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A Tribute To Presley + Breakfast Tournament Revisited
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Hey Foley Fam, no new episode this week in light of personal events. I give a brief tribute to our pup Presley before we re-release an all-time favorite, our Best Breakfast Cereal Ever mega-pod!
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Transcript
Special Episode Announcement
00:00:05
Speaker
Hey fully fam, Chick-Fully here. As you've probably figured out by now, we didn't record a new episode of the Chick-Fully show this week, but instead in honor of March Madness, we've released our best breakfast cereal tournament episode. This was a really fun episode to record and it'll definitely hit you in all the nostalgia fields. So
Remembering Presley
00:00:25
Speaker
I hope you guys enjoy it. Whether it's your first time listening or if you're giving it another listen, we
00:00:32
Speaker
We took this week off because Seth and I lost a beloved family member on Tuesday. Our 17 year old dash hound Presley passed away. She was the other half of, uh, what I affectionately referred to as the hounds of justice here on the podcast. Excuse me.
00:00:53
Speaker
If you've been a long time listener, you've definitely heard one or both of them run in from time to time. But she was more than just one half the best winter dog duo of all time. She was my best friend. As hyperbolic as that sounds, it's the truth. I was 20 years old when we brought Presley home as a tiny little pup.
00:01:18
Speaker
And, uh, at that time I was also moving in with Seth and left behind my family, my hometown, everything familiar in my life. And, um, you know, when you're connected to the military, you're always uprooting your life, moving to a new place where you may not know a single person and that can feel really lonely, you know? Um, but Penny and Presley have
00:01:40
Speaker
been such a constant in my life over the past 17 years because there've been multiple times when Seth was overseas for months at a time. And I never had to come home to an empty house. They were always there waiting, happy to greet me. It's just the best feeling. And if you have a beloved dog, you know that feeling. Press was with me my entire adult life to this point.
00:02:07
Speaker
I've literally, I've literally spent more time with her than any other living being on earth, including Seth, you know, we traveled countless miles together, lived in seven different homes together and rarely spent a night away from each other.
00:02:29
Speaker
She's been with us for every milestone. She was at our wedding. She was the first to greet us when we brought both of our babies home. She's been there through every high, every low, every awesome and every mediocre moment. She was there and she loved us unconditionally every day of her life.
00:02:52
Speaker
She was special and it's hard to imagine what life is going to feel like without her in it. And there is no way for me to truly convey how much she meant to our family. But as heartbroken as we are, I can't help but be grateful for 17 wonderful years with her. So thank you to all the Foley fam who've reached out and sent us your love and kind words. It means so much to us. Um, there won't be a day that goes by that we don't miss her or think about her.
00:03:22
Speaker
But for now, I'm going to crack open a cold beverage. So feel free to join me. And I'm going to request that if you have a fur baby, that you give them extra special love, attention and treats in honor of press and a really comfy warm blanket right out of the dryer. That was always her favorite. Um,
00:03:48
Speaker
And it wouldn't be a proper wrestling podcast if we didn't honor our lost loved one with a Tim Bell salute. So thanks again, uh, to all of you. And I hope you enjoy this unconventional episode of the Chick Foley show.
00:04:50
Speaker
Welcome to the Chick Foley show.
Breakfast Cereal Tournament Introduction
00:05:12
Speaker
what is up foley fam we are back with a patreon exclusive episode of the chick foley show we are running part one of the booty o's invitational to crown the best breakfast cereal of all time before going any further i'll let shina speak directly to the foley fam
00:05:26
Speaker
Thank you guys so much for being here. We're so excited to do this episode. I think serial is something that not only the four of us here on this show are passionate about, but I know it strikes a chord deep within a lot of our Foley fam's heart too. And this episode was actually inspired by one of our Foley fam members, Rob Regina, for sending in a listener mail asking us about our favorite serial. And it caused a little bit of a debate during the listener mail segment of our show. So we were like, you know what? March is coming up. We're gonna have, you know, we love to make a good bracket, have a good tournament around here.
00:05:56
Speaker
we're going to finally once and for all crown the best cereal of all time. So that's going down and we're excited for you guys to get to listen and participate. All right. Also on the panel is our favorite mass hole, Marco. How's it going?
00:06:09
Speaker
It's going good. Just can't wait to dive into some cereal. I think I have some dad jokes on deck too. Wow. Marco's locked and loaded with some dad jokes. We also have, who I think is definitely the best pound for pound figure hunter in the United States of America, the Fig God, Michael Jordan Wells. Jordan, how's it going, man?
00:06:34
Speaker
Guys, it's going well. That is quite the introduction there. So far too kind. The dude finds more figures on the pegs in a week than I find in like a month, man. It's crazy. Yeah, at least. Yeah. So the Omaha is definitely popping for figures. Jordan's got it on lockdown. All right. So again, we're doing this as a, you know, inspired by March Madness. Um, it's always tournament time.
00:06:54
Speaker
come March every year, and cereal was the inspiration this year. If you go back through the Patreon feed, you can find some entrance music episodes, Best Finisher, different stuff like that. By this time, we are gonna do breakfast cereal, again, inspired by our friend, Rob, asking the questions a couple weeks back on the Chick-fil-A show.
00:07:09
Speaker
It's 32 cereals. This was a well curated list. We actually went back and forth a few times on perfecting this list. You know, it's, it got down to the nitty gritty there at the end. Cause you're trying to think of, you know, we were doing personal favorites or stuff that are like really well known. But I think we got a pretty good list on here. If you check Sheena's IG, you can see the bracket and obviously we're going to cover everything tonight.
00:07:31
Speaker
I want to go around and talk about everybody's philosophy on basically what they're based on because we really left a subjective between us on how we're deciding what is the best because that's really it. We're saying which one of these serials do you like better? So I'll start. For me, I kind of kept this one simple. I'm basically going on which cereal I personally enjoy more. That's it. I'm not really weighing in anything else on it.
00:07:50
Speaker
just, if I got two of these bowls of cereal in front of me, which one am I eating? I know, Sheena, I mean, you talked a little bit off the air. You put a little bit more thought into it. What's your criteria for best cereal ever? Yeah. So definitely, which one is my favorite? And that's going to carry a lot of weight. But I also take into consideration nostalgia. For me, I'm a huge nostalgia junkie. So which cereals played a
00:08:13
Speaker
the most significant part in my childhood, also like their cultural significance, you know, like we have some cereals on here that really have some cultural staying power with their mascots and their slogans and things like that. So that kind of stuff really sticks with me. And I feel like that that kind of thing should be taken into consideration. Marco, how about you? Yeah, I think I'm gonna go. Basically off of what you said, it's more or less like, you put the two in front of me, which one's gonna be the better on the two or which one I would enjoy more? I don't think it's
00:08:40
Speaker
I'm not going to go deep into like, you know, if it's like, you know, the flavor of the milk after you eat and all that stuff. It's Oh my gosh, that's a very important fact. That's a key fact. I was gonna ask you, you know, when it comes to favorites, like, there are so many things like, you know, does the cereal is it gets soggy too fast? Like, is it does it make flavorful milk? Like, there are so many factors that go into what makes a favorite cereal. So I feel like you guys are short changing, just saying like, I'm just gonna be my favorite.
00:09:05
Speaker
I think that goes all into it. If you put a bowl of cereal in front of you, you're going to automatically have all those things to think about when you put cereal A and cereal B. We won't say which ones are on the list yet. But if cereal A has this taste,
00:09:21
Speaker
and cereal is a crappier version. I'm just going to go with cereal. Yeah, which flavor profiles you like better? Yeah, I feel you. Whether you're a fruity person or a chocolaty person or a little bit of a corn based person, like Nebraska. The corn, yeah. Perfect segue there, Gene. Dynamite dropping. Jordan, what's your criteria for this? I mean, like you guys said, I'm going to go off
00:09:48
Speaker
if you guys would put two bulls in front of me, which one would I go after? Um, I was going to say something smart and be like, well, let's go off some box art and things like that. But yeah, but like you guys said, like the, the flavor of the milk after you're done, I like that plays a huge role in it for me too. Cause that's one of my favorite parts of eating cereal is the milk afterwards. So yeah, I'm excited to do this.
00:10:10
Speaker
Yeah, I got a, you know, I used to be a big cereal junkie growing up, like, really up until I moved out of the house. Like when I was in my parents, I guess probably because my mom and dad were bankrolling it, I had a bad cereal habit, like any, I was always going to try out the new like special edition cereals. That's one thing we got to mention, we're not doing any one offs. These are all for the most part mainline cereals. Yes. To me, the greatest cereal of all time was, it was a mashup between
00:10:33
Speaker
fruity pebbles and Lucky Charms. It was fruity pebbles with the Lucky Charms marshmallows in that. I forgot exactly what happened. Like somehow Lucky got involved with the Flintstones and it was freaking excellent. But yeah, so none of the special dishes stuff. We're doing mainline cereals.
Cereal Criteria Discussion
00:10:46
Speaker
Me and my little cousin Taylor actually had a
00:10:49
Speaker
really good idea that definitely wouldn't work now, but I think maybe after the pandemics opened, a cereal-based food truck, you know, like colleges and stuff. Think if you go up to a food truck and you got like 50 different boxes of cereal, you know, six, seven different types of milk, got some fresh fruit to go in the, you know, your corn flakes. Yeah. And then obviously you'd have to come up with a way to make it portable and stuff, but I think that'd make bank because, you know, you could charge like $1.50 a bowl and still make huge profits.
00:11:13
Speaker
Yeah. Well, and I mean cereal now, you know, you think of a box of cereal, but a box is a cereal, especially if you buy name brand cereal is not cheap, you know? And so like, as a college student, you're either buying generic cereal or, you know, that would be a really good idea. Like in between classes, be able to stop at the, the cereal truck. So I'm here for that. Yeah. And you probably don't have, you probably couldn't stomach spending six bucks on a box of cereal, but you could always turn up a dollar and change to go grab
00:11:35
Speaker
Yeah. And you would never be able to build your own custom bowl because you're not going to buy six boxes of different types of cereal at the same time. You know, so yeah, I think that's, that's genius trait. We're trademarking that. That's a chick fully trademark. So don't come for that. Can we talk about, can we talk about one cereal? That's not on it. This is a spoiler alert, but it's a, you said the one off cereal. It's a new cereal. Did, did any of you guys try the Dunkaroo cereal?
00:11:59
Speaker
No, I have not tried it yet, but I love Dunkaroos. So I, I'm very curious as to how, how it is. Did you get to try it, Jordan?
00:12:07
Speaker
Yeah, we tried it. It was, I don't know, it was just, it wasn't, it was not what I was expecting. Let's just, let's put it that way. I'll let you guys try it and then you guys can tell me what you guys think. It just, I thought it was going to be amazing, but no, just wasn't working. Dunkaroos are amazing. I haven't even gotten to try the new iteration of Dunkaroos. They've come back and they've, they've had a resurgence and they're, you know, they're reselling the original Dunkaroos. I don't know if they,
00:12:34
Speaker
I mean, I guess I wouldn't really know. I can't remember exactly how they taste from my childhood, but I'm wondering if there's as good as I remember. They're pretty similar. I tried them since they released them. They're pretty similar. You guys ready to get this started? Let's go. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready.
00:12:56
Speaker
All right, so this is gonna go down like a standard five game series in sports. Basically, we're gonna go across and everybody's gonna give their votes on the different cereals. If it does end up in a 2-2 tie between the four of us on the air, Sheena is gonna kick it over to the Foley fam in our Patreon exclusive Facebook group. She's gonna run a flash poll five minutes long and let the Foley fam vote and they will be the tie breaker. So that's how it's gonna go down. Without further ado, we'll kick it off with the first match in the series.
00:13:28
Speaker
This is going to be cinnamon toast crunch going up against shredded wheat. Jordan, you're up first. What's your pick? All right. Full disclosure. This matchup to me is like the dream team playing against college basketball team. Like, dude, I don't even understand how this is fair. Like cinnamon toast crunch is winning this 100 out of 100. Like this is not even a questionable decision. This is a straight squash match.
00:13:57
Speaker
So for me, cinnamon toast crunch has always been one of my favorite cereals. Um, the milk afterwards, it's just, I mean, they, they made a actual alcohol. Like rum chata is based off that taste. I mean, you don't need to say anything else. They made cereal flavored milk.
00:14:15
Speaker
too. I don't know if it's still around, but it was like a few years ago, they, you know, we had this idea, like our whole childhoods, I feel like all of us had this idea at one point to make cereal flavored milk, and then they finally did it. I never got to try it. But yeah, there were cereal flavored milks floating around there, which I was like, genius. All right, so Jordan's going with Cinnamon Toast Crunch in a squash match, Marco.
00:14:36
Speaker
Yeah, same here this this isn't even like I just see I don't see anything on the other side of cinnamon toast crunch Toast crunch V and there's nothing else there. There's a blank. Yeah, there's no chance of
00:14:51
Speaker
Full disclosure, yes. Shredded wheat was one of the last ones that got added. We were really stretching to add to add to 32. We tried to stay away from the quote unquote healthy cereals, but we figured we needed to include one. And shredded wheat's kind of iconic for really just, I don't know if it's necessarily bad, but it's kind of how unenjoyable it is. It's the ugly cousin of frosted mini-wheats. You think that the drop off wouldn't be that bad by just- And it's the big. It's like the Andre the Giant. Yeah, your bowl was like two of these. Two big pillows.
00:15:16
Speaker
When I was a, you know, everybody has weird things. They were a kid when I was like six or seven, like maybe, maybe five, somewhere in that range. I got stuck on like, for whatever reason, I didn't understand the concept that like diet sodas and stuff were better and diet were like, didn't taste as good. I thought they were just like a different flavor. Like I love like diet Sprite and stuff like that. And I would try to get these diet sodas.
00:15:37
Speaker
And then obviously shredded wheat was the next option. I remember my my grandparents house, my my dad's parents, they had shredded wheat there and I wanted to try it just because I love frosted mini-weats at the time. So I figured, oh, these are like giant frosted mini-weats. No, they're definitely not. The things are they're just uncomfortable. You know, they're crispy as hell. I don't know what they're putting on to get that crisp on there. But these things are basically like freaking concrete, you know, or like like, you know, cement mix. And you really got to let the milk soak in there. And they're just so rough and scratchy. Like I'm surprised they haven't done a little bit better
00:16:06
Speaker
nowadays with the popularity of detox because these things are definitely stripping anything you get on your intestines off on the way out. So I agree with you guys. This is a straight up squash match. Cinnamon Toast Crunch all the way. So that's going to be a clean sweep. Cinnamon Toast Crunch is winning 3-0. Just for shits and gigglesheen, did you have any dissenting opinion on this one?
00:16:27
Speaker
You know, cinnamon toast crunch is like you said, squash match across the board. Truth be told though, I actually kind of like shredded wheat when I was a kid. Listen. Yeah, of course I did. So I liked, there's that perfect moment where the wheat gets just soggy enough. Like not, not where sess ever, it's like so crunchy that it's going to like tear your insides out, but it's like just soggy enough to where it turns into like this like oatmeal ish muck muck.
00:16:56
Speaker
And I love that texture. Obviously I love it better when it's frosted mini wheats and it's got sugar on top, but that texture, I absolutely love it. So I don't despise shredded wheat the way that you guys do, but yeah, it doesn't stand a chance against cinnamon toast crunch. Sheena, you basically just explained porridge as you enjoy selling point for, for shredded wheat with what we said.
00:17:21
Speaker
Should I say eat tasteless oatmeal? That's pretty much it. Tasteless, flavorless oatmeal. All right. So in a clean sweep, Cinnamon Toast Crunch goes over shredded wheat. Match number two, Apple Jacks is going up against Cinnamon Mini Buns. So Marco, you're going to be up first in this one. What's your pick? This is another, I'm going to go on record and say Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
00:17:50
Speaker
is where I'm going to squash a lot of things on here. That's just my prediction anyway. So, you know, there's only room for one cinnamon type of cereal on this, and that's CTC. So, and I love Applejack. I think Applejack's in it.
00:18:09
Speaker
Apple Jacks are also a cinnamon cereal though. They are apple and cinnamon flavored cereal. So I mean, cinnamon is a very popular flavor profile in the cereal world. But when you put the name, like when you put cinnamon in the name, there's only one. Gotcha. And that's Sanitos crunch. Only one cinnamon champion. I feel you. And Apple Jacks does have that flavored milk at the end too. So Apple Jacks is. I love Apple Jacks milk.
00:18:36
Speaker
All right. Uh, Jordan, you're up next. Apple Jacks versus cinnamon mini buns. Okay. So I think I can probably count on one hand how many times I've had cinnamon mini buns. So obviously those didn't leave a lasting impression on me. Um, Apple Jacks, I'm going to be completely honest or not my favorite cereal. Um, this is definitely a hot take. Uh,
00:19:01
Speaker
I'll go Apple Jacks just because, like I said, cinnamon mini buns just weren't really in my serial rotation. So I'll go with the one I know rather than the one I don't.
00:19:09
Speaker
Yeah, cinnamon mini buns did have a short run. They were popular there in the early to mid 90s, and they kind of just faded away. Yeah. All right, Sheena's up next. So it's funny that you said that, Jordan, that they didn't leave a lasting impression. Because same for me, when Seth, when we were debating back and forth which cereal we were going to put on this, he mentioned cinnamon mini buns. And I was like, cinnamon mini buns? What the heck is that cereal? And then when I looked at it and saw it, I remembered it.
00:19:31
Speaker
But again, I don't remember actually eating this as a kid, which is odd because it looks like it's something that would be right in my wheelhouse. This looks like a cereal that I would absolutely... Oh, it was a tasty cereal. Yeah, it had a nice flavor, nice texture and stuff. It faded away for whatever reason. Yeah, it looks like something that I would absolutely love. However, I mean,
00:19:50
Speaker
I've eaten just like the infinity symbol number of Apple Jacks. So I have to go with a classic. I have to go with Apple Jacks. I love the shape. You know, they have that fruit loop shape. I love that shape and cereal. They have the perfect amount of like crunch. So they don't get soggy super, super quickly, but they're not so crunchy that they like scratch the roof of your mouth. So Apple Jacks are a win for me.
00:20:10
Speaker
All right, Apple Jacks and another clean, sweet winning 3-0. You know, obviously my vote doesn't count, but I would have won with Apple Jacks also. I did love cinnamon mini buns. I really pushed to get them in the tournament. It was my serial choice for, you know, about a five to six month period there as a kid in the early 90s. Really tasty, but I made a ton of Apple Jacks and they're still just as good today as they were when I was a kid.
00:20:34
Speaker
Catch Lucky! He's got Lucky Charms! They're magically delicious! Always have to be Lucky Charms! The crunchy old cereal with a rainbow of marshmallow surprises! Peat hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers, and blue diamonds! After this good nutritious breakfast... Oh! They're coming! I'll make a snowmobile and zoom away! Whoo-hoo! Frosted Lucky Charms! They're magically delicious!
00:21:03
Speaker
All right, there's the iconic jingle magically delicious lucky charm. So this next one's really the first time we're seeing one of the true, you know, memorable characters and all the commercials of cereal because, you know, I don't know if it's even still around nowadays. I know for us, all of us were kind of mid 30s. So we're like, you know, late 80s, early 90s, we were coming up.
00:21:22
Speaker
the freaking breakfast cereal game was a battle zone. It was intense on the marketing to kids and stuff. That was before it got like, nowadays, you can hardly market to kids like that. But back in the 90s, man, it was like, like, like he's in a war zone. Yeah. And the funny thing was, so I did a lot of research, you guys will, you know, I pulled a handful of these retro commercials to play throughout the podcast.
00:21:42
Speaker
It was funny going back and looking at really how much the marketing was also targeted towards the adults because every one of these cereals would talk about how healthy they were. Even Lucky Charms was talking about how it was part of a healthy breakfast, how many vitamins it was fortified with. Fruit Loops talked about how much vitamin C it had added. It was pretty ridiculous because we know now that
00:22:02
Speaker
Cereal is really just, it's a way to just load you up with some carbs to get you through the first part of the day. But we had to give a shout out to Lucky before we get into this next matchup. It's going to be Lucky Charms versus Waffle Crisp and Sheena's up first.
Tournament Highlights: Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Apple Jacks
00:22:15
Speaker
Yeah, so Lucky Charms have been around for 56 years, so they have some staying power. As far as, like I said, cultural significance, I think, you know, for any of us who are mid 30s, if you just showed us, you know, Lucky, the Leprechaun, every person would know who that is. Whether they actually liked Lucky Charms or not, every person would know who that is. Personally, I love Lucky Charms. I love marshmallows and cereal, like the little marshmallow bits. They're so good. And it's funny because I was telling,
00:22:44
Speaker
Seth, you know, my dad, he would always buy name brand cereal. Like he always got, you know, General Mills, Kellogg's, Post, like all the name brand cereal. But my mom on the other hand, she was like the bag cereal. She would always get like budget cereal. We'd have like marshmallow mateys instead of, you know, Lucky Charms or whatever. And they were still just as good. But dude, I've eaten so many Lucky Charms.
