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LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for MORE FUN! Quaker Oats launched Quisp and Quake cereals as rivals in 1965 but, other than the shape, both cereals tasted the same to me, very much like Cap'n Crunch. Plus a commercial for another spinoff, Orange Quangaroos, which was a big flop!
First Cap'n Crunch Commercial!
youtu.be/_W066imWjRM
These television commercials were produced by Jay Ward, a major producer of animated television series like Bullwinkle. Daws Butler as the voice of Quisp and William Conrad (Cannon) as the voice of Quake.
In 1969, Quake was given a makeover, slimming down and swapping his lighted miner's hard hat for an Australian bush hat and cape. in 1972, when a series of commercials asked kids to vote for which cereal should remain on the shelves. Quisp was the winner and Quake cereal was discontinued, but Quake himself introduced a new sidekick, an orange kangaroo named Simon and a new orange-flavored cereal called Quake's Orange Quangaroos. In 1976, Quaker Oats ran another contest, this time asking children to choose between Quisp and Quangaroos. Quisp won again and Quangaroos was discontinued.
LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for MORE FUN! Quaker Oats launched Quisp and Quake cereals as rivals in 1965 but, other than the shape, both cereals tasted the same to me, very much like Cap'n Crunch. Plus a commercial for another spinoff, Orange Quangaroos, which was a big flop!
First Cap'n Crunch Commercial!
youtu.be/_W066imWjRM
These television commercials were produced by Jay Ward, a major producer of animated television series like Bullwinkle. Daws Butler as the voice of Quisp and William Conrad (Cannon) as the voice of Quake.
In 1969, Quake was given a makeover, slimming down and swapping his lighted miner's hard hat for an Australian bush hat and cape. in 1972, when a series of commercials asked kids to vote for which cereal should remain on the shelves. Quisp was the winner and Quake cereal was discontinued, but Quake himself introduced a new sidekick, an orange kangaroo named Simon and a new orange-flavored cereal called Quake's Orange Quangaroos. In 1976, Quaker Oats ran another contest, this time asking children to choose between Quisp and Quangaroos. Quisp won again and Quangaroos was discontinued.
