20 years after Bugs Bunny and pals were shilling for Kool-Aid & Tang, the Looney Tunes characters were licensed to Borden for a new line of sweetened drink mixes. Unfortunately, this line imploded rather quickly.
Yosemite Sam and Taz are noticeable by their absences; this is because by this point in Mel Blanc's career, he was getting on in years and could no longer voice those characters. Sadly, Mr. Blanc would pass away just 3 years later.
I remember this spot, but I don't think I ever saw this product on store shelves. I remember the Looney Tunes kids meals (we used to buy those for our younger brother when he was a young'un) as well as an equally short-lived Flintstones drink mix product called, hilariously enough, Yabba Dabba Dew.
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Yosemite Sam and Taz are noticeable by their absences; this is because by this point in Mel Blanc's career, he was getting on in years and could no longer voice those characters. Sadly, Mr. Blanc would pass away just 3 years later.
I remember this spot, but I don't think I ever saw this product on store shelves. I remember the Looney Tunes kids meals (we used to buy those for our younger brother when he was a young'un) as well as an equally short-lived Flintstones drink mix product called, hilariously enough, Yabba Dabba Dew.
Did a piece on Yabba Dabba Dew a couple of years back.
Hard to believe it's been 30 years since Mel Blanc passed on.
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