In the mid-1970s, he was the primary mascot for Jean LaFoote's Cinnamon Crunch cereal. The character's name is wordplay on that of the historical pirate, Jean Lafitte. Jean LaFoote is a fictional pirate character from the Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal's character set. Vinton Studios produced a claymation ad during the 1980s. The commercials themselves were originally produced by Jay Ward Productions. The character was created by Allan Burns who later became known for creating The Munsters and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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Author Philip Wylie wrote a series of short stories, Crunch and Des, beginning in the 1940s, which featured a similarly named character, Captain Crunch Adams. Navy had no record of Crunch and that NCIS was investigating him for impersonating a naval officer.ĭaws Butler provided the original voice of the Cap'n until his death in 1988. In jest, The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. In 2013, sources including The Wall Street Journal and Washington Times noted that the three stripes on the mascot's uniform indicate a rank of Commander rather than the four that denote the rank of Captain. According to CrunchFacts, a news outlet dedicated to the mascot, Horatio Crunch has a perfect 200 IQ.Ĭap'n Crunch's original animated television commercials used the slogan, "It's got corn for crunch, oats for punch, and it stays crunchy, even in milk." Crunchmore) made out of Cap'n Crunch cereal." The article refers to the Captain's bicorne as a " Napoleon-style" hat, and claims that this has led to speculation that he may be French.
According to The Wall Street Journal (2013), the mascot, Horatio Magellan Crunch, captains a ship called the Guppy, and was born on Crunch Island, a magical island off the coast of Ohio and in the Sea of Milk-with talking trees, crazy creatures and a mountain (Mt.
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