Vintage Quisp and Quake Cereal commercial of the 70's

[DancingSpiderman]

0:37 ...and charged with Qrazy Energy = 90% sugar.

I wemember feeling pumped up waiting at the school bus stop... but, falling asleep in class. That's MY experience with Qwazy Energy hahaha.

[moonspinner55]

I want some!!!!

[dlautzenheiser]

I just bought a box of Quisp for $3 at The Fresh Market.

See the TheFreshMarket website for store locations.

[JoLLYRoBoT]

@idr9999 Yea its pretty much the same thing as captain crunch except for the fact that it doesnt cut up the top of your mouth like Captain Crunch does

[GlorifiedTruth]

It's a good thing I didn't realize Quisp was such a Jerry Lewis knockoff. Otherwise I never would have eaten his delicious cereal!

[THEspaunDrummer]

Target is now carrying Quisp

[SokatoaStudios]

@THEspaunDrummer Also the Fresh Market(an east coast organic food chain).

[galaxyuno1]

I bought four boxes the other day! Now only two remain! Best eaten on a Saturday

morning while watching the Boomerang network.

[DancingSpiderman]

@galaxyuno1 Hahaha, there are TWO grown men, eeting Quisp cereal on a Saturday morning, watching cartoons ! I watch the Looney Tunes cartoons on YouTube...

[MegaEvalee]

love this cereal still!

[pandasweater]

I just bought it at Waldbaums, 2 for $5. The package looked like it came from the 70s with faded print and such but the copyright on it was 2010.

[fscap811]

@pandasweater A&P in Patterson NY sells it, saw it on the shelf the other day and you are right, the package looked like it was made in 1971. Have not run across any Quake though.

[bingobongo445]

@fscap811 A&P is still around it thought they went out of business decades ago.The last A&P store i know of in Chicago closed in 74 or 75.

[kperra1]

Price Chopper in North Syracuse NY and Nichols IGA in liverpool NY sells Quisp!!!

[thimoneus]

That was my favorite cereal when I was three.

[MsMirandaXoxo]

Quisp must be smoking some serious shit!.......... I want some...

[kgrueschowjr2010]

If Quisp is a bug, I'm

Hulk

hogan!

[NoseriderX]

I ate my share of this as a kid, which explains how I ended up with 13 cavities.

This stuff is SWEET.

[lrd9999]

I don't remember how Quisp tasted; it looks like a differently shaped version of Captain Crunch. I do remember fixing a hole in the wall by stapling a Quisp box to the back of the sheetrock and spackling the front. The box is probably still there in the crawl space of what used to be my parent's house.

[SkaterRingo]

Loved Quisp when I was a kid. Sometimes my breakfast would be a bowl of Quisp with chocolate syrup poured over it, no milk.

[eatmorenachos]

From Jay Ward & co---and a time when ads for kids actually had a sense of humor.

[looneytoon76]

Some would call it crazy energy I'd call it a sugar high

[NausicaaRaine]

just got some quisp from tearget, stuff's amazing

[99augie]

For anyone in the tri-state area, they sell quisp in Foodtown. It's sooooooooo good!

[funkwatch]

I found Quisp Cereal at the 99 cent store . I bought 6 boxes..COOL !!!

[debgibsonfan]

Quisp sounds like Jon Lovitz

[kakashi744]

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooo much sugar is the energy

[superjtrdr]

It was like eating compressed sugar.

[mthomaskillian]

haha im eating it now!!!! yummmmm!

[purpledivaification]

I found this at a Food Basics store not far fro my home and i bought 10 boxes!

[DrRoy1]

I just found this at the local convenience store. Amazed it still exists.

[Rubberman202]

Poor Quake

[elc1960]

By the way, this commercial was from the late '60s - possibly 1968 ballpark. Even though they still made it in the '70s, they no longer did TV ads for it. I agree with patriotic pirate, who said 2 months ago that Gilbert Gottfried would make a great voice for the new Quisp. Seth MacFarlane (Peter Griffin) would be a good Quake, because his "American Dad" voice is similar to William Conrad's voice (although slightly higher pitched).

