Comments on: Heroes become villains where snacks are involved http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:07:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: join xocai http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-2270577 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:52:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-2270577 It\'s taken the USA by storm and people are earning big bucks with through healthy chocolate...sounds good to me! It\’s taken the USA by storm and people are earning big bucks with through healthy chocolate…sounds good to me!

]]> by: Obesity http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-772177 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:39:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-772177 I searched for \'Obesity Photo\' at google and found this your post (\'Heroes become villains where snacks are involved\') in search results. Not very relevant result, but still interesting to read. I searched for \’Obesity Photo\’ at google and found this your post (\’Heroes become villains where snacks are involved\’) in search results. Not very relevant result, but still interesting to read.

]]> by: KentL http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-350494 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:36:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-350494 "And do they still put toys in the boxes, like the baking soda submarine in Captain Crunch?" It's pretty rare these days. Most of the time it's "Send in 5 box tops and $5 (s&h) to get your useless piece of crap! Hurry! While supplies last!" Well, I'm just glad these networks have finally wised up! Now I can avoid saying "No." to my children when they ask for such frivolous things. Now if I can just get the toy commercials taken off the air, I'm set! “And do they still put toys in the boxes, like the baking soda submarine in Captain Crunch?”

It’s pretty rare these days. Most of the time it’s “Send in 5 box tops and $5 (s&h) to get your useless piece of crap! Hurry! While supplies last!”

Well, I’m just glad these networks have finally wised up! Now I can avoid saying “No.” to my children when they ask for such frivolous things. Now if I can just get the toy commercials taken off the air, I’m set!

]]> by: anonymous http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-349999 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:58:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-349999 Quote from the cold cereal aisle: "Yes, I know daddy draws those cartoon characters, and I know you love the sugar...but we don't have dental insurance (or health insurance, for that matter). Sorry dear." Quote from the cold cereal aisle:

“Yes, I know daddy draws those cartoon characters, and I know you love the sugar…but we don’t have dental insurance (or health insurance, for that matter). Sorry dear.”

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-349916 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:30:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-349916 Ah, for the good old days, when the cereal companies had their own cartoon shows! (cartoon historians will recall the FCC regulation which prohibited such advertising. Reagan deregulated this, thus I was able to turn my junior high brain to mush with daily doses of Transformers, He Man, and G I Joe.) The best cereal tie-in was the TMNT cereal. It flavored the milk with honey. And I recall a Pink Panther cereal from early childhood. And why wasn't Boo Berry shown in the commercials? And do they still put toys in the boxes, like the baking soda submarine in Captain Crunch? Ah, for the good old days, when the cereal companies had their own cartoon shows! (cartoon historians will recall the FCC regulation which prohibited such advertising. Reagan deregulated this, thus I was able to turn my junior high brain to mush with daily doses of Transformers, He Man, and G I Joe.)
The best cereal tie-in was the TMNT cereal. It flavored the milk with honey. And I recall a Pink Panther cereal from early childhood. And why wasn’t Boo Berry shown in the commercials? And do they still put toys in the boxes, like the baking soda submarine in Captain Crunch?

]]> by: HoundsRye http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-349908 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:27:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-349908 Flip the TV channels about on any Saturday morning and the most hypnotic images actually come from the kid's food commercials. Some of them are like virtual LSD trips in their surrealism. Beautiful and sure to convince any child that that sugar encrusted cereal or yogurt is the only thing they are going to want for - scream for. That Princess cereal box is so gorgeous. It is hard to imagine anything detrimental coming out of it. Too bad it's not full of whole oats. It is no wonder that obesity and diabetes are on the rise among young people. 'Multi grain' in the cereal won't cancel out all of the sugar and chemicals. That cereal is chock full of candy. Underoos - now that's a pretty safe purchase, I'd say. So long as they don't catch fire... Flip the TV channels about on any Saturday morning and the most hypnotic images actually come from the kid’s food commercials.

Some of them are like virtual LSD trips in their surrealism. Beautiful and sure to convince any child that that sugar encrusted cereal or yogurt is the only thing they are going to want for - scream for.

That Princess cereal box is so gorgeous. It is hard to imagine anything detrimental coming out of it. Too bad it’s not full of whole oats. It is no wonder that obesity and diabetes are on the rise among young people. ‘Multi grain’ in the cereal won’t cancel out all of the sugar and chemicals. That cereal is chock full of candy.

Underoos - now that’s a pretty safe purchase, I’d say. So long as they don’t catch fire…

]]> by: Michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-349291 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:37:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-349291 Where the hell have they been? I'm 25, and cartoon characters have been selling me crap that's bad for me my whole life. Where the hell have they been? I’m 25, and cartoon characters have been selling me crap that’s bad for me my whole life.

]]> by: Lea Hernandez http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-348351 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:00:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/08/21/heroes-become-villains-where-snacks-are-involved/#comment-348351 The jokes just write themselves. The jokes just write themselves.

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