{"id":9260,"date":"2020-08-11T10:36:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=9260"},"modified":"2020-08-14T05:16:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T10:16:06","slug":"capn-crunch-character-predated-cereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2020\/08\/11\/capn-crunch-character-predated-cereal\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Cap&#8217;n Crunch the Character Introduced Before Cap&#8217;n Crunch the Cereal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to cuisine (chefs, dishes, etc.) and whether they are true or false. <\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">CUISINE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Cap&#8217;n Crunch the character predated Cap&#8217;n Crunch the cereal.<\/p>\n<p>In 1961, Jay Ward and Bill Scott, the creators of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, were given an unusual offer from Quaker. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends had been sponsored by General Mills cereals, but now a rival wanted Ward and Scott to create some new cartoon characters for them, only this time, the cartoon characters would be tied directly to cereals!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rocky-bullwinkle-show-515x719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rocky-bullwinkle-show-515x719.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rocky-bullwinkle-show-375x524.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rocky-bullwinkle-show-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/rocky-bullwinkle-show.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The way that cereal originally treated stuff like this was that you would have a cereal, like, say, Rice Krispies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelloggs_Rice_Krispies-375x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelloggs_Rice_Krispies-375x533.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelloggs_Rice_Krispies-768x1091.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelloggs_Rice_Krispies-515x731.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=legenrevea-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B07JYKLDXS&#038;asins=B07JYKLDXS&#038;linkId=f7ad76f3976ecbae017c2c42813e2ab5&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And then much later, you would come up with a cartoon mascot for the cereal. For Rice Krispies, first it was Woody Woodpecker&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/woody-woodpecker-rice-krispies-515x782.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"782\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/woody-woodpecker-rice-krispies-515x782.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/woody-woodpecker-rice-krispies-362x550.jpg 362w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/woody-woodpecker-rice-krispies-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/woody-woodpecker-rice-krispies.jpg 1348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and then it was Snap, Crackle and Pop&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/snap-crackle-pop-rice-krispies-515x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"547\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/snap-crackle-pop-rice-krispies-515x547.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/snap-crackle-pop-rice-krispies-375x398.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/snap-crackle-pop-rice-krispies-768x816.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/snap-crackle-pop-rice-krispies.jpg 1506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Quaker, though, decided to have Ward and Scott introduce a character FIRST, and then Quaker would create a cereal based on that character!<\/p>\n<p>Ward and Scott came up with Cap&#8217;n Crunch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/capn-crunch-cereal-515x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"655\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/capn-crunch-cereal-515x655.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/capn-crunch-cereal-375x477.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/capn-crunch-cereal.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then Pamela Low, a flavorist at the consulting firm of Arthur D. Little, designed the cereal flavor based on the idea (essentially, create a tasty, crunchy cereal).<\/p>\n<p>The cartoon commercials debuted in 1963 and were an instant sensation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"515\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7gtPykwjhqA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cap&#8217;n Crunch has been around ever since. Ward and Scott repeated their feat with Quisp and Quake cereals later in the 1960s, but never had they have as big of a hit as Cap&#8217;n Crunch!<\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is b&#x63;r&#111;&#x6e;i&#x6e;&#x40;l&#x65;g&#101;&#x6e;d&#115;&#x72;e&#x76;e&#97;&#x6c;e&#100;&#x2e;c&#x6f;&#x6d;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to cuisine (chefs, dishes, etc.) and whether they are true or false. CUISINE URBAN LEGEND: Cap&#8217;n Crunch the character predated Cap&#8217;n Crunch the cereal. In 1961, Jay Ward and Bill Scott, the creators of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Was Cap'n Crunch the Character Introduced Before Cap'n Crunch the Cereal?","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[35],"tags":[2368,2365,2367,2366,2369],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/capn-crunch-cereal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MjBq-2pm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9757,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2021\/06\/18\/did-quaker-oats-experiment-on-children-with-radioactive-cereal\/","url_meta":{"origin":9260,"position":0},"title":"Did Quaker Oats Experiment On Children With Radioactive Cereal?","date":"June 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to cuisine (chefs, dishes, etc.) and whether they are true or false. 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