Bullwinkle Cheerios Commercial: Bowling

[@edwardbrydalski8772]

this sounds amazing........great job

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally seen in 1965. This is a "work print"- note the splices and grease pencil marks.

[@adamkennie9026]

Paul Frees Voices The Announcer.

[@richardburkard9839]

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[@joshua2337]

1965 General Mills' Cheerios cereal commercial tells a story about Rocky the Flying Squirrel's friendly yet scatterbrained best friend Bullwinkle the Moose who engages himself in a wacky world of sports including jumping on a pogo stick, scuba diving into the ocean and of course knocking down the bowling pins with a heavy bowling ball which is my favorite sport activity. One day, he finds it harder to gain a couple of strength, asks the audience: "Is bowling a fun sport?", grabs the bowling ball and tries to swing it with all his might only to crash through some wooden boards all the way on the top of a hard hat belonging to a repairman who taps his fingers in annoyance. Holding the bowling ball with one of his horns, he tells the audience that unless of course, one's got a goal to play it, so he sets up a bowl and a box of Cheerios cereal which, according to the narrator, contains tasty-toasty rows of crispy cereal circles made from oats plus the grain with the most protein, are packed with Vitamin B-1 compared with a bowl of corn, a bowl of rice and a bowl of wheat, which Bullwinkle pushes out of the scene based on the concept of a rule of three and powered up with a lot of energy to help make people strong by growing arm muscles around their whole body. Bullwinkle pours them in the bowl, feeds himself with them while holding a spoonful and uses his arm to gain its muscles, jumps on the repairman who quickly steps back down the stairs to fix the wooden floor and gets himself ready to knock over the bowling pins. He gives the audience his advice to remember two letters; big G and little O forming the word "Go!" that means they can get their goal with Cheerios. He runs across the slippery floor whilst stepping on the repairman along the way and tosses himself and the bowling ball against the bowling pins, knocks them down and crashes through a brick wall where he's feeling dizzy while holding a 10pin on one of his horns. 1965 General Mills's Cheerios cereal commercial ends with Bullwinkle recites the quote "But watch where you're going!" while getting bonked on his head by a red brick.

[@chrismunguia7574]

That's what made me the huge fan of the 1960's, because of the audio quality.

[@yosefdemby8792]

Perhaps some of this was animated by Rod Scribner?

[@LucasSheaves]

Yep.😊

[@radiosaido66]

Is bowling a fun sport?

[@rayli689]

No. Unless of course one's got the go to play it.

[@jakebarnes8404]

And smart bowlers get their go with Cheerios!

[@DailyBeavisandButt-Head]

​@@jakebarnes8404Tasty, toasty o's of oats!

[@jayceofhearts1043]

What did you say at the end?

[@joshua2337]

But watch where you're going. Ouch!

[@CircleTheCreator]

@@joshua23370:46 Ouch!

[@petelarose998]

Jesus loves you very much and died on the cross at Calvary for you. You can accept Jesus as your savior anytime you want play God bless you very much.

[@BrianRetro]

This is not the type of video to be making a comment like that.

[@petelarose998]

@@BrianRetro why not?? I am trying to take the message every where.

[@RealHomerCat-y4r]

God is Bullwinkle confirmed