[disneyfan81]

@elc1960 Actually, i don't think Gilbert Gottfried would make a good voice for Quisp, because his voice is just too annoying, especially compared to Daws Butler's original voice. They should get whomever played Quisp on the Flash cartoon Quisp ad at the Quaker Oats website (It's either Corey Burton or Billy West).

[elc1960]

@disneyfan81 Listening to the ad again, I'd be inclined to agree with you. Gilbert would be a bit too grating (although it would be a hoot to see him as Quisp running out of cereal and going "Son of a BITCH!!"). Haven't seen the cartoon on their website. Gotta check it out.

[elc1960]

Quake, Cap'n Crunch, Quisp and King Vitaman all tasted basically the same. The only differences were the shape and texture. Quisp was Daws Butler, Quake was William Conrad, and the narrator was Paul Frees (sadly, all deceased - no truth to the rumor that it was the cereal that did them in).

[2violaplayinmonkeys]

they do make quisp!!! i got some at sentry 2day!!

[humbug52]

what the heck is foodlion????

[DancingSpiderman]

@humbug52 Food Lion a crappy name for a grocery store chain.

[scottknitter]

@DancingSpiderman Beats Piggly Wiggly.

[thegcb99]

You can get this cereal at Food Lion!!

[thegcb99]

You can find this cereal in Food Lion!! I love Quisp!

[LolaCrazy222]

Wow! Thank you for posting this commercal! I haven't seen it since I was a kid!

For those of you that wonder if they still make Quisp, they do. I just got some from Amazon.com. They sell a pack of 6 for $20.04. Wikipedia said a few stores including Food Lion have been selling it but as far as I know there aren't any in northern Virginia. Does anybody know of any?

[Drivermatic]

Pretty sure the voice was by Daws Butler.

[caitlybaby96]

it's available at Sendik's Food Market.

[PatrioticPirate]

HEY, FOLKS!!! I JUST BOUGHT TWO BOXES OF QUISP!!! IT'S STILL THE SAME THING!!!

Oh, by the way, does anyone know who did his voice? I think they need to hire GILBERT GOTTFRIED to bring commercials back!

[TIPTON340]

It was made of oats and sugar.

[DancingSpiderman]

@TIPTON340 well... actually , it made of sugar, THEN oats

[ftsjr]

I like the original Quake character, not the one here. The original Quake looked like an iron worker. Both cereals tasted great. Both were loaded with sugar, but I'm certainly not complaining.

[jsilence418]

@ftsjr I seem to remember this sort of tasting like cap'n crunch, but it was a long time ago .

[ftsjr]

@jsilence418 That's EXACTLY how it tasted.

[DancingSpiderman]

@jsilence418 yeah. Cap'n Crunch and Quisp are THE SAME INGREDIENTS. And the same sugar buzz and same sugar crash too. I LVOE the stuff.

[tyebillion]

Did they stop making this cereal?

[thesixtiesguy]

I got a whole case of Quisp from Big Lots about two years ago. I thought at first I'd save it. Yea right. Saved a couple of boxes. The box still looks the same and the cereal tastes the same. It was like I was a kid again.

They did the same thing with Fizzies too.

[BuzzTeeVee]

Fox & Obel in Chicago stocks Quisp.

Just sayin'. :)

[scottknitter]

@BuzzTeeVee For $12.95, no doubt.

[kgrueschowjr2009]

If Quisp is a bug, then I am the King of

England!

[youtub3k]

Quisp cereal was the shape of flying saucers, while Quake cereal was the shape of gold nuggets (you didn't think he mined coal). So naturally Quake was pointy and rough. Both were heavy on the sugar content. Which is why they were both like eating broken glass. And basically the same formula as Captain Crunch. Crunch Berries cereal was softer. Especially the Peanut Butter flavored ones.

