Oh how the cereals have changed…🥣

[@randomuserame]

This man is a historian, a gentleman, and a scholar. This ancient knowledge of "the before times" must be protected!

[@jenniferhanses]

Reminds me of the work of Studs Turkel for earlier generations.

[@bluumeenie8066]

These tales of the "before Times" should be persevered and passed on. Never will such joyous times be properly recreated. Good day sir.

[@80sHeavymetalchick9]

I agree!! 😂

[@The-Jokes-on-You]

How has this channel escaped my view all this time? So many poignant truths in the days before! You sir are a national treasure & have earned my subscription even though it is free.👏🤔👍

[@jasonmorris3533]

Oh fuuuck he's awesome😂

[@shawnadams1460]

Welcome aboard! One of the few channels I actually have a notification bell on!! The man is a wordsmith for sure!!!

[@KevinScandinavia]

I remember trying Captain Crunch recently for the 1st time in 30-plus years, and I couldn't believe how easy it was to eat. I felt rage and yelled at my cereal the way a farmer might yell at rain that came too late to save his crops.

[@JaronActual]

Heresy! How can it be considered Cap'n Crunch if afterward your palate doesn't feel like it's been resurfaced with 40-grit?

[@sandy4282]

Your next video needs to be about the prizes! Oh how we agonized over cereal vs. The prize. Mailing off for the little 45s floppy records...waiting with baited breath for it to arrive in the mail..ahh yes..those were good times..good times indeed!

[@Steve-qz3wi]

Oh my God I forgot about that thank you!!!!

[@sawtooth808]

Mailing for Sea monkeys, and X Ray glasses in comics from the 70’s and 80’s

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

I’m glad this channel exists! I laugh, sympathise and relive my childhood 3-4 minutes at a time. Excellent!

[@markwendt3496]

I feel the most dangerous cereal was actually Grape Nuts. Even after sitting in the milk for a long time the little...things were still hard as rocks. I can only assume that some people even broke a tooth or two eating them.

[@robotmafiagaming]

Preach Sir!!

[@noize7932]

you could soak em in milk overnight. no difference.

[@SledFrog198]

You could actually use them in for ammo in a BB gun.

[@markwendt3496]

@@SledFrog198 why am I not surprised? Lol

[@JaronActual]

@@SledFrog198 You make me question my Gen-X card. How did I never think of this before?

[@flyntplatz3724]

Oh yes, those were good days indeed. I also remember them well....I also remember going through the cereal aisle comparing EVERY different cereal in order to find the one with the best Free Toy inside, as we could ONLY pick one cereal, except at Christmas when we would get the MULTI-PACK...These were the days indeed.

[@HrafnNordhri]

I challenge your Captain Crunch, good sir, with ... Honeycombs. Those sweet rounds that were just a little too big to allow you to have a full spoon and still breathe.

[@janeprepper177]

I really miss 'Alphabits'. They were sweet little letters that never got soggy. 😅

[@notorioustia]

Oooh I loved Alphabits😂😂😂

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

Me too. They were good and educational.

[@TheGadgetwiz]

This is the most entertaining channel on KZbin. Can’t help but binge.

[@cherielarsonsagmoen6746]

Agreed!!! It brings joyous memories of the best of life!!!

[@TheSamuraiMind]

This made me laugh so freaking hard ! You nailed the misery of every single glorious one ! Good on you brother and thank you for making my soul genuinely laugh 🤣🤣🤙

[@deanvaillancourt2881]

Stay tuned for part 2. The tragedy of soggy corn flakes and oatmeal paste.

[@123overthehill]

And the last 5 cheerios that hang together for dear life.

[@AuroraLalune]

Blegh!

[@Kinikia95]

​@@123overthehill😂

[@kingredstar7278]

Omg I remember doing this as a kid. Adding sugar to Cheerios was such a highlight to my childhood that I still do it today.

[@earthroamer9907]

Remember grape nuts!? … nervously eating gravel… good times!

