"Mommy, what's a Trix Rabbit?"

Thanks I know about the clip on You Tube, but thanks none the less. And that is from the episode "Breaking Out Is Hard To Do", it is either on Volume 3 of Volume 4 of Family Guy.

By the way some people are under the impressions he killed the kids, I don't think he did, he knocked them, at worst breaking one of the kid's neck. They will live.
 
Well , there's always the Icon Advertising Museum if mascots of every cereal brand are going to entertain the children. Sadly though , it won't happen until Fall of 2008! But it's very stupid on how just because companies like Keloggs or even General Mills are making mascots to advertise "unhealthy" cereals dosen't mean that they can even introduce the reduced version. With some other companies , it's a different story...

So what to do instead of barging in this thing? Make sure to not buy the regular snack , and get the one that is right for your child! He/she won't regret it if you were to do that. On the other hand , the companies should start having their contests/sweeptakes/junk within the good line so that no men cannot be left behind. Or in this case: Ad.

Now about that Trix Rabbit...
 
And I quote:

For a long time it gave me nightmares, it shows that the world can sometimes be cruel. I can still hear them taunting him. "Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids." Why couldn't they just give him some cereal?!

Damn idoits. Joe Camel all over again.
 
You know, I don't really think milk, toast, OJ, and a bowl of sweetened cereal is all that good of a breakfast. I mean, there's barely any protein in that breakfast. And why do you even need the cereal if you're eating toast? Isn't there enough fiber in the toast? Besides, juice has twice the calories and half the vitamins of fruit. You'd be better off just eating an orange.



That reminds me of the Cookie Crisp dog. I mean, Cookie Crisp has chocolate in it. But, chocolate makes dogs sick. Wouldn't the dog get sick if he ate Cookie Crisp?



Can you really survive a broken neck?
 
> Can you really survive a broken neck? <

Depends on how bad a break it is.

A medical person can give you the details- it's a bit OT for this thread.
 
I don't believe what they call the food. I grew up with all kinds of 'unhealthy' and 'junk' food and I was always healthy other then flu and never fat.

It bothers me that all food in the junk isle now is 99% fat-free and wholegrain cereals and bars run rampant. Most stuff is sugar free or low on sugar, too. Hard to get your hands on tasty food. Also cereal commercials suck, remember the parody commercial in the PPGs for the Captain Rabbit cereal? There used to be tons of awesome commercials, but now it's showing healthy school kids in full uniforms who are good at math and other kids sleeping on their desks. Boring and depressing that is.

Alas, companies have finally realized that advertizing is more effective if directed towards adults, and the adults who have more money are the high-brow ones who worry about everything. Would you want to? Wouldn't be much more then mere 'surviving', ne?
 
Something interesting about this in this week's "Housebroken" comic strip:

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What would Tony the Tiger going back to being a meat eater, or Count Chocula getting back to his Immortal Roots of being a bloodsucker have to do with the Trix Rabbit? I mean, wouldn't that make us want to play Boktai, or Castlevania, to fight vampires and other undeads?
 
You're still young though. In a few years your metabolism will slow down and you'll begin to see fat where it didn't exist before. You do bring up a good point though, since most kids have superior metabolism to adults. In other words, is it best to get kids to learn healthy eating habits when they're kids, so they don't have to worry about being fat while they're older or is it better just to let kids eat whatever they want as kids when they can enjoy it without having to worry about packing on the pounds.

Still, though, even though kids have better metabolism than adults, you still hear stories all the time about childhood obesity. They have a show on ABC called Shaq's big challenge where Shaq helps overweight kids lose weight. I have to wonder, how did these kids get so fat. I mean, I used to eat junk food all the time as a kid, and I don't remember being that fat. Maybe it's not the breakfast foods that's making kids fat, but the fast food. I mean, a bowl of cereal only has about 300 calories right? Yeah, it's not good for you, but compare that to a 1000 calorie meal at Mcdonald's. Which one will make you more fat?
 
Yeah, I still believe fast food is more of a threat to American's becoming overweight and unhealthy instead of.... breakfast cereal. I mean seriously....
 
I think the Trix Rabbit wanting to have some Trix is fueled by curiosity after seeing many kids eat it.

As for my opinion on the matter, I do think that more kids cereals and snacks should be given more healthier guidelines. I do believe healthy eating is an important part of everyone's lifestyle and the fact that the cereal companies are finally doing something about it is a positive step. Yes, kids should exercise and be active but companies also need to do their part to help kids eat healthier.

However, choosing to ditch familiar cartoon characters would be a bad move. Characters like Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam have been icons in the cereal industry for decades. People have grown to love them and they're being reintroduced to a younger generation every decade. Look at Nestle and their Nestle Quik product. For years, they've been bashed by Ovaltine saying that their product doesn't have enough vitamins. Nestle finally changed their formula to Nesquik so that it may have some more vitamins but they didn't ditch the rabbit. After all, cartoon characters have proven to be a successful selling point to kids. So if the formula of your cereal changes for the better, just have your existing characters promote the cereal as always.
 
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