Well without a doubt, the main man of the horror cereals is Count Chocula! My numero uno favorite cereal. I mean how can I not understand the counts obsession with the chocolatey goodness of Count Chocula?!? He has been around almost as long as Cerpts; which means he's friggin' old people! But like Cerpts, I still loves him. We have Laura Levine, a copywriter for the advertising agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample to thank for the Count and the rest of his horror cereal buddies. As we all know ad writers are secondary in the lucrative writing field right behind ransome notes. On Futurama Count Chocula has been promoted to Archduke, right next to Admiral Crunch. He has shown up in episodes of the Simpsons trying to quit his sugary addiction. Mr. Burns even buys Count Chocula cereal and says; "Hmm. I suppose that one looks a little bit like me." There's even been Count ripoffs, on Invader ZIM there is a character called Count Cocofang and he is the mascot for a cereal called Coco Splodies. "Count Choculitis" is listed as a disease on a health care benefits form in an episode of the comedy show "The Office". Count Chocula was also a guest judge on American Zombie in an episode of Robot Chicken. On Family Guy, the episode "Wasted Talent", Cap'n Crunch asks The Godfather to assassinate the Count because "that son of a bitch has been spreading rumors about me. My cereal does not cut the roof of your mouth. With all due resprects." In Wedding Crashers, John Beckwith resists the temptation to go over-board in taking on fake occupations in order to sound fascinating, he says "I'd like to be cowboys from Arizona or pimps from Oakland but it's not Halloween. Grow up; Peter Pan, Count Chocula." In Robin Williams Live On Broadway 2002 Robin makes a reference to Count Chocula as part of his performance. He talks about the winner of the gold medal in snowboarding (freestyle) at the Winter Olympics. Robin says "Would you like to be on a box of wheaties? -No.Count Chocula." In the John Mayer Song "It's Always Her that Gets Wet", he imitates Bobby Brown singing "And in the morning, girl, I'm gonna pour you a bowl of Count Chocula". In Blade: Trinity, Dracula walks into a store that sells vampire souvenirs. He picks up and looks at a box of Count Chocula cereal. In 1999, the satirical newspaper The Onion ran a front-page story about Count Chocula, characterizing him as an actual blood-sucking monster to underscore the humor of his role as mascot for a children's cereal. Franken Berry is also referenced in the article, although not by name. All Hail the Count! I want to eat your cereal!
2 comments:
Don't you mention Futurama, fool! You dissed that show, you tasteless ho! But you're right about Count Chocula -- he IS almost as old as me!
What the hell does all this have to do with "Lost"?!?
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