and abused by all of them…

  10. …Down a lonely aisle, bottom shelf, where only the generic wheat flakes survive, could be heard the cry: I’m not a cartoon animal, I’m a bran.
    (Preview of Mikey Hammer, Toucan Sam Spade: The Bag Sleep)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.