[@ambermac77]

I never ate grape nuts until I was an adult. They are pretty good in yogurt! 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m showing my age. Lol

[@chippievan]

You sir are national treasure. I love the nostalgia mixed with the mid-atlantic voice. You are an anachronism to a difficult but fulfilling time. I wish my kids could understand the self reliance our generation was forced into. Looking back I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Our generation wanted recognition but never got it and we are better for not expecting anything else. It makes us appreciate whatever we get rather than expecting it.

[@crystalfachko1905]

Thank you Sir, am 53 this year, watching your videos is one of the ways I get out of bed in the morning now so Love, Blessings and Gratitude to you and yours 🤩💖✌️🇺🇸🌎🥰🤗😇

[@erichess4279]

I remember Kicks cereal. Tiny round balls of flavorless cardboard.

[@brianyoung8999]

this had me crying with laughter.

[@BunnyGirl71]

Apple Jacks was my cereal of choice, and my younger brother's was Lucky Charms. When he'd get away with being a creep, I'd pour the whole box of Lucky Charms into a bowl, pick out all the marshmallows, and put back the oat pieces. The next bowl of cereal he'd pour would beget angry yelling, followed by tantrum crying, and I'd listen with triumphant satisfaction. Ah, passive-aggressive sibling rivalry...

[@michaelb.8953]

I'm guessing your younger brother never learned the fine art of revenge.

[@BunnyGirl71]

@@michaelb.8953 I kept expecting him to retaliate, but he was easily distracted and would forget about it within 30 minutes. That meant I would get to enjoy his reaction to missing marshmallows for a few days in a row. Ha!

[@NehnBellanaris]

I remember all of this. And when Honey Nut Cheerios did finally come out, nope, can't get those, they're not good for you. So we still had to get the tasteless ones.

[@brad506th]

My mother would pick all the marshmallows out of the lucky charms. We were feral and neglected children indeed.

[@ambermac77]

My son sneaks them all out and leaves me the oat pieces. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@robotmafiagaming]

Nay, sir, you were blessed, imho Your mother spared you the pain of addiction to those sugary demons.. the experience made you cold and fierce.

[@angelawhetsell758]

"Of old dsys..." I love this commentary so much. As a mid 40s mom of two boys, don't each much cereal now due to the trauma of these cereals you mentioned in this commentary. God bless.

[@andrewsmith5004]

Tell us of the stories of stretch armstrong

[@David-so9qx]

I remember raisin bran with its two scoops of raisins as well 😅

[@victoriawilliams2786]

Thank-you for sharing our pasts!

[@paulpearson99]

Frosted Flakes have been around forever. I vividly recall commercials for Honeycomb Cereal (big, big taste for a big, big, bite!). I forget when the Flintstone cereals came out.

[@epictomato5570]

I laughed so hard, and find it hard to break old habits as i still eat my Lucky Charms the same way today! Yes, i still eat Lucky Charms at 49.😂

[@karenhackbarth1801]

62 and Lucky Charms is still my midnight cereal because you get the best sugar dreams after

[@cb4734]

Me to I'm 52 and lucky charms are my favorite❤ enough that they can be eaten for not just breakfast but lunch dinner or a midday/late-night snack😂😂

[@123overthehill]

Hilarious as always. However, Honey Nut Cheerios were introduced in 1979. I remember my father would pour a huge bowl of them at 10:00 every night so he could watch the local news and then a M.A.S.H rerun.

[@Coloradohomestead22]

Oh damn! You have me laughing so hard with this two minute nugget of truth.

[@siralee4975]

Spot on❣️🎯 Captain Crunch tore our mouths up for real!!!😂😅💯

[@tomswoodwork]

And if you let them soak long enough to actually get soft, they left a film on your tongue even sandpaper couldn't take off

[@creightonc8147]

Captain Crunch was designed to prepare your mouth for life by toughening it up. Besides everyone knows Cookie Crisp was like a box of razor blades.

[@lindaparks225]

Oh man he cracks me up. Sad thing is I relate r to everything he is saying. I remember growing up in those days. What fun.

[@powerwagon1089]

I love this mans story telling skills

[@mattbarnes3467]

There were Honey Nut Cheerios when we were kids. Never had 'em in my house, but my buddy next door did. My Mom didn't allow sugar cereals until we were in Jr. High to e sure we'd eat the Wheaties, corn flakes, etc. When the sweet cereal was gone.

