SUGAR POPS PETE WILL SAVE THE DAY - FOND CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF A GREAT CEREAL BOX HERO
Sugar Pops Pete is better than Superman & Batman rolled into one. I have posted an early 1960's era Sugar Pops Pete commercial. In the TV advertisement, a western town has problems with fights and bank robbers, but the sheriff knows exactly what to do. When the grocery store burns down, along with all the Sugar Pops cereal, it is time for the sheriff and the rest of the town to panic. Who do you call to solve the problem? Certainly not Superman or Batman. Those two little weenies would shrug their shoulders. Sugar Pops Pete hears about the problem and comes into town to make a replacement batch of delicious and nutritious Sugar Pops cereal.
Sugar Pops Pete is my hero.
This commercial is a fantastic example of late 1950's & early 1960's TV animation. Hanna Barbera created Sugar Pops Pete for Kellogg's, it's corporate sponsor.
WARNING WARNING WARNING I'm about to sound like an old geezer. When I was growing up, we had at least four big studios making entertainment for us kids; Hanna Barbera Productions, Jay Ward Productions, Warner Brothers and Disney. I was less familiar with Disney because their work was seen on movie screens. I wasn't a big movie fan, mainly because it cost money and TV was free.. I sat in front of the TV and watched the daily exploits of Fred Flintstone, George Jetson, Huckleberry Hound, Quisp, Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bugs Bunny. They were my friends. They made me laugh and they were very important to me.
Except for a couple of great cartoons on Nickelodeon , kids today have nothing to watch. Their are a few lucky kids that get the Boomerang cable channel, which air all of the great cartoons that I watched. I wish it was available in my area.
When Ted Turner bought Hanna Barbera and the MGM film studio (by the way, what a brilliant move Ted made with MGM. Bought it - kept the film library - sold the studio for almost what he paid for it - got film library almost for free) I thought he was going to actually show the classic cartoons to the masses. Ted seems to have lost his nuggets after having his company purchased by Time Warner. Come on Ted, you are the biggest single stockholder. Put the Boomerang channel on more cable systems. Get it done - just do it.
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Sugar Pops Pete is my hero.
This commercial is a fantastic example of late 1950's & early 1960's TV animation. Hanna Barbera created Sugar Pops Pete for Kellogg's, it's corporate sponsor.
WARNING WARNING WARNING I'm about to sound like an old geezer. When I was growing up, we had at least four big studios making entertainment for us kids; Hanna Barbera Productions, Jay Ward Productions, Warner Brothers and Disney. I was less familiar with Disney because their work was seen on movie screens. I wasn't a big movie fan, mainly because it cost money and TV was free.. I sat in front of the TV and watched the daily exploits of Fred Flintstone, George Jetson, Huckleberry Hound, Quisp, Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bugs Bunny. They were my friends. They made me laugh and they were very important to me.
Except for a couple of great cartoons on Nickelodeon , kids today have nothing to watch. Their are a few lucky kids that get the Boomerang cable channel, which air all of the great cartoons that I watched. I wish it was available in my area.
When Ted Turner bought Hanna Barbera and the MGM film studio (by the way, what a brilliant move Ted made with MGM. Bought it - kept the film library - sold the studio for almost what he paid for it - got film library almost for free) I thought he was going to actually show the classic cartoons to the masses. Ted seems to have lost his nuggets after having his company purchased by Time Warner. Come on Ted, you are the biggest single stockholder. Put the Boomerang channel on more cable systems. Get it done - just do it.
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Posted by Ron D at 9/13/2010 8:36 AM 
Categories: Animation, Hanna Barbera, Classic TV, Advertising Commercials
Tags: commercial Bugs Bunny Pop Culture food advertising cartoon advertising classic TV nostalgic Flintstone vintage advertising
Categories: Animation, Hanna Barbera, Classic TV, Advertising Commercials
Tags: commercial Bugs Bunny Pop Culture food advertising cartoon advertising classic TV nostalgic Flintstone vintage advertising
Do you remember an ad from the late '60s where a kid freaks out over a bunch of "No Swimming"/"Keep off the Grass''/"No This/No That" signs surrounding him, and he runs screaming for Sugar Pops Pete? Wish I could find that one again; it was nuts!
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No, I never saw that commercial. The cereal ads from the sixties were so imaginative. The animation and dialogue (relatively so) were high quality. The ads were like small 30 second or 60 second TV shows.
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