[CrabJock]

I loved how blunt commercials were back in the day. They basically said "buy this product or your a loser". It's still done today, but it's with a softer approach.

[MarkLipka]

The best cereal of all time. Bar none.

[DancingSpiderman]

@MarkLipka

Yeah... i gree.

I bowl of Quisp... and Looney Tunes on the TV

[tech2rescue]

I remember it well, and I thought Quisp and Quake both tasted exactly like Captain Crunch. I think they were all the same recipe in different shapes.

[MarkLipka]

Similar. But, definitely NOT the same as Cap'n Crunch.

[tech2rescue]

I found 3 internet references that state that Quisp, Quake, Cap'n Crunch, all have the same basic formula, with Quisp formulated to have a softer texture. I believe it, because they all tast the same to me, but maybe your taste buds are more sensitive, who knows. It's apparently not too hard to duplicate, because there are some generic cereals out there that are intended to be a knock-off of Cap'n Crunch, and some of them come pretty close.

[cinnful1]

Quisp was the chit ! ...it would make you bounce off the walls. Damn I miss being 5.

[RetrolandVideo]

Does it seem to anyone else like Quisp was doing a little Jerry Lewis thing there?

I love how an entire cartoon's worth of story arc (and product pushing!) is achieved in a pinch over a minute. Great fun.

[143AC]

The voice of"Quake"was performed by Mr.William Conrad and the announcer was Mr.Paul Frees.

[tonywallacess45]

The Paul Frees, Quisp voice was a variation of voice he called the "fag prince," used a lot on Fractured Fairy Tales. BTW, Quisp was one of my favorite cereals and I'd still eat it if they made it. Imagine a 48 year old guy eating Quisp?

[clintonearlwalker]

I liked Quake better. Just let it sit in the bowl till it got soggy. I'd be a 48 year old guy eating Quake!

[outsider497]

They actually do still make it. The box looks pretty much the same as it did back then. I had to special order it from the grocery store and they got it in. Try to special order it from your grocer and see if you can get it.

[tonywallacess45]

Wow, no shit? What store and which state? I'd like to buy a box and keep it virgin to remind me of Saturday morning cartoons and cereal.

[outsider497]

Ha! I know! Brings back memories. I got it here at a Kroger store in Colorado but probably any grocery store can get it for you. They're about $3.89 a box. Expensive but worth it.

[walkwiththelord]

Im a 60 year old guy eating Quisp as I type this message. I just bought a box at Fresh Market in Roanoke, VA yesterday.

[tonywallacess45]

Heck, I was stationed at Ft. Eustis. I wish I knew that. I'd buy a case. Sooo much better than Cap'n Crunch.

[boliverful1]

I remember there was an actual vote for preference among the kids..and Quisp won.  I like Quisp too (easier on the roof of your mouth) but I felt sorry for Quake and his mom.

[jaxgal618]

Really...what was it about these 3 cereals that they SHREDDED the roof of your mouth like you'd eaten broken glass ???

[boliverful1]

Quake, especially. That was way rough on the mouth.

[marvy1118]

You can still buy Quisp cereal online at the Quisp website.

[marvy1118]

I was the Quisp kid and my brother was the Quake kid. I'd forgotten all about that until I saw this. We were in kindergarten and first grade.

[leggokidz]

this is my faverite cereal.

[loudlong]

I wonder if, by chance, the writers were from New York.

[etherealreality]

My gay-dar tells me Quisp is a little light in the loafers. I mean come on...he's from Planet Q of all places.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[tabrismacbeth]

This cereal's so delicious, I don't mind at all that I'm going to sufficate in this giant glass bottle!

-Tabris

[xetlive]

Lucky for me there weren't any glass bottles around back then or I wouldn't be typing this right now!

[lovethestage]

Sugar filled yes, but I still loved it, all this old school stuff. Remember Pop Rocks?

