Buc-Wheats Cereal Commercial (1975)

[IWDTC]

Loved em..

[micpar2]

Great cereal, I never understood why they stopped making it. It was awesome!

BRING IT BACK!!!!!

They were OOOOhhhhhh TTTTaayyy!!

[Carey4939]

It would be great to have a chance to let my kids have a go at a bowl of Buc Wheats, they were and alway will be the best cereal ever

[Gorbachenko]

Buc Wheats were the best cereal ever. I used to love biting into that one buc wheat that seemed to have all the honey and sugar on it. I lived in a home with four teenagers in it. Whenever grocery bags were brought home, we would rip them apart until we found the one with the Buc Wheats inside. Then we would devour our favorite cereal like piranhas!

[187SicknesS]

if there is no toy in the box, it has no business being on store shelves.

[voidforpurpose]

A fair substitute are bran flakes with real maple syrup poured on them.

But the original BUC-WHEATS were dee-lish.

[fromthesidelines]

General Mills discontinued "Buc-Wheats" for the same reason they stopped making several of their other cereals: not enough sales to justify making more [that's why you haven't seen "Kaboom" or "Country Corn Flakes" on grocers' shelves in the past several years, either]. I agree...the taste WAS quite good.

[kendpw]

they were my favorite cereal of all time,BRING THEM BACK!

[fjautobot]

they tasted better than Wheaties!!

[spib65]

I'm about to free my toe nails from the floor boards, how bad can a commercial be?.

Awful!

[markz171]

i used to love Buc Wheats cereal those big flakes.coated with syrup.....they need to make a comeback...I wish I had a bowl now..

[SUPERDOOPERTUBER]

I saved one of the empty boxes of it in 1990. Someone offered me $150 for it.

[karenpato1]

I always wondered why they General Mills stopped making this.

I hate when companies fix what's not broken.

[robkosinski]

REALLY GOOD! LOL. How much did she get paid for that?

[TheLonersManual]

Mmmm mm! I luv ma do buck wheats. Day OOOOTAY :D

[PRUSSA]

Awesome cereal!!! Where do we sign the petition?

[FUzzyBUnnyBOoties]

Nice to see that I was not the only person that loved and missed this cereal. I just sent my message to General Mills. :-)

[TimelordR]

I'd rather chow down on a bowlful of those hearty-looking Buc Wheats than any of those faggy Kashi cereals that look more like Cat Chow!

[KChoola]

My mom forced this nasty cearal upon me and my siblings when we were kids. I HATED this when I was a kid! We begged for anything other than this. NO DICE!!

[Discomurf]

@KChoola Maybe you just didn't like sweet and amazingly delicious cereals?

[KChoola]

@Discomurf LOL we wudda killed for a box of lucky charms!!

[Neensscene]

@KChoola 

[potatoelover95]

really dude? because it looks like frosted flakes from where im standing

[SavageArmsMan]

Was that Ebb from Green Acres?

[geon67]

i loved this stupid cereal! i wish i could go buy a box right now

[5171967cafk]

Hey.....that guy was on an episode of "Little House" I just watched. ('Little Women')

[howilu]

I remember Buc Wheats in the 70s. It's too bad General Mills took it off the market because it was really good. There was another commercial with the descriptive line "That New England breakfast taste."

[robbase277]

Does anyone remember vanilla and cinnamon Captain Crunch?

[HardyGirl66]

I liked BucWheats too, but I never thought they had enough maple flavoring. You'd get a lot of plain flakes and some maple covered ones. I started putting more syrup on mine. When my mom saw my doing this, she said she was gonna stop buying BucWheats, and just buy 40% Bran Flakes, (which were cheaper), and I could put syrup on those.

[mginsel]

Never understood why the addition of toast somehow turned a bowl of cereal into "a complete breakfast".

[barbiegrl213]

Carbs + Carbs = breakfast? I dunno either...milk AND juice baffled me as well--why not just one or the other?

[CraniumDrainum]

Does anyone remember Eddie Murphy doing a routine on how Buckwheat got his name? I remember it but it's been a while since I heard it. I remember that Buckwheat's sister was Trix and she was a prostitute, Buckwheat had two cousins, one was retarded and was called Special K and had a gay cousin named Lucky Charms. I know I'm missing something else.