00:23:06
Speaker
that it's going to be a Lucky Charms going over Waffle Crisp for me. No shade to Waffle Crisp. It's a good cereal, but just semi-forgettable when it comes to cereals in general. So Lucky Charms is it for me. All right. It's one vote for Lucky Charms. Jordan, you're up next. Okay. So Lucky Charms for me, this was obviously one of my favorite cereals growing up, like Sheena just said. I mean, it's an iconic cereal.
00:23:33
Speaker
But I have to say one thing about Lucky Charms. You don't buy Lucky Charms for the actual cereal. You buy it for the marshmallows. They literally made an all marshmallows version of Lucky Charms. Right. So this is a cereal showdown. And if I'm just basing it off the cereal, just the cereal part of it, I'll go waffle crisp.
00:23:53
Speaker
Oh my gosh. So you're separating. So you're really separating the cereal from the marshmallow. So I love Lucky Charms. Not now. I don't love it anymore because I do think the actual cereal part of it is trash. And I loved Waffle Crisp growing up. That one definitely left an impression on me. And I know I had a ton of that growing up. So yeah, I'm going Waffle Crisp. This is my first subset.
00:24:20
Speaker
So Jordan, I can hear the listeners like throwing trash in the ring right now, dude, just beating you down and getting it up on your feet against Lucky Charms. You're limping to the corner, you're reaching a handout, and I'm right there with the hot tag, brother, because I'm saying Waffle Crisp also, man. Oh my gosh. Waffle Crisp was freaking delicious, man. It was so tasty. It was really kind of like the cousin of cinnamon minibuns. Those two cereals were very similar, both in the flavor and the texture, because
00:24:48
Speaker
It was called Waffle Crisp, but really what it was was maple syrup flavor. It was like a maple syrup crunch type situation. And it was freaking delicious. And I agree with you, man. Lucky Charms, awesome packaging, awesome branding. I'll always have a sauce bite anytime I hear the song. The marshmallows are delicious, but the cereal is basically like cat food to me. You know what I mean? It's horrible. And I'm going with the upset also. I'm picking Waffle Crisp. So Marco. Oh my gosh, Marco. We'll kick it to you. So I think we're gonna...
00:25:20
Speaker
We're gonna go with this. So since we're going with cereals as a whole package, not separating marshmallows out of it, I'm assuming you're the type of people that, you know, when you did pour out your Lucky Charms, you just picked all the cereals out and just ate the marshmallow part of it. Yeah. Yeah, but I'm gonna go with, I'm definitely going with Lucky Charms. I'm gonna say this Waffle Crisp.
00:25:44
Speaker
Waffles belong in a, in a, in a toaster oven. They don't belong in a cereal to me. Never ate waffle crisp. Um, if I want waffles, I will, I will put them in a toaster and I'll eat an actual waffle with actual syrup and actual, actual butter. I'm not going to pour it into a bowl and drink it with milk. That's not happening. I want to do that with the real waffle. Why would I do that with a cereal waffle? Lucky charms. So, so why do you like cinnamon toast crunch then? Cause that's cinnamon toast.
00:26:13
Speaker
Nope, there's French toast crunch. It's a totally different cereal. Yeah, French toast crunch is different. And that's not on my radar, either. French toast crunch. Oh, man. These are some hot takes tonight. I know. Not like French toast crunch. All right, so we got a two to two tie the first time, Sheena, you get the flash pull up.
00:26:31
Speaker
Yeah, I put a flash poll in our Patreon exclusive Facebook group. So we're gonna let the fully fam decide whether Lucky Charms or Waffle Crisp is going on to round two. All right, so we got a timer running right now. So in five minutes, we will get back to it with the finish of Lucky Charms versus Waffle Crisp.
00:26:53
Speaker
All right, up next we got frosted mini wheats going up against kicks. So I'm actually up first in this one. To be honest, I really don't remember eating kicks. I remember the commercials and it just looked like, you know, little white balls, you know, that's what she said. Frosted mini wheats though, that's right in my Hall of Fame and I love those things.
00:27:12
Speaker
I eat a ton of them as a kids I frosted mini wheats and the regular frosted wheat, which was also good, but I love frosted mini wheats. One thing that I unique perspective I can bring to this one is that you guys know I'm in the Navy I really don't talk about it a lot on the regular podcast because I never liked to tie like you know my military life into like you know
00:27:31
Speaker
the show and stuff. I just keep those things separate. But I am in the Navy and part of that is being out to sea on ships for a very long time. All right. And one thing that's personal to me is I do not trust the milk that we get out there. So we do get milk while we're out underway, but that milk has been on like another ship that has to come out and like deliver it to us. So, you know, it's been some violations. It's been a long time since that milk was inside the the teat of the cow, if you will. So I don't trust it. So if I'm eating cereal while I'm out, you know, out to sea, I'm eating it dry.
00:28:00
Speaker
And I can tell you guys that frosted mini weights is one of the absolute best to eat dry. So it's delicious milk, it's awesome dry. It's definitely been an awesome snack for me on some long days out to sea. And frosted mini weights is the pick for me easy. Marco, you're up next. Yeah, I'm gonna second that. So the only way I would have picked kicks over that if you don't like berry kicks, because berry kicks is pretty good.
00:28:23
Speaker
They have a different variety. Yeah, there's berry, I think there's peanut butter and maybe like honey kicks. Yeah. And then we're talking about plain Jane. Yeah, plain Jane kicks. Yeah. Not on my radar. Definitely. I still eat frosted mini weeds. I actually eat my kids love it. They love to eat it dry as well. So I mean, they're two and four years old. So I mean, if two or four year olds are eating frosted mini weeds, that tells you something right there. So yeah, that's my pick.
00:28:49
Speaker
All right, Sheena, you're up next. Yeah, it's undeniable. I already told you guys at the top of the show, I love, I guess love is a strong word. I enjoy shredded wheat and the texture of shredded wheat when it's like sogged up in milk. So if you add sugar to that, I mean, there's no wrong way to make it better by adding sugar. You know what I mean? So love frosted mini wheats. I do love that they're more spoon size than the shredded wheat. And again,
00:29:13
Speaker
Frosted mini wheats make a killer post cereal milk drink. Um, whereas kicks, again, it's just, it's just generic. Like you almost have to add sugar to kicks, which is another crazy thing that we kind of didn't talk about. Like in the nineties, you know,
00:29:28
Speaker
It's funny because my kids eat like, you know, bougie hippie cereal, you know, like Magic Spoon and Organic Annie cereal and stuff like that, which, you know, my parents would have never bought me. But I would, as a kid, add sugar to like sugar cereals, you know, which, I mean, it's crazy to think about now. But yeah, Kicks definitely needed an added sugar boost. All right, so going over to another clean sweep, Frosted Mini-Weets Kicks. Jordan, are you a Kicks fan or are you rolling with Frosted Mini-Weets also?
00:29:58
Speaker
Kicks was the cereal that when there was a snowstorm in Nebraska and you went to the grocery store, that was all that was left. So I think that tells you all you need to know about kicks. Um, I do like frosted mini weights. So yeah, a hundred percent frosted mini weights. All right.
00:30:14
Speaker
Uh, let's go on to our next matchup. Whoa, Mikey. Lose your blankie? We're out of corn pops. So we're out of corn pops. We're out of corn pops. Compose, man. Hey, it's just a cereal. I mean, look, there's plenty of, uh, the whole brand. Are you kidding? Who am I kidding? It's not just a cereal. It's corn pops. What, that tastes like sweet, crunchy popcorn, but my dipstick brother can't find it. And how come I gotta be cool when I want my popcorn? Yes! I found some.
00:30:42
Speaker
You're so immature. Kellogg's Corn Pop Cereal is part of this complete breakfast. I gotta have my pops. Gotta have my pops. Another iconic catchphrase from early 90s commercials, gotta have my pops. You know, these kids were basically like simulating, having a drug addiction, tearing their house apart. I don't know how well those commercials have aged, but, you know, Sheena was definitely, I could see her smiling from ear to ear when I was playing her, playing them for her when we were getting warmed up.
00:31:12
Speaker
Uh-oh. I heard that sound. I think we got a result in. Let's hear it, Shane. We do. In a landslide, the Foley fam chose Lucky Charms over Waffle Crisp. We only had one vote. Braden Bergrin voted for kicks. Oh, sorry. Voted for Waffle Crisps. So, yeah. Sorry, Braden. It was a total squash. Lucky Charms was going on to round two.
00:31:37
Speaker
Let me know what fig you need. I'll go out on personally, get you a fig. Man. So lucky charms ends up coming through. So lucky, lucky charms escapes man by the skin of its teeth. They had a very, I don't think they thought waffle Chris was going to put up that much of a fight there in the first round, but last minute Kim Bruno came in with the last minute vote for waffle Chris. So can you're on the, you're on the wrong side of history as well. Smart people.
00:32:04
Speaker
Corn Pops is going to be taking on what was really the spark that ignited the view for this whole bracket was Crispix. I talked about my love for Crispix and Sheena tried to slap me down and that's what got us the idea to get this whole thing going. Corn Pops versus Crispix. Marco, you're up first. Oh, man. That commercial was definitely right. It was definitely simulating some type of addiction to Corn Pops because
00:32:30
Speaker
I was pretty much the same way as a youngling with Corn Pops, as a yout. But yeah, no, definitely Corn Pops. I'm definitely picking that. I think that commercial, if you remember, would probably follow that would be your brain on drugs after that. So they kind of segued in like, hey, don't act like this, or you're going to end up like this type of thing. Then there was
00:32:58
Speaker
You know, where did you learn to drink like that? Oh, I learned it from watching you. I learned it from watching you. I learned it from watching you. That's how I like it. That's exactly how he said it. All right. Park those roll of corn pops. Sheena, you're up next.
00:33:11
Speaker
So man, like he said, this was, this was the thing that kicked it off. And I think I got a little extra heat because I don't think I went in as hard on Crispix as everyone like took it as I did. I just said, when we were talking about what breakfast cereals were best, I was thinking most iconic, best tasting. Um, and Crispix didn't have a, um,
00:33:34
Speaker
outstanding taste, like anything that was particularly like, wow, man, it tastes like Crispix. Nothing else tastes like Crispix. You're not thinking of that. I agree. It's not loaded down with sugar, so you definitely have to have a refined palate to be able to appreciate it. Ouch. Ouch. Okay. Yeah. Well, me and my peasant palate, we are going to go with
00:33:54
Speaker
I don't know because this is a weird matchup for me because corn pops are good. Like when you first take a bite of corn pops, it's good. It almost has this like coating on it though with like, it gives you this like squeaky mouth feel that I don't kind of love. And it's funny, like fun fact, you know, corn pops, like all other cereals came in like just plastic, regular plastic bags.
00:34:14
Speaker
But they had to put corn pops in aluminum bags like the silver aluminum bag Yeah Yeah to keep them from getting like sticky and like sticking together and like getting stale because they had some sort of like Coating on the outside in the way that the corn was puffed up remember Clark Griswold on a Christmas vacation. That was his job. He developed the stuff that Yeah, so he was he had a hand in corn pops apparently. So yeah, they put it in an aluminum bag It was good
00:34:43
Speaker
Nowadays, if I was eating it, I would definitely pick Crispix over Corn Pops. I'm going to go with Crispix. I'm going to go with Crispix. Wow. It's an upset special because I crapped on Crispix before, but I just remember Corn Pops giving me a weird mouth feel, almost like a film in your mouth after you eat it. I'm going to go with Crispix. If it's one thing that chaps my ass, it's having a film in my mouth after I eat it. Wow. Wow.
00:35:13
Speaker
I'll transition from that to my nostalgia for Crispix. I love the cereal. Like I said, I think this was... Let's go from that to childhood. Yeah, this was my mom's favorite cereal, I guess, when I was a kid, because that's when I remember eating it. I remember as a little kid, my mom just pouring me a bowl of Crispix and it was delicious. I also, just to show you what a weirdo I was, I really liked to... I'd pour the bowl of Crispix and then I would let it set for a good five or six minutes. I really waited till it was just like a milk soaked mush.
00:35:38
Speaker
And then just shelved it down. And I loved it, man. So if there's a bowl of Crispix from here right now, I would crush it, man. So yeah, Crispix is the pick for me easy. So Jordan, over to you.
00:35:50
Speaker
So wait a minute, you're telling me you and Sheena both like porridge? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Dude, I'm like mind blown by this. I'd let my cereal sit for 20 minutes, then. Nope. Listen, I don't- What is happening? That was only for the shredded wheat. Like I like the texture of shredded wheat. Otherwise, I like my cereal crispy. I do not, I mean, I house it. Like it's my last meal. I like soggy cereal. Yeah, Seth will let it sit for a while and get soft. Like I've never understood that about him. Me, as soon as- That's what she said. That's right.
00:36:19
Speaker
As soon as the milk hits the cereal, I'm scarfing it down because I want it to be crispy and delicious. If it gets soggy, I'll still eat soggy cereal just because the sugar is there and it's delicious, but yeah, I like it crispy. Don't get it twisted that I like soggy cereal because I don't. Okay, Jordan, you're up.
00:36:43
Speaker
I mean, I remember Chris Bix, obviously, I just don't remember a lot of it in our house. And there was always a fresh box of corn pops in our house. I'm the corn Husker state, man. I mean, yeah, that's obviously why. I'll go corn pops 100%. All right. So you guys know what that means. We got another flash pole blown up. So Sheena is dropping us on Facebook right now. So obviously, you guys will be hearing after the fact. But all the rest of the Foley fam is going to end up deciding another matchup.
00:37:14
Speaker
Let's move on.
00:37:20
Speaker
Don't be scared. I'm the super-sweet monster with the super-sweet new cereal, Count Chocula! Piffle! Here's the super-sweet new cereal, Crankin' Barry! But I've got chocolate sweeties for monstrous chocolate flavor! Well, I've got berry-flavored sweeties for monster strawberry flavor. Count Chocula! Crankin' Barry! Hi! Crankin' Barry! Count Chocula!
00:37:50
Speaker
All right, this is a matchup of two iconic cereal mascots. We got Count Chocula going up against Toucan Sam and Fruit Loops. So full disclosure, I want you guys to peek behind the curtain once again. The committee had some discussions on what to do with Count Chocula and the rest of the general meals, cereal monsters, because you got
00:38:14
Speaker
You got Cameron Chocula, you got Frankenberry who you guys heard mentioned on the commercial just now there was blueberry, then there was the two lesser known fruit, brute and yummy mummies. The cereals are all very similar for the most part with the only thing changing between having a chocolatey flavor profile or a fruity flavor.
00:38:32
Speaker
flavor profile easier for me to say. So we went with Count Chocula to kind of represent the whole monster cereal contingent. And he's going up against Toucan Sam and his world famous Fruit Loops. So for me, as much as I love Count Chocula, again, very, very memorable character. I remember seeing the commercial time as a kid, I think I really only got that cereal like one time.
00:38:52
Speaker
I wasn't too impressed. I ate a ton of Fruit Loops though. Fruit Loops is really kind of the very similar to Apple Jacks, almost the exact same texture and stuff, but Fruit Loops has got a little bit more of like a sweet citrusy flavor, whereas Apple Jacks has got the cinnamon touch, like we talked about earlier. For me, if I were going cereal versus cereal, this one's easy and I'm picking Fruit Loops. Marco, you're up next. Yeah, I'm gonna piggyback off of you up with that one and yeah, definitely going Fruit Loops. I wasn't, I mean, I've eaten kind of chocolate. I wasn't a huge fan of it.
00:39:22
Speaker
Definitely appreciate having the chocolate milk afterwards and all that stuff, but definitely not enough for me to stay with it or eat it more than Froot Loops. Froot Loops, like you said, it has the citrusy flavor to it, but also the other different colors and different flavors to them as well.
00:39:43
Speaker
And I think I've eaten all brands of Fruit Loops, even like the supermarket brand, the actual brand, the bagged brand, all that stuff. So yeah, I'm going to go with Fruit Loops. So you're saying you've had Fruity-O's before? Fruity-O's, Fruit-O's, Fruit Hoops, all that stuff. Yeah. All right. Jordan, you're up next.
00:40:07
Speaker
This one was a tough one for me because I actually like both of these cereals quite a bit. He's got a moral dilemma going down. Does he go with the count or does he go with the bird? Dude, I do love the count.
00:40:19
Speaker
I'm going to count Chocula. Wow. Okay. I think that's a little bit of a mild up there. So the reason, okay. So I know earlier I said I separated the Lucky Charms cereal from the actual marshmallows. I still think Count Chocula cereal is still good, even without the marshmallows. Oh yeah. I will cosign on that a hundred percent, man. That's definitely not the cat food that you're getting with Lucky Charms, like you said. Um, so yeah, I'm going to go with the count on this one.
00:40:48
Speaker
Okay, so Sheena, you're up. All right. So again, this one is a moral dilemma for me because unlike you guys, I'm not just taking into account just- Oh, I see what you did there. You see what I did there. I'm not just taking into account which one I would prefer, which one I would rather eat, which one was my favorite. I'm taking into account cultural significance. Wow, it's a lot of accounts. Cultural significance and like you said, flavor profile and all that kind of stuff.
00:41:18
Speaker
I'm very partial to the monster serials because I love all things Halloween, scary, spooky. Anything that is themed in that way gets extra points for me just because it's near and dear to my heart. Count Chocula and the whole General Mills monster fam are near and dear.
00:41:37
Speaker
I got to go with Fruit Loops though, because I know all the way up. That was like wrestling style, dude. Like she was drinking, cut the promo, how they're going to team up and then just clothes lines. I'm out of nowhere. I ripped off my shirt and Toucan Sam was on the shirt. So again, like you guys, I've eaten way more Fruit Loops in my life and every generic
00:42:02
Speaker
brand possible of fruit hoops and frugios. And they just to me, they just are more iconic to my childhood. I love Count Chocula. But like Seth said, it was a seasonal item. So it wasn't something that you had access to all the time. I still remember all the commercials with with Toucan Sam and all that. And also Marco, I think you mentioned earlier that
00:42:21
Speaker
All of the, um, fruit loops were different flavors. That's a common misconception. All of the fruit loops have the same fruity flavor blend profile. Like they are all the same. Yeah. Every, every single one. And it started off, they only had like four colors. And then in the nineties, of course, when everything was blue, purple, green, and they were like food, food dyes were running rampant. They added like purple, green and blue, but that, yeah, they were all the same. Uh,
00:42:44
Speaker
all the same flavor. So yeah, Fruit Loops is going on to the second one. I'm really sorry, Count Chocula. I love you. That was a heel turn of the sense right there. You will always have a place in my heart. But very deep down. She gave this really impassioned like sentimental promo about how much you love Count Chocula just to say psych. God, the reason I chose Count Chocula is because I was assuming Sheena was going to also take Count Chocula. Three one margin to can Sam and Fruit Loops move on to the finals.
00:43:16
Speaker
All right, guys, in another landslide in our flash poll in the Foley family group, corn pops wins by a landslide. There was not a single vote for Chris Bixby. I know, I mean, I don't know if our buddy Matt Rosic is listening or what, like, you know, if he's online right now, but I know he was, he was co-signing the Chris Bix for you before we were having the argument. So he just, he wasn't around when he, when you needed him the most to, to help you win this poll. But yeah, corn pops in a landslide.
00:43:44
Speaker
All right. So by three, two margin, corn pops moves to the second round. All right. Up next is.
00:43:54
Speaker
Rice Krispies versus Oreo O's. So Oreo O's was a personal recommendation from Jordan at throwing this tournament here. I sit on the list. What do we have, Jordan? I think we had maybe like 25 or 26 cereals on here and we were trying to round it out. And there was Oreo O's as one. And then we'll get to another one later that Jordan said we absolutely had to have in the tournament. But this is the first one that was a Jordan Wells special. Sheena, you're up first to this one. We got Snap, Crackle, and Pop with our Rice Krispies going up against Oreo O's. OK.
00:44:22
Speaker
Both of these cereals are good. I love snap crack lump pop as mascots. They're, they're iconic. Rice Krispies on its own is, is decent, right? It's kind of flavorless, like puffed rice. Um, I do like the fact that it's so versatile that it can be turned into rice crispy treats because rice crispy treats are the freaking bomb. You know, you add a little marshmallow in there and they're just, you know, it's one of my favorite like bar style of, uh, treats.
00:44:46
Speaker
Um, Rice Krispies was also one of those that I, like I talked about earlier, I would add like a pound of sugar to it and then you would get to the bottom of the Rice Krispies and there's like these like, you know, mound of sugar in your milk. So that was something that I always looked forward to. And I was like, a sludge, a milky, a sugary milky sludge that I always looked forward to.
