Honey Nut Cheerios Scrooge Commercial

<p>Nobody can’t say no to this 30-second portrayal of Scrooge in a <strong>Honey Nut Cheerios</strong> Christmas commercial that ran from around 1987 through at least the end of the 20th century.</p><h4>On This Episode</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike" title="Follow Mike on Twitter.">@fallwestmike</a>), customary gruel enthusiast.</li><li><strong>Joey O.</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/ImGonnaDJ24" title="Follow Joey on Twitter.">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>) of <a href="http://ynotradio.net">Y-Not Radio</a>.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents</h4><ol><li>A tale of two Buzz Bees: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWCZxTxax1M" title="YouTube video: The Original Honey Nut Cheerios Scrooge Commercial">It’s Christmas</a>,” vs. “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0HZ7vqbB18" title="YouTube video: Updated Honey Nut Cheerios Ad - Scrooge">It’s the holidays</a>.”</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Stang" title="Wikipedia">Arnold Stang</a>, the original voice of the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, Top Cat, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1P33UFjIeo" title="YouTube video: Chunky - The Manly Art of Self Defense, 1955 to 1960">Nestlé’s Chunky candy bar</a>.</li><li>Stranger Christmas tradition: Scrooge’s “customary” gruel or Honey Nut Cheerios as a holiday breakfast?</li><li>The lifespan and ancestral history of honeybees.</li></ol><h5>Addendum</h5><p>We later learned the actor who played Scrooge was <a href="http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=28978" title="Aveleyman Actor Profile">Bill Gavin</a>. Thanks to <a href="http://guyhutchinson.com">Guy Hutchinson</a> for identifying our Scrooge!</p><hr /><p>You can visit the Advent Calendar House on the web at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house">adventcalendar.house</a> and on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/adventcalhouse">@adventcalhouse</a>.</p>