Grape Nuts commercials in the 60s and 70s have garnered a lot of attention over the years by comedians… and comic strip artists! The late 60s introduced us to the original MILF as a daughter’s boyfriend tosses a shapely mother around a swimming pool then exclaims “Mrs. Burke, I thought you were Dale!” as the girlfriend and her mother run off in their matching swim suits. HOT… for 1968. Note the young man has a slight southern accent. We southern boys get around! Then, Euell Gibbons known as one of the original food naturalists of his time, exclaimed in a commercial “Ever eat a pine tree?” No, but I pine to eat Mrs. Burke… oh, wait, I said that out-loud… Couldn’t find the “Eat a Pine” commercial, but we can all stare at Mrs. Burke.
Enjoy your weekend!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UnJSTpHsXc
look, tafkan! grape rocks! yer favourite! 😀
Damn right! That mind ray I was trying out on Byron must have worked 😛
nothing like wheat-flavoured granite to start yer day off ‘n runnin’ …
“1977: putting the rock in rock and roll!”
Must… Obey… Mind… Ray…
Muhahahahahahaha…
How do you spell “Thhhhrrrrrpppppppp!” anyway?
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Nice one mate!
Very amusing.
Bob
Thanks, man. The color version is coming later… I have a huge Ad deadline plus I’m putting the comic book to print today, so yesterday/today are kinda full.
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Got to add some sugar to the grape nuts or put them in ice cream.
Yep, added on top of ice cream is a great way to eat Grape Nuts. But, kinda offsets the healthy part of product. But, hey…
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I figured that’s how granola bars were made anyway. 😀
You don’t want to *know* what’s in the “chewy” ones…
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ROFL! This is what my guy says about frosted mini wheats… as soon as you finish, you dash to the bathroom. Don’t think the stuff is even digested, comes out the way it went in.
and btw, I had to toss my granola bar, thankyouverymuch
You wanted s’mores anyway…
Yep, whole grain cereals are like corn on the cob… in a kernel, out a kernel…
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Ewell Gibbons died of stomach cancer.
Heh, a quick google would keep me from embarrassing myself like this. I didn’t make it up, I heard it from someone (hell, maybe a comedian in the 60s) He died of an Aneurism with complications of Marfan Syndrome. Sorry.
This is like the tall tale that Bob Denver was the sniper in Vietnam with the most kills. He wasn’t even a sniper.
And to think I used to love grape nuts when I was a kid.
I’m 52 & I too remember the Pine Tree commercial, however I recall it a differently. In that I recollect Ole Euell Gibbons asking the following:
“Ever eat a Pine Cone ? Well many parts of the Pine Tree are edible”.
In other words Mr. Gibbons wasn’t advocating ones ability to eat a Pine Tree, but instead that many parts of the Pine Tree are edible.
What’s seen here is kinda like an “Urban Ledgend”, in that thee original story grows with each retelling, till finally it’s an inaccurate facsillie of thee original. The sad thing is, I can’t find a copy of thee original commercial so as to verify his exact comment & personally I find that kinda strange.
Well, I have often said I drank away most of my good brain cells back in the ’70s and my research just now showed far many more quotes of “Ever eat a pine tree?” as opposed to “Ever eat a pine cone?” But, I truly can’t remember which is correct, and yes, YouTube does not have that commercial! Very surprised by that.
But, I would have to agree that he would have said “pine cone” as opposed to the tree, as, logically, you CAN’T eat the whole tree.
Well, thanks for your kind comment Byron, truth is most of us who grew up in that era(70-80) were highly susceptible to smoking, drinking, etc. In fact it was the norm back then(more so than it is now), but with regards to the topic at hand. I’d have to admit that I too saw all the hits pointing at “Pine Tree” rather than “Pine Cone”, but I’m pretty sure that’s just a reflection of the number of searches conducted on that particular phrase.
Anyway, I guess we’ll just have to wait & see if some sort of confirmation comes in on it. However, I can’t help but wonder what caused Post to remove all traces of that ole Pine Tree commercial ?
Later Byron