Euell Gibbons For Grape Nuts (fixed sound)

Naturalist Euell Gibbons (author of "Stalking the Wild Asparagus") in one of his well-remembered 1970s Grape Nuts ads. Sadly, this isn't the one where he eats a pine tree.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euell_Gi...
(Reposted to fix the sound sync problems; thanks for your patience)

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[Kenneth Besselman]

My brother in law once said Grape Nuts reminded him of choke cherries,or rabbit turds

[3zy]

Heh heh, won't turn away an opposition response. A comedian in the 80s liked to say they called it Grape Nuts because Peach Gravel didn't test well.

[yononaci]

listen, no joke, this man is my great uncle. He maried one of my grandfather's sisters, her maiden name was fryer...i think its kinda sweet that i can watch his commercials on youtube

[ktehmok]

Eating Grape Nuts was like chewing on cat litter.

[gary penir]

where are the grapes and nuts?

[John Jackson]

Have any of you ever heard of wikapidea? Euell died in 1975 I was a teenager, and the joke was "Hey did you here Euell Gibbons died?---He choked on a pine cone. Sorry to his family for this old joke, but Euell was pretty famous.

[J Falconi]

My Dad claims he once saw Euell eat a pinecone on TV

[icnclt]

Gilmore girls brought me here. Season2 Ep15 thank you and boa noite!

[miniboy77]

Adam Carolla brought me here. Get it on!

[BeingRomans829ed]

I hope this commercial didn't cause some kid to try to eat the brown, fluffy part of the cattail, since that's what Euell had in hand when he said they're edible!

As a kid, a friend and I pulled cattail from a pond and stripped the blades till we got to the clean, white center. We chomped down on it. Wasn't bad! Had a clean, fresh taste and a pleasant, mild crunch. I still remember how it tasted. Years later, I ate something like it. It was water chestnuts. Very similar in taste and texture.

[Justin L.T.]

Ace man. Get it on gotta get it on mandate it on no choice but to get it on

[galaktiontabidze40]

simma down na'