"Mommy, what's a Trix Rabbit?"

I absolutely agree that something needs to be done about the current abundance of obese children- within my own lifetime, I've seen the average size of kids on the street go *way* up.
But I wonder if this is really the most effective way to tackle the problem. Wouldn't it do more good if all the schools re-instated recess and gym? (Of course, that requires funding, which not all schools have and governments aren't always willing to provide. Perhaps it's a lot easier to persuade some corporations to make a few PR gestures.)

> Dang, the Trix rabbit is 40 years old? <

Older- he's been around since the *early* 60s, and for the first few years he never got any cereal at all.* That changed after the mid-sixties 'Trix Election', when the customers were given a chance to vote on whether the poor rabbit should be awarded a single box (I remember mailing in a 'Yes'.) He won, and after that they started making ads where guy did get to swallow a mouthful, before the mean kids cruelly deprived him of his treat.

I wonder; what the intended appeal of those earlier ads? Where we supposed to cheer for the empowered cereal-grabbing kids? 'Cause I didn't- I identified with the one being told he couldn't have something he really wanted. :(


* Which begs the question: 'Then how did he know he liked it?' If you can think of a good answer, let me know.
 
That's horrible. I don't think most kids inhale food until they're obsese because of a character on the box.
They can't just do away with Toucan Sam like that. :(
 
Not to mention the fact that there was a promotional campaign in 1991/1992 in which kids voted "Yes" on him finally getting the chance to eat Trix after winning a bike race.
 
Absolutely, but my gut reaction is always about how the soccer moms are overreacting. Something should be done, for sure, but the fact that some parents these days are tossing the blame everywhere but on their own responsibilities as parents stirs up a boiling hatred in me.



To continue what I was trying to say: yeah, what she said. :)

What I've noticed, about how old everyone is, is how all the cereal mascots seem to have de-aged in the past year or so. The Honey Bee is like "in school" or "fresh out of school" again, and the character design on the cocoa puffs bird was redesigned, and now he looks younger.


I've never understood the supposed hypnotic appeal of this whole deal, either. Like Sharklady said, it's probably just easier for the soccer moms to yell at the big companies. Everyone knowns to pick their battles. The less dense just pick dumber battles.



Because kids are stupid. It's just a factor of being young. You have all that power and potential but no wisdom on how the world works, since adults make it so damn complicated at times. The little little kids just want it cuz they think they do. :p

Maybe the Trix Rabbit was supposed to be unconsciously and/or unintentionally symbolic. lol.
 
>.Thinking about it awhile though...I don't see how people even consider cereal a decent breakfast. Other than Mini-wheats, I'm lightheaded and nauseas within thirty minutes of eating stuff like corn pops, rice krispies, lucky charms, etc. Oatmeal and pancakes are pretty much what I eat anyways. Cereal seems more like a snackfood.
 
Heh, i have an old Cracked magazine where they do just that, only instead of dropping dead he's in critical condition at the hospital and the kids go "see we told you, trix is for kids, not rabbits!"
 
That would have been a more valid reason for parents to go against a cereal character, but I suppose parents today support selfishness as you put it. That's probably why children are at the risk of becoming obese, because they don't share their cereal, LOL.
 
actually if it happens i think david chase should direct the final trix commercial. the trix rabbit sitting at a diner with the kids. one kid trying to park her car outside. the rabbit picks up the box of trix on the table-cut to black.
 
>>I think the Kelloggs Corn Flakes Rooster was a cartoon character at one point

Yep, he was---see the original Kellogg's sponsored opening credits for "Huckleberry Hound" (available on YouTube somewhere, I'm sure).
 
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