[@kimberlyn.2096]

Sugar smacks were awesome. I’m a gen X kid. Bring back the PRIZES too! I want an actual prize in my box again!! Cereal has let us down. It was a morning ritual. It was beautiful. Lol

[@ambermac77]

I might have been right on the cusp of the sugar cereal awakening. I remember eating Frosted Flakes, Cocoa Pebbles, and Honey Nut Cheerios when I was about 7. I was born in ‘77.

[@walksp1500]

Rice Krispy cereal with copious amounts of sugar and Saturday morning cartoons!!! Ah the 80’s❤

[@autophreaktrishield]

On July 3, 1976, 35 years after the cereal was first introduced, "Cinnamon Nut Cheerios" became the first alternate variety of Cheerios to be sold in stores. Nearly 3 years later, on March 1, 1979, "Honey Nut Cheerios" was introduced

[@vstromrider625]

I was born late in 59. so technically I'm a boomer or maybe I'm one of those hybrids you spoke about in a previous video. But man you are so spot on. You could not have described those cereals better. I have been able to relate to every single one of your videos. This is funny stuff here and every bit is true. Here is one for you, Hamburger Helper.

[@drunkensquirrel7545]

Ah yes! And don't forget Tuna Helper - without that and Cup o' Noodles I wouldn't have survived the poor salad days of my youth!

[@sebnembozkaya9520]

Oh my God. The Captain Crunch got me, I'm rolling, cause it's so true. Ohh what a laugh.

[@Bay-BGhost]

The captain crunch analogy had me in tears 😅😅😅

[@gomeks8028]

Bro, you just brought back so many memories thank you. Awww, good times

[@JB-171]

I’m a boomer and I’d have to say they must have improved the Captain Crunch in your day for it to have been able to actually scratch the roof of your mouth. For us, it turned into a soggy, horrible mess about twelve seconds after the milk hit it. No need for a spoon; just drink the slush right out of the bowl or the use of a straw was optional! And Cheerios, trying to actually capture those rascals on your spoon was more challenging than playing Operation!

[@kedanmo01]

He paints a picture of childhood so beautifully! Awww, nostalgia it can sometimes be a wonderful thing. Thank You.

[@livinglifehere]

I'm just watching this for the umpteenth time. laughing out loud for real yet again.. tks man

[@TheTimeForChange44]

OMG, does this bring back memories! Thank you so much!

[@marlberg2963]

Ah the cereal from the before the times! Cap'n Crunches Crunch Berries and Cap'n Crunches Peanut Butter Crunch were my favorites. But usually what we found was less than sugary. Special K or General Mills Corn Flakes. Some times Wheaties and one did not DARE to attempt to sneak a box of the forbidden sugary goodness into mothers shopping cart for it would be immediately returned to the shelf and if you even thought about throwing a tantrum, you would find yourself on the receiving end of a backhand that would have done Billie Jean King proud.

[@tashapauley4963]

I'm so glad you popped up on my feed. I've been watching every video now. I LOVE YOU BRO! Keep representing us 😂🎉😊

[@robotmafiagaming]

Shredded wheat, RIP! Sir, I join your lament of times past.. we truly were the blessed generation. #dontstopbeingawesome

[@aurellamasse7402]

I still buy shredded wheat. The 3 in a pack ones.

[@jackgeary6928]

This guy is hilarious. Well done sir. Well done.

[@YolandaRivera285]

I just love him his accent is beautiful and just the way he explains it is very funny.

[@cventura9048]

How many you remember eating hot cereal? Kept you going for hours, made you strong! And kept you warm in the winter.

[@m.francispacocha2146]

Sugar was in the GenX food pyramid! Thanks for the flood of great memories!

[@deanpettikas4631]

The full sized shredded wheat my mother would put one in my bowl then pour in boiling water. The wheat brick would soak for about a minute then my mother would drain the water from the bowl and place it in front of me. I would add sugar then pour in the milk and begin to eat the delightfully softened sugary wheat.

