This week we are going to refurbish and restore an edition of PopCult’s Sunday Evening Video that originally ran in this space way back in November, 2008.  Since that time, the standards for embedding video have changed, and many of these clips have vanished from their original spots on the internet. We’re going to do our best to recreate the original post from almost seventeen years ago, because the cereal talk in which we indulged earlier this week made us hungry for our once again-discontinued favorite cereal of all time.

I’m talking about Quisp. You know, the cereal from the 1960s that had the little alien with a Jerry Lewis voice on the commercials? It was the greatest breakfast cereal known to man. I get hungry just thinking of it. Tonight we’re looking at some of the classic commercials by Bullwinkle and Rocky creator Jay Ward, as well as a now quaintly out-of-date web commercial by John Kricfalusi (of Ren and Stimpy fame). Rather than posting a stack of videos, we have one classic, and one long compilation of almost all of the Quisp vs. Quake commercials, then the “new” commercial, which is 24 years old now.

The funny thing is, Quisp and Quake (and Cap’n Crunch) all had the same flavor. The difference was that Quisp was pleasantly chewy, whereas Cap’n Crunch would destroy the roof of your mouth, and Quake, which was shaped like rocks and gears or something, could actually draw blood. What I’m saying here is…stick with Quisp, if they still made it, that is. Quaker Oats once again discontinued this cereal last year. I guess it was just too perfect to exist the world we have now.

In this long compilation, watch as Quisp battles his rival, Quake, for breakfast cereal dominance. Quake goes through a few changes along the way.

And finally as promised, here’s Quisp in the 21st Century, by John K. and Spumco!