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deep bass and clear treble it put out.
All of the Bobby Sherman line -
“Little Woman, ” “Hey Mr. Sun, ” “ I
THCBOOT GOGSOf ) Think I m Gonna Be Alright,” “Show
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Me.
and * Tm Still Looking for the
”
Right Girl” — were uniformly bland to
the taste, almost like cardboard. My
stool, you should pardon the term, was
black for days. The Raisin Brand,
though, kept a steady 4/ 4 time for
almost ten minutes,until it all collapsed
into the milk. The Rice Krinkles, again,
just sogged.
MORE JACKSON FIVE: “Sugar
Daddy, ” “Goin ’ Back to Indiana, ” and
“Wlio’s Loving You ” were delicious,but
hardly the sort of fast food a child
should be exposed to.I found that three
singles with milk and sugar would
sustain an adult until lunchtime. A new
batch of Super Sugar Crisp,on the other
hand, was exicting and is my nominee
for cereal of the year. It opened with a
rich staccato intro, which mellowed into
a steady chunka-chunka rhythm which
in turn gave way to a crackling sugar
solo which had us up and dancing on
“ S '" the breakfast table. Until the neighbor’s
dogs ran in and gobbled everything up,
' * that is. They got no taste for culture,
though. Now I’m waiting for the latest
Dylan single, which will soon be on the
back of 40% Bran Flakes. It’ ll be called
Snap Crackle “ Bran New Day. ” Chet Flippo
& Pop Meet The Munster
Boxtop Boogie Meets Punster

If you’re like me, bucko, you sit of a cereal box, I screamed. This one Ghoul Rock fandom is currently at a
down every morning to a heapin’ you can, she sez, and she was right. pitch of ecstasy, because one of the
bowlful of vitamins and goodies known About two seconds later, I hear none foremost little monsters in the history
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as dry cereal. Who wants to mess around other than Jhc dulcet tones of Bobby of television is rockin out and gettin’
with frying those messy eggs and that Sherman crooning “Little Woman. I ’ ll down. Where once stood a half-pint,
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whole business, anyway? Just fill up a be damned, sezI . There’s more,she sez. pointed-eared ghoul- baby now stands a
bowl, pour the milk and dig in. Nothing I got all five of Bobby’s records, on the sexy, 5 ’ 7”, blue-eyed, 135 pound Leo
better. For the first two decades of my back of Rainsin Bran and Rice Krinkles, dream. The one-time Munster child
life, I was a staunch General Mills fan. and the Jackson Five on Rice Krinkles. Eddie has grown up - into a handsome,
Nothing but Checrios and Kix: the best Alpha-Bits and Supei Orange Crisp. multi- talented Butch Patrick. And
cereal and the best deals on the boxes. So now wc got the complete series of thousands of Patrick devotees across the
You could send away for all kindsa neat hi-fi 33 1/3 RPM records in the Post country seem to like what they see.
stuff: midget telescopes and magic series and our complete consumer A bit of a rebel, who could and
decoders you could wear as rings, rocket survey is as follows: maybe even should be in college. Butch
ships, pocket- sized atomic bombs. JACKSON FIVE: “ ABC” tastes like is instead pursuing a career with
I thought I would stick with GM the hell. It was soggy and fiat and generally Metromedia Records. (Winch figures,
rest of my days until a few weeks ago uninspired.“I Want You Back ” and “I’ll since The Munstcrs is still syndicated on
when the woman who buys food for me Bet You ” and “Darling Dear ” were a Metromedia stations.) But after years of
came home with box after box of Post little crispier and crunchicr. “Maybe being a Munster and his current starring
cereals, that stuff from General Foods. Tomorrow” was a work of genius: role in Lidsville, a Saturday morning
Traitoress, I hissed at her. Wliat will excellent taste and plenty of bulk for television show, as well as dozens of
Gen. Mills think? the lower tract. other movie and TV roles. Butch seems
Wait, sez she. Wait’ll you eyeball the Alpha-Bits had by far the best sound, to know what he wants.
goodies on the backs of these here tight and well- produced and soulful. Despite recent teen magazine articles
cartons of goodness. She whipped me Rice Krinkles, after you added the milk, like “Take A Bubblebath with Butch, ”
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up a crispy bowlful of Raisin Bran, just sat there and sogged. There was, Butch s romantic life is not confined to
ripped the back off the box 3nd slipped admittedly, a fuller quad sound to bubblebaths. “ I don t like going with
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it onto the turntable.Idamned near had Super Orange Crisp and wc really got just one girl. says Butch, “although I
a heart attack. You can’t play the back off, if you ll pardon the phrase, to the could fall in love if the right girl came
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