Yet another installment in the drudgery that is everyday shopping. The camera-phone makes it a bit more fun - though I get looks whenever I take pics of products. Like I care what people think!
Imagine my surprise when in the store yesterday and came across Quisp. Has it been out at all since 1972? Has it been hiding behind the Fresca that Morty still purchases (which I still believe had been hidden in some bomb shelter!)? And where is Quake?
For any reader under, say, 40 - you might not know Quisp and Quake. The commercials were almost a Spy vs Spy kind of thing - if I remember correctly. The advertisers played the 'characters' off each other and of course us, the consumer, had to determine which one we liked more.
I was a Quisp man. Don't get me wrong - it had nothing to do with the cereal. I think both were the exact same cereal, just in different shapes. But Quisp were like little bowls that milk would get into. They were probably meant to be half-moons or planets, but I was probably thinking of place-settings or something.
Honestly though, I'm not sure I've had, let alone seen, Quisp and or Quake since the early '70s. It's not that I haven't been observant in the store. I think you all know I am. I just figured that the cereal got pulled to low sales or some kind of FDA recall. ....it was the '70s!
But it's back. And clearly whatever competition that Quisp and Quake had going on - well, Quisp was the winner.
Current image is not my own, as mine was lost in the URL conversion of 2006!
1 comment:
No way, Quake was clearly the winner. Of all the cereal mascots out there, I would do him in a heartbeat!
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