Anyone know if this is David Hennesy...

[Mark Rainey]

...in a Post Rice Krinkles commercial? Sure looks like him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9gVA01U34k

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Sure looks like him.

It also sounds just like him. I'd be 99.9% sure it is him. 

Given the thousands of videos on YouTube, however did you come across it?

[Mark Rainey]

Hmm -- Let's see if I can remember the proper sequence of events...

Well, first off, writer Steve Vernon posted a nice review of Blue Devil Island, my upcoming WWII novel (which features a Collins, by the way), and one of his remarks was about old war comics, which he compared it favorably to. This brought to mind the fact that, a while back, I had been intending to look up some stuff on old Bugs Bunny war cartoons, so I went to YouTube, and while searching for cartoons, I came upon some entries for Woody Woodpecker. This made me think of other old TV cartoons, including Linus the Lion-Hearted. So that brought to mind old TV commercials, and the first one I thought of was Post Crispy Critters cereal. When I did a search for Crispy Critters, it also brought up Post Rice Krinkles, and I found that commercial. The first thing I thought of then was that I needed to post this on the DS Board so MB and Midnite could have a field day trying to figure out how I found such a thing.




What do you mean I must be some kind of freaking loon?

[Mysterious Benefactor]

The first thing I thought of then was that I needed to post this on the DS Board so MB and Midnite could have a field day trying to figure out how I found such a thing.




What do you mean I must be some kind of freaking loon?

Well, I don't think we'd go quite that far. With some people, yes - but not with you.    Your explanation makes perfect sense. 

I'd completely forgotten that Post Rice Krinkles even existed, so seeing the commercial was definitely a blast from the past!    But I couldn't imagine how they would be something you'd ever go looking for specifically. Now I know you didn't. 

[jennifer]

it does look like him until he turns then i wasn't so sure
Rice Krinkles?

jennifer

[Gerard]

OMG!  Talk about memories!  When I was growing up, Rice Krinkles was my favorite cereal.  Bascially, it was Rice Crispies saturated with sugar.  Because it was so high in that energy content, my mom would only buy it for me on "special occasions."  I don't remember when it disappeared from the market.

Gerard

[BuzzH]

It's definately Hennessy.  I don't remember Rice Krinkles, but I *do* remember Quisp!  Anyone else remember that cereal?

[Mark Rainey]

But I couldn't imagine how they would be something you'd ever go looking for specifically.

Oh, but I might just. The Puffa Puffa Rice commercial was always a favorite, too.

I've remembered the old Crispy Critters song ever since I was a kid. Every now and then I call the cats down for dinner by singing, "The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals."

I really do, yes.

[barnabasjr]

It's definately Hennessy.  I don't remember Rice Krinkles, but I *do* remember Quisp!  Anyone else remember that cereal?

Sure do, I voted for Quisp in the big Quisp vs Quake whatever it was. Somehow I stumbled across some Quisp info when I discovered the web, circa 94, and found out the cereal is still manufactured and sold in those big no name bulk bags of cereal at Safeway. I tried it and it was the same stuff! Congrats, btw! 

[jennifer]

OMG!  Talk about memories!  When I was growing up, Rice Krinkles was my favorite cereal.  Bascially, it was Rice Crispies saturated with sugar.  Because it was so high in that energy content, my mom would only buy it for me on "special occasions."  I don't remember when it disappeared from the market.

oh for the days we didn't worry about sugar content i love how they advertize it!!!

jennifer
i agree as i looked again at it it has to him!

[PennyDreadful]

That must be David Hennesy.  I'd say it's definitely him.  I wonder how old he was when he did that.

[Gerard]

That must be David Hennesy.  I'd say it's definitely him.  I wonder how old he was when he did that.

I was around seven-or-so when I use to eat it voraciously, and since he and I are the same age, I guess he'd've been around the same at that time, too.

Gerard (Who's Having A Massive Sugar Rush Right Now Just Thinking About That Delicious Stuff)

[BuzzH]

Sure do, I voted for Quisp in the big Quisp vs Quake whatever it was.

OMG!  Yes!  I remember that contest too, didn't vote, too young.  But I liked Quisp better.  And thanks for giving me the name of the other cereal!  I've been racking my brain for YEARS trying to remember that name.  They're spokesperson-thing was a cowboy, right?

[Minja]

I consulted e-bay....
Quake's Quangaroos mascot was an Aussie cowboy and an orange kangaroo,
Quake himself was a musclebound miner with a yellow helmet,
Quisp was a small alien with a propeller on his head.  I always thought that whoever invented the Quisp character got his inspiration form the moon men on Rocky and Bullwinkle.

I hate to dissappoint anyone but I found no e-bay listings for the little plastic so-hi acrobat figure.

I do remember the Rice Krinkle cereal and the little cartoon so-hi fellow.  And in KLS's book Dark Shadows memories, David Henesy states he had done many commercials prior to Dark Shadows.  And the boy in the Rice Krinkle commercial looks like him, so I vote that is indeed him.

And as far as my memory itself goes, I could swear that there was a krispy kritter character that was a pink elephant. And Mark, I salute the fact you still remember the lyrics to the Krispy Kritter jingle.

I love these fun, obscure threads.

Always, Minja 

[barnabasjr]

They're spokesperson-thing was a cowboy, right?

Yes, although I remember him more as a miner. I'm sending you a PM so this doesn't get blasted for going too far OT.