Has anyone watched cereal commercials only to be as pissed off as I am having to endure their bullshit? No? well, you're missing something here.
Cereal mascots are just another way of saying "buy our product and you can do anything, be anything, blah blah blah blah blah". They really serve no other purpose to me other than filling in some extra space on the cover of the box.
I was watching TV the other day and I saw a frosted flakes commercial where it shows a bunch of BMXers doiing a shit load of tricks. Then it shows Tony the tiger come in and because he's a cereal mascot he starts doing a bunch of tricks that are phisically impossible to pull off...(someone explain why they decided to use a tiger for frosted flakes? That just sucks ass. Tigers are the most bitchin animals in the animal kingdom, they don't take shit from no one.) but since he can do these tricks, the fucking company expects the kids to want the cereal more because then they could do those tricks too. I could be wrong but there's no other explaination to why they make a shitty commercial like this.
Another set of mascots that make me sick are those homoerotic elves, midgets (whatever the fuck they are) from the Rice Crispies commercial. Snap, Crackle, and Pop. What a crock of shit. I've never heard Rice crispies ever make sounds like that. And the fact they have a stupid ass catch phrase doesn't change the fact that the cereal tastes like shit. They should change it to "snap, crackle, pop" to "snap, crackle, chuck your fucking bowl against the wall".
The best cereals don't have a mascot to get their points across. They focus on the taste and texture, etc. of the food instead of their marketing campaign. Such as golden grams, only the best fucking cereal on the planet. Seriously, when was the last time you saw a golden grams commercial? They rock, and they don't need a stupid little pussy cartoon character telling you that.
So, in conclusion, cut the crap. Stop with the extreme marketing and fuzzy creatures. it's all a load of bullshit. I await the day when they have a 5 second commercial where they flash the cereal box and say "Eat our cereal" on the screen. That would kick ass. The time that they saved me could be used to go to the store to buy a box so I can try it out without me getting pissed off. Bite me. Golden grams kick ass.