00:45:04
Speaker
Oreos were good, but to me, as somebody who loves Oreo cookies, it just missed the mark as far as being part of the Oreo family and Oreo brand. The cereal's okay on its own, but when you call something an Oreo and then it doesn't deliver, it's kind of missing the mark for me. So I'm gonna go with Rice Krispies.
00:45:24
Speaker
Okay, I'm gonna second that and go with Rice Krispies. I love these. I eat these a ton as a kid. You know, next to next to Crispix, I think Rice Krispies is probably my most eaten cereal as a kid. And yeah, same thing. I'd get that big tablespoon and usually drop a juice in there, man. I dropped two tablespoons full of sugar in my Rice Krispies, stir it up.
00:45:44
Speaker
And it was delicious. Milk was awesome. I love the little sludge at the end. It was great. Oreo O's, you know, I'm going to spoil one of my picks for a little bit later on in this first round, but I've never ever been a fan of Cheerios. And I don't know if it was just the name or what, because I definitely I ate Fruit Loops and I ate Apple Jack. So I wasn't totally opposed to, you know,
00:46:03
Speaker
Ring-shaped cereals, but for whatever reason I always associated Oreos is like a Oreo offshoot of Cheerios and just never even could get behind it Even though I view of Oreos. So for me also going with Rice Krispies Jordan, I'll kick it over to you This is a tough one, um, man
00:46:21
Speaker
Like Sheena said, Rice Krispies are versatile. You can do almost anything with them. What are you doing with these Rice Krispies? You have to roll in the Jordan Wills only fans to find out what Jordan does with Rice Krispies. Snap crackle and pop that ass dude.
00:46:47
Speaker
We could take it. We could take a TV MA on the Patreon exclusive episodes, folks. You guys are getting the real heel husband. Oh, God. All right. I'm going to go Oreos just for the mere fact that I asked them for them to be in this tournament. I can't really bail on them now. I did like the cereal a lot when I was a kid. We probably had more Rice Krispies than Oreos, but I'll go Oreos.
00:47:14
Speaker
All right, Marco. Yeah, man. I don't know how to talk that talk about you like your lust Krispies over there. Jeez. Now, I've never eaten Oreo O's at all.
00:47:28
Speaker
but I'm definitely going Rice Krispies on this one, only because I'm sticking with the same thing, Oreos belong in packaging and being able to remove the top, even the frosting out, however you do it, don't get in. It's hard. Yeah, it's hard when you have something as iconic as Oreos and as delicious as Oreos, and then you just kind of like don't give us the full effect. You know what I mean? They shouldn't have even been Oreo O's. They should have been just little mini Oreos.
00:47:54
Speaker
in the cereal, you know, like they have cereal. Oh, they do. Okay. They have like little like Oreo bites and they're just like tiny.
00:48:02
Speaker
Yeah, that's the ticket right there. The frosting and everything. Yeah, the frosting and because I mean Oreos and milk is iconic. So I've done that before. You know the little mini Oreos, they come in a little pouch. Yeah. I've definitely eaten those as cereal before and they're delicious. Yeah, see that would work. That would be okay with me. That would have been a perfect Oreo cereal. I mean, like Margaux said, they have it now. But yeah, back when Oreos was just coming out, I mean, it just kind of didn't fully deliver on the Oreos promise.
00:48:24
Speaker
Yeah. With Rice Krispies too, with the sugar intake, you would have to like, here's how I would test it. You would have to put the sugar in and then put your spoon in. If your spoon stood up straight, you're ready to go. You need to have a bowl of cereal. You had a little bit of milk with your sugar. Yeah, exactly. Doesn't that make the actual cereal trash though, if you have to add that much sugar to make it good?
00:48:49
Speaker
No one else. It's part of the experience. Jordan, you make a very fair point, man. By itself, dude, if we're taking Rice Krispies with sugar, they're dropping down like two weight classes, for sure. But like I said on mine, I was going off my personal enjoyment of it. And the only way I ever ate Rice Krispies was pouring on that extra sugar on top. Yeah.
00:49:10
Speaker
I wanted to be, I agree. You know, they could probably, you know, maybe they could make like sweetened Rice Krispies or something. I'm sure that, I think they do. I mean, I think they do now. There's like all different varieties of Rice Krispies. You know, it's 2021. Everything that could be done has, has been done. So they're, they're really, have you, have you seen the cereal aisle? I mean, it's double-sided, like packed wall, like aisle to aisle. It's insane how many varieties of cereal there are nowadays. Yeah. It's fair point, Jordan, but regardless, your cereal got stomped. Three to one, four to oath, making a hike.
00:49:39
Speaker
Up next, we got the Flintstones going up against Cinnamon Toast Crunch's European cousin. It's Fruity Pebbles versus French Toast Crunch. Jordan, you're up first. Man, Fruity Pebbles definitely iconic in the Wells household as a kid.
00:50:04
Speaker
French toast crunch. Um, is that even still around? Yeah, it's still a thing. It is. I wasn't sure either, man. I had to look that one up. Okay. I was just wondering, cause I know I have not had that since I was a kid. Um, I'm going fruity pebbles on this one. Uh, just, I love fruity pebbles a lot. I mean, it was just, it's a great cereal. I like the, the shapes of the pebbles. I mean, it's just, I like the cereal. Yeah. All right, Marco, you're up.
00:50:32
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. You know, my answer for this one, it's definitely going to be fruity pebbles over French toast crunch. Um, I love French toast as a breakfast by itself too much to give this cereal, even the satisfaction of, of my palate tasting. Um, so squash match. Yeah. It's, it's, it's fruity pebbles all the way. Right. Right. Before the bell rang a Barney Barney trip, French toast crunch. And, uh, Fred just came in with the power driver. It was literally Brock and Kofi.
00:51:01
Speaker
Yeah. All right, Sheena, you're up.
00:51:06
Speaker
Yeah. So I actually, I do enjoy French toast crunch. I think it's good. It is one of those cereals though, like I mentioned earlier, that is, it stays so crunchy and milk for so long that, um, or at least I remember it, that it like hurt the roof of your mouth. You know what I mean? Whereas on the opposite end of the spectrum here, we have fruity pebbles that is like, you pretty much have to like pour and devour or it's going to turn into, into like fruity, fruity slush. They're so tiny, you know, they don't get much surface and they're so, and they're porous. Yeah. They don't have much surface area at all to, uh, you know, fight off the, uh, the song.
00:51:35
Speaker
Yeah, but I love fruity pebbles. I think the thing about the pebble cereal, what's also crazy is fruity pebbles, they are the longest running cereal that has used a licensed character in their product. Like, you know, since with the Flintstones or whatever, like, you know, no other company has used a licensed character as long as they have used the
00:51:55
Speaker
the Flintstones. And think about most kids today don't even know who the Flintstones are. It's like cartoon characters. They'll just know them from from Fruity Pebbles. I'm going with Fruity Pebbles on this. I love the Pebbles family of cereals. Again, they're just delicious. They're the perfect texture when you eat them crunchy. And I have a fun fact since we are a wrestling podcast, did you know that Post was sued by Hulk Hogan in 2010 for using his likeness in a fruit or in a Coco Pebbles?
00:52:21
Speaker
commercial. Um, he was using Hulk boulder and it was like, they came into a wrestling ring and, um, yeah, he, uh, hold on just one second. Oh, sorry. He, uh, sued them and they weren't able to use that commercial. They had to pull that commercial from, from production. So yeah, pretty crazy. It was like a Flintstone version of Hulk Hogan or what? No, it wasn't really a Flintstone version. It was just like, it was just like a cartoon character that looked like Hulk. He had like, you know, the full man shoe and like the blonde mullet. And then the, uh,
00:52:49
Speaker
He got beat up by BamBam in the end. He beat up Barney and Fred pretty handily, and then BamBam came in and smashed him around a little bit. That's weird that they thought they could even get away with that. Hulk's lawsuit happy. He's got to put Gawker out of business. Oh, yeah. I know. We'll definitely leave the details of that one out. We'll keep it R rated on here. We're not going to X-rated though for the Chick-fil-A show.
00:53:11
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. Fruity Pebbles is awesome. So yeah, get your brooms out. It's a clean sweep that Fruity Pebbles definitely stomps on French Toast Crunch. All right.
00:53:24
Speaker
One thing that we all know is that a bullish Euro can be the perfect thing to cap off a night of hard drinking. You know, it seems to kind of keep the hangover, uh, curbed a little bit for the next morning. So, uh, we'll segue that into talking about what we're drinking tonight. So me and Sheena are both just being a kind of basic bitches tonight, drinking Miller white, uh, Marco, what are you sipping on then? Uh, sipping on, uh, about not being basic. Uh, like you guys know, so that's about broken skull IPA.
00:53:52
Speaker
Oh, hell yeah. Stone Cold needs his own cereal. That would be awesome. That'd be great if he actually had his own cereal. Yeah, if he had little skulls and like little, you know, marshmallows in the shape of beer steins. You better put a trademark on that.
00:54:13
Speaker
I know. Serial 316. I'm going to get his number from our buddy, Hal Haney, who got a call from him tonight and just say, hey, I got an idea for you, Stone Cold. You need to start making breakfast cereal. Jordan, what are you drinking, man? So I'm drinking, it's called Bad Guy with an Agenda. It's a hazy IPA. Brewed in Lafayette, Colorado by Odd 13 Brewery. That sounds very, very crafty, man. Yeah. Good one. It's a good one, man.
00:54:42
Speaker
I love me a good hazy IPA you guys in your artsy farty beers. All right, so we're halfway through the first
Mascot Memories and Matchups
00:54:47
Speaker
round. Let's get back into it Up next we got honeycomb going up against cocoa puffs and Jordan you're up first So you talk about iconic characters sunny the bird for a cocoa puffs iconic very I loved honeycombs. I'm 100% going cocoa puffs here. I
00:55:12
Speaker
I don't really have much to say about this one. This one's easy for me. This one's actually hard for me. I do love both cereals. I do love honeycomb. They did have a little bit of a lasting crunchiness to them. They didn't saga too fast because of all the holes they were in them. They stayed afloat in that sense.
00:55:40
Speaker
Yeah, I'm definitely going with Cocoa Puffs. Too iconic. Chocolate milk afterwards. If they're eating a bowl of cereal is, you know, nothing can beat that. I don't think not even honeycomb.
00:55:56
Speaker
All right, Sheena. Yeah, I love, I love honeycomb cereal too. Um, but I w I'm going to go, you know, pretty bold here and say of all the chocolate cereals, cocoa puffs is definitely the most iconic. I mean, there's some, there's some, yeah, there's some hard hitters. You know, you got, you know, you'll see down here. Cocoa Krispies and cocoa pebbles and things like that. Um, obviously we had count chocula, but
00:56:17
Speaker
If you're going to go with the hardest hitting most iconic chocolate cereal, it's got to be Cocoa Puffs. I think most children our age have at least said, I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs at least once in their lifetime. And yes, Sunny the bird is iconic. I love the box art. It's a win for me, Cocoa Puffs, all the way.
00:56:37
Speaker
So Cocoa Puffs and the Clean Sweep, they're going to be going on to say Cinnamon Toast Crunch in the second round. Cocoa Puffs was the cause of a lot of arguments and fights in my house as a kid, because my little brother, Tad, loved it. I was never a Cocoa Puffs fan. I've never been a huge chocolate guy. If I did like chocolate, it was more like milk chocolate. And I feel like Cocoa Puffs really had almost like a strong cocoa flavor. It was almost like a dark chocolate type flavor on the cereal. They didn't mislead you. It's literally in the dough.
00:57:05
Speaker
Yeah, it's right there in the name. So you're definitely getting a ton of cocoa in that flavor. And I just I never really loved it. But my brother, that's always what my brother would push for. So if we were only getting like one box of cereal at the store, anytime he went out, I was a little bit pissed off. Yeah, that was a Yeah, cocoa puffs is actually my
00:57:22
Speaker
Exotic dancer name back in the day. Taking it more to the PG era. I just looked up Cocoa Puffs because I just wanted to see some pictures and stuff. I discovered that they had, I don't know if this is a current thing that they have.
00:57:44
Speaker
It's Cocoa Puffs Brownie Crunch. I know we're not talking about one offs here on the thing, but dude, that sounds amazing. That was actually one of the moves I would do too. The Brownie Crunch? Yeah. That's a different Patreon that you have to pay for. Wow. Oh my gosh. All right. Let's move on before we get canceled.
00:58:11
Speaker
All right, up next, we got a, yeah, I'm thinking this is going to be a much more PG matchup. I don't know if it's the way you guys can twist this one. We got Wheaties going up against Golden Grahams. Marco, you're up first. Uh, I'm definitely going with Golden Grahams on this one. Um, definitely respect Michael Jordan and wanting to be like him when I was younger, you know, you got H and Wheaties, but, uh, Golden Grahams was calling my name and I went with Golden Graham. So that's my choice. GG all the way.
00:58:40
Speaker
to me, golden grams are always like too sweet. Like I, I can legit, I have memories of legit getting toothaches after eating golden grams because they were so stinking sweet and I always loved Wheaties. You know, uh, anybody that knows me knows how much of a Michael Jordan fanatic I am. So there was always that, you know, I did. I had a collection of all the different Wheaties boxes with MJ on the cover or on the box. Um, and actually even kind of like Wheaties, even as plain as they were. Um, so I'm going Wheaties, Jordan, you're up.
00:59:09
Speaker
Wheaties definitely iconic. Uh, I'm going golden grams though. Um, I don't, there's not a whole lot of explanation here. I mean, Wheaties, like you kind of said is, it's just kind of a plain cereal. I mean, there's not much to it as it gets, man. It is like, yeah, you can get any more playing in Wheaties, man. We almost included Wheaties and Cornflakes. That was another debate, but you guys behind the scenes, we were only going to include one. Sheena tried to say that they were
00:59:34
Speaker
Totally separate. I totally separate. I mean, I know one's more but I feel like I don't know if I'd be able to tell the difference in a blind taste test Don't offend Midwesterners talking about wheat and corn are the same thing Fighting words in these parts. Yeah
00:59:52
Speaker
All right, Sheena, you're up right now. Golden Graham's up two to one on Wheaties. Yeah. I don't, as far as like, you know, obviously, you know, eat your Wheaties and the whole celebrity connection and like athlete connection and everything with Wheaties. That's what I remember it most as I really don't remember. I know I've eaten Wheaties as a kid. I don't remember eating Wheaties though. I mean, it was never going to be like my number one choice.
01:00:13
Speaker
Um, when I went to, to the cereal aisle, so I'm going to have to go with golden grams on this one too, as iconic as that orange box is, you know, like he said, with the, with Michael Jordan and all, you know, Olympic athletes and all the things. Um, I'm going to have to go with golden grams, one for just personal preference to, um, just the amount that I've eaten versus eating, eating Wheaties in my, in my day.
01:00:35
Speaker
All right, so Golden Graham moves on by a three to one margin. It's going to be Apple Jacks and Golden Graham going head to head in the second round. And again, we're doing the entire first round tonight. And then we're going to finish off the entire second half of the tournament on next week's episode. Up next, we have Cookie Crisp going up against Reese's Puffs.
01:01:00
Speaker
Cookie Crisp. There's Jimmy the Dog and Cookie Crook. Cookie Crisp is what they took. Little cookies, they can't resist. Makes them high for Cookie Crisp. Cookie Crisp. Cookie Crisp. All across the country now. Everyone's doing the Cookie Crisp house. Cookie Crisp. Cookie Crisp. Cookie Crisp. The howling good part of this complete breakfast.
01:01:30
Speaker
All right, you guys heard the classic early 90s commercial for Cookie Crisp. Everybody remembers that tagline. Reese's Puffs is another one that Jordan insisted was going in. Me and Jordan have been friends for over 10 years now. And it's probably the most mad I've ever heard of. When I sent him the initial list of entries we had for this tournament, he bypassed a text.
01:01:57
Speaker
social media mission or anything it was a straight up phone call which you guys know in 2021 that's pretty aggressive to go straight to the phone call to tell me like where the fuck are Reese's puffs on this list man this dude was not playing around about his Reese's puffs so we got another Jordan special for me um i'm going cookie crisp all the way on this i love cookie crisp i remember for whatever reason my mom was hesitant to bias this i think maybe she just thought it was legit gonna be
01:02:22
Speaker
like miniature chocolate chip cookies in the bowl. And I remember me and my little brother having to beg her to finally get his cookie crisp. And once she finally did, it did not disappoint. It lived up to the hype. It was awesome. The milk tasted great afterwards. The cereal stayed for the most part crispy all the way through. I love cookie crisp and it's my pick straight up, Sheena.
01:02:44
Speaker
Yeah. Um, I'm going to go with cookie crisp to chip the dog. I love, you know, him as, as a mascot, you know, cookie crisp, but you know, the, uh, slogan is, is iconic. Um, like you said, I love the taste of it. I love the, love the taste of it, the texture, the smell of it.
01:03:02
Speaker
Wow. All right. It was nice expecting to have a gold member appearance tonight, but here we are. Oh. Texture. Reese's puffs are amazing too. I love all things Reese's. You know, do you say Reese's or do you say Reese's? I say Reese's. I say Reese's too. I know that's another flash point on the internet. What do you got? You guys say Reese's or Reese's? Reese's.
01:03:30
Speaker
Yeah, I think I say Reese's too. Reese's must be a southern thing for sure. Guys, we want you to weigh in. Let us know if you say Reese's or Reese's. But yeah, Reese's puffs are good. But yeah, they just can't compete with Kookie Chris. The nostalgia of Kookie Chris for me, I can't remember what year Reese's puffs came out, but it definitely wasn't like during my peak cereal eating years.
01:03:55
Speaker
Like I said, I was doing some research specifically for the cereals that I pulled the commercials for, the audio. I didn't realize Cookie Crisp had been out since like 1976. I thought Cookie Crisp came out in like 91, you know? But no, Cookie Crisp has been out for a very, very long time. And I guess we just didn't know about it. Yeah, introduced in 1977 by General Meek, so yeah. All right, Jordan, you're up.
01:04:17
Speaker
Right. What Seth failed to mention is how much of a Dick movie pulled here because cookie crisp and Reese's puffs are both in my top three, just so we're aware. So this is like me choosing between my sisters, like which one I think is a better sister. So this is going to be bad. Um,
01:04:37
Speaker
Man, Cookie Crisp though. Dude, I remember getting the blue bowl. Do you guys remember the blue bowl that came in a special edition of Cookie Crisp? Yeah, I had it. And it had the straw or whatever in it. Yes. Dude, this is probably my favorite cereal, if I'm being honest. So I'm going Cookie Crisp, but this is not... Wow.
01:04:56
Speaker
This is not a, this is not a slight at Reese's puffs because I did a heel turn on couch. Jordan, Jordan bought a Reese's puffs to the club. Then district for a better looking chick, man. If he would have put Reese's puffs up against any other cereal, I would have picked Reese's puffs, but cookie crisp is probably my favorite cereal ever. And that's not
01:05:21
Speaker
Yeah, it's just, it's really hard for me to ever pick against Cookie Crisp. Yeah. Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs did not come out until 1994, which is still my peak cereal eating years, but it definitely wasn't one of the icons. I was never a big fan. That was another one that tagged. He really loved Reese's Puffs. He was a fan of the Puffs. Like I said, he loved Cocoa Puffs. He loved Reese's Puffs. I was never a fan of them. Marco, who would you have picked if you would have came into play on this one?
01:05:47
Speaker
Definitely would it would cookie Chris cuz not a not a huge fan of the Reese's At all like not even like the not even like the candy now So I'm gonna take a pause if we can just boot Marco I Don't hate them I just said I just never
01:06:11
Speaker
Like. Got into that. So why would I relegate myself to eat it in serial form? Well, thoughts and prayers to the, you know, half our Patreons. I'm sure just cancel the memberships after hearing that. If they can't handle the truth, then they, they can't listen to the show.
01:06:28
Speaker
I can't believe I'm here for the last episode. I know. Marco's going to get canceled. Yeah. Cancel culture is coming to Marco. Yeah. All right. So Cookie Crisp moves on in a clean sweep. We're going to have a Titanic match up in the second round. Lucky Charms is going to be going head to head with Cookie Crisp. So pretty interesting. Let's move on to our next bout. Tricks is going up against Golden Crisp. So Sheena, you're up first in this one.
01:06:59
Speaker
So this one was tough because Golden Crisp didn't stand out to me because I remember them as like sugar smacks or honey smacks. Yeah, this was definitely, this was another one similar to Count Chocula where we picked one cereal to kind of represent three or four because yeah, I'm the same way. They were a handful of super similar cereals. We remember the smooth talking bear from Golden Crisp.