[@razt.6794]

Sooooo true bro. Mini BRICKS of wheat. Wet Cement.. was 3 in a box. I recall them holding 4.

[@ambermac77]

I recall the box had a couple of bags that each held 3 bricks.

[@suzannepowell6721]

I remember when bran cereal tasted like bark mulch. All Bran and 100% Bran.

[@vttechie]

thank you sir for all of the not so fond memories of days old with crappy cereal.

[@try8042]

Captain Crunch was certainly a weapon of mass destruction. 😂😂😂

[@alink5918]

🤣🤣🤣 I recall those days well!!!

[@GenX_US_Marine]

I remember when the Monster cereals first came out. Franken Berry, Boo Berry, Count Chocula. I love those 3 cereals. They don't take them anymore.

[@tuttifongul2006]

i loved the extra sweetened mini wheats. id save those floaters till last😂

[@livefreeordie9542]

Capt'n Crunch, delicious but fraught with danger. Eating broken glass was less of a hazard than this tasty breakfast.

[@katherinebecker9794]

Remember eating Count Chocula and Booberries while watching the Saturday morning matinee (while your mom was still asleep) Billy the Kid vs. Dracula? Then followed Bella Lugosi and maybe a Frankenstein. Still to this day a monster gives me the warm fuzzies and makes me feel free.😂❤❤❤

[@candie1230]

I love count chocula!!!! I buy copious amounts when it comes out around Halloween.

[@wherami]

the sugar milk was the whole key LOL I saw my children have these cereals now with all marshmallows. I regaled them with quite the story about this.

[@ambermac77]

Mmmm… my fave was Cocoa Pebbles milk. 🤤

[@Kinikia95]

I drank the sugar milk when I stayed at a friend's house and everyone acted like I was a freak. It was circa '77 and I still remember it!

[@MrTheHillfolk]

The kids will never know the joy of typing in a basic computer program for 2 hours on a Sunday morning from the back of a cereal box in order to see a dot go across the screen

[@stevenmcaulay165]

I remember the days when cereals had toys in them me and my sister always had a fight to get to the toy first and when I say fight it was brutal we pushed each other took the box away from each other I miss the good old days

[@davidleekalbjr.3035]

I loved Cheerios. Shredded wheat, and Raisin Bran. Frosted Flakes, Honey Smacks, and Kik's. I still chow on those in my adult life.

[@marlberg2963]

Silly Rabbit! Trix are for kids!

[@notorioustia]

@@marlberg2963Silly Rabbit “TRIX” are for kids 😊

[@marlberg2963]

@@notorioustia Ooops!

[@crystalpetrosky6188]

Oh, the joys and hazards of Cap'n Crunch!

[@spinynorman887]

If you wished to turn your cereal bowl into a bowl of wet cement, nothing could beat Grape Nuts. A shotglass worth would keep you filled until dinnertime...if you ate dinner late.

[@feliciajenkins5041]

Remember the 80's and everyone had a cereal 🥣 .

[@erikbrantly4015]

I was laughing so hard I think I might be injured. Anyway, you described my childhood perfectly.

[@i.am.not.herbert]

You asked to remember the mini-wheats of old. The shredded wheat that came in those three large biscuits were not called mini-wheats. Cuz they weren't freaking mini. They were just Shredded Wheat.

[@ivannaidyonov718]

Oh God, the memories!

[@Can8ian.]

Speaking of mouth injuries GenX endured. Anyone remember the razor sharp edges on the freezees? Those frozen tubes of sweet refreshing treats that would leave the corners of our mouths sliced open while the blood would dribble down to our chins. Yes GenX had it best no doubt.

[@koririetveld4369]

I loved them plan mini wheats. The real stuff. I miss them.

[@AandB1998]

I can recall only a few times where I had cereals like Fruit Loops or some such. It was usually what Dad wanted so it was wheat, corn, or rice Chex. I was also a fan of Kixs but again a rarity in my household.

