1972 PINK PANTHER FLAKES CEREAL COMMERCIAL AD SONG LYRICS

Pink Panther Flakes Cereal

Post Cereals co-sponsored The Pink Panther Show, a Saturday morning kid's show, in 1972. This cereal was created as tie-in for that program.

The cereal consisted of bright, bubblegum-pink, sugar-coated corn flakes.

Most people remember Pink Panther Flakes as being extraordinarily sweet-tasting. The "pink" didn't add a distinct new flavor, so the taste could be compared to ordinary Sugar Frosted Flakes with more sugar.

One interesting feature of this cereal was that it's pink coloring ran off of the flakes and into the milk almost immediately after the flakes got wet.

A 1973 television ad staring the Pink Panther featured the following jingle, sung in-part to the Pink Panther theme song by Henry Mancini:

Pink Panther Flakes are pink
As sweet as you can (inaudible) the color of pink
Pink Panther Flakes are pink
As sweet as you can (inaudible) the color of pink
Tickle me pink!

Hey Pink Panther! We love Pink Panther Flakes
So pink, so sweet and they're new
We love their one, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
Eight different vitamins
Just as much as we love you


The back of the very first box offered this description of the cereal:

"Have breakfast with the Pink Panther! Pink Panther Flakes are pre-sweetened, pink frosted corn flakes. They're fun to eat, good tasting and fortified with 8 essential vitamins. Try 'em. You'll love 'em..."  (info. from mrbreakfast.com)

1970's POP-TARTS AD WITH MILTON THE TOASTER!

 

This ad from the 1970's for Kellogg's Pop-Tarts toaster pastries featured an animated toaster named Milton.

Here, Milton the talking toaster is telling us that Pop-Tarts have, "Real fruit preserves in a tasty pastry crust!"

The ones in the ad above have that characteristic 'crunchy' frosting topped with yummy, colorful sprinkles.

The first Pop-Tarts came out in four different flavors:Apple, Strawberry, Blueberry, and Brown Sugar Cinnamon.

Originally not frosted when first introduced in 1964, it was later determined that frosting could withstand the toaster. 

The first frosted Pop-Tarts were officially released in 1967 - Just in time to become a 70's breakfast and afternoon snack staple! 

(Personal all-time favorites: The un-frosted versions of Strawberry, Chocolate, and Brown Sugar Cinnamon.)

Today, there are a wide variety of Pop-Tart flavors, including Chocolate Chip, S'mores, Raspberry, and even French Toast.

And, thankfully, still readily available in stores and online.

 

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PERFECT 70's SNACK: CARNATION BREAKFAST BAR PEANUT BUTTER & GRANOLA

Why, oh why did they stop making these?!  They were SO good - 

All that dense yummy, chocolatey, crunchy, peanut-y, vitamin-y goodness -- so perfect with a nice, cold glass of milk.

As the box said, " One bar with a glass of milk makes a complete meal."  Well, it was certainly filling and satisfying, anyway.


Just gone except for our memories... Or are they?  


***Carnation has just come out with some new Breakfast Bars in both Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chocolate!

Some others worth trying that are close in flavor to the original are the Peanut Butter / Chocolate flavors in these brands: 

Special-K Protein Meal Bars, WonderSlim, Simply Protein, ZonePerfect, Quest Bar, ProtiDiet, and PowerBar Crunch.  
 

Happy Munching!!

RETRO 1970's TELEPHONE STAND CHAIR TABLE FOR A ROTARY OR PUSH BUTTON TELEPHONE & ALL-IN-ONE PHONE BOOK CABINET

These combination phone table chairs were the perfect place to sit comfortably and place a call on your colorful 70's rotary or push-button phone.

One of the phones below would have been just perfect perched on the table above.  The little built-in end table even has a hutch for a phone book.

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CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST AD FROM THE 1970's

This instant breakfast drink is so delicious, and good any time of day.  Ad pictured above is from the 1970's.  

Carnation Instant Breakfast is still available, and just as good as ever.  In Variety Pack, Chocolate, Vanilla, or Strawberry.

Thank goodness they still have the sweet, chocolatey, vitamin-y awesomeness of Instant Breakfast Drink. 

YUM!!

WACKY PACKAGES 'PACKS' FROM THE 1970's

Wacky Packages—a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies of consumer products and well-known brands and packaging—were first produced by the Topps company in 1967, then revived in 1973 for a highly successful run.

For the first two years they were published, Wacky Packages were the only Topps product to achieve higher sales than their flagship line of baseball cards. The series has been relaunched several times over the years, most recently to great success in 2007.

Known among collectors as “Wacky Packs,” Series One through Series Seven ran from 1973 and 1974.  Wacky Packages are still available, and are sure to amuse collectors and fans young and old.  Fun stuff!!

 

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