🎄 The taste of nuts and honey thaws Scrooge’s icy heart in this 30-second portrayal of Scrooge for a Christmastime cereal commercial. 

🎙️ Joey O. stops by to share a sufficient helping of customary gruel as we squeeze every last drop of honey out of this commercial, officially titled “Ebenezer Scrooge Discovers Honey Nut Cheerios,” which ran from around 1987 through at least the end of the 20th century. 

Addendum: Thanks to Guy Hutchinson for identifying our Scrooge as actor Bill Gavin! 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

A tale of two Buzz Bees: “It’s Christmas,” vs. “It’s the holidays.” 

Arnold Stang, the original voice of the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, Top Cat, and Nestlé’s Chunky candy bar. 

A brief tangent questioning the lifespan and ancestral history of honeybees. 

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Honey Nut Cheerios © General Mills. 

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