[@MrMolly11]

Cap’n Crunch was the worst😂😂😂

[@pskarnaq73]

My Liege! You forget the ambrosia that was Fruity Pebbles! Perhaps the intervening years have bereft you of the memory of such goodness, but I say to you REMEMBER! For yes, while we had to endure such hardships as Wheaties and Corn Flakes- and even, for some, Grape Nuts😢.... there were, for others, things such as Boo Berry, Froot Loops, and-yes- even the double-edged- sword of Crunch Berries. The Days Before were different, yes... but also quite good.

[@MiddleOutdoorsman]

Spot on with Captain Crunch!

[@LisaG442]

Tears are leaking out my eyes at the accuracy of the cereal descriptions 🤣 he forgot Puffed Wheat. Like Sugar Crisps but with nothing on them in a bag as tall as yourself. They went to mush in your bowl in 3 seconds flat.

[@davidboose8426]

Who else remembers when they would occasionally put a 45 on the back of the cereal box?

[@martineldritch]

Anyone remember "Freekies" cereal? With a little plastic mutated monster in each box? Boss Moss, Goody Goody, Choking Hazard, Hamhose...we would set them in the sandbox with the little green army men and then bomb the bejeezus out of them with crabapples.

[@SteveFaircloth-kx4gs]

I miss blueberry morning cereal

[@whiggy6976]

Don't forget all the artificial colourings, sweeteners and preservatives they were loaded with, that are all banned now. I saw a study that said we may age a little slower due to the amount of preservatives we all unwittingly consumed

[@brentnichols2457]

You’re the king of awesome!!!

[@andrewgreiner4157]

Ah yes....the dreaded Captain crunch mouth. Painful indeed, but worth it.

[@jonunya1163]

My parents put sliced bananas in my Cheerios. Now it's a flavor you can buy

[@coldandaloof7166]

OMG I am not alone! I have lived all of this. 😂

[@Marc_donkey]

hes older than he looks if he remembers lucky charms coming out in 64 and captain crunch in 63 , didn't think he was that much older than me by his stories

[@matthews2122]

Honey nut Cheerios was introduced in 1979 so almost all GEN Xers add honey nut Cheerios available to them before they hit 14 and about half of them didn’t know a time before Honey Nut Cheerios.

[@throwingpotsandpans]

Captain Crunch... used to ensure a bloodletting before heading off to school. It's how we prepared ourselves for braces.

[@breakboy76]

I miss Count Chocula and Boo Berry. Those were soo good but the prizes were always so crappy. My mom would never let me dig for the prizes either. LMAO Gen X till the day I die.

[@notorioustia]

I loved “Boo Berry” too.

[@breakboy76]

@@notorioustia Boo Berry was the best one I can almost taste it ahhh good times

[@gailbrewer3687]

Oh I remember too well. The bricks of wheat. But there is always sugar frosted flakes. YUM!!!!!!!

[@seanmontgomery3997]

other than the first half of the mini wheats (one big block to start with) I have experienced all the other instances of 'cereal life' as mentioned above.

[@wolfhodgkinson6866]

Ancient cereals I think even Gen-Xers won't remember: Kellogg's OKs was the staple until sweet cereals came along. Then it was Frosty-O's, and Sugar Rice Crinkles, and Sugar Smacks. Oh, and not so sweet Post Heart of Oats.

[@taylorjorgenson7230]

I still eat cereal to this day. I still eat peanut butter and jelly sandwich to this day. I love Cheerios. I love Corn Flakes. I love Kixs. I love lucky charms. They will always be a staple

[@michaeltaylor4984]

Mother only bbought us Wheaties or Team flakes. It took 20 minutes for the milk ro soften those wood chips

[@Silentsister]

We love your videos so much X Brother! Suggestion: please turn your sound up - not like to 11 or anything, just a couple notches, or wear a mic please. Thank you! ❤😂

[@genx-adventures]

OMG ... this is so true! You didn't mention the gravely grape-nuts!

[@hillbillytrucker8347]

Oh I remember those wheat bricks remind me of eating straw. Remember those two cereals you mentioned plus fruity pebbles and honey comb cereal. Plus corn pops and cookie crisp cereals. Along with fruit loops and apple jacks but my favorite cereal was franken berry and boo berry which you can only get at Halloween now.