[shugr2th]

"Really good! :D"

[forganflash]

I ate BucWheats 3-4 times a day during most of my childhood. This is especially funny, since my mom was a nutrition Nazi, and I didn't taste Coke until I went to grade school. On top of that, I covered them with lots of honey (again healthy according to my mom). I am a pediatrician now, and pretty health conscious about what I eat, but if I saw BucWheats back on the shelf I know what would happen...

[bps3013]

Loved this cereal. Miss this cereal. Ah, childhood!

[nedrabbit]

They were my favorite as a kid too. But one day in the mid-70s my school sent out a list of all cereals ranked from healthiest to worst. Buc Wheats might have been the very worst or close to it. It was at least as bad as Sugar Smacks, Count Chocula, and other known-to-be-sugary cereals.  My mom stopped buying it after she saw that list. I was very sad.

[HGbunny]

Oh, I SO forgot about BucWheats! They WERE awesome. As soon as I saw this picture, I could taste them. Yes, they were hard, crackly, and sweet, and Mom, who would never dream of buying something cool like Cookie Crisp or Boo Berry, felt like BucWheats were okay.

[econoroller]

My favorite cereal EVER

I even wrote a song about it.

See the vide responses above

And have a few laughs :)

BRING MY BUC WHEATS BACK!!!!

[Discomurf]

X^D

nice song econo!!!

[TeamEdward1976]

@Discomurf I remember this cereal,but I don't believe I ever had any.

[southerndestiny]

I loved this cereal... wish they would bring it back..

[jeffw1267]

I liked this cereal because my mom would buy it for me, unlike Trix and Froot Loops. Buc-Wheats gave the impression of being a healthy food, when it was actually about 70% sugar. Lesson: if I ever have a kid, I'm going to taste everything first before I let him eat it.

[superpolarbear]

buc wheats r gay

[ZombiedustXXX]

I loved Buc Wheats. The artificial maple flavor was perfect! A triumph of science, I would have eaten sawdust with that maple flavor.

[visor109]

I have never heard of this cereal.

Sounds like it was very good!

They might have removed it due to some "Little Rascals" litigation.

[DGillyy]

I did my part!!

This stuff was da bomb!!

[victortalking]

When I mention this cereal to people around my age (45ish), no one remembers it. Boy, I do! Like everyone else, I can still taste the maple grainy favor. Thanks, for posting and proving I'm not flaky :-)

[masshlx]

Hear, Hear!! These are my all time favorites, also. I loved them as a kid, dream of their return as an adult.

Will be another voice contacting General Mills, but letting them know we want the ORIGINAL recipe, not a poor knockoff.

[kwbz]

OH - I LOVED this cereal and would be thrilled to taste them again. I grew up eating them in the 70's. They were DELICIOUS. We should contact General Mills, maybe if enough people wrote them, you never know...

[kwbz]

Oh - What I would give to taste Buc-Wheats again!! I loved these sooooo much in the 70's when I was growing up. I agree that we should all petition General Mills to bring them back. If enough people write them, you never know...

[aalrl]

i never had 'em back then, but now I want 'em

[VandalStork]

This...was my FAVORITE CEReAL OF ALL TIME!!! If given the choice between any other cereal and Buc-Wheats, I'd always go for the later, even if the first choice was Fruity Pebbles or Captain Crunch! Buc-Wheats came back for a little bit in the early 80's, then was gone forever. Like Sourcream & Onion Doritos (oh, those were so good!) and Burger Chef restaurants.

[bubbabeatz1]

I just liked the fact, it's called buc wheats...

[loveisgreatest]

Oh, man, I'd give a whole dollar to get this cereal back. My gramma and I used to eat it every morning, and I'd snack on it dry right out of the box -- I looooooved how the flakes would all stick together in clumps! Like candy. How would one go about petitioning to get a cereal back?!?

[thomasbhunter007]

BRING EM BACK!!!!

[fillelavande]

Loved this cereal. We used to buy the mini box packs and fight over the box of Buc Wheats.

[unioncitymanks]

Next to a hearty bowl of QUISP, BUC WHEATS were my all time favorite ceral growing up in the glorious 1970's of my childhood!