01:07:19
Speaker
That's why we ended up going with Golden Crisp is the rep for this like kind of like sweetened oat type situation, wherever this thing was supposed to be. Yeah. So Golden Crisp, the mascot is Sugar Bear. And then there was the frog. I can't remember what the frog's name was for honey smacks, but those were the ones that I was going to say. Yeah, it makes sense. This smacks the frog. I actually like these, you know,
01:07:45
Speaker
Like, it's not rice, what is the, what's the puff? I'm gonna look at, oh, it's puffed wheat, so it's just puffed wheat. Yeah, it's supposed to be like, yeah, it's like a grain. Yeah, I like these, cause they're super crispy. Like, I mean, it's like, it's like biting into like a, I mean, sounds horrible, but like biting into like a piece of glass or something, it's like, you know, you get that nice little crisp. Yeah, it's a shattering crisp. A very shattering crisp, yeah. But it doesn't give you that squeaky texture like the, the pot or the, the corn pops. These things were delicious, dry also. Yes. Let's grab a handful of the box, they were awesome.
01:08:13
Speaker
Yeah, so they're awesome. However, I think, when I think of iconic cereals, I definitely think of the Trix Bunny, freaking silly rabbit, Trix are for kids. And that's been done so many times, silly. That poor rabbit, you know what I mean? Yeah. You might have people be inclusive, you know what I mean? Just because this guy's a freaking rabbit, he could have a cereal. That's jacked up, man. Yeah, it is jacked up, especially when he was the face of the brand. They were just using him as freaking free labor.
01:08:42
Speaker
Um, but yeah, so tricks, um, I gotta go with tricks. I love, I love those fruity type of cereals. There was a lot of controversy because back when we were growing up, um, the tricks were shaped like fruit. But what I didn't know is because recently, you know, they've changed them back, but for a while there, they went to a puffs style. So it was just, I didn't know they'd gone back. I remember when they switched to just the puffs, but I didn't know they've gone back to fruit shapes.
01:09:05
Speaker
Well, get this, something I didn't know is that Trix originated as a circle, a round puff cereal. Oh, wow. So it's flip-flopped. It's flip-flopped a few times. Snip, snap, snip, snap. So yeah, they went from round puffs to the fruit flavored cereal, but for the fruit flavor, the reason why they switched is because, you know, who makes Trix? It's Kellogg's, right?
01:09:27
Speaker
No, I think Trix is General Mills. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So yeah, General Mills, they stopped using food, like a lot of food dyes in their General Mills. Yeah. They stopped using a lot of food dyes in their cereals that they cut back. And they said because the Trix, the Trix fruit wasn't as vibrant. It didn't have, it was kind of like a more of like a muted color. It didn't really pop the way that it did in the nineties when they could just like pump it full of as much food dye as they wanted to. So they went back to the little circular balls and then, um,
01:09:57
Speaker
You know, I guess there was outcry for that and they've, they've since changed it back to, to fruit shape. But yeah, that's a little history lesson for tricks. You know, went deep on the freaking tree. I don't know how she did this. Cause like, you know, well again, another people I've heard, she was sick this morning. So she was kind of laid up till about five o'clock this afternoon. I guess I, I thought she was upstairs sleeping off her cold, but apparently she was just doing deep dive on tricks, man. Like, geez.
01:10:21
Speaker
Yeah. Um, I, I'm very, I love cereal, you guys. That's one thing. I don't know if you know about me. I love cereal. I don't buy it a lot for, you know, for health purposes. I don't buy just keep cereal because I also have no self control. Like I'm a pretty good when it comes to eating nutritional foods, but I can literally eat
01:10:37
Speaker
an entire box of cereal in one day and like not, it's not even a thing. That's true. I've gotten a bowl of cereal. I've gotten like boxes of cereal before. I've been like excited to enjoy them over the course of four or five days. And like, you know, I'll leave the house to go like fishing or something for a couple hours and I come back and the whole box is just gone. Like what the hell happened? Yeah, I love cereal, but yeah, I have to use it sparingly because I have no control around cereal. But in this matchup, I love both these cereals, but I am going to go with, I'm going to go with Trix.
01:11:05
Speaker
So this one's easy for me. I'm going to go John Cena and rise above hate. You know, you got tricks where this poor rabbit is just getting hated on by these asshole kids. And on the opposite side, you got, you know, the sugar bear. The dude's basically like the cereal version of Leon Phelps, the lady man. He's like smooth. Definitely the smoothest of all the, uh, the cereal icons. Um, so it's easy for me, man. Uh, golden crisp all the way in all seriousness. I definitely liked golden crisp cereal a lot more. Uh, tricks was looked really cool with the colorful fruit shapes, but.
01:11:36
Speaker
I don't know. I didn't really love the flavor on it. I'd rather have Fruit Loops over Trix any day. I think I'd take Golden Crisp over either one of them. So Golden Crisp for me. Marco, you're up next. Real quick interjection. It's funny that you picked Golden Crisp because your girlfriend, Becky Lynch, was actually featured on the box of Golden Crisp when they posted their WWE. They had Big Show on Honeycombs and then Becky Lynch was on Golden Crisp. Becky Lynch was featured on your pick. Even more of a reason.
01:12:05
Speaker
Marco, you're up next. Yeah, Golden Crisp all the way. Smooth, silky voice or the Golden Crisp there. He was swag, Sugar Bear was swag for sure. The other thing too, with Trix, I mean, we already have Fruit Loops in this tournament. We got to remove another Fruit cereal, a Fruit-based cereal or a Fruity-based cereal. Fruit Loops dunks on Trix any day.
01:12:31
Speaker
Yeah. It's, it's basically just like the, the, you know, the donut holes part of a fruitlet. So get it out of here. Get out of here. All right, Jordan, you're up game four. All right.
01:12:44
Speaker
I don't have a strong opinion on either one of these cereals because I didn't really eat a lot of either one of them. And just because I like fully fam so much and I want them to get involved, I'm going to pick tricks. Okay. All right. So we got another flash pole going up. I'm setting the timer for five minutes right now. And we are going to let the Foley fam decide who's moving on at a tricks and golden crisp. All right. Our next matchup is.
01:13:13
Speaker
A clash of two childhood favorites of mine. We got Coco Pebbles going up against life. And Jordan, you're up first.
01:13:21
Speaker
All right, cocoa pebbles in life. So life was not really a childhood cereal at the old Wells household. Cocoa pebbles man, I'm a sucker for chocolate. The milk after you have the cocoa pebbles clutch. I'm going cocoa pebbles. All right, sounds like cocoa pebbles wins easy. Marco, you're up next.
01:13:47
Speaker
Yeah, same hair. Coco Pebbles over life. Life is actually not bad. It's a pretty decent cereal. I mean, if you'd like plain cereal, it's good. But Coco Pebbles is literally big boss man, and life is the casket of the big show's father, just dragging it along across the grass. Yeah, that's how I'm treating life right now. Oh my gosh. Coco Pebbles.
01:14:15
Speaker
All right. It's too low. Sheena, you're up next. All right. So, um, I like both these cereals too. Cocoa pebbles, you know, I, as I spoke up earlier, I'm a, I'm a fan of all the pebbles varieties of cereal. Um, I do love life though. Cause again, like I spoke earlier, I love that like checks pattern, like, Hey, stacked house type pattern. I love the way it holds milk. Um, you know, Mikey likes it. Um, I think.
01:14:42
Speaker
I think I'm going to go with life. I think, um, just, you know, I like the crispiness of it. I like how it doesn't get soggy so quickly because I do love cocoa pebbles, but if I'm just basing it off of my favorite chocolate cereals, it's definitely not my favorite chocolate cereal. So I'm going to go, I'm going to give the over to life. All right. And that brings me up for a.
01:15:02
Speaker
for game four of the five game series. And I think this one's going to overtime because I got to go with life also. You know, I talked earlier in the episode about how much I loved Chris Bix, how that was really like my favorite cereal as a kid. And I always feel like life was kind of just like a sweetened version of Chris Bix. It was good. It gave you a little bit of sugar, but you know, it wasn't like toothache sweet.
01:15:21
Speaker
Uh, and I just love life. You know, like Sheena said, it held milk really well. Um, I just remember making monstrous bowls of this and watching WWF mania and a WWF superstars on Saturday morning. So anytime I get some life in front of me, it's a nostalgia blast and it's a great cereal. Um, and so this means that Sheena is going to be setting up the flash poll on Facebook. I'm starting the timer and we got five minutes for the Foley fam to vote to decide life or Coco pebbles. Okay. All set, Sheena. I'm all set. Yep.
01:15:51
Speaker
All right. It's in the fully fam's hands. All right. The next battle, we're going to see some more chocolate-based cereal. It's going to be Coco Krispies. This is the second appearance of Snap, Crackle, and Pop. And they are going up against the iconic purple box. It was actually a controversial pick to go on this because, you know, I don't think anybody really likes this cereal that much. I fought for this beyond that. I fought for this to be in the bracket because it's, dude, it is a very notorious cereal. I'll make my case in a minute, but yeah, it deserves a spot at least to be in contention.
01:16:21
Speaker
Yeah, the selection committee initially had Raisin Bran out of the mix, but they were a late addition back in. So, Marco, over to you for first pick. Oh, boy. I remember earlier, she spoke about having too many of the same types of cereal, like Cocoa Pebbles, Cocoa Crispies. Yeah. Yeah, that type of thing. But in this instance, where Cocoa Crispies is against plain Jane cereal, like Raisin Bran,
01:16:51
Speaker
I think Cocoa Crispies takes it. Let's face it, old people eat Raisin Bran. No young people. No offense to old people out there that if they're listening to the show. That's ageism, Marco. That's ageism. I mean, ageism for the people that eat Raisin Bran. Everyone else is cool. If you're an old person who eats Cocoa Crispies, you're good in my book.
01:17:13
Speaker
Get, get off that razor. I know it's healthy. It's, you know, it does its work, but it's okay. It's not a, it's not a cereal in my eyes. It's not a breakfast cereal. Oh my gosh. You're up next. First of all, it's, it's misleading because it does seem like it would be a healthy cereal, not like raisin. They put, they put brand in there to make you feel like, you know, it's got all this fiber and all this stuff, but dude, raisin brand packs a sugary punch. It's got, it's, it's loaded with sugar, um, which.
01:17:42
Speaker
I just, it's freaking delicious, dude. I love the, it stays crunchy. Like the, the brand flakes stay super crunchy. The raisins are super sweet and they're kind of like chewy, which is like not a texture that you normally get in cereal a lot. You know, you don't get that like chewy, gummy, uh, texture, which is awesome. My dad used to buy raisin bran all the time. Um, and, uh, yeah, I love it. I think it's, I mean, you know, it's definitely not my favorite cereal of all time. If I was like just picking out of a row of cereals, like I'm not going to be like, Oh yeah, raisin bran.
01:18:10
Speaker
But if somebody's got Raisin Bran, dude, I will crush a bowl. And when they came out with Raisin Bran Crunch, dude, here for it. So I guess I'm going to stand on this mountain and defend Raisin Bran. So we'll see if anybody else joins in.
01:18:25
Speaker
Alright, so we're tied up one to one. I'm up next. I'll start by giving Raisin Bran its due. You know, if I'm playing word association and somebody says the word breakfast cereal, I think one of the first things that's one of the first images that's popping in my brain is that purple Raisin Bran box because there's something to be said for brand identity. And they've had basically the exact same design my entire life. But that being said, I don't think I've ever once
01:18:48
Speaker
eating a bowl of this. I have no desire to ever eat a bowl of this. And I don't know anybody that does like the raisin brand. It just kind of sucks, man. It does not suck. Nobody really likes brand and nobody really likes raisins once they're past the age of five. Oh my gosh. Raisin brand gets the big thumbs down for me. Have you ever even eaten a raisin, Seth? I have. I have. And I'd rather eat a cocoa crispy. So cocoa crispy gets the win for me. Yeah. You're up next. All right.
01:19:16
Speaker
I would just like to thank the Chick-Fully show for including the retirement community in the serial of Facebook. Everybody hold your AARP cards up in the air like you just don't care. Go ahead and get this out there. Sheena, you made a compelling argument for Raisin Brand. He really did.
01:19:33
Speaker
You could put raisin brand next to dog food, and I'll eat the dog food. What an absolute trash cereal. Wow. First of all, you put raisins in cereal, and you think that's going to be attractive to anyone under the age of 85? Oh, no offense, Sheena. Sorry. I forgot this is the healthy cereal. No way. No, absolutely not. We're going Cocoa Crispies. This is not even a contest.
01:20:02
Speaker
Oh my gosh. Snap, crackle, and pop are cruising to the second round. Please, if there are any fully fam out there that listen to this and you are a fan of Raisin Bran, hit me up so I can feel some solidarity because my comrades let me down.
01:20:14
Speaker
And if you're listening from the retirement community, this is no offense to you at all. I'm glad you like to raise a brand. I really am. I hope it keeps you regular, but this is not it. All right. Uh, this is Snapcrackle and Pop's second appearance in the second round. Cause they came in with, uh, with Rice Krispies earlier on. There's something to be said for Rome with a faction, dude.
01:20:36
Speaker
Yeah, it's true. And now they're making their third and final appearance in the first round. Because our next match is Rice Krispie Treats going up against Honey Nut Cheerios. So this is an interesting one because you got, on the one hand, Honey Nut Cheerios, who is one of the true, you know, iconic cereals out there. Again, we talked, they're similar to Raisin Bran. They've had basically the same box for
01:20:58
Speaker
my entire life. They've always had, you know, the bee. What did we just, what is the name? Honey or Buzzbee? Buzzbee on the box. Yeah, just, you know, one of the four or five cereals that have really never changed over the course of all our lifetimes.
01:21:14
Speaker
And it's going to begin to cereal that had was really kind of a shooting star in the world of breakfast. It was a Rice Krispie Treat cereal. So this was it was meant to play off, you know, Rice Krispie Treats that everybody loves. It really wasn't all that close to it because you guys know the cool thing about Rice Krispie Treats is that like warm, gooey, like melty thing. These things were dry as a bone. They were really just like a cluster of Rice Krispies, like a marshmallow flavored coating to stick them to like hold them together.
01:21:38
Speaker
But they were delicious, you know, you pour them in the milk, let them get maybe just a touch of sog to them so they're a little bit soft and they were awesome. I want to say it was around from, you know, maybe like 93 to 96 or 97 before they went off the shelf because I can't imagine that this thing was healthy at all. So they may have been a victim of, you know, the health food craze that came in there in the late 90s.
01:21:56
Speaker
But either way, it's our next match up. And I'm going first on this one. The Rice Krispies Treats just so happen to be my all time favorite cereal. You know, I love them. They're they were delicious. I always liked Rice Krispies. We talked about that earlier in the tournament with dumping the sugar in there. These were Rice Krispies that were already sweetened up, you know, and I loved Rice Krispies Treats as a kid. So this was like the best of both worlds. They just hit me right at that time when I was just chowing down on breakfast cereal like a maniac.
01:22:21
Speaker
And I loved them. And then the other hand, you got Honey Nut Cheerios, which are just garbage. You know, I think they are probably the worst year ever. They're basically like little cardboard rings. The texture sucks. The flavor sucks. They got that stupid fucking bee who was on probably a million different commercials. But I never remember any cool commercials he did. Anytime I saw one of those commercials come on TV, I would just roll my eyes and want to change the channel. To me, there's absolutely nothing appealing about Honey Nut Cheerios. And it's bad.
01:22:48
Speaker
as Raisin Bran and shredded wheat are for the bottom of the wrong cereals that we got so far. I think I'd take either one of those over Honey Nut Cheerios. So I'm putting Rice Krispy Treats over in a straight up squash. Yeah, no questions asked. Wow. All right. Well, Jordan, do you have anything to add? Man, that was quite the heel off. That was the heel husband in full force. Man.
01:23:17
Speaker
What could I add to that possibly? Let's see here. Well, Cheerios are the ultimate trash cereal. People train their kids to pee with Cheerios. There's one bowl these belong in and it's a toilet bowl. I don't care what the cereal was going against, Honey Nut Cheerios, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios,
01:23:42
Speaker
any Cheerios, I'll pick the other cereal. I do not care. And yes, I do love Rice Krispy Treats, so I'm going Rice Krispy Treats. Oh my gosh. Preach, brother. Preach. Wow. Marco, you're up next. Oh boy. First of all- Get your brooms out, folks. Get your brooms out. I think it's time for a clean sweep. First of all, I'm offended. Thank you. I'm taking some offense to this because- Thank you. How can this cereal call itself a treat?
01:24:11
Speaker
It is, it is the opposite of a treat. Um, it is, it, it, it's an invitation of what it, what the actual rice crispy treat is. It's like tread lightly, Marko. I'm going to put it this way. I am front row. I'm like that. I'm like that gift of biggie eating the popcorn right now. This is like, this is like the, it's like the Jordan sneaker, right? Famous logo jump man.
01:24:40
Speaker
You look at it, you go, that's Jordan, right? The Rice Krispy Treats are like the Shaq sneaker with Shaq dunking on the tongue. How dare you? That's what that literally is. Would you rather wear Jordans or are you going to wear the Shaq, the dunks, whatever they're called? I'll wear the Shaq over the Payless sneaker that is Honey Nut Cheerios.
01:25:04
Speaker
No, no, Honey Nut Cheerios all the way. The bees buzz whatever. I mean, you can hate on the character, but I mean, the cereal's great. I mean, I don't like Cheerios by itself. It's plain, obviously, but Honey Nut Cheerios, apple cinnamon, all the, bring all those types of Cheerios at me. I'm eating them all up. I'm leaving Rice Krispie Treats to what they're supposed to be, is treats baked in an oven, not
01:25:31
Speaker
Mash together with fake marshmallow, whatever that when it's yeah, is it elmer's glue that they use? They just take like a bunch of rice krispies at this a toss elbow paste and have a bunch of little kids make it Honey nut Cheerios
01:25:47
Speaker
Wow, I would just like to say that the Foley fam. Thanks Marco for all his contributions over the past couple years to the Chick-fil-A show and we wish him well in all of his future endeavors because he's about to get booted off of this call and this will be the last that you ever hear of him Sheena, please uh, please bring us back to life preach some sanity
01:26:06
Speaker
Dude, there is a reason that Honey Nut Cheerios have been around for 42 years and it is because they are delicious. They are iconic. They are perfectly sweetened little rings of happiness.
01:26:23
Speaker
And there's a reason why there has been every variety of Cheerio under the sun because people freaking love Cheerios. There's pumpkin spice Cheerios. There's apple cinnamon Cheerios. There's cocoa Cheerios. There's any variety of Cheerio you could imagine. It's been done. Strawberries and cream Cheerios.
01:26:42
Speaker
And Busbee is iconic. I actually have a photo of myself at the zoo standing next to a big fur Busbee. I will have to find it and post it in the fully fam group. But yeah, dude, no offense to Rice Krispie Treats. I don't hate Rice Krispie Treats as much as Marco did. It actually was like right in my wheelhouse. Like I would eat that cereal for sure. And I enjoyed it.
01:27:07
Speaker
But when it comes to sheer volume of Rice Krispy Treat cereal versus volume of Honey Nut Cheerios and every kind of like knockoff Honey Nut Cheerios that there are out there, I've definitely eaten 10 times as many, maybe a hundred times as many Honey Nut Cheerios as anything. I think that's probably my most eaten cereal of all time. That's like saying you like McDonald's more than you like a filet mignon or something. Like, yeah, we've all had more, you know, dollar menu cheeseburgers and we've had a nice steak, but that doesn't make it better.
01:27:36
Speaker
But I have the choice. Here's the thing. I have the choice to eat any cereal that I want. I mean, I'm a grown woman. You know what I mean? I can go to the grocery store and buy any cereal that I want. And I mean, I've eaten that many Cheerios. So yeah, it's iconic. And you cut up a banana in the Honey Nut Cheerios. It's like the perfect breakfast, man. You don't have to add sugar. You don't have to do nothing. I'm going with Cheerios all the way, dude. True.
01:28:02
Speaker
I apologize to the retirement community. It was all Sheena. Retirees like Cheerios too. All right. That means we're going to have another flash poll. And in the meantime, Sheena, do we get the results for Coco Pebbles versus life? We do. The Foley fam voted and they are rocking with the Flintstones. We, the Coco Pebbles are going on to the next round.
01:28:31
Speaker
All right. So the foley fam giveth and the foley fam take it the way rice, crisp, snap, crackle and pop. Move on to the second round to face corn pops and, or excuse me. No, that's the Flintstones and I'm getting all my cereals mixed up. Okay. So Fred and Barney are going on there. They kick little Mikey's ass. Yeah. So we get the Flintstones and snap crackle and pop. Each got two entries in the second round. So I think we're on a collision course for those two. Um, pebbles and crispies are hitting hard.
