"Part of this nutritious breakfast"

[eyesroll]

When did cereal commercials start having to say that? It's been that way as long as I can remember.

I also remember that the typical "nutricious breakfast" has a large amount of empty carbs (white toast) and liquid (milk on the cereal, a separate glass of milk, and another glass of OJ).

Today, I saw one cereal commercial where the accompanying food was an egg and a strip of bacon (I thought people served cereal because it was fast and didn't require cooking)...and another where the fruity pebbles were served with a muffin (unless that's a whole-grain, low-sugar muffin, that can't possibly be a nutritious breakfast.

...I should not be watching kids' shows on Saturday...

[flamingyouth]

1. I was just thinking about this the other day

They would also include a glass of orange juice AND a glass of milk. Me, I'm lucky if I can choke down some fruit or a piece of toast first thing in the morning.

[Fenris]

6. I'm glad someone else noticed these things.

Seeing those commercials made me think my family was poor. They had a several course meal for breakfast! I had a bowl of Rice Krispies and a glass of orange juice. Damn that brainwashing Captain Crunch!

[flamingyouth]

8. Seeing those commercials always made me feel a bit ill

Way. Too. Much. Food. At. One. Sitting. God, particularly in the morning.:scared:

You're too young, but there used to be a cereal called King Vitamin that ended up getting taken off the market because it was actually something like 45% sugar. It was my favorite! :bouncing off the walls:

[Fenris]

10. They still sell King Vitamin.

I pass it in the cereal aisle and wonder why the hell it's never advertised.

[flamingyouth]

12. They do?

I remember such a huge dust-up over it when I was a kid. It was around '74 or '75. My mother was appropriately horrified and started making me eat Grape Nuts. They must have reintroduced it. Or maybe it's only available in Texas.;)

[Fenris]

13. It must be just here.

We don' have much respect for them nutrition-lovin' librals here. ;)

[flamingyouth]

14. ROFL - check out this site

http://www.geocities.com/rjmohl/mohlmad/cereal.htm

[JVS]

15. We have it here in PA

[flamingyouth]

16. I'm going grocery shopping today

I have to check it out and see. Maybe it never went away, but they started actually adding other ingredients besides *sugar* at one time. ;)

[JVS]

2. I think that the complete breakfast from TV commercials

Involving toast, juice, cereal, grapefruit, grits, bacon... etc. is supposed to be all the food one needs in an entire day.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. don't think the phrase was started until the 60s

don't recall hearing it in the 50s when I was growing up. Just about Sugar Frosted Flakes being grrrrrreat!

[no_hypocrisy]

4. "Little chocolate donuts". John Belushi did a satirical commercial for

SNL in 1977, featuring him as an Olympic gold winner in several categories. He was pushing those donuts with a cigarette in the other hand as part of a "nutritious breakfast.

[AlCzervik]

5. I love that parody!

That and colon blow.

[No2W2004]

7. I think they have to say that so

corporations can't advertise things like cookies as a breakfast food.

EDIT: Not that I haven't HAD cookies for breakfast....on the contrary, left over pizza and beer are an excellent way to start your day, especially when accompanied by a hangover.

[TheMightyFavog]

9. I thought Cereal was originally created

To repress sexual urges... :shrug:

[name not needed]

11. Well it ain't workin

:P

[TreasonousBastard]

17. They don' t"have" to say that..

but they do.

It's just advertising.

A bowl of crunchy sugar with some milk is as nutritious as... well, a bowl of crunchy sugar with some milk in it.

Add a few vitamins as an afterthought, and you can solve world hunger without taking responsibility for our own fat little kids.

[IronLionZion]

18. And then there's total

which is part of this complete breakfast: just a bowl of Total with milk and nothing else