[rhondu2]

I freakin loved this cereal with all my heart. Somewhere around 1990 I called General Mills to ask if they still made it and they told me to try golden wheaties. WHAT THE HECK EVER! Nothing like buckwheats. I would eat it everyday all over again if they made this cereal again. I loved it so much, I used to eat it in handfulls right out of the box. Thank you for posting this commercial! Fond Memories!!

[XMChipXM]

Buc-Wheats freakin' ROCKED!

I wonder if we could petition General Mills to bring them back?

[heebieandjeebie]

Boy!! I use to have Buc-Wheats all the time for breakfast back in the late 70's. The delicious maple syrup taste on whole goodness flakes...Started my day right!!!! Bring back some old goodness!!!

[Badgerinmaine]

That was one of my favorite cereals ever! Nice to see the ad.

[Seagrove1976]

The wife relocated from Stepford.

[scottbaino]

Good grief, is this man forceful! He can always fall back to being a coach!

[SpiritBear12]

Holy cow! I didn't think any one else remembered this cereal! No one else I have ever talked to knew what I was talking about. My mother used to give us this stuff when I was quite young. It was pretty good for a boring looking cereal. I miss this stuff. Only thing I have found to come close to it was to drizzle some real maple syrup on a bowl of Wheaties. I never saw the commercials for this stuff, but that's definitely the box I remember on the breakfast table! :-)

[bruhe]

i'm afraid of what might happen to the wife if she ever forgets to keep a good supply of buc wheats around the house. This guy means business.

[gib412]

Yep, I feel this was the best cereal G.M. ever put out. I remember eating bowl after bowl when I was a kid...it had to be in the early 70's.

I wish G.M. would bring them back because I have never found any other cereal that could compare to Buc-Wheats

[mandaclair]

Is it a coincidence that the actor looks a lot like BUCK owens?

[Cattt01]

yeah he does!

[PeerlessPaavo]

Your single-minded dedication to the cause of Buc-Wheats is admirable, Discomurf.

Yours in the struggle.

[Gwertdog]

Damn, loved this stuff as a kid. Would mix it with product 19!

[005jonnybeez]

With a "SNAP" of maple flavor!!! :-) I recall picking the maple ones right out of the box! You could tell which ones were loaded because they looked shinier than the regular flakes!! Really miss that stuff!

[heyheyheydude]

GAH-HAH-HAWD I loved this cereal when I was little(drools like Homer Simpson)

[KimKiYong]

I've always missed Buc Wheats cereal and its great taste. I would love it if they brought it back! I wish they would bring back Quisp too, and Puffed Wheat in the bag.

[aknowneemus]

puffed wheat? hilarious.

half sugar half puffed wheat, the bottom of the bowl the only thing left was a little milk and 10 spoons of sugar. I Liked the ones with popeye on the bag. thanks for the memories.

[jeffw1267]

This cereal was a dirty trick, designed to trick moms into buying a sugary cereal. She never tried my Buc-Wheats, so she wasn't aware of the massive amount of sugar in it. Best cereal ever!!

[travkatz]

yes best cereal ever. I used to eat the whole box the same day my mom brought them home from the store, so she stopped buying them after warning me over and over! I really miss them. Yes Frosted Flakes Gold is reminiscent of Buc-Wheats, but nowhere near as good. I miss Buc-Wheats very much.

[jeffw1267]

Buc-Wheats were better than Frosted Flakes Gold because of the strong maple flavor, and the thicker, heartier flake. I remember exactly how they tasted, although it's been twenty-five years since I had Buc-Wheats and I don't eat sweets anymore. If they'd bring this cereal back I think I'd make an exception.

[PocketRebel]

I actually test marketed these in a mall when I was a really little kid... maybe 4-5... I loved them, and I miss them! I picked them out as my favorite over probably five other cereals. Discomurf is right. They were phenomenal.

[markt9000]

I always thought buckwheat was that kid on the Little Rascals. Who knew you could eat him? "Really good" lady was just awesome casting! Love it.

[limesparx]

damn i am so sad these arent around anymore...crack in a box before anyone knew what crack wuz...thanks for posting, brings back fond memories..."really good!!"

[dustinhollywood]

I have to admit it. I love the rich brawny flavor of buckwheat.