01:28:58
Speaker
I'm firing up the timer and we are going to have a flash pull for the Rice Krispy Treats and Honey Nut Cheerios. Sheena, keep an eye on that and let us know. But it is now time for the main event of round one. So when we drew out the bracket, this is the matchup that we were looking at that we were really kind of, you know, it seemed like the biggest matchup of two titans. You know, I just picture it. It's WrestleMania, main event. We got the stare down, center of the ring.
01:29:31
Speaker
On the one side, you got Tony the Tiger. And he's looking eye to eye with Captain Crunch. It's too tight into the cereal industry. They've both been around as long as I can remember. Sheena, you're up first. Frosted Flakes versus Captain Crunch.
01:29:47
Speaker
Yeah, so this one for me was like when I saw this matchup in the first round, I was like, Oh, damn, you know, just simply off of not necessarily any other criteria other than just it being like a serial icon like Cap'n Crunch versus Tony the Tiger, which is just another freaking, you know, behemoth in the in the serial world. So
01:30:07
Speaker
This was tough for me. Frosted Flakes, again, like Honey Nut Cheerios, I freaking love Frosted Flakes. They are perfectly crispy, perfectly coated in sugar. They have just the right amount of sweetness. You can add any sort of fruit to Frosted Flakes and it just makes them even better.
01:30:27
Speaker
Captain Crunch, I love the 90s version of Captain Crunch, like the commercials that they had for him. What was the freaking tagline? Oh my gosh. You and the captain make it happen. Yeah, you and the captain make it happen. I just remember those commercials where the little kid would be like falling asleep doing his homework and then Captain Crunch would come in and like whack him on the back of the head and be like, you know, wake your ass up, you know? But Tony's an athlete.
01:30:54
Speaker
man, I'm going to have to go with, I'm going to have to go with my man, Tony, and pick Frosted Flakes, dude. Cause like I said, if I had to pick two, one that I would pick over the other, I would pick Frosted Flakes over Cap'n Crunch. All right. Um, yeah, I agree a hundred percent. I love Frosted Flakes. I don't really love Frosted Flakes, but they got a nostalgia spot for me. That was a cereal that was always around in my grandma's house. Anytime I stayed with her as a kid.
01:31:21
Speaker
I remember again just making gigantic bowls of it letting it get super soggy and I would still eat it because as we've established I do not mind soggy cereal one bit and frosted flakes are still pretty good even when they're all just soggy mush. Captain Crunch you know I spoke on it when we talked about life that life had just the right amount of sweetness to me. Captain Crunch is sweetness overload like all I taste when I bite out of that is just like kind of like sickly sweet sugar you know it almost gives you a toothache it's so loaded down
01:31:47
Speaker
And I've just never been a fan in any of its forms, whether it's, you know, Christmas, Captain Crunch, just berries, really anything with the captain on it, it's a hard pass for me. Captain Crunch with Crunchberries is really good. I mean, I think that was really the deciding factor of me. We're just talking about strictly straight, like brown sugar, buttery, like Captain Crunch. Like if it was the Captain Crunch with berries, it would have been a much harder fight for me against Frosted Flakes.
01:32:11
Speaker
Yeah, I'm not a fan. That's what my little brother used to like. Captain Crunch a lot. And I'd always be pissed any time I even saw it in the cabinet because I know I wasn't eating cereal that week. So for me, Frosted Flakes all the way in an easy one. Tony the Tiger moves on. Jordan, you're up.
01:32:26
Speaker
man, this one hits you right in the nostalgia, doesn't it? This one is like, these are like iconic cereals. Like you remember when these commercials ran on Saturday mornings, like Tony, the tiger and the captain. Um, I really liked both of these cereals. Like Sheena said, though, if it was like crunch berries or peanut butter, crunch, peanut butter, oh my God, probably be a different game. Um, but just going with the old regular captain crunch.
01:32:56
Speaker
Um, this is definitely a WrestleMania 24, uh, frosted flakes, Tony, the tiger looking at cap, the captain. I'm sorry. I love you. Super kick right to the cap and frosted flakes. Maybe Tony tiger. All right. We still got about 45 seconds on the flash poles. Even though Tony, the tiger's going over in a surprising clean sweep or your captain Marco, what would your pick have been? Yeah, definitely. Yeah. Definitely. Uh, definitely frosted flakes over.
01:33:27
Speaker
Captain Crunch. Just like Sheena said, if it was any other Captain Crunch, it would definitely be a harder decision for me in that sense. But I mean, it's Captain Crunch is the marathon man of cereals.
01:33:40
Speaker
because it takes forever for it to get soft. It's always hard. Always H-A-R-D. It's a blue chew of cereals. It doesn't go soft very fast. Me and my friends used to call it, also,
01:34:00
Speaker
because it does stay hard all the time, we'll keep the joke going. Can't stay hard. And it's crunch berries. Yeah, can't stay hard in his crunch berries. Since it did say hard all the time, it didn't go soft right away, it would cut the roof of your mouth up. It would just tear the roof of your mouth up. That's true. We call it sugar coated razor blades. Yeah, that is very true. That's what we would call happy crunch because they were sweet and they were just
01:34:26
Speaker
rip your mouth up, but they were so good that you would just keep on eating. Just to recap, the captain was so hard that you didn't want him in your mouth.
01:34:37
Speaker
I'm going to, I'm going to end this on a more, um, uh, G rated fun fact. Did you guys know that the captain actually had like a real name? His name was Horatio Magellan crunch, you know, and he was just the, the captain, captain crunch. But yeah, that was his actual name was Horatio. So it sounds like, it sounds like a lady's man, doesn't it Horatio Magellan.
01:34:59
Speaker
Uh-oh, there's that sound again. Sheena, give us the, uh, the finish for Rice Krispie Treats and Honey Nut Cheerios. Oh my God. Okay. I am proud to announce that the Foley fam is going to be on the right side of history on this matchup. And they went with Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerios with the victory.
01:35:27
Speaker
Foley fam. It's horrible. Foley fam killed off on us. All right, that's it for round one, folks. We're going to come back next week and finish up the tournament. So thanks to everybody that participated in the flash polls. I'm sure there will be some more in episode two because looking at the bracket, we got some awesome matches just in the second round. So I can only imagine where it's going to go from there. Jordan, you're our guest. So instead of Marco, I'm going to give you the chance this week to leave us with any closing thoughts.
01:35:57
Speaker
Oh man, I always do this to me. Fully fam, here's the closing thoughts. Stay hard, baby. I knew, oh my God, I knew you were going to say stay hard. I love it. All right, that's it. Thanks for listening, guys. We'll be back with part two very, very soon.
01:36:34
Speaker
Welcome to the Chick Foley Show.
01:36:55
Speaker
What is up, Foley fam? Little eight bit remix to to differentiate the Patreon exclusive episodes. We are back with Serial Wars part two. We had a blast recording part one. It actually released just yesterday. So this is Tuesday, March 16th, as we record this. Let me start by introducing the stars of the show. Sheena, what's up? Hello, hello. And we got the MVP up in Massachusetts. Marco, how are you doing? Doing good. How is everyone doing over there?
01:37:25
Speaker
We're good, man. We're good. And then we have our special guest host, the Fig God himself, Jordan Wells, all the way out in Omaha. Jordan, what's up, man? What's up, guys? How are you? We're good, man. We're ready to get this thing started. So first off, we want to start by thanking all of the Foley fam. We could not do it without you. You guys make this stuff fun for us, and your support means the world. So we like to do these episodes just to kind of wait to give back to you guys and really have some fun. So again, like I said,
01:37:54
Speaker
Part one of this released last night, so hopefully you guys have all had a chance to listen to it by the time you're hearing this. It'd be kind of weird to just jump in on part two, so definitely find that in your Patreon feed and check it out. Let's go around because we did have some shockers. Sheena, was there a cereal that got bounced in part one that you were particularly upset to see hit the road?
01:38:11
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going to have to say that Count Chocula, you know, I was really waxing poetic on Count Chocula about how much I loved it and how much just kind of those Halloween cereals just really kind of just touch me, you know, deep down in my Halloween loving soul. And then of course I went with, you know, Toucan Sam Fruit Loops. I was like, you know, Count Chocula was over in the corner like, what are you doing with him? You know, and
01:38:37
Speaker
Yeah, so and then it's funny because I feel like it was still haunting me because as I was going through some pictures this weekend, we were cleaning out the garage, I found a picture of my mom at Opryland, which you talked about Opryland in the most recent episode of the Chick Foley show. And my mom at Opryland in one of those little cutout head things, you know what I'm talking about, where you put your head through and they take a picture like a picture prop, and she was inside the Count Chocula one. I was like, Oh, God, it's gonna haunt me forever for not for not going with Count Chocula. So yeah, that's probably the one for me.
01:39:07
Speaker
Marco, how about you, man? Oh, I think it's a I want to say was a Golden Crisp tricks tricks. Yeah. Yeah. Golden Golden Crisp is probably the one for me. Definitely agree with that. I count Chocula, but yeah. Golden. I mean, the smooth, the smooth bear couldn't hang on. They couldn't be tricks. Yeah. One of the plainest areas ever. I mean, that silly rabbit. Yeah, man.
01:39:33
Speaker
And then Jordan, how about you? What is there a one particular first round matchup that's still giving you some heartburn? I mean, the fact that Honey Nut Cheerios moved on to the second round is disgraceful, but I mean, I mean, I was upset Reese's puffs lost, but again, it was going against Coco or Cookie Crisp. So he had a tough draw. Yeah, I had a, I had a feeling you were going to pick the Reese's puffs cause yeah, they did, they did have a tough draw in the first round for sure.
01:40:00
Speaker
Yeah, for me, it's still Rice Krispies Treats. I can't believe that fucking B somehow bounced one of my favorite cereals as a kid. Buzz B, he has a strong path to the final stew. I think he can make it. I think it's pretty easy when you're eating cereal that has little pieces of glue in it. I mean, honey, that chair is definitely going to be anything that has glue in it that's holding it together.
01:40:28
Speaker
I'm going to make this Rice Krispie Treats cereal revival happen. We got to get a petition going on change.org or something Jordan to, uh, to get it into effect. You know what I'm going to do just to like, you know, add insult to injury. I'm going to make up a batch of Honey Nut Cheerios treats. So I'm going to like, I'm going to make Honey Nut Cheerios, put all the marshmallows and cut them into little bars. Yeah, it's going to be great. It's horrible. We can actually just end the show right now. So let me get the outdoor music. I'm ready to go. Have a good run.
01:40:58
Speaker
Alright, so let's remind you guys how this is going down. So it's going to be similar to like a five game series in sports, we're going to alternate the order that we go and share in our votes, but
01:41:07
Speaker
The four of us will each pick a winner in each of these serial fights. And then if it does happen to be a two to two tie, we're going to kick it over to you guys, the Foley fam. She is going to put up a flash pull in the Facebook group and it's going to be five minutes of voting to determine who's going to move on. So again, this was a 32 serial tournament. The entire first round was on part one. And now we're about to finish off the tournament here tonight. So you guys ready to get to it? Let's do it. All right. Here we go. The first matchup is.
01:41:36
Speaker
cinnamon toast crunch versus cocoa puffs now remind you guys how these two cereals got here cinnamon toast crunch defeated shredded wheat that mighty mighty shredded wheat in a clean sweep three to nothing and cocoa puffs upset honeycomb three to nothing so both of these guys are coming in with an unblemished record it's kind of the uh you know the irresistible forces meaning the immovable object and here we go jordan you're up first man what a banger to start it off
01:42:03
Speaker
This is this is gonna be a tough one. As I said in the first episode, Cinnamon Toast Crunch is it's top three cereal for me. I mean, it's just this is a cereal that when I was a kid, I mean, no matter what, I made sure my mom grabbed this at the store.
01:42:22
Speaker
On the other hand, you have Cocoa Puffs. Man, this one's really hard. I can hear the trepidation in his voice as he tries to crown a winner in these two titans of cereal. Man, so this one's going to come down to, because I like both cereals a lot, so this one's going to come down to the milk taste for me, honestly. Oh boy. Down to the last drop to determine a winner.
01:42:48
Speaker
I'm going to go cinnamon toast crunch for the milk factor. Um, but I do, I love both of these cereals and, um, there's a reason they both three owed first round, just two great cereals.
01:42:59
Speaker
All right, Cinnamon Toast Crunch is up 1-0. Marco is going up next. He's definitely got a little bit of a bias on this matchup because as he revealed to us and the listeners last episode, he was known as Cocoa Puffs in his prior podcasting days as a stripper. So, Marco, you're up next. Cinnamon Toast Crunch versus your namesake, Cocoa Puffs. Yeah, my exotic name, my exotic dance name was Cocoa Puffs.
01:43:24
Speaker
before I became a podcaster. So this one is tough. I think I'm going with Jordan with the milk. They're both equally, as far as texture goes in the milk, they're both kind of
01:43:40
Speaker
You know, they both get soggy at the, you know, probably Sam out of time, maybe cocoa puffs a little bit, says a little bit longer. Um, hard if you want to go that road, but, uh, yeah, I'm going with cinnamon toast crunch with the milk, man. That, that's Sinema, Sinema to me. Tasting milk is very good. Um, yeah, uh, cinnamon toast CTC. That's what I'm going with.
01:44:06
Speaker
All right, so I'm up next. I'll start by showing some love to Cocoa Puffs. You guys know that, as I mentioned last episode, I'm not a huge fan of it. It was one of my little brother's favorite cereals, and it would always cause a lot of dissension when a mom would let him grab that for our breakfast choice for the week. I'll give them props. They're not lying on the cocoa. It does got an authentic dark chocolatey cocoa flavor to it. It's bark and it's bite are an equal measure.
01:44:31
Speaker
but it doesn't hold a candle to cinnamon toast crunch dry or with milk cinnamon toast crunch is delicious. And it's moving on to the quarterfinals and another clean sweep 3-0.
01:44:42
Speaker
All right, Sheena, just for entertainment value, who was your pick in this one? Yeah, so this was a hard one, like you guys said, but I mean, I gotta go with... That's what she said. I gotta go with Cinnamon Toast Crunch as well. I mean, Cocoa Puffs have been around since the 50s. I mean, they have the longevity. They have the experience. They're a freaking veteran in the cereal world. Also, Sunny, I feel like Sunny, the Cocoa Puffs mascot is definitely more
01:45:09
Speaker
Notable then you know cinnamon toast crunch has got the little like, you know square the little cinnamon toast crunch square But I mean really he does he's never done anything exciting, you know But if I think the thing about cinnamon toast crunch is like you don't have it doesn't matter what? You don't have to be in a mood to eat it You know what I mean? Like you can eat it any time of day and it's gonna be just as good like cocoa puffs You really gotta have a sweet tooth and like ready ready to go. So yeah, like Seth said, you know dry with milk, whatever Yeah, gotta go with gotta go with cinnamon toast crunch
01:45:38
Speaker
I was waiting for, uh, I was like, you know, maybe I'm just feeling frisky or something. I was waiting for somebody to jump in when Sheena said you can eat at any time of day and it's just as good. Yeah, no, yeah. You're, you're waiting. You're going to be waiting forever. That's for Marco's only fans. Yeah. We can only, we can only do those things on Marco. As a reminder, you know, we probably should have said this in the intro, the Patreon exclusives, they're rated a hard R. You know, I think the, uh, the regular podcast is kind of a PG 13 or a soft R sometimes, but
01:46:05
Speaker
But we're getting a hard R on this one, so you're gonna hear a little bit more risque content. So if that's not for you, maybe find one of the old Royal Rumble watch-alongs or something like that to listen to. Or just stay tuned and, you know, embrace it. Yeah, maybe don't listen to this on the way to school with your kids. Yeah, exactly.
01:46:21
Speaker
All right Up next we got Apple Jack's going up against Golden Graham. So Apple Jack's another clean sweep They defeated cinnamon mini buns 3-0 in the first round Golden Graham's upset Wheaties 3 to 1 so Marco you're up first on this one Apple Jack's versus Golden Graham's What's your pick this one's kind of this one's kind of rough for me too? Cuz I do love I do have like a little soft spot for for Golden Graham's so one of my favorite cereals, but I
01:46:48
Speaker
I did enjoy eating it at the time, um, if I'm remembering correctly, but I do love Apple Jack's more for some odd reason. It's, I don't know. I can, I can, I can actually taste the taste right now without even being here. Just seeing the box at that green box with that weird color red circuit with circular things, little donuts. Is it red? I thought they were orange with like, are they orange or red? Yeah. They're kind of like, they're kind of like salmon color. Yeah.
01:47:16
Speaker
Um, let's not get into semantics. Um, we'll go, uh, I'm going to go Apple Jack's over golden grams. Just, uh, Apple Jack's to be sweeter. Um, and yeah, that's going to be my pick, I think. All right. Jordan, you're up. Uh, okay. So this one's not as, I mean, it's a so difficult decision, but I don't love either one of these cereals. Um, Apple Jack's probably had it more than golden grams, but, um,
01:47:47
Speaker
I think I'm going to lean golden grams on this one. Uh, I'm going to go golden grams. Okay. Sheena, you're up game three one-to-one.
01:47:55
Speaker
So this one was pretty easy for me. Again, Golden Grahams is not a bad cereal, but I can say that it's like, you know, when we stayed at hotels and stuff, you know, like they had like little continental breakfast where you get like cereal and stuff. And dude, if there was Apple Jacks, like if it was between either fruity, uh, fruity, uh, Fruit Loops, sorry, Fruit Loops. Easy for you to say. Fruit Loops or Apple Jacks. And yeah, it's something about, you know, those little like round,
01:48:23
Speaker
I love cereal that is round like a donut with no hole. Oh my gosh. I'm going with Apple Jacks for sure. I don't even know how to take that. That's what she said. I actually had a joke for that, but I'm going to not say it at all. We'll move on from that one. I mentioned on the last episode, my job involves me having to go out to sea and work on a ship out in the middle of the ocean for extended periods of time.
01:48:49
Speaker
And I talked about how I do not trust the milk one bit. I don't know what kind of chemically altered milk we get out there that's somehow fresh when it's been on another ship for a couple weeks before it gets to us. So I eat a lot of dry cereal, and Apple Jacks is one of the absolute best. Golden Grahams, they're okay, but they can't hold a candle to this one. I'm picking Apple Jacks, and Apple Jacks is gonna move on to the quarterfinals by a 3-1 victory. Yeah, they're just so full of flavor.
01:49:16
Speaker
All right. Game three, Sheena, you're up first on this one. It's going to be Lucky Charms going up against Cookie Crisp. This is the first real heavyweight bout I think we're seeing in round two. Cookie Crisp got here by defeating Reese's Puffs, Jordan's favorite, Bruta Zipp in the first round. That's right. Jordan's favorite cereal was completely swept out of the first round. Yeah.
01:49:39
Speaker
Lucky Charms got here in a surprisingly close matchup, beating Waffle Crisps three to two. So Lucky Charms versus Cookie Crisp. Sheena, it's your pick.
01:49:47
Speaker
So this one, this one is tough because these are two cereals that I have eaten a lot of over the years. Like both of these cereals are like, you know, we're in a regular rotation in my house. You know, we kind of touched on last episode how, you know, as a kid, obviously Lucky Charms, like you, I think you just, they were good, you know, but breaking them down more as an adult,
01:50:11
Speaker
the little, you know, corn pieces were kind of like flavorless, you know, it was really all about the marshmallow experience and the marshmallows really flavored the milk and the whole nine yards. Whereas cookie crisps, every single bite of cookie crisp is so good. You know what I mean? Like you're not getting a bad bite of cookie crisp. Also, both of these have very notorious mascots. You know, you got the leprechaun and you got the dog, you know, cookie crisp. So yeah, I'm going with cookie crisp.
01:50:42
Speaker
Alright Marco, you're up Yeah, if we're going with uh Dang yeah, if we're going with just you know cereal alone I think you have to go
01:50:56
Speaker
They had to go cookie crisp, just like Sheena said. The whole cereal bowl is cookie crisp. There's nothing, no additives. With Lucky Charms, obviously, you have the marshmallow taste, but the actual... I think I've taken this from Jordan. I think he said this on the last episode. If you take the marshmallows out of Lucky Charms, it's just...
01:51:17
Speaker
Kind of like crap cereal. Pretty garbage cereal, yeah. So, yeah, I think it's, I think it's coooky crisp. It's funny that you say that. I'm going to jump in really quickly because all the other treat based cereals, like you have crapped on, you know what I mean? Like anything that was like, it's like, you know, waffle crisp. You're like, Oh no, waffles belong on a plate with a syrup. And then you're like, no, um, rice crispy treats are made with rice krispies and marshmallows in a pan.
