To The Great Cereal Bowl In The Sky

When I was a kid, my mother nicknamed me Tiger. I am not sure why. Maybe it was that time I ran down and ate a wild boar when I was eight. Whatever, the nickname didn't stick. But, because of it, I had a special affinity for Tony the Tiger. I ate Frosted Flakes all the fucking time. They were grrrrrreeeeaaat! All that healthy sugar goodness. I'd eat a bowl and be jacked up for the whole day.

And so it was with great sadness that I read today that Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Tony the Tiger, died. I don't watch much daytime or morning TV, but it seems like you don't see a lot of cereal advertising these days. Certainly not commercials featuring the cool cartoon characters shilling cereal that we grew up with. Back when I was a kid, I'd do anything a cartoon character told me to do. I robbed a 7-11 when I was nine because of some mixed messages in a Chilly Willy cartoon. (As you can see, I had a normal childhood.)

Although Tony the Tiger was a favorite of mine, he was not my favorite cartoon cereal pitchman. No, that goes to Sugar Bear (now named "Golden Bear"...PC bullshit...), who pitched Sugar Crisps (now called "Golden Crisps"...PC bullshit...). He was this hipster, suave bear who was always having his delicious cereal jacked by a variety of miscreants, such as the Sugar Crisp Fox, the Sugar Crisp Snake, the Sugar Crisp Crook and the ever nefarious Granny Goodwitch. When that happened, he'd basically beat the crap out them and get his Sugar Golden Crisps back (singing his jazzy tagline, "Can't get enough Super Sugar Crisp/It's got the crunch with punch!"). Except Granny. Her, he'd just rob or trick. What a gentleman.

Any favorite cartoon cereal pitchmen/pitchwomen?