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The Art of Clowning

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Nathan

WARNING! SPOILERS! Terrifier 2 – This is one I saw at the theater. While the first movie was mostly just Art the Clown messing with and brutally murdering people, this one has a more involved story, although it still leaves a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Dreams, Food, Humor, Language, Magic, Music, Mythology, Names, Norse, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged art the clown, cereal, clowns, commercials, horror, huldras, murder, terrifier, terrifier 2, thale | 1 Comment

Songs to Sell By

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Nathan

The other day, Beth was listening to the Lovin’ Spoonful, and I made a reference to how “Do You Believe in Magic?” used to be in McDonald’s commercials, which bothered her. Then I asked why it doesn’t when I bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Food, Mario, Music, Television, Toys, Video, Video Games | Tagged cereal, dave seville, denny's, doodle bear, dr. mario, four tops, golden grahams, jimmie rodgers, lovin' spoonful, luigi mario, mario bros., mascots, mcdonald's, rice krispies, robert mitchum, ronald mcdonald, snake light | 2 Comments

You’re in Luck

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Nathan

I’d thought before about how the appellation “lucky” is applied to so many Oz characters. Well, only three that I can think of, but that’s still kind of weird. They were introduced by three different authors, however. The first is … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Authors, Characters, Comics, Discworld, Greek Mythology, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Religion, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett | Tagged atreyu, carl barks, cereal, charles lindbergh, davy jones the wooden whale, deadpool, deadpool 2, domino, donald duck, dragons, falkor, fate, fortuna, fortune, fred meyer, fred otto, fuchur, fukuryu, giants, gladstone gander, interesting times, jenny jump, lady luck, leif erikson, leprechauns, leprechauns in oz, loxo the lucky, luck, luck dragon, luck o' the irish, lucky bucky in oz, lucky bucky jones, lucky charms, lucky the leprechaun, margolotte, mark haas, michael ende, ojo, ojo in oz, oziana, prince pompadore, prince pompadore in oz, probability, psychopompus, rincewind, speedy in oz, the colour of magic, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the lady, the last hero, the neverending story, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wonder city of oz, tyche, x-force, zazie beetz, zim greenleaf of oz | 1 Comment

Sweets from the Sprites

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Nathan

This Pop Culture Shock Therapy comic appeared on Eric Gjovaag’s Wizard of Oz Comics Facebook group, and it inevitably led to a mention of the Keebler Elves, then I brought up Snap, Crackle, and Pop. So why ARE diminutive fantasy … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Authors, Cartoons, Christmas, Comics, Food, Holidays, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Television | Tagged brownies, candy, cereal, charlie and the chocolate factory, cookies, dorothy gale, doug bratton, elf, elves, ernest j. keebler, fairies, gnomes, j.j. keebler, keebler, keebler elves, kellogg's, leprechauns, lollipop guild, lollipops, lucky charms, munchkins, oompa loompas, pop culture shock therapy, racism, rice krispies, roald dahl, santa claus, slavery, snap crackle and pop, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tim burton, vernon grant, whimple-scrumpets, wicked witch of the west, willy wonka, willy wonka and the chocolate factory | Leave a comment

Deck the Halls with Advertising

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Nathan

People have long complained about Christmas being too commercial. Stan Freberg, who did a fair amount of advertising work himself, lampooned the idea in 1958 with his “Green Chri$tma$.” It was also a major theme of A Charlie Brown Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Christmas, Food, Holidays, Music, Television, The Flintstones | Tagged a charlie brown christmas, barney rubble, cereal, coca-cola, commercials, ebenezer scrooge, fred flintstone, fruity pebbles, hess, honey nut cheerios, linus van pelt, mcdonald's, mcdonaldland, peanuts, ronald mcdonald, santa claus, stan freberg | Leave a comment

Cereal Offenders

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Nathan

The Internet has had a lot of talk about cereal commercial mascots, but I figured I might as well add my voice to the hubbub. I never was big on this sort of dry cereal myself, partially because my parents … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Food, Television, The Flintstones | Tagged bamm-bamm rubble, barney rubble, cap'n crunch, cereal, cocoa krispies, cocoa pebbles, cocoa puffs, dean martin, fred flintstone, froot loops, frosted flakes, fruity pebbles, gerry matthews, golden crisp, gramps, granny goodwitch, jay ward, jean lafoote, king vitaman, leprechauns, lucky charms, lucky the leprechaun, mascots, mel blanc, paul frees, pebbles flintstone, quick draw mcgraw, snagglepuss, soggies, sonny the cuckoo bird, sugar bear, sugar crisp, sugar frosted flakes, sugar smacks, tony the tiger, toucan sam, trix, trix rabbit | 3 Comments

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