01:51:43
Speaker
yet somehow cookie crisp gets a pass. I'm really curious as to why cookies don't belong straight from the oven. You know what I mean? I mean, because they are kind of, you know, they do have kind of like that texture of a cookie that just got out of the oven. Obviously it's not hot, but I'm going up against lucky charms. I mean, I'm not, I mean, it's
01:52:04
Speaker
If you're going against pure cereal, it's cookie crisp is yeah, I feel you. I feel you. I just wanted to know where the hypocrisy was coming from. Yeah, put grill and Marco. I'm totally curious. You know, I voted for cookie. I'm totally, I'm totally team cookie crisp. I hope they take the sweet, but, uh, yeah, it was just funny. It was valid valid question. All right. Lucky's up against the ropes down to Jordan. You're up next.
01:52:33
Speaker
Well, lucky's about to be lights out. I knew that was coming, man. I said this round one and like Marco just said, lucky charms, the cereal itself, it's, it's literally cat food. I mean, it was just, there's, I got nothing positive to say about the actual lucky charms when I was a kid and all I wanted to eat was marshmallows. Yeah, sure. I mean, I love some lucky charms, but I'm a grown adult and I still love cookie crisp to this day, cookie crisp.
01:53:01
Speaker
All right, so Cookie Crisp moves on 3-0. I would also pick Cookie Crisp over Lucky Charms. You know, Jordan, you pretty much nailed it. Lucky Charms cereal kind of sucks. And I'll go as far as to say that I still think it was a complete ripoff that Lucky Charms beat Waffle Crisp in the first round. I think Waffle Crisp is a superior cereal. And I think if you took away, you know, Lucky and all the amazing Lucky Charms commercials from back in the day, I don't think it'd be a contest. So either way, Lucky Charms is out in the second round and Cookie Crisp is moving on to the quarterfinals.
01:53:30
Speaker
Up next we got frosted mini wheats going up against tricks. So frosted mini wheats got here by sweeping kicks three to nothing and tricks got here in a nail biter beating Golden Crisp three to two. We heard Marco Lament about Golden Crisp getting bounced in the first round earlier tonight.
01:53:47
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It's kind of ironic frost may always be kicks now they're going up against tricks. So it's kind of weird how that worked out. I'm up first on this one and I'm going frosted many weeks all the way. Tricks is decent. If you're in a pinch, you know, I need a bowl of tricks, but I can never say that I've like, you know, wanted tricks. I think kind of similar to what she was saying.
01:54:02
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about the hotel bar or the hotel breakfast situation, that's really the times I can remember eating tricks. If it's at somebody's house or whatever, and that's all they got, I'll eat it. But I can never remember reaching for a box of tricks, especially once they switched away from the fruit shapes. I think it had a little bit more charm to it when it had the various shapes.
01:54:20
Speaker
Now that it's just the plain old, you know, globes, I'm not going to say balls, no matter how much you guys want me to. Now that it's just the fruit colored globes, I'm going to pass on it. Frosted mini-wheats is delicious. It's actually, the other thing about frosted mini-wheats, it's half ass good for you. If you look at the nutrition facts, I mean, it's really like shredded wheat with just a little bit of sugar on top of it. So frosted mini-wheats is one of the, you know, the healthier choices you can make for your breakfast if you still want a little bit of sweet stuff in the morning. So I'm going frosted mini-wheats. Marco, you're up next.
01:54:49
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Uh, yeah, I agree with you. I don't, I don't think anyone wants to shovel colorful balls into their mouth. Um, yeah, definitely, definitely, uh, frost of many weeds on this one, uh, mainly because of the, if you see like the box of it now, it actually says like, you're good until, uh, your next meal. And it does actually fill you up. You can eat a bowl of frost. It's full of fiber. Yeah. And you can like eat it in the morning. You're good till lunch. You can eat at lunch and you're good till, till dinnertime and so on and so forth.
01:55:18
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Um, and just, you said you could eat it out of the box. My kids love it. They love eating, uh, for us of any weeds without milk, um, just dry. And it's, it just totally defeats tricks. That's all it's. There's nothing else to say about that. All right, you're up.
01:55:35
Speaker
The silly rabbit is stumbling. Is he going to be able to kick out at two? Poor silly rabbit. Um, yeah, I agree with Seth. The tricks were way better when, you know, in like the nineties when they had the, uh, all the fruit shapes and everything, and they could just pack them full of as much food dye as possible because that was like just a thing of the nineties or, you know, I would hate to see like all the kids of the nineties.
01:55:55
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like insides were probably like rainbow on the inside because of all the food dye. I mean, I literally had like purple ketchup. You guys remember like, you know, like colored ketchups? Like that's disgusting. Like why do we think that was a cool thing to have? But I got, I told you guys how much I love frosted mini wheats in the first round. I love all the like haystack type of cereals, you know? And then when you put sugar on top of a haystack flavored,
01:56:20
Speaker
haystack textured cereal. Um, I'm, I'm totally here for it. So yeah. And I think tricks, they kind of have a little bit of like a, like an aftertaste. You know what I mean? Like you get, you get that fruity like hit on the front and then it's kind of just like, you know, after you're done. So yeah, I'm going frosted mini weights all the way. All right. So frosted mini weights is moving on to the quarter finals three to nothing.
01:56:58
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Oh baby, when you hear that Ron Burgundy jazz flute kickin', you know what time it is. That's right, even on serial wars, we're takin' a beverage break. Marco, tell us what you're sippin' on tonight. Oh, of course, it's 316 day as we're recording this. Oh, hell yeah. It's March 16th, 2021, and yeah, also gonna go brewing. Gotta drink that Broken Skull IPA on that day. There's no other beer you should be drinking. And if you are here, you might have to get a butthole soft.
01:57:27
Speaker
in your ass, I guess. Don't remind us. Yeah, we wish we were drinking. Yeah. IPA. You're also gonna get dropped on that sack of dimes you call a neck too. That's what a song call would say anyway. But yeah, sipping on that. Can't go wrong. Jordan, what are you drinking?
01:57:47
Speaker
So in honor of old school Steve Austin, I started off with a couple of Steve Wisers tonight. I did. But I have since moved on to a hazy pale ale by the name of noob. It's a gamer inspired beer. It's out of Lafayette, Colorado. It's really good. I mean, what's the brewery? It is our odd 13 brewing.
01:58:14
Speaker
Nice. All right. Sheena, you want to tell them what we're drinking tonight? Yeah. So we are drinking, um, it's by smart mouth brewing company, which is a local, uh, brewing company here in Norfolk. Uh, it's called Saturday morning and it's, you know, we're going to pour a little bit out right now for our good buddy, lucky to just got bounced. So, um, this is a lucky charms inspired cereal. It's a marshmallow India pale ale.
01:58:36
Speaker
And, um, it's, yeah, the tagline is nostalgically ridiculous. Um, yeah. And on the ingredients list, you know, it's got marshmallows, sunshine, happiness, rainbows. Yeah. And so the, and the can is, you know, green and it's got the, you know, the big yellow letters, like lucky charms, got a little rainbow shapes. Yeah. All the marshmallows and everything. So it's actually perfect for, uh, for this episode.
01:58:59
Speaker
Yeah, it's perfect for this episode, his cereal inspired beer, but yeah, you would think by it being a marshmallow IPA, it would be super ridiculously sweet, but it's really freaking delicious. Yeah, me and Sheena even wanted to try this, so I picked this up at Harris Teeter last week and we were waiting for this episode to try it, so we'll do a live review. What are your thoughts on it, Sheena?
01:59:20
Speaker
Oh, it's just like, it's just smooth. It's not like really bitter. Um, it's really easy to drink it. I mean, it definitely tastes fruity. I mean, I don't know. I haven't like, you know, read the, uh, well, what do you call those nerdy reviews that we always read? Yeah. The beer advocate reviews. I haven't read the beer advocate review of it, but yeah.
01:59:35
Speaker
It is. It's not overwhelming. Like I was, I was kind of bracing for shock because some of these IPAs that really get out there in the flavor wise, they can just really go off the rails, you know, going too hard. Like I didn't know what it's going to be like, but it's honestly, it's like a smooth IPA with like just a little bit of creaminess to it. It's not, it's not going too hard to try to taste like, uh, like Lucky Charms, you know? Yeah.
01:59:57
Speaker
Did you know that beer was out when you went to the liquor store? No, I didn't. I was at the grocery store getting stuff for taco night, man. Yeah, it's random. It was on one of the end caps. At our Harris Teeter, they got a local beer.
02:00:13
Speaker
section and it was right there at the end. And then once I got looking, I found out that this beer has been like really hyped up. They've actually been promoting it for a bunch of months. People have been really anticipating it. And so I don't know, I think it's, I think some people are going to kind of be let down because I think there's going to be people that get this and expect it to taste like a bowl of Lucky Charms with a little bit of alcohol to it. It's definitely not that it's, they showed some restraint on this thing, but it's, it's good. You know, I'm looking for, we got a four pack and I'm looking forward to cracking open the second one and drinking it as we, as we finished off this tournament tonight.
02:00:41
Speaker
Yeah. Shout out to Smart Mouth Brewing Company. Like I said, they're here local in Norfolk, Virginia, and I've had several of their beers now, and I've been impressed with everything that I've had from them. Oh, yeah. So yeah, they got good stuff, man. Definitely. Definitely. All right, let's get back into it.
02:00:59
Speaker
Up next we got corn pops going up against cocoa pebbles. So both of these cereals Scratched and fought their way into the second round corn pops beat Chris Bix 3 to 2 and cocoa pebbles beat life 3 to 2. So hmm interesting matchups Marco Europe first corn pops versus cocoa pebbles All right. Yeah, this one's this one's actually really really tough because I do love corn pops
02:01:27
Speaker
Um, and I do love cocoa pebbles, but I'm gonna have to go by the texture and the, uh, the, the lasting ability and milk on this one just to separate the two. Cause we already kind of have the, um, you've had the chocolate milk taste and all that stuff. So you can't really go by the milk, the milk tastes on these. Uh, I'll probably be the only one that picks us, but I'm going to go with corn pops. Okay. It has a soft spot with me for some reason that I can't like.
02:01:56
Speaker
put my finger on just yet. I'll probably think of it later on, but I just, I love corn pops. I could taste it right now if I could, but yeah, corn pops for me. All right. Marco's got to have his pops. Sheena, you're up next. Corn pops versus cocoa pebbles.
02:02:13
Speaker
All right. I am rolling with the Flintstones on this one. I'm going Cocoa Pebbles. I love all pebble varieties. I think they're just delicious. They do get soggy super quick, which I'm not a fan of because I like crunchy cereal, but my tactic has always been to just add just a little milk. You know, if you need a little bit more, you can always add a little bit more, but don't drown these things.
02:02:33
Speaker
in milk and just kind of put a little bit on there and eat it as you go. But yeah, got to go with cocoa pebbles because they're just chocolatey. They're delicious and the perfect texture. I mean, I could eat a whole box of cocoa pebbles like in one day.
02:02:48
Speaker
Alright, so I'm up next for me. I think Coco pebbles ranks number two out of the, uh, the big three of the, the Coco cereal syndicate. We'll get to number one here in a bit, but Coco pebbles, you know, they aren't number one for me. If I, if I want a Coco cereal, there's something else I'm reaching for. And for that reason, I'm going to corn pops. I love corn pops. You know, if you listen to part one, we played the iconic old, uh,
02:03:11
Speaker
90s and 80s commercials where you got to have your pops. And it's true, those things were addictive, man. They went down, they were still light. It was kind of like a big cereal, the big round little corn nuggets or whatever you call it. What would you even call those things, Jordan? You're a resident corn expert.
02:03:26
Speaker
I would call them delicious pieces of corn kernel. Yeah, I like it. Yeah, those big delicious pieces of corn kernel, they went down easy. I feel like I could eat like three standard sized bowls of that and still come back for more. So for me, yeah, it's a pretty easy pick. I'm going corn pops over cocoa pebbles. So that puts corn pops up two to one. Jordan, you're up next.
02:03:48
Speaker
All right, guys. So after we recorded last time between then and now, I did a little bit of field research on the skills I hadn't had in a while. So I bought some corn pops and I actually bought some cocoa pebbles to prepare for this matchup.
02:04:05
Speaker
Oh wow. Because one thing that struck me and I kind of forgot about it was the film that corn pops do leave on the roof of your mouth after you eat it. I said that last episode, I said they leave a film in your mouth.
02:04:19
Speaker
That's right. You didn't say that. Oh, my God. There's a film in your mouth. Yeah. So all right. So the cocoa pebbles, like Sheena said, they do get soggy really quick if you use too much milk. So but the feeling of your mouth after eating corn pops is not great. I'm going to go cocoa pebbles based on that alone.
02:04:46
Speaker
All right, so that puts it two to two. So Sheena, you dialing up a flash pole right now? Yeah, I'm putting it out to the Foley fam. All right, let's see what we got here. All right, I'm setting up the timer right now. Five minutes, we'll get the final results. So Cocoa Pebbles and Corn Pops, that's our first second round matchup that's going to overtime. Up next.
02:05:14
Speaker
We got two cans Sam going up against snap crackling pops fruit loops against Coco Krispies I'm up first in this one as I alluded to in the last matchup I think that Coco Pebbles are the number one out of the the Coco Pebbles Coco Krispies and Coco puffs death triangle the Krispies just they hold their texture the best you know they really do snap crackling pop all the way to the last bite and
02:05:38
Speaker
and the milk is excellent. So for me, this one's pretty easy. I do like Fruit Loops. They are pretty tasty, but if I can only pick one, I'm going with Cocoa Krispies on this one. Marco, you're up next. Dang. They're getting tough. There's really no easy matchups left, man. It's going to be a dog fight the rest of the way out. Yeah. This one is another tough one, but another Cocoa.
02:06:07
Speaker
based cereal, one after another. All three made it to, all three Cocos made it to the second round. Yeah, what the heck were we thinking? I think, yeah, I think something, I think there's something that was actually food-based that I picked Cocoa Krispies over, but I'm gonna, with this one, I think I'm gonna go Fruit Loops over Cocoa Krispies.
02:06:32
Speaker
Toucan over the over the the brothers brothers. Yeah, crispy brothers. Yeah, I don't know if they're brothers or just friends man No, they gotta be brothers see I'm gonna I'm gonna do a quick Wikipedia search and because they're definitely brothers Yeah, get back to a Cena with a quick like 90 second history on snap crackling pop Yeah in the meantime Jordan Europe tied up one-to-one between fruit loops and cocoa Krispies. I
02:06:56
Speaker
Alright, so as I said in the first round, Froot Loops definitely are not my favorite. And I do love chocolate cereal just because of the milk taste afterwards. I know we just did cocoa pebbles, but these are definitely different like the shape of them, the texture, everything's different. So for this one, I'm going to go with cocoa crispies.
02:07:19
Speaker
Okay, Cocoa Crispies up two to one. Quickly, I forgot to do the brief recap how we had Fruit Loops got here by beating Count Chocula three to one. Again, Sheena mentioned how tore up she is still about that one. And Cocoa Crispies rolled over the the Senior Citizens Cereal of Choice Raisin Bran three to one. So that's how they both got here. Cocoa Crispies is up two one over Fruit Loops. Sheena, you're up next.
02:07:43
Speaker
Okay, so I agree with everything that you guys said about Cocoa Krispies. They definitely, it's a totally different cereal. I mean, as similar as they are to Cocoa Pebbles, you know, it's just like small chocolate cereal. It's a totally different texture, totally different experience. They are delicious.
02:08:01
Speaker
But I'm going to have to go with Toucan Sam and Fruit Loops because I love Fruit Loops. Um, I just think they're delicious. They're fruity. That's not like tricks where they leave you that like funky aftertaste in your mouth. Like it's perfectly fresh. Um, perfectly sweetened. I, I'm here for Fruit Loops all day long. All right. So.
02:08:24
Speaker
That's another one going to OT. We're tied up two to two between Fruit Loops and Cocoa Crispies. I told you guys, there's no gimmies left in this tournament. It's nothing but heavy hitters left. So Fruit Loops and Cocoa Crispies, Shane, you getting the live poll going?
02:08:36
Speaker
Yeah, I'm about to put it up. I did look up Snap Crackle and Pop. They are just elves. It doesn't make any mention to what their actual relation is. I think they're just little mischievous little just elves. Maybe they're just friends. In 2021, we can't rule out that it's romantic. Three dudes sitting around in basically a milk jacuzzi for the greater part of their adult lives.
02:09:02
Speaker
It's got to be something going on there milk jacuzzi has sounds amazing. That would be so good for your skin That's why they've never aged, you know, that's what would be better with the with the regular rice krispies or with the cocoa
02:09:15
Speaker
Oh, coke, cocoa, you could like, you could like dip down and like drink the milk out of your own bath water, you know what I mean? Oh, wow. Wow. No, too far. That's disgusting. Listen, I would get a straw in that bitch. I'd be bubbling, I'd just be like. She's doing milk bubbles? Yeah. Okay, calm down folks, calm down. Y'all can hate all you want. You know you'd be doing it too.
02:09:45
Speaker
Uh-oh, it's time, Sheen. What are the results of corn pops versus cocoa pebbles? What did the Foley fam say? Oh, God. Well, I'm just now freaking putting up the other poll. Let me check. Okay, so it looks like, oh my God, it is a barn burner. I feel like we should give it like 30 more seconds. Let me do one more refresh.
02:10:06
Speaker
All right. It looks like Corn Pops is taking the win over Kogel Pebbles. Wow. I did not see that one coming. That's a surprise to me.
02:10:19
Speaker
Corn Pops is now, they're going to the quarter finals. Both of their first team match ups have been three to two victories. The Foley fam is supporting Corn Pops big time. They've got them into the Elite Eight. All right, so we got a flash pole going now on Fruit Loops versus Cocoa Krispies. All right, I'm getting it up right now. So start the timer actually right now because I had to go back and look at that one. So start it right now and I'm going to give the Foley fam some time to weigh in on this.
02:10:47
Speaker
All right, so we've got five minutes going on Fruit Loops versus Cocoa Crispies. And in the meantime, we will move on to the next matchup. All right, Snap, Crackle and Pop are making their second entry in the second round. They're going up against that fucking bee, Honey Nut Cheerios. You're up first, Rice Crispies versus Honey Nut Cheerios.
02:11:13
Speaker
So, um, you guys know how much I love that effing bee. Um, I think he did honeymoon Cheerios again with the, with the, you know, round the round circles, cereal. I love the whole, um, it is. Who doesn't.
02:11:32
Speaker
Rice Krispies are delicious, but as we talked about before, you have to add so much sugar to make them the way that they should be, delicious. You have that sugar milk in the bottom, and I'm totally here for that. But Honey Nut Cheerios are good on their own. You can literally eat them dry, you can eat them with milk, you can turn them into cereal bars, you can make Cheerio treats like I talked about earlier. Busbee, I don't know that I would say Busbee is more popular than Snap Crackle Pop.
02:12:01
Speaker
But I'm all about saving the bees bees are very important to the environment So I'm gonna go with honey net Cheerios
02:12:11
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. Fuck that B. This, he has, he doesn't even belong here. This is, you know, if you look at the 16 cereals that are in, um, round two, there's, this is definitely like one of those, one of these things is not like the other puzzles and it's definitely honey nut Cheerios because the rest of these cereals are all pretty delicious and Cheerios just suck. So I'm going Rice Krispies, two tablespoons full of sugar, top it off with milk, easy win. Rice Krispies for me all the way and Jordan, you're up next.
02:12:39
Speaker
Alright, so I said it last time. I'm gonna say it again. Cheerios belong in a toilet bowl. And I don't care if you have to sugar the shit out of Rice Krispies. There's nothing you could do to a Cheerio that's gonna make it seem like a better cereal to me. Honey Nut Cheerios got the Meredith Palmer pity sex vote last time. It better not happen again. Rice Krispies.
02:13:09
Speaker
All right, Marco, you're up. Yeah, I mean, you guys know my stance with this one. It's Honey Nut Cheerios. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, it's gonna be two-two. Here's the thing. Let's remove the sugar. Sugar does not come in. Oh, my God. You can't talk about the things you add to it, yeah. That should not be a point of, you know, competition. Exactly.
02:13:34
Speaker
Yeah. So if you take rice crispy treats and you put it against a sweet honey nut cereal, it loses. There's no other, even if it's Cheerios or not, if you take a honey nut cereal and put it against rice Krispies, they stay crunchy longer. Yeah. Yeah. It stays crunchy longer. It doesn't yet. I mean, you have to add things to rice Krispies to make it taste
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02:13:55
Speaker
good. So, um, honey nut Cheerios, it is.
02:13:59
Speaker
You guys are ridiculous, man. So Foley fam, if you're ever, you know, at the next WrestleMania, we're all out when we're splitting up and you get me and Jordan going off to breakfast in one direction and Sheena and Marco going off the other. You guys know where to roll to, you know, me and Jordan. Me and Marco. We're going to be having some breakfast screwdrivers, pounding back some delicious cereal, some awesome, you know, a really awesome meal. And Sheena and Marco are going to be eating Cheerios, man. And Raisin Brand. And Raisin Brand, too. We're going to be eating Raisin Brand and Honey Nut Cheerios.
