Another set was produced of "little people from far away places" and included Pocahontas, Uncle Sam, Robin Hood, etc. (Thanks to Dan Goodsell for the box ad image.)
Saturday, September 5, 2020
OGG Friendly Folk
In 1972, the backsides of specially marked boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Raisin Bran advertised $2 + 2 box tops mail-away offers for funny looking cereal mascot toys called "Friendly Folks." They were off-model but cute, and somewhat crudely assembled 2" miniature figurines made of wood, felt, paint, and other slap-dashedly glued-on hairy/furry attachments. There were 5 in all, and you had your choice of Tony the Tiger, Snap, Crackle, Pop, as well as my big $5 find of the week, a Cocoa Krispies OGG the cave man. Anybody remember him? No? Well CLICK HERE after you check out the pix below.
Another set was produced of "little people from far away places" and included Pocahontas, Uncle Sam, Robin Hood, etc. (Thanks to Dan Goodsell for the box ad image.)
Another set was produced of "little people from far away places" and included Pocahontas, Uncle Sam, Robin Hood, etc. (Thanks to Dan Goodsell for the box ad image.)
With the exception of Snagglepuss, the Cocoa Krispies spokestoons certainly are a forgettable lot. Five-gettable, even.
ReplyDeleteReally? I think OGG is pretty darn cool, though clearly they were just trying to cash in on the popularity of the Flintstones
ReplyDeleteWhoa, I had zero idea that a cavemen used to mascot for Cocoa Krispies. I liked the commercial. The little wooden Friendly Folk is definitely off-model--he doesn't even look like the painting in the ad! I want to see the Tony now.
ReplyDeleteIs that commercial a Rankin Bass production?
ReplyDeleteThe Tony is actually pretty cute, —oh, this same antique seller had a Snap and a Pop for sale too but no Crackle, so I passed on em, they looked pretty off model and cool as well, but I’d rather get the whole set.
ReplyDeleteGood question about the commercial and Rankin Bass, I’ll ask a couple of people who might know and report back
Tony the Tiger (if my faulty memory serves me) changed a bunch over the years, so he looks a bit more on-model than most but ... wow, snap/crackle/pop looks like a wizard was trying to recreate them without the right ingredients!
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