[kgrueschowjr2009]

If little Quisp is a bug, sopmeone needs

glasses more than I Do!

[kgrueschowjr2009]

If that is a bug, I'm Hulk Hogan!

[1960ratman]

Sure feels strange to se this commercial. takes me all the way hack to 1967

[DancingSpiderman]

I loved Quisp as a teenager, but now I know why I fell asleep in class all the time. Each spoonful contained a full teaspoon of sugar. It was almost all sugar!

In retrospect, Quaker should have called Quisp "Diabetes Helper". I enjoyed how Quisp and Cap'n Crunch tasted the same but had a different shape. Both put me in a diabetic coma on a daily basis.

[philmfan]

The Quaker food company is incompetent. They still sell King Vitamin in grocery stores but nobody buys it, and no one has fond memories of it. They could easily sell Quisp today on nostalgia alone, yet you have to special order it, if it's even available anymore. They need to fire their entire marketing team NOW. As much as I love Quisp, however, it tears your mouth up like the other similar cereals (Vitamin, Cap'n Crunch, etc.)

[yaywhewclips242]

the people responsible 4 the brilliant "Bullwinkle show" were chiefly hired to create a new cereal!! Ahhhh bullwinkle that's when cartoon were fucking car-fucking-toons. not this clone wars/fairly odd parents CRAP!!!!

[LASVEGAN2007]

His accent is funny... sounds like a little young Nebbish from Brooklyn or the Bronx in the 1940s.

[ACcountryFan]

that was Daws Butler doing the voice of Quisp and it's an exaggerated spoof on the voice of Jerry Lewis in his younger days. Lewis used to speak in a similar voice, for laughs...mostly during his days with Dean Martin...and Jerry Lewis is who Daws is spoofing. It isn't an exact copy but it's loosely based on the younger Jerry Lewis.

search here for a clip of Martin and Lewis on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" and listen to how Jerry spoke.

[rainbowrider127]

I have found it online at a website called hometownfavorites..it is kind of expensive but well worth it. It is my favorite cereal also.

[marie90008]

What ever happened to french toast crunch cereal? i didn't know they stopped making it...

[coolsportsguy]

quisp is not availble only in stores...my family buys it all the time

[ramtha9]

I wish they still made this stuff.

[VintageTVCommercials]

For all Quisp fans...They still make Quisp but it is available online only. Email me for details.

[bloodriotiori]

@VintageTVCommercials yo, if you happen to read this, send me a message with details where to get this online please :D

[dicksatan]

@VintageTVCommercials

They sell it at Woodman's in Milwaukee.

[thegcb99]

@VintageTVCommercials

or you can find it at food lion.

[AvEryBadApPLe]

@VintageTVCommercials ...and at Acme supermarkets.

[DancingSpiderman]

@ramtha9 If you want to eet Quisp, just buy and eat Capt Crunch.

IT'S THE SAME THING, different shape.

I saw a box of Quisp in a grocery store last year. They still sell it , just not in all stores. I would CHECK the expiration date on yer box though... just kidding

Yeah they still sell the stuff. Getcher daily requirements of sugar every morning with Quisp !

[independentview1]

@ramtha9 I get Quisp all the time at stores in Pennsylvania. It's made by Quaker.

[galaxyuno1]

@ramtha9 Super Targets now carry Quisp!! They just started selling it!!

[Musiclover19]

@ramtha9 Well there's some good news and bad news. The Good news is Quisp cereal is currently for sell and if you send 3 UPCS and $4.99 for shipping and handing, you can get one of three collectables (a Bobble-head, watch or a cube). The bad news (well it's bad news depending on where you live, I guess) it's only at Target, so if there is a Target near you, go buy some, I already did.

[SimmeringPotpourri]

@ramtha9

They do. My wife just picked up a box this night at Target.

[Lars2121]

All time favorite cereal!!

[jeffthrow6892]

Was MY fav cereal when I was a kid!!

[thegirlcousinrockerz]

i love eating that!