Original animated CRISPY CRITTERS Cereal Commercial

[H2R504]

That is correct. Sheldon Leonard not only made a career of portraying gangsters and bookies...but also was responsible for such shows as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Make Room For Daddy, The Mothers-In-Laws, I Spy, Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC, and a few others.

He lent his voice to the animated pitchlion for the cereal which spawned a cartoon series which also featured Carl Reiner as one of the characters.

[solongago57]

Linus' voice was Sheldon Leonard, creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, etc.

[htrrz]

I always ate this ceral, and I never missed the cartoon show-Linus the Lion Hearted, I even have a Linus the Lion Hearted comic book.

[MsNerdacity]

IT'S SHABBOS MINCHA.

[The93NTC]

@MsNerdacity I LOVE YOU

[4string59]

Seems so strange after all these years, to hear that they're coated with "sugar".

[Divvadoll]

"They're putting pink elephants, pink, pink elephants. Count the pink elephants put them on your spoon get a bowl of pink elephants real real soon in Post Crispy Critters....." Exactly, where is the pink elephants commercial???????????

[PrettyGurl571]

@Divvadoll - I thought I was the only one that remember that little ditty about the pink elephants from the 60's. Glad to know I wasn't on LSD at 3 years old after all since you remember the song too...lol

[dsethlewis]

shabbas mincha ftw.

[ferociousgumby]

Where are the pink elephants?

[oldgapgoil]

they tasted awful but I wanted them because of the song

[Shoknifeman]

@oldgapgoil What?????????? They were my fave... I no longer eat suggared cereal, but, if I could get some CCs, I might start again!!!

[Paisnaiter]

It's like Shabbos Mincha, but ANIMATED!

[thesixtiesguy]

I don't think this is the first commercial. i will post it shortly.

[fairfax17]

I remember the cartoon and the song.

Linus the King Linus the something Linus the Lionhearted. I love those critters cereal back then but now as with everything else, that good taste we remembered as kids are gone. They call the taste these days, "new and improved" yeah right

[JBM425]

Linus the king...Linus the star...Linus the Lionhearted!!!!

[Ninja1Ninja2]

PETA must hate this commercial

[abacab987]

This was done about the time that "Diver Dan" and "Clutch Cargo" were popular. Black and white T.V. was more the norm. The US was involved in Vietnam, and the beginning launches of the mercury redstone rocket experiments were leading up to the Gemini and Apollo programs. KTLA had started showing "Sheriff John" and Larry Harmon was the Souther California "Bozo the Clown". I wish some of those old shows would appear on a DVD somewhere. Those were close to the last days of the golden age in the USA

[thesixtiesguy]

What shows are you interested in? I have the entire Linus series on 10 dvd's. have nost shows from the sixties. I don't have any local tv shows. Most of them were on video tape and frequently erased.

[abacab987]

Some of the "Bozo's Big Top" are offered at Amazon for about $5 plus postage. I read a review, and it said that much of the content on the disc had been edited and re-worked, including an overlay of an CGI animated clown superimposed over the main character, possibly to avoid copyright of a given individual actor's work. Do you have any unedited "Larry Harmon" Bozo available?

[fromthesidelines]

Paul Frees is the "giraffe" in this 1964 ad that appeared before Linus starred in his own Saturday morning cartoon series {"LINUS THE LIONHEARTED"}, created specifically to promote sponsor General Foods' Post cereals (Crispy Critters, Sugar Crisp, Alpha Bits, Rice Krinkles, etc.), featuring Linus and his friends, direct from Post cereal boxes...and featuring Sheldon Leonard as "Linus".

[yonkeltron]

wow! it really is the tune for shabbos minkha!

[audiophile55]

I forgot how funny this commercial was. I truly wish they'd bring these back. I loved them as a kid.

[audiophile55]

Wow! Do I ever remember this one!!!! Is that Sheldon Leonard doing the voice of Linus?

*****Thank you***** for posting this!!!!!!

[JBM425]

That was, indeed, Sheldon Leonard. They also had a 30 minute show featuring Linus, Sugar Bear, and other Post cereal characters. If I recall, it was a Sunday morning show as opposed to appearing in the usual Saturday monring kiddie show block.