Thursday, April 22, 2021

Alphabetic Toons: Spelling made easy with Alpha-Bits (1975)

 In 1975, Post Cereals started an advertising campaign in which there was "an adventure in every bowl of Alpha-Bits", which was an excuse of show kids that they can learn how to spell words while having breakfast.

Check this sample out:


Unfortunately, Post ditched this campaign by the end of the 70's. It's a shame, too.

2 comments:

Goldstar said...

I remember this ad campaign. Post made some live action spots in this series as well.

hobbyfan said...

Yes, there's an 8 minute+ compilation of those spots. It was Alpha-Bits' answer to the Honey Comb Hideout spots.

The newer Pebbles cereal ads are done in CGI these days to keep that fresh. Now, if they'd only bring back Lovable Truly......