Advertising

My older sister and I were heavily influenced by advertising, and not just the kid's stuff.

We used to beg for that bread, I think it was called Buttercrust's split top bread. The commercial showed molten butter being poured over the unbaked loaf. Aunt Jemama had to have the best syrup, I mean she moves and talks. I begged for a flavored peanut butter called Koogle. We just had to go to Jack in the box for some Frings. Gee, your hair smells terrific.

The bread tasted like bread.
The syrup tasted like syrup with fake butter taste.
The Koogle tasted like a candle
Frings were fires and onion rings in the same package.
Gee, my hair smelled ok

We were suckers, and mom was right.

I would wonder if Snap Krackle and Pop hated the Keebler crowd. Were they cast out of the Keebler tree at some point? Were they rivals? Did they have prank wars, or gang violence. Maybe they didn't exist in the same shire.