Crispy Critters
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Crispy Critters was a breakfast cereal, which was re-issued by Post Cereals in 1987 after having been tested unsuccessfully decades before. This second attempt to popularize this cereal was also unsuccessful and it was discontinued shortly thereafter.[1]
The cereal consisted of individual pieces that were akin to miniature animal crackers in their shape, appearance, taste and texture. [2]
The commercials for the cereal featured a puppet named "Crispy" with pom-pom antennae and a furry yellow body. Crispy spoke and sang with a voice based on that of Jimmy Durante including the nonsense phrase "Ah-cha-cha-cha". This puppet interacted with a child actor and was accompanied by smaller puppets which resembled the individual pieces of cereal. Together, these puppets spoke the cereal's tagline of "it's indubitably delicious."[3]
The original commercials in the 1960s featured Linus the Lionhearted and the slogan, "The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals,"[4] sung to the tune of "Trepak" from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.
