The UW Milwaukee has the original commercial with its jingle. I was doing my research on this and found it there. I made contact. They said that I could come in to view the commercial. But couldn't obtain a copy of it. I never followed thru. But I loved the jingle.
The design of the masked Shelly The Turtle character looks like a cross between Darkwing Duck and Iago The Parrot from Disney's "Aladdin" . I feel like Arnold Stag's voice doesn't fit that masked Shelly The Turtle very well. I expected him to have a voice simular to Zorro's voice, more smooth and with an accent.
Arnold Stang, along with Marvin Kaplan, were the gas station attendants in the comedy epic "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World." Both were also voices on Top Cat.
I remember Shelly's original commercials. I like him because I'm a sucker for Jimmy Durante type characters, like Hanna-Barbera's Doggie Daddy. The cereal was pretty good, too.
He was also the voice of Herman the mouse in those old paramount pictures cartoons in the 1950s and use the same voice. He would use for the honey nut Cheerios bee. a voice that he developed over his many years on radio
The earliest commercial for Corny Snaps was the other way around, in that Shelly, already with the Durante personality, was trying to coax everyone to come out of THEIR shells (get out of bed) and have Corny Snaps for breakfast. When he mentioned the cereal everyone else would say "Did someone say Corny Snaps?".. In the same commercial he'd suddenly stop playing his piano and say "I wanna hear it for Corny Snaps"; everyone would be crunching on the cereal, and Shelly would say "Dat's music to my ears!".. The next set of commercials were what you described- Shelly sleeping until someone else mentions Corny Snaps, at which point he would jerk awake saying (again in Durante fashion) "DID someone say Corny SNAPS??"
Arnold Stang was also the voice of TopCat for Hanna-Barbera he was also a radio actor back in the 1940s doing lots of radio programs like the Goldbergs and Henry Morgan show
This cereal was awful! It tasted really good at first bite but then this horrible salty after taste would assault your taste buds! My mom didn't believe in waste so she made us eat the whole box but promised never to buy it again.
"The town of Durango.." ..🤔 hmm, being that this was an American cereal/commercial, and there are only 3 towns in America named Durango, my guess is the commercial represented Durango, Texas⭐🇺🇸. Especially based on the Spanish Tile pitched roofing of the buildings.
I lived in Durango, Colorado, for a couple of years as a kid-1980-1982-exactly one year after this cereal was discontinued. I didn’t see any residual “S” markings on posters there, so I’d bet you’re right.
Probably a dumb question, Gabe, but do you ever save any of the cereal from really old boxes like this one? And, yes, for all that's holy in the world, please bring back prizes in boxes of cereal!
@@eerieeric834 one prize I could remember from my day was Cap'n Crunch's submarine that ran off of baking soda to make it rise, then sink, then rise again.
I turned 11 the year that this cereal was apparently released. You'd think it would still be in my childhood sweet spot. But I have zero memory of it. Not a trace.
The UW Milwaukee has the original commercial with its jingle.
I was doing my research on this and found it there. I made contact. They said that I could come in to view the commercial. But couldn't obtain a copy of it. I never followed thru. But I loved the jingle.
The design of the masked Shelly The Turtle character looks like a cross between Darkwing Duck and Iago The Parrot from Disney's "Aladdin" .
I feel like Arnold Stag's voice doesn't fit that masked Shelly The Turtle very well. I expected him to have a voice simular to Zorro's voice, more smooth and with an accent.
Arnold Stang, along with Marvin Kaplan, were the gas station attendants in the comedy epic "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World." Both were also voices on Top Cat.
Love these historical videos especially about ones that were lost to time.
That is an awesome cereal prize! I would have been stoked to get that as a kid. Actually, I'd be stoked to get that now!
Maybe they should have put Touché Turtle on the box... Back in the 60s, they had Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, and Quick Draw McGraw on Kellogg's boxes.
I remember Shelly's original commercials.
I like him because I'm a sucker for Jimmy Durante type characters, like Hanna-Barbera's Doggie Daddy. The cereal was pretty good, too.
I got some rice Krispy from target yesterday that had a prize inside! I bought it just because! The toy is called a “bowl buddy.”
I would like to see Grumpy Shelly commercials too.
Oh man, 8 yr old me would have carried around that puzzle book for days until every last one was finished.
