Welcome - Cocoa Krispies with Ogg
Ancient Chinese secret, huh?
Ring around the collar!
Where kids are king.
Remember these lines? Yes, some of the most creative TV commercials were in the 1970s, yet comparatively few of them remain available on the likes of YouTube. Perhaps this was because the 70s commercials were between the well-preserved black-and-white films of the 50s and 60s, and the VCR-era ads of the 80s and 90s. Indeed, many of the surviving color commercials from the 70s have faded.
In this blog I will post periodic, approximate memories of 1970s TV commercials as they come to mind -- which happens to me a LOT. Be sure to post a comment if you remember the commercial, a variation, or have a correction.
So, let's get started.
Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies cereal with caveman Ogg.
circa 1971
Long before the likes of Coco the Monkey, the spokesman for Cocoa Krispies was a caveman named Ogg. (His wife's name was Kell. Kell-Ogg, get it?) The commercials took place in a prehistoric setting, and was often found showing off his stone-age inventions while enjoying Cocoa Krispies cereal. Ogg spoke with a half-British accent of some sort. A very impressive stop-motion animation technique was used.
I remember two of these:
1. (Ogg is walking on top of a tire-like object as it rolls)
Voice: "What's that, a wheel?"
Ogg: "No, it's my latest invention, which allows me to ride and eat Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies cereal at the same time."
(Ogg is seen eating a bowl of cereal while walking atop the "wheel")
Voice: "Really? What's it like eating Cocoa Krispies, going down steep hills?"
(Ogg is now struggling to eat and stay atop the wheel as it rumbles down an incline)
Ogg: (gives a description of the cereal with an edge of fear in his voice. Finally he wipes out. From amidst the wreckage: )
"Finished eating. I think I'll invent a brake."
2. (Ogg is standing atop a small mountain, as a huge bird or pterodactyl approaches him)
Voice: "Ogg, WATCH OUT!!"
The bird picks Ogg up and gets him on his back.
Ogg: "Whew, I almost missed my flight. The meal they serve on this flight is Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies cereal."
(Ogg is seated on the back of the flying avian creature with a bowl of cereal, or more likely a "complete breakfast" in front of him. Standard description of cereal follows.)
Voice: "Wow, you sure are good at flying"
(Bird releases Ogg atop a very tall and thin mesa)
Ogg: "Oh, the flying's easy. (loud despearate voice) But what's hard is, getting down from the airport!"
The Ogg character was retired in about 1975, at which point he was replaced by a brown elephant named "Tusk Tusk".
Ring around the collar!
Where kids are king.
Remember these lines? Yes, some of the most creative TV commercials were in the 1970s, yet comparatively few of them remain available on the likes of YouTube. Perhaps this was because the 70s commercials were between the well-preserved black-and-white films of the 50s and 60s, and the VCR-era ads of the 80s and 90s. Indeed, many of the surviving color commercials from the 70s have faded.
In this blog I will post periodic, approximate memories of 1970s TV commercials as they come to mind -- which happens to me a LOT. Be sure to post a comment if you remember the commercial, a variation, or have a correction.
So, let's get started.
Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies cereal with caveman Ogg.
circa 1971
Long before the likes of Coco the Monkey, the spokesman for Cocoa Krispies was a caveman named Ogg. (His wife's name was Kell. Kell-Ogg, get it?) The commercials took place in a prehistoric setting, and was often found showing off his stone-age inventions while enjoying Cocoa Krispies cereal. Ogg spoke with a half-British accent of some sort. A very impressive stop-motion animation technique was used.
I remember two of these:
1. (Ogg is walking on top of a tire-like object as it rolls)
Voice: "What's that, a wheel?"
Ogg: "No, it's my latest invention, which allows me to ride and eat Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies cereal at the same time."
(Ogg is seen eating a bowl of cereal while walking atop the "wheel")
Voice: "Really? What's it like eating Cocoa Krispies, going down steep hills?"
(Ogg is now struggling to eat and stay atop the wheel as it rumbles down an incline)
Ogg: (gives a description of the cereal with an edge of fear in his voice. Finally he wipes out. From amidst the wreckage: )
"Finished eating. I think I'll invent a brake."
2. (Ogg is standing atop a small mountain, as a huge bird or pterodactyl approaches him)
Voice: "Ogg, WATCH OUT!!"
The bird picks Ogg up and gets him on his back.
Ogg: "Whew, I almost missed my flight. The meal they serve on this flight is Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies cereal."
(Ogg is seated on the back of the flying avian creature with a bowl of cereal, or more likely a "complete breakfast" in front of him. Standard description of cereal follows.)
Voice: "Wow, you sure are good at flying"
(Bird releases Ogg atop a very tall and thin mesa)
Ogg: "Oh, the flying's easy. (loud despearate voice) But what's hard is, getting down from the airport!"
The Ogg character was retired in about 1975, at which point he was replaced by a brown elephant named "Tusk Tusk".
posted by Mike at
8:46 PM
3 Comments:
Do you have any idea how to find Katie the Kellogg's Cocoa Krispie girl commercial(s).
Jay Rowan St. Louis, MO 314-223-8580
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Anonymous, at 9:44 AM
All of those are on youtube now - maybe I should have checked the date of this post - but these were running in 1969 - there is some confusion as the premium for 1969 was the full set of the "cave folk" as premiums, including a dinosaur that looks a lot like a jolly dog or a cow.
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ROBERT STANFORD, at 10:55 AM
What happened to kell, Oggs wife,whom he bonks on the head. The dialoge is"Hi, my name is Ogg and I like coco krispies" then reachws out with his club and"bonk" has his wife Kel by the hair and says"This is my wife Kel and she likes coco krispies too."and walks off the screen. Too brutal and sexist?
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