New Lucky Charms With 15 Percent Less Leprechaun Meat

General Mills Releases New Lucky Charms With 15 Percent Less Leprechaun Meat
September 23, 2011 | ISSUE 47•38
http://www.theonion.com/articles/general-mills-releases-new-lucky-charms-with-15-pe,26135

MINNEAPOLIS — Saying that Lucky Charms is "as magically delicious as ever but now lower in magically saturated fats," General Mills announced Friday it would begin making the cereal with 15 percent less leprechaun meat.

"Lucky Charms will still have the same great taste and marshmallowy goodness, but now only the tastiest, leanest parts of the leprechaun will be used," a press release read in part, noting that the Lucky Charms recipe had not changed since 1964, when leprechaun meat was first added as an emulsifier. "As always, we use only natural colorings and flavorings in our cereals, which is why you may still sometimes find a wee hat in your bowl." The announcement comes only weeks after General Mills discontinued the use of ground rhinoceros in Wheaties.

Wouldn't It Be Fun

if cereal companies sponsored cartoons again?IN MY DREAMS

Roughing Up The Lucky Charms Demon

I love these commercials because the kids act just the way real kids did back when I was eating Lucky Charms.It's funny that the demon character is the witless innocent.The Christian youths leap upon the pagan apparition.Look how much attention the animator paid to manhandling the sugar imp.The kid on the left is a funny design. The one on the right looks like the Cheerios Kid! Maybe his secret

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General Mills Cereal Ads in Comics

Hey, these are drawn pretty good for comic ads. I wonder if they were done by an animator. It's someone named Williams.Here's the Lucky Charms Demon. I have a funny commercial where some roughneck kids manhandle him and debase him bodily.This Rocky and Bullwinkle one is really nice.

The Cheerios Kid Beats Up A Train

Here's some fun design from a 50s Cheerios Kid commercial.I love the clever use of values. It's amazing how good black and white can look when it's done with control and know-how.Besides the design, the other thing I like about old animated commercials is that they tell a story.I like how the real kid accepts the magic of a little super elf that inhabits his cereal.An adult probably wouldn't buy