02:14:28
Speaker
They're going to be having some Sheena's world famous honey and that Cheerio bars. Yeah. I'm going to make raisin brand. Like we can, I'm sure the hotel we stay at is going to have like the breakfast bar so we can get some yogurt and we can sprinkle the raisin brand over top of it. You know, like a, like a granola. It's going to be amazing. You know, you want to roll with us.
02:14:51
Speaker
All right, Sheena, it's time to get the result. Fruit Loops versus Cocoa Krispies. What did the Foley fam go with? All right. It looks like it was a pretty definitive win for Toucan Sam. Fruit Loops are taking the victory. Oh my goodness. All right. And go ahead and get us a flash pole goal in for Rice Krispies versus Honey Nut Cheerios. I got one.
02:15:11
Speaker
All right, so just to recap again. Sorry, you guys can tell the IPA is kicking in. I've been leaving out the recaps Rice Krispies. They defeated Oreos three to one. That was another Jordan addition to the tournament and then Honey Nut Cheerios again in the biggest travesty of the first round. They beat Rice Krispie three three to two. So they are going to overtime right now. She's getting the flash pole set up. Let me get Fruit Loops into the quarterfinals.
02:15:38
Speaker
Fruit Loops is going to be facing Apple Jacks there in the Elite Eight. All right, so let's get on. I feel like we need to give these matchups longer on the Flash Pools, because now Cocoa Pebbles is dog walking corn pops now. Yeah, I just saw that too, Jordan. It is making a comeback, dude. Everybody is rallying behind Cocoa Pebbles. They are pissed at the Flintstones, got kicked out. It's like the election, all the mail-in votes are going in now, dude. Yeah. Yes.
02:16:03
Speaker
Steal it votes, they're stealing it, they're stealing this election right now. Stop the steal on Cocoa Pebbles. Stop the steal. Stop the steal.
02:16:13
Speaker
Alright, let's move on. This is the last matchup of the second round. Alright, we got Fruity Pebbles going up against Frosted Flakes. So both of these heroes came in on a clean sweep. Fruity Pebbles, Waxed, French Toast Crunch, 3-0. And Frosted Flakes beat Captain Crunch, 3-0. So now we got Fruity Pebbles and Frosted Flakes going one on one. Jordan, you're up first. Man, what a tough matchup this one is.
02:16:42
Speaker
I don't know if you're being sarcastic, but I really do think this is a tough matchup. No, I'm not being sarcastic at all. I like both these cereals a lot. Man, Tony the Tiger was a staple of our childhood, guys. Stood. Straight stud. Man. He was great. There is fruity pebbles and damn do I love me some Flintstones.
02:17:05
Speaker
I have to go frosted flakes on this. Like I'm not going to go over the whole taste thing. It's just, I like frosted flakes so much. And like I said, man, this was so such a big part of my childhood that I don't think I can go against frosted flakes.
02:17:20
Speaker
Yeah, they're an iconic American cereal, you know, they're definitely in the, you can make a case regardless of how much you like them, they could be on the Mount Rushmore of American cereals, and especially Tony the Tiger, you know, I mean, he's one of the most iconic characters ever. So nothing wrong with that one. You really can't go wrong with either one of these choices. Marco, you're up next.
02:17:38
Speaker
Um, yeah, I'm gonna piggyback off of Jordan and go with our Frosted Flakes. It's 20 of the Tigers. He's at a staple, staple of our childhood. The cereal is great. Um, I'd be hard pressed to think, I'm not even sure anything's going to beat Frosted Flakes on this tournament. I might, that might be the winner. I'm gonna, I'm gonna do an early prediction and say, Frosted Flakes is up there and probably winning this whole thing. You're doing an American Idol audition. You could win this thing. You could, you could, Tony's Tiger could win this thing. I mean, it's, I mean, it's.
02:18:08
Speaker
I can't even say anymore. It's a great cereal. There's nothing else you can say about it. All right, Sheena, you're up. Yeah. Again, like Jordan and Marco, I love both these cereals. Fruity Pebbles next to Fruit Loops is probably my second favorite fruity cereal. Like I said, I love all the Pebbles varieties, but there's just something iconic about Frosted Flakes. Like I told you before, I've eaten
02:18:34
Speaker
every knockoff of Frosted Flakes and they're all freaking delicious. I can't say that about Fruity Pebbles, but literally, it doesn't matter if they're just like Sugar Flakes or whatever Walmart Great Value brand there is, Frosted Flakes always come through. As much as I love Crunchy Cereal, I even like Frosted Flakes when they're a little bit soggy, when they're just kind of like limp and wet. Oh my God.
02:19:10
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I'm going with Tony because it is great.
02:19:17
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All right, so that's Tony the Tiger going over in a clean sweep. So he's had a clean run to the quarter finals now because they beat Captain Crunch 3-0 in the first round. Fruity Pebbles, again, they had the clean sweep in the first round against French Toast Crunch, but now they're gone. So Frosted Flakes moves on. So we need to buy it a little bit of time while we wait on overtime to wrap up between Rice Krispies and Honey Nut Cheerios. So we're going to do a little bonus round. Jordan, tell me what is your favorite non-cereal breakfast item? Wow.
02:19:45
Speaker
going to put me on the spot, Seth. My favorite non-cereal breakfast item. Man, this is a tough one because I do love me some breakfast food. Your boy at big dude season over here can put down some breakfast food. We got an awesome biscuit place here. What's the question? The handsome biscuit? Yeah, it's right. So yeah, when you come back out for double or nothing, we'll definitely go get us some badass breakfast over there. But yeah, favorite non-cereal breakfast item.
02:20:14
Speaker
All right. I'm going to go pancakes. Can I go wrong with pancakes, dude? It's a big fluffy stack of pancakes, nothing better. Do you go some fruit and chocolate chips or just straight pancakes and maple syrup? Just straight pancakes and maple syrup. You got to have a side of bacon with that. I mean, obviously. Clearly. If we're doing it all up, we're going to have everything. Yeah.
02:20:37
Speaker
Did you say the name of that place was the handsome biscuit? The handsome biscuit. That definitely sounds like something else. It doesn't sound like a place you'd get breakfast. It sounds like somewhere you'd pick up a lady. What's your favorite non-breakfast or not surreal breakfast time?
02:20:56
Speaker
So I too like pancakes, but I'm gonna have to go with biscuits and white gravy, like sausage gravy, biscuits and gravy. Oh my God, I just love it so much. A big fluffy biscuit just cracked open with sausage gravy poured on top of it and then a side of bacon. My mom has run restaurants for as long as I can remember and they're all like meat and three like diner style. So I'm very, very fond of like diner style breakfasts and man, biscuit and gravy hits me right in the field spot.
02:21:25
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. Marco, how about you? What's your favorite? Oh man. So many. I do love it. I do have a good waffle. Nice little waffles and butter and maple syrup. And you can actually go without baking with that too as well. Or turkey bacon. Or chicken. Or chicken. It would go with that too. Oh my God. Chicken and waffles is so damn good. Oh my God. So sweet. All the cavities. You need that? Definitely.
02:21:54
Speaker
What about you, Sethie? What do you like? I'm going hash browns, man. I love some good waffle-style, scattered-style hash browns, because they're so tricky to get right. I've had a lot of crappy hash browns in my day, but some good hash browns with some cheese, maybe some country ham cut up in it, just excellent. How do we feel about corned beef hash? How do we feel about that, everyone? We don't.
02:22:16
Speaker
Oh, I feel good about it, Marco. Jordan likes anything with corn in it, so. Yeah. You gotta kind of discount his opinion on it. You don't like corn? What about you, Sheena? What are you... Oh, yeah. I'm here for it. I'm here for all the breakfast things. You can't turn me away from breakfast food. I mean, I really don't know what there is out there that I wouldn't be like, okay, cool. I'm down. Yeah, exactly.
02:22:35
Speaker
That was a gripe against a corn beef hash. I don't know. I don't really get it. He normally likes processed meats like that. Yeah. I just feel like if we're going to do that, just give me some spam, man, which kicking back to my Hawaii roots. Yeah. Spam with sous vide. That's another excellent breakfast option. Or that's really like any time of day type option though. Yeah. What was the spam and rice? What was it called in Hawaii? I forget. The local moko.
02:23:03
Speaker
Yeah, so there's a Hawaiian. So yeah, like Sheena mentioned, her mom owns her own restaurant. We've been trying to tell her to get her to bring this dish because I think it'd be a hit here in the States. So I have not seen it done anywhere in the state. So it's called Loco Moco. Basically, it's a bed of like breakfast fried rice. So you have fried rice, maybe like some chopped onion and spam and a little bit of bacon and stuff in there, some peas. And then you have a hamburger patty and then a fried egg.
02:23:28
Speaker
Yeah, a fried egg like over easy. It's like, you know, fried soft. And and then you dump brown gravy all over the top of it. And it's just, it's freaking amazing. That's like the base mocha local. There's like, you know, 100 different. Yeah, it is the absolute perfect hangover food. There's none better like a night of hard drinking. There was a place I think it was called like the 49er.
02:23:51
Speaker
Well, they're 49er, but I was thinking of the one that was in that shopping center bar house. I think it was like the Honolulu pancake company, something like that. Yeah, the pancake company, yeah. And yeah, that night of hard drinking, I'd go over there, get takeout for the whole family, and bring it home, and just go to town on that thing, and you're good to go. It's soaking up like every toxin in your body, and you're all set for a Saturday.
02:24:12
Speaker
All right, Shane, give us the results of Rice Krispies versus Honey Nut Cheerios. All right, Foley fam, I am proud to announce that Buzz, me, and his Honey Nut Hoops are going to the next round.
02:24:28
Speaker
I'm having flashbacks to survivor shooters 98 when the rock, you know, was mysteriously advancing to the finals on all these, you know, seemingly like fluke victories and stuff. Um, I, I think there's foul play. There's a conspiracy afoot. I don't know how buzz is in the final eight hashtag save the bees. I feel like that should be our next t-shirt. We need, we need to save the bees. How does this Dickhead keep dodging the flyswatter?
02:24:53
Speaker
All right, so we're down to the final eight. I'm just I'm looking at this bracket right now because I'm updating it live on my phone as we go. And with the exception of buzz to be, we got some straight heavyweight matchups to go. You guys ready to kick off the quarterfinals? Yeah, throw. All right, let's get to it.
02:25:13
Speaker
First up, we got Cinnamon Toast Crunch going against Corn Pops. Cinnamon Toast Crunch has an unblemished record. This is the tale of two fighters. So Cinnamon Toast Crunch has been on easy street. They dropped shredded wheat 3-0 in like a 30 second squash match. And then Cocoa Puffs came in fighting, but they got rid of them easily also. It was like Brock Lesnar on Kofi Kingston. Cocoa Puffs came in hard and Cinnamon Toast Crunch hit the F5 and dropped them. They're rolling in with a 6-0 record so far.
02:25:41
Speaker
up against Corn Pops who is straight up battle tested. Corn Pops, they survived a grueling fight with Crispix, three to two, and then they barely outlasted Cocoa Pebbles, three to two. So Corn Pops has gotten taken to the limit in both of its matchups. And now it's going up against Cinnamon Toast Crunch. And Jordan's up first. What's your pick? Cinnamon Toast Crunch versus Corn Pops. All right, so
02:26:05
Speaker
We got cinnamon toast crunch, my king against corn pops that leaves a film in your mouth after you're done eating it. I mean, I don't really need to justify this one too much. I don't think I'm going cinnamon toast crunch. Like everything I said the last time, it still applies here. Just the milk afterwards, the cereal, it's just cinnamon toast crunch is goated.
02:26:30
Speaker
All right, up next is Marco. Yeah, that's another hard one. That's what she said. Yeah, cinnamon toast crunch, I think, over the pops, I mean.
02:26:50
Speaker
There's nothing wrong with eating something and, you know, leaving film in your mouth, but it's definitely, uh, but, uh, it's, it's, it's a, it's a, say you could eat it dry. We went through this, you can eat it dry. You can, you know, with the milk, the cinnamon milk leftover is phenomenal. You could probably box it up and sell it as actual milk and people would use it with other cereals that they could, um,
02:27:15
Speaker
Yeah, cinnamon toast crunch is my pick. All right, Sheena, you're up. Yeah, I'm going to go just clean sweep. It's got to be cinnamon toast crunch, because yeah, like I said, I'm not here to step on anybody's kink, but I think eating something that leaves a film in your mouth is definitely not for me. And I'm here for cinnamon toast crunch all day, every day.
02:27:38
Speaker
Yeah, Corn Pops, you know, that's it. Cinnamon Toast Crunch is going to the semi-finals. I won't throw my vote out also. Corn Pops, you had a good run, but Cinnamon Toast Crunch is, you know, it's that shit. So Cinnamon Toast Crunch moves to the final four with that unblemished record. They are 9-0 now so far in the booty-o's invitational.
02:28:00
Speaker
All right, up next we got, this one's going to be a tough one for Sheena. This is two whole oriented cereals. Okay. Sheena loves them all. I love the whole. Where you got Apple Jacks going up against Fruit Loops. This is a real good matchup. Oh my God. This is like my nightmare. Again, I think, you know, Jordan, you can co-sign me on this. We're taking a shit on Cheerios. I think this is probably the two best whole, you know, whole shaped cereals there are.
02:28:29
Speaker
Oh my gosh. Let's recap. Apple Jacks beat cinnamon mini buns in a 3.0 sweep in round one. And then they took out golden grams in three to one in round two. Fruit Loops is a little bit tougher route. They beat Count Chocula three to one in round one. And then with the OT, winning three to two against Cocoa Crispies in round two. So Apple Jacks versus Fruit Loops and Marco, you're up first. Oh man. This is really a tough one.
02:28:59
Speaker
I'm going with Apple Jacks over. In fact, to pick a whole base cereal. I'm so nervous. It's going to be Apple Jacks. I mean, I do.
02:29:07
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, just thinking of the taste and even that kind of leaves like the milk has kind of like a taste to it after Apple Jack's there. You finish with them in the bowl and stuff like that. Both make amazing milk. Apple Jack's and Fruit Loops both have sweet, delicious knickers to God waiting for you in the bowl. Yeah, I'm just thinking of that iconic green box, man.
02:29:31
Speaker
It's, you know, that's seared in your nostalgia. It's ingrained in my memory forever. Yeah. Apple Jackson is.
02:29:40
Speaker
Yeah, I like Fruit Loops. They're delicious. But Apple Jacks, I'm gonna give them props. You know, like cinnamon apple is a tough flavor to kind of recreate artificially, but they really do it. You know, it's sweet without being too sweet. Shout out to the NWO. But I'm going Apple Jacks, you know. Again, it's too great cereal, so no shame on toucan sand, but they're coming up just a little bit short. If I got two sets of holes in front of me, I'm leaning towards Apple Jacks. Oh. Yeah, of course. All right, Jordan, you're up. Apple Jacks is up 2-0.
02:30:09
Speaker
All right. So as I've stated numerous times, I did not vote for fruit loops in any of the rounds so far. So obviously I'm not a huge fruit looper. Um, I don't mind Apple Jacks. It's just, like I said, it's not my favorite. Um, so with such suspense on this, I will go Apple Jacks.
02:30:35
Speaker
So that's putting Apple Jacks into the semifinals in a clean sweep. Sheena, what was your pick going to be? I mean, listen, I love both these cereals. They're both equally delicious.
02:30:48
Speaker
My favorite whole is Fruit Loops. I love it so much. I love Toucan Sam. I love all the multicolored cereal. It's just my favorite. And like I said, I've eaten various varieties of it as well. Same as Frosted Flakes, even the generic varieties taste good.
02:31:06
Speaker
I'm very sad for, I feel like we need to grieve our good buddy, Toucan Sam, because I'm sad he's not making it to the net. He had a hell of a showing. Like I said, anybody that's going out right now, they're in the final eight of the greatest heroes of all time. And I hope it's coming through on the podcast. We've put a lot of thought into this. This isn't like we're just flipping a coin and calling a cereal. We're all putting a lot of thought into this. And so no shame on being one of the last eight in the tournament. But yeah, Toucan Sam,
02:31:34
Speaker
Uh, you know, farewell, we wish you the best in your future endeavors. Yeah. Cause this was just straight up like favorite because both of these cereals have the same shape, same texture, same, you know, like same all, all around except for their flavor match up. This is like, you know, this is like Seth Rollins or Kenny Omega. Yeah. There's nothing that really differentiates these two cereals other than just, you know, the different flavor profiles. But yeah, just, I felt like Toucan Sam was just such a more iconic character than, uh, you know, I don't even think Applejack's had a mascot, do they?
02:32:03
Speaker
No, they didn't. It was just, they didn't need one. They didn't have a tagline either, did they? No. They didn't need one again. No, apparently. Sheena, I'm going to give you some advice, okay? Okay. Somebody gave me this advice in high school. It's time for you to find another hole. Yeah. Great advice, by the way.
02:32:23
Speaker
All right, on that note. That's our next t-shirt. Let's move on to our next match. We got Cookie Crisp going up against the number one heel of the tournament.
02:32:37
Speaker
the freaking buzz the B. Oh shit. That's buzz the B coming down to the ring. How did we get cookie crisp up against freaking buzz B? Oh my gosh. So let's recap. Cookie crisp is a perfect six and O right now. They swept Reese's puffs three to O in the first round and then they took out the mighty, mighty lucky.
02:33:01
Speaker
Lucky's Charms 3-0 in the second round. Honey Nut Cheerios, meanwhile, has had two controversial, highly, highly controversial victories. We got to check Facebook. We think Cambridge Analytica may be afoot. They hacked the 2016 election. They may have hacked the Budios Invitational somehow via online voting. Honey Nut Cheerios beat Rice Krispy Treats.
02:33:25
Speaker
three to two and then beat Rice Krispies three to two so buzz the B has been just wax and snap crackle and pop all the way to the quarterfinals. It's Cookie Crisp versus Honey Nut Cheerios. I'm up first. You know, I really don't think I need to elaborate. I'm going Cookie Crisp all the way. Up next is Sheena.
02:33:42
Speaker
Okay. So this is, I thought the last matchup was going to be really hard because I love both those cereals, but man, I didn't realize that it was coming down to cookie crisp and honey nut Cheerios. I was hoping that, um, Buzzbee was going to have an easier path to the semi-finals. Um, Oh crap. Okay. Do I, do I stand, do I stand on my honey nut mountain or do I, um,
02:34:13
Speaker
Okay. This is rough, man. So in true Seth Rollins fashion, I am about to hit Busby in the back of the freaking, in the back with a steel chair. Busby, I'm sorry. I didn't sell out and I bought in, but I gotta go. I gotta go look at Chris, dude.
02:34:38
Speaker
It's just, you brought, you brought, you brought buzz to the prom and you left them for another dude. You know, it's just, it, it, it breaks my heart to do that because I do love honey nut Cheerios so much. And I would actually still eat honey nut Cheerios as an adult. Whereas like, I haven't bought like sugar cereal.
02:34:54
Speaker
I can't even remember the last time I bought actual delicious sugar cereal about all the organic sprouted BS. But yeah, this one hurts because both are great. But if I was really being honest with myself, if I was just going to binge out and have a moment, I would definitely take cookie crisp over Honey Nut Cheerios.
02:35:16
Speaker
All right. So cookie Chris was up to Jordan, put this B out of its misery. All right. So me and Seth were swinging a fly swatter in the first two rounds. So I decided I was just going to go all out. I had Elon Musk, ship me one of his flamethrowers overnighted. I'm about to fucking destroy this B right now. Blow towards the B we're going cookie crisp.
02:35:47
Speaker
I feel so bad. I feel so guilty. Honey Nut Cheerios is gone. Cookie Crisp is in the final four. Marco, just for shits and gigs, what would you have chosen for Cookie Crisp versus Honey Cheerios? I don't even know after all those arguments.
02:36:06
Speaker
I don't even know. Honey Nut Cheerios was such a controversial pick going through, you know? Honey Nut Cheerios is delicious. It was not controversial. If we were doing this interview with anybody but you and Jordan, it would have been like, dude, the Foley fam loves Honey Nut Cheerios. That poll is still blowing up right now.
02:36:25
Speaker
Yeah. It's still crushing Rice Krispie treats or Rice Krispies. Yeah. I'd probably go hashtag save the bees. So just go with. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you for your dignity, Marco. Just a guy on the hill. Yeah. You're, you're dying up on Bee Mountain. In the hive. Yeah, you're in the hive. All right. It's time for the frosted bowl.
