Blast From the Past: Euell Gibbons on January 16, 2012 Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps "Parts of a pine cone are edible" (very popular repeated line from one of his Grape Nuts commercials) Comments The NaturalistJanuary 16, 2012 at 2:40 PMNow that really does take me back!Poor Euell Theophilus Gibbons, he really was ahead of his time.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyBarryJanuary 16, 2012 at 3:37 PMYup a morning eating grape nuts and slapping on some Hai Karate. Those were the days!ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyUnknownJanuary 16, 2012 at 3:45 PMGrape 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/j5kE0MY4nYsI think Euell Gibbons died soon after making those commercials.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplySharon DayJanuary 16, 2012 at 3:52 PMI 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....ReplyDeleteRepliesReplydopdavidJanuary 16, 2012 at 7:00 PMhaha this was so funny when i first saw it, i still remember it! :)ReplyDeleteRepliesReplySharon DayJanuary 16, 2012 at 7:03 PMSeriously--weren't we all going? Who is this dude eating up our landscape?ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment
Now that really does take me back!
ReplyDeletePoor Euell Theophilus Gibbons, he really was ahead of his time.
Yup a morning eating grape nuts and slapping on some Hai Karate. Those were the days!
ReplyDeleteGrape Nuts , I tried it once , and it was like eating gravel. SNL made fun of it years ago with this skit "Quarry Breakfast Cereal"
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/j5kE0MY4nYs
I think Euell Gibbons died soon after making those commercials.
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....
ReplyDeletehaha this was so funny when i first saw it, i still remember it! :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously--weren't we all going? Who is this dude eating up our landscape?
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