I really appreciate and look forward to your videos, it's so fun learning about all these different kinds of cereals and the stories behind them!
Arnold Stang, also the voice of Top Cat
You beat me to it, Bruce!
He was also the voice of Herman the mouse in those old paramount pictures cartoons in the 1950s and use the same voice. He would use for the honey nut Cheerios bee. a voice that he developed over his many years on radio
4:40 Gabe: Eat your heart out CVS.
The redesigned Shelly kind of looks like El Kabong from Jellystone
Oh I thought one only thought of that
The earliest commercial for Corny Snaps was the other way around, in that Shelly, already with the Durante personality, was trying to coax everyone to come out of THEIR shells (get out of bed) and have Corny Snaps for breakfast. When he mentioned the cereal everyone else would say "Did someone say Corny Snaps?".. In the same commercial he'd suddenly stop playing his piano and say "I wanna hear it for Corny Snaps"; everyone would be crunching on the cereal, and Shelly would say "Dat's music to my ears!".. The next set of commercials were what you described- Shelly sleeping until someone else mentions Corny Snaps, at which point he would jerk awake saying (again in Durante fashion) "DID someone say Corny SNAPS??"
Maybe this original personality of Shelly was too similar to Sonny the Cuckoo Bird.
Arnold Stang was also the voice of TopCat for Hanna-Barbera he was also a radio actor back in the 1940s doing lots of radio programs like the Goldbergs and Henry Morgan show
I was 1 year old when this came out. Edible packing peanuts
Have you seen Robot Chicken. It doesn’t really ruin my childhood, but it makes me laugh.
The turtle and when he first appeared in the commercials talkEd like Jimmy Durante.
And I used to love that cereal 💖
I did a commercial for Corny snaps doing a race with him and a rabbit :) 1970's, an not find it.
This cereal was awful! It tasted really good at first bite but then this horrible salty after taste would assault your taste buds! My mom didn't believe in waste so she made us eat the whole box but promised never to buy it again.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Jackson 5 cartoon
Oh yeah, that voice Arnold Stang had he developed that voice over his years on radio and used it into much every cartoon he appeared in
"The town of Durango.." ..🤔 hmm, being that this was an American cereal/commercial, and there are only 3 towns in America named Durango, my guess is the commercial represented Durango, Texas⭐🇺🇸. Especially based on the Spanish Tile pitched roofing of the buildings.
I lived in Durango, Colorado, for a couple of years as a kid-1980-1982-exactly one year after this cereal was discontinued. I didn’t see any residual “S” markings on posters there, so I’d bet you’re right.
Ten years before I was born.
I wonder if Jimmy Durante actually did voice Shelly? He was still alive at the time.
Yes! In the First iteration.
those pieces of cereal have the same width and shape of packing peanuts
On Thursday at a store I saw cereal bole hagers in a apple Jack
Probably a dumb question, Gabe, but do you ever save any of the cereal from really old boxes like this one? And, yes, for all that's holy in the world, please bring back prizes in boxes of cereal!
Nah, I throw it away
This one got by me. Nice work.
Probably the last Kelloggs cereal he'll cover.
The next video you should do is top 10 best cereal Prizes
I'm thinking you meant "prizes"?
@@anthonychihuahua Yes I did
@@eerieeric834 one prize I could remember from my day was Cap'n Crunch's submarine that ran off of baking soda to make it rise, then sink, then rise again.
Can You Do Disney Pixar Cars 1 2 & 3 Cereals?
I was 19 years old when this was released
Dennis The Menace (1993)
I'm surprised Kellogg's wasn't sued by Hanna-Barbera when they decided to redesign Shelly.
Why would they sue them? Is it because he looked like El Kabong?
@@RudeRabit Touché Turtle
@@danieldiaz-tavera9137 yeah, not at all
I was the right age for this cereal (8) but I don’t remember it or the commercials. 🤷🏻♂️
I like Turtles
I turned 11 the year that this cereal was apparently released. You'd think it would still be in my childhood sweet spot. But I have zero memory of it. Not a trace.
Corey!
I was so hoping you would have tried at least one of those S’s from 44 years ago. Ahh well
Next time can you please talk about Kellogg sugar stars cereal plz
King’s should bring this cereal back
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