Monday, January 16, 2012

Blast From the Past: Euell Gibbons



"Parts of a pine cone are edible" (very popular repeated line from one of his Grape Nuts commercials)


6 comments:

  1. Now that really does take me back!

    Poor Euell Theophilus Gibbons, he really was ahead of his time.

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  2. Yup a morning eating grape nuts and slapping on some Hai Karate. Those were the days!

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  3. Grape Nuts , I tried it once , and it was like eating gravel. SNL made fun of it years ago with this skit "Quarry Breakfast Cereal"
    http://youtu.be/j5kE0MY4nYs

    I think Euell Gibbons died soon after making those commercials.

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  4. I loved that SNL skit! Yes, I heard he died of heart disease after filming those. Gee, you'd think eating nuts and twigs would have helped....

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  5. haha this was so funny when i first saw it, i still remember it! :)

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  6. Seriously--weren't we all going? Who is this dude eating up our landscape?

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