02:36:49
Speaker
We got frosted mini wheat going up against frosted flakes. Both of these are coming in. These are two titans, two absolute titans tearing each other down. We got Tony the Tiger going up against
02:37:05
Speaker
you know, four frosted mini wheat standing on each other's shoulders. So frosted mini wheats, they took out the kicks and tricks connection, 3-0 in both rounds. Whereas frosted flakes took out Captain Crunch in the main event of part one of bootyos, 3-0. And then he beat Fred and Barney, the fruity pebbles, 3-0 in the second round. Frosted flakes versus frosted mini wheats and Sheena, you're up first.
02:37:31
Speaker
God, this is ridiculous, dude. Okay, so these last three matches have been very hard on me emotionally because I love both of these two. Again, both of these cereals are delicious. They're sugar-coated. And like I said before, frosted mini-weeds, they're even good when they're soggy, too. You know what I mean? I don't like soggy cereal, but I can eat soggy frosted flakes and I can eat soggy
02:37:59
Speaker
uh, mini wheats and dude, I'm, I'm, I'm rolling with Tony, dude. I'm going with, I'm going with frosted flakes. Wow. So for me, I talked about it on part one. I love frosted flakes. They hit me right in the nostalgia feel spot because that was just the cereal that was always at my grandma's house. I spent a lot of time staying with my, my grandpa and grandma.
02:38:23
Speaker
when I was a kid and that's just what was always there and I had the awesome grandparents that were basically like anything goes when you're at the grandparents house so I would just eat gigantic bowls of this sugary cereal you know like pounds and pounds of frosted flakes when I'd be staying with them watching my old WWF Coliseum videos.
02:38:42
Speaker
That being said, I mentioned at the start of part one that I was basing this solely on which cereal I liked better. And frosted mini wheats are just delicious, dry or with milk. They're the best. I really haven't ate frosted flakes in probably about 10 years where I eat frosted mini wheats on a fairly regular basis. I'm going frosted mini wheats over frosted flakes. Marco, you're up.
02:39:04
Speaker
Dang, this is, this is a, there's almost a tiebreaker here, depending on what, which way is a tiebreaker right now. So it's not almost a tiebreaker. Let's see. Jeez. Yeah. I'm about to go with frosted flakes over, over a frosted mini weeds. It's.
02:39:29
Speaker
I don't know. It's told Tony as a, I mean, if I have to go with, I mean, obviously they're both great tasting cereals and you can't eat, you can, I mean, I've eaten frosted flakes, um, dry as well. So yeah, same. None of these, none of these cereals have gotten here by being shitty cereals. You know what I mean? No, incorrect, incorrect. All of champions. Uh, yeah, no, yeah.
02:39:58
Speaker
Tony, the tiger, that's, that's what I'm doing with Frosted. Frosted Flakes is the, uh, is the choice. All right, Jordan Frost, Tony, the tiger is beating the mini. We each two to one right now, Jordan, you're up. Man, this is a, a really tough one. Um, Tony is one of night two so far for sure. Yeah. Tony, the tiger, like I said, definitely a nostalgia feel with him. Um,
02:40:28
Speaker
I do love frosted mini weights a lot though. Like when I was a kid, these did not touch my bowl, but as I've gotten older, I mean, it's.
02:40:38
Speaker
Do you go one per spoon or do you like stack them up? You know what I mean? Sheena, you know me. You know I'm bringing out the soup ladle when I eat cereal. You gotta stack them, man. You need to have the... Cause the outside is like the crunchiest part of them where the frost is at. So yeah, you gotta have two of those in each bite to really maximize it. Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah. So here's the thing.
02:41:01
Speaker
We obviously that chick fully shore on team stay hard. Yeah. Frosted mini wheats are definitely on the stay hard team. Uh, I'm going for, I'm going for Austin flakes.
02:41:17
Speaker
We've got frosted mini-weets up just to drop us at the last second. Hey listen, it's the best of you, dude. This is very emotional right now, okay? All right, so frosted flakes and Tony the Tiger is moving to the final four, three to one. All right, that's it folks, here we go. Three matches left to crown, the greatest cereal of all time.
02:41:42
Speaker
Up first in the final four, we get Cinnamon Toast Crunch taking on Frosted Flakes. Cinnamon Toast Crunch is rolling in 9 and 0. They dropped shredded wheat in a squash. They dropped cocoa puffs in basically a cut hair more than a squash.
02:42:00
Speaker
And then they actually had a pretty tough, it was all fairly well debated, but they still beat Corn Pops 3-0. So Cinnamon Toast Crunch is rolling in with a perfect unblemished 9-0 record. Frosted Flakes isn't much worse off. They beat Captain Crunch 3-0, 3D Pebbles 3-0, and then they dropped Frosted Mini-Weeks 3-1. It's Cinnamon Toast Crunch versus Frosted Flakes in Jordan, Europe first. Oh man.
02:42:30
Speaker
Gosh, this one, this is a really tough one. Honestly, for me, this is, this is by far the toughest matchup so far. Like you said that last time. I know I did, but we're down to the gritty, man. There's no easy outs left. It's true. Usually when you do one of these, like one of the ones that make the final four, you really don't agree with. So it makes it easier for you.
02:42:51
Speaker
We just kind of like got it. I think this I think this really speaks to like, you know, people in our generation, the emotional connection we had to these cereals. You know, you feel like you're like turning your back on a friend when you pick one of the other ones. Oh, yeah. They are like comfort food. Cereal is comfort food.
02:43:04
Speaker
It is, it's tough. It's been there for you through your highs, through your lows, through your just, you know, mundane like it's watched all your favorite TV shows with you. It's just like, yeah, they've been there through thick and thin. So we got the cinnamon toast crunch going up against the chef from cinnamon toast crunch going up against Tony the tiger. Do we got a name for that chef?
02:43:26
Speaker
No, the cinnamon toast crunch. Remember the, I thought it was the little square. I forgot about the shift that, that actually, um, weren't they rolling with a chef for a while there in the nineties? Now that you say that, I feel like, yeah, they, yeah, they don't have it anymore. It's a little, uh, it's a little square that I have little squares. Yeah. Yeah.
02:43:43
Speaker
Yeah, but we're talking about when we were kids, like, yeah, there was definitely a chef on the front of the box. Wendell was his name. There you go. Wendell the chef. Oh my God. Is that the Mandela effect? Are you sure? Are you sure there was a... Yeah, this is Mandela effect. Yeah, I'm looking at his picture right now. Chef Wendell. I totally forgot about him, guys. This changes everything. I feel like I can't even believe I forgot about the freaking chef. Did the Monopoly guy have a monocle or did he not have a monocle?
02:44:13
Speaker
All right. I'm going to go back to the task at hand. I'm going to go Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It's tough though. It's a tough one. Marco, you're up next. Dang. I predicted that Tony would take it.
02:44:34
Speaker
He's coming up against a, uh, there's like almost like Austin Hogan right now to see who the biggest superstar of wrestling is. Um, dang, geez. I think that cinnamon, cinnamon toast crunched is the milk that you need to dry. It's, I mean, yeah, it wins. It wins by the milk.
02:45:00
Speaker
the cinnamon milk at the end. That's what's given me the edge over Frosted Flakes. If Frosted Flakes had that type of milk at the end of it, it'd be really hard.
02:45:13
Speaker
Yeah, the frosted flakes, that's probably the one knock on it. The milk isn't really anything to write home about. It's a little bit sweet, but that's it. It's nothing truly unique. Sharthena, you're up. Tony the Tiger, he's down and out. He's kicked out from a couple finishers, but he's on his last leg. He's down 2-0. Sharthena, your pick, Cinnamon Toast Crunch versus Frosted Flakes.
02:45:36
Speaker
I mean, I am vehemently against like big game hunting and like exotic animal hunting and all of that kind of stuff. Chef Wendell's going full Tiger King. But yeah, unfortunately, yeah, he's going Chef Wendell. He's just Chef Wendell exotic. He is going to freaking trap Tony the Tiger in his cage and kick him while he's down. And yeah, I got to go with Cinnamon Toast Crunch, man. Like if I was going to pick one
02:46:04
Speaker
Both of these cereals are delicious. I would enjoy both equally, but yeah, if they're head to head and like two boxes are sitting right in front of me, I'm going to reach for the Cinnamon Toast Crunch because they're both sugary, but Cinnamon Toast Crunch has that extra. It's got the cinnamon, you know what I mean? Which makes it just like so much more flavorful. Even though Frosted Flakes had been around since 1952 and Cinnamon Toast Crunch just came around
02:46:27
Speaker
In nineteen eighty four so you know tony's got the longevity but i mean sometimes man. We use one little things adding the sentiment that cinnamon frost flakes yeah be a different story but yeah in my mind like cornflakes was like the original cereal and then like.
02:46:46
Speaker
Two weeks after cornflakes came out, some guy was like, hey, let's throw sugar on this. And then frosted flakes were born. They used to be called sugar frosted flakes, but like in the 80s when everybody was like going against sugar and everything, they dropped it because it was like kind of getting a bad rap. So they just started calling them frosted flakes. But yeah, they used to be called sugar frosted flakes. Nice. Alright, Cinnamon Toast Crunch moves on to the finals.
02:47:08
Speaker
It's time for our second and final semi-finals matchup. We got Apple Jacks going up against Cookie Crisp. So Apple Jacks has made it here. They've had a little bit of a rough road than Cookie Crisp. Apple Jacks, they dropped Cinnamon Mini Buns 3-0. They beat Golden Grams 3-1. And then they came back with another sweep to crown themselves as the definitive whole base cereal by beating Fruit Loops 3-0.
02:47:33
Speaker
Cookie Crisp has been on a straight-up warpath. They dropped Reese's Puffs, three to nothing. Lucky Charms, three to nothing. And then Honey Nut Cheerios, that fucking B, three to nothing. So, two titans of the industry going up. Apple Jacks versus Cookie Crisp. Marco, you're up first. Man, I think... Do love Cookie Crisp. But, uh...
02:47:59
Speaker
Yeah, I think I'm gonna go with Apple Jacks on this one. There's that cinnamon taste. I'm gonna go with the Battle of the Cinnamons at the end for the finals. Hopefully that happens. And I'll show what you guys' picks are gonna be. But that's what I'm eyeing towards. And it's Apple Jacks. I mean, I think I pick Apple Jacks all the way this whole round. So yeah, there's nothing else you could say about it.
02:48:25
Speaker
It's super tasty, more tasty than Cookie Crisp this time around. Super tasty. Super tasty. Smart goes pick. Apple Jacks versus Cookie Crisp. This is really hard because again, as stated many times before, I love a whole
02:48:41
Speaker
shaped cereal. To me, it's the superior shaped cereal. It's just the way that it holds milk, absorbs milk. It's the surface area, so that helps to keep from being a soggy cuisine. Yeah, and they float. You know what I mean? They float on top because they have a little... They're basically lifesavers, you know what I mean? So they're meant to float. But this is really tough because I think about, again,
02:49:05
Speaker
What cereal would I just, if I was on a desert island, what would I want to eat all the time? And as much as this of a sweet tooth as I have and love like, you know, all the chocolatey, sweet, rich, decadent things, I feel like Apple Jacks is one of those anytime, anywhere type cereals. And I love cinnamon. So unfortunately, I'm going to have to go with Apple Jacks as much as I love cookie crisp.
02:49:30
Speaker
Yeah, I'm up next, and I agree. I love Cookie Crisp, but honestly, I don't think I've eaten Cookie Crisp since I've been a grown up. I still eat Apple Jacks. I'd be curious to see if it holds up as much as I remember it. I still eat Apple Jacks on a fairly regular basis, and I just think it's the superior cereal. I feel like Apple Jacks is a little bit sophisticated. The Apple cinnamon flavor, I like to talk about
02:49:51
Speaker
In the last round it's a tough flavor to kind of nail down But they totally done it and yet Apple Jack's is my pick so I'm thinking Apple Jack's is going over 3-0 on cookie crisp Jordan if what would your pick have been?
02:50:05
Speaker
God damn it. I saved all this research for the final for Cookie Crisp. Yeah, I still want to hear. I still want attention build for the finals anyway. So yeah, let's hear it. Do you remember that in like the early 90s, late 80s, you used to get a turtles bowl with Cookie Crisp, the green course. Yep. So I still have that Leonardo bowl. That's the only one I still have. Oh my gosh. Wow.
02:50:32
Speaker
So my pick would have been Cookie Crisp just because of how much I loved that cereal as a kid and just because like every time that I heard anything like the turtles were obviously my favorite thing as a kid and every time I heard anything about Cookie Crisp I related it to the turtles because of those bulls.
02:50:48
Speaker
Um, so, I mean, it tugs at my heartstrings a little bit that it got three. Oh, I definitely, I definitely think cookie crisp is the more a kid cereal. Like I feel like that, that is a kid, that is a cereal that is made for kids. Like when I think about being a kid, like if you had, if you had asked me this, have we had been doing this, this tournament, you know,
02:51:07
Speaker
25 years ago, I would, I think I would have went cookie crisp like nine times out of 10, you know? Um, I think it's just my, my rational side, like thinking about like why I would want to have Apple Jacks instead. But yeah, cookie crisp is like childhood in a bowl, you know? That was all the research, Jordan.
02:51:29
Speaker
That's all I got for you guys. Sorry. He was just trying to pull on your heartstrings a little bit. It's too late. Yeah, I thought there was going to be a little bit more to it, but nah. He lost the wind in his sails. He was getting built up and then you shut him down, you know? It's hard to get it back up once you've lost it, you know? Once I got 3-0'd, I went limp. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, Bluetooth, you're out there. We're still waiting for our endorsement. All right.
02:51:56
Speaker
That means we are down to our final two cereals on one side. A straight up buzz saw. Cinnamon Toast Crunch coming in with a 12-0 undefeated record. Apple Jacks is no slouch though. They're coming in at 12-1. It's time for the finals of the first ever Budios Invitational. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble.
02:52:29
Speaker
All right, Sheena, you're up first. The finals of the Booty O's Invitational, Cinnamon Toast Crunch versus Apple Jacks. Oh man. Okay, so all of these last, you know, semi-finals, even many of the quarterfinals matches have been difficult for me because I have such a soft spot for cereal. It's one of my like favorite foods. Like I just, I love cereal so, so much.
02:52:56
Speaker
But yeah, this this is tough. Again, I love the shape and the texture and, you know, the flavor profile of Apple Jack's. But when I think of like the the like king of the mountain when it comes to cereal, like if you just said cereal to me, like my immediate thought goes to Cinnamon Toast Crunch, you know, like it's just kind of like my instant knee jerk reaction when people mention cereal.
02:53:22
Speaker
Um, the milk is delicious. The, they, the flake is Chris is thick enough to withstand, you know, several minutes, like submerged in milk without getting soggy. Um, it is just a treat and a delight all around. So I am going with cinnamon toast crunch.
02:53:42
Speaker
All right, I'm up next. I saved this story for the end. I was really hoping the cereal would make it to the final so I could share this little anecdote. But again, as we've talked about a couple of times, I got a unique perspective on cereal because my job, I'm forced to be out on a ship in the middle of the ocean for extended periods of time due to the pandemic. I was actually out to sea for about five months straight. This time it was actually the second longest stretch in United States Navy history. And
02:54:11
Speaker
Uh again i don't drink the milk out to see it straight up dry cereal that's the only way i'm eating it but we do you know luckily companies do supply us with a ton of free cereal i had about thirty junior intelligence specialist that worked for me underway and
02:54:27
Speaker
not one day went by without somebody like every morning, it basically started with somebody putting a little cup of cinnamon toast crunch on my desk. That was like the thing they knew, hey, we need to get, you know, we need to get Seth his cinnamon toast crunch. So he'll be in a good mood and won't be coming off the top rope on us for, you know, whatever mistakes we make today. So cinnamon toast crunch, it's just it's the best, you know, I've been eating my whole life with milk dry.
02:54:51
Speaker
really anywhere there is to eat it, it just, it tops the charts. Apple Jacks is great. I think Apple Jacks, it's funny that these two cereals with a cinnamon flavor profile made it to the finals. I think there's something to be said for that. It just really comp, you know, cinnamon and you know, nice, the milk flavor just really complement each other. Breakfast staple. Yeah, flavor profile.
02:55:13
Speaker
Exactly. But Cinnamon Toast Crunch just tops the charts. It's the best. Like Sheena said, when I think cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch is the first thing that pops in my mind. I really can't even put my finger on it, what it is about it, but for whatever reason, it's delicious and it's my pick. I'm going Cinnamon Toast Crunch also, so that puts them up 2-0. Jordan, your choice.
02:55:36
Speaker
Alright, so I said in the semi-finals when I picked Cinnamon Toast Crunch, this is my king, this is the goated cereal. Like you guys said, when you pick your cereal, it's Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Like Sheena said last time, they made a milk out of the flavor of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal.
02:55:55
Speaker
Like, I don't think anything else needs to be said, just because like, the whole experience of eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch from eating the cereal to drinking the milk, it is really just an experience when you eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
02:56:11
Speaker
And like Seth said, even when on a ship and it's dry cereal, it's still, there's still nothing that compares to it. It's just, it's just like the, it's like the top shelf liquor of steaks. It's just, or of cereal. It's just, you guys knew what I meant.
02:56:30
Speaker
It's Cinnamon Toast Crunch and I knew this cereal would get to the finals just based on the bracket because I know how much all of us were all about the same age group. We all grew up on this cereal. It's just it's so good.
02:56:45
Speaker
There's nothing beating it. I can honestly say I don't think I've ever met a single person that doesn't like Cinnamon
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02:56:52
Speaker
Toast Crunch. Like anybody that's like, ooh, Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I mean, you know, there's some serials on this list that people, you know, as we've seen that it's just very divisive and very controversial, but I can honestly say, I mean, maybe I'm sure they're out there and there's some weirdos out there, but I've never met anybody that doesn't like Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
02:57:10
Speaker
All right. So San Mateo's Crunch, clean sweep. Marco. That's it. They went 15 and 0. Marco, what was your pick going to be? Apple Jacks. No. I was going to go with that.
02:57:23
Speaker
Unfriended. Screw you. Screw you guys. We're going with Apple Jacks. Yeah. No, definitely Cinnamon Toast corn. I think it was just going to be just a balling for all of us. Yeah. I have a question for you guys. Do you guys like actual cinnamon toast? Like, you know, with cinnamon sugar toast and butter and like all of that? Because I remember I ate a ton of that growing up. Of course. Like, I love cinnamon sugar toast so much, which I think is another reason why I love
02:57:48
Speaker
cinnamon toast crunch. But yeah, Seth, do you like it? I think you're probably the most selective eater of the ones of all of us. It's not so much that I don't like it, but I'm just impatient. And I just don't know what the point of it would be. You know, I'm going to wait to toast this piece of bread.
02:58:04
Speaker
And then we're going to put cinnamon and butter on it. Oh my God. That's what cinnamon toast. Cinnamon toast crutch. Yeah. It literally, it was literally derived from the origin story of cinnamon toast crutch. So I definitely had, so my dad was actually like, you know, again, not to, not to go straight to the nostalgia feel spots, but like my dad's actually like really, really good at cooking breakfast. And, you know, looking back, I, as a, as a dad now, I see that it was just something that,
02:58:30
Speaker
he liked to do because there was a lot of mornings before school where he would get up early before he had to and cook me and my brother breakfast and he'd make french toast and maybe sprinkle a little cinnamon on it but i never had you straight up just like just a piece of toast with cinnamon on it so um i can't really cosign that one i just thought that'd be a waste of time you know my i used to eat it all the time my granny would make it and she would just she kept she kept a shaker that was like mixed perfectly like it was like cinnamon and sugar all mixed in one shaker and you just like shook that out on the toast if you put butter on it and
02:59:01
Speaker
Dude, cinnamon toast is like one of those, it's like, you know, I said, I professed my love for biscuits and gravy earlier and talked about how it hits me in the field spot, but like actual cinnamon toast, like I feel like it just takes me back to childhood. So yeah, cinnamon toast is so good. I can't believe, I'm going to make you some Seth and just see, cause you don't have to be patient. I'll just make it and bring it to you like surprise, you know? I want you to, I want you to let us know how you like it.
02:59:27
Speaker
Alright, sounds good. Thanks everybody again for listening and again for the foley fam for participating in the flash polls This was a ton of fun. Like my mind's already racing thinking about what we could do for next March To do another bracket because this was a blast give us give us you guys feedback Let us know what you think of how we did on the choices. I really can't measure too much You know too much anger over cinnamon toast crunch being number one because it was pretty much unanimous like I mean I
02:59:54
Speaker
Yeah, they went undefeated all the way through. It's crazy. They were like the 2001 Lakers. We're going to kick off our Royal Rumble Watch the Lung series again. That's going to be the next few Patreon episodes you guys see. Up next is Royal Rumble 90 and