i think John Hubley

They used real children as the voices, so it was literally the voice of a generation. The boomers never stopped wanting their Maypo.

You don't SAY....?

Did you and your kids ever eat Cocowheats?

John Hubley created Marky Maypo. Emery may have worked with him, Wikipedia does not credit him doing the Maypo commercials, but does cite Hubley who also did Mr. Magoo. Same style.

Glad to know!

Hubley often used Hawkins for his films. I wouldn't doubt that he didn't, but he often had a set of animators who worked for him over the years.

More than likely. Tastes change periodically. Especially in the advertising world. I'm sure a lot of animators worked over time with one another for different projects and studios

Nic Sweet I was gonna say the animation was unusual for the time.

+Mr. Midshipman i have it available in my shoprite up the street so you just have to shop around for it...

Maypo, Wheatena, Farina, Zoom and a couple of others were once nation wide. Grew up seeing them on stores shelves everywhere on the west coast. Other cereals became popular and some like these slowly lost their appeal and lost shelf space starting in the late 70s or so. Some stores can still be found here or there that carry them but is now mostly midwest regional or online. Really liked Wheatena, very healthy wheat cereal that uses the whole grain, nutty flavor and texture. Some of the others only use portions of the seed and some like Maypo were pre-sweetened or had competition from Cream of Wheat. No stores real close to me so I order a couple boxes at a time which last me and hubby a long time because we like something different every morning.

Anna Devlin My dad could never stand the stuff!

Mom tried a couple of times, no go. We were not a pre-sweetened cereal family.

Are you sure, my dad is also was the maypo dad

+Kathy Mills no, the was maple loops....they were maplelicious

THAT'S WHY ITS SO FAMILIAR OH MY GOD YES!

Me too

usually dont by an adult woman.

I think the girl with the hat sounds even more adorable and cute

Go eff yourself you crazed female.

Some communist he turned out to be if he took work from these predatory carb jockeys.

Wheat in and of itself without the bran and germ is a rather bland product but adding other items does enhance it. Maypo had maple, though I do not recall if originally it was the real thing or not. Did not care for it. do not remember how sweet or not it use to be. Never been into pre-sweetened stuff, most is over done or artificial yuck. Ever think of adding fruit, honey, sugar?

Forgot to mention hubby likes to add brown sugar and butter, no milk, to his hot cereals. You might like it.

Yes. Was everywhere at one time. Was never a fan, maybe because of being pre-sweetened. Competition, changing tastes, fast or frozen foods changed things. Can still be found online, regionally in mostly the midwest, or the occasional distant store.

And no doubt you add to the great experience.