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Crispy Critters
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<p>Crispy Critters was a <a href="/facts/Breakfast_cereal/UoB6gfz3">breakfast cereal</a> manufactured by <a href="/facts/Post_Foods/rlE27S1B">Post Cereals</a> starting in 1963. The sweetened cereal, made of <a href="/facts/Oats/wn3vnCnT">oats</a>, consisted of animal-shaped pieces similar to <a href="/facts/Animal_cracker/J0eFQkQQ">animal crackers</a>. Television commercials featured a cartoon lion, Linus the Lionhearted, voiced by <a href="/facts/Sheldon_Leonard/651Ndb7Y">Sheldon Leonard</a>, with the slogan "The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals," sung to the tune of "<a href="/facts/Trepak_(The_Nutcracker)/I1YjhByA">Trepak</a>" from <a href="/facts/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky/IhyaS2Q8">Tchaikovsky's</a> <i><a href="/facts/The_Nutcracker/wssKI7y2">The Nutcracker</a></i> ballet. The next year, <a href="/facts/Linus_the_Lionhearted/HDNqMEHS">Linus was spun off</a> into a <a href="/facts/Saturday-morning_cartoon/H2LtyVEx">Saturday-morning cartoon</a> show, which ran for two years on the <a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a> network, then <a href="/facts/Rerun/vyawsHXh">reran</a> on the <a href="/facts/American_Broadcasting_Company/WGxg4vRX">ABC</a> network for three more until 1969. After a decline in popularity, the cereal was discontinued. </p><p>Post made an unsuccessful revival attempt of the cereal in 1987. This time, the <a href="/facts/Commercials/yyGr3J3z">commercials</a> featured a <a href="/facts/Puppet/3x16RI1z">puppet</a> <a href="/facts/Mascot/JtJDx1s2">mascot</a> named "Crispy" with <a href="/facts/Pom-pom/efUAbn1f">pom-pom</a> <a href="/facts/Antenna_(biology)/F0F9Eof9">antennae</a>, a pom-pom tail and a <a href="/facts/Fur/4hVxpDQ0">furry</a> yellow body, resembling a moose. Crispy used an impersonation of <a href="/facts/Jimmy_Durante/7TIse2mw">Jimmy Durante</a> including the <a href="/facts/Nonsense/rtD6HDJC">nonsense</a> <a href="/facts/Phrase/mbnD0ksH">phrase</a> "Ah-cha-cha-cha". This puppet interacted with a <a href="/facts/Child_actor/os414dC4">child actor</a> and was accompanied by smaller puppets that resembled the individual pieces of cereal. Together, these puppets spoke the cereal's <a href="/facts/Tagline/MGahtxKL">tagline</a>: "It's indubitably delicious." </p>