Folklore: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Troll
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 09:38 PM

I remember that, in a Nabisco Shredded Wheat box, you could get a deed to one square inch of land in Alaska.
Does anyone recall a TV show called,"The Bucaneers"?
"Lets go a-roving
A-roving across the ocean Lets go a-roving
And join The Bucaneers.
etc.
And how about "Crusader Rabbit"?

troll

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 09:48 PM

Poor Sorcha!

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 09:51 PM

I was a true Crusader Rabbit fan. Rarely missed a show. I tapped into some re-runs a few years back. It was great.

There is something similar in the way the Trix rabbit is drawn or at least I am always reminded of Crusader when I see it.

One of my favorite segments was the Improbable History.

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 09:51 PM

nah, not really, Matt. At least there are no crises to deal with, and Allan C called to wish us a Happy Christmas. You have a good 'un, too, ya hear? (and the dogs are GREAT company.......lol)

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: catspaw49
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 09:52 PM

I'm here now because I love all of you and there is no place I'd rather be.

We just got home from Connie and Wayne's, the boys are in bed (no problem tonight!!!), the presents are wrapped and I can anticipate the morning.

BUT YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS!!! I still use bluing and lately haven't been able to find it at my regular store.......Soooooo, lo and behold, I GOT SOME FROM CONNIE AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT!!! What an odd coincidence, but that's how this place works sometimes. We grow coal crystals with it too.....lotsa' fun for the kids.

I shall now wait a bit and then go deliver Santa's packages to their place under the tree. Word has it that he brought the boys AND Dad a road racing set!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 09:57 PM

Oops. Was Improbable History on that show or on Rocky and Bullwinkle? The cartooning on both shows, (as well as the overall formats) were so similar IMHO, I often confuse them.

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 10:00 PM

Spaw!! What are the rest of the ingredients for the crystals? I forget.......duh. And uh oh--I have "Santa Stuff" for our "kids"--22 and 16......and the stockings are still in the attic.......better do something about that huh?

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 10:12 PM

I'm sitting here on Mudcat...checking emails...writing out chords for a song by The Move, getting ready to sing on Paltalk later...talking to my bud on Paltalk...Christmas Eve has never been so eventful!

--M

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 10:27 PM

We just got back from our friends Greg and Cathy and their three charming tots. Great dinner, lotsa laffs and then downstairs to pick some bluegrass. Heather doesn't play but she'a a wonderful audience!

Getting nervous (as I always do) about cooking for 14 tomorrow. Can't help remembering three years ago when the stove went on the fritz and I had to drive the turkey to a friends house...and then go back and get it again! One habit from childhood stays the same. I'll make candied yams with raisins and butter...yum. Happy Christmas, and holidays folks.

Rick

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 10:34 PM

(raisins? yuck..)Wish I had a husband that could cook.

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Dec 00 - 10:39 PM

Get that real guitar boy playin', I'm a California Man!!

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: kendall
Date: 25 Dec 00 - 09:19 AM

Sorcha..there is an old saying which I firmly believe..."If you can read, you can cook."

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 25 Dec 00 - 10:28 AM

Sorry Sorcha...I'll leave the raisins out of your portion. I'd better, folks have been leavin' the onions out (or mashing them up) for me for years.

I learned years ago that cooking was MUCH easier than doin' laundry, ironing or washing floors....so I've stuck to what i know!

Rick

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 25 Dec 00 - 10:40 AM

WHAT?!! No toasted marshmallows on top?

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: John Hindsill
Date: 25 Dec 00 - 07:20 PM

Having been out of town until a couple of hours ago, I missed the meat of this thread.

During WW2 (the BIG one!) Kix had miniature models of USAAC planes. Selected boxes had cut-outs that became part of the Kix air field, so that you could eventually have a complete squadron.

In the early 1950s Pep Cereal had tin buttons of Kings Features Comics characters, and later, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet buttons.

About that same time, the separators of Nabisco Shredded Wheat box were filled with Indian Lore and Camping tips called Injun-uities (get it?), as they were the sponsor of the Straight Arrow radio program.

There were lots of others, but I recall these best.---John

PS- Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah or both, or neither if that is your choice.

Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread)
From: GUEST,oldspice
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 09:35 PM

I remember the small license plates, were they in Wheaties? Does anyone know where one could come up with the entire "48" state collection? I would like to know-I once had a set only lacked a couple of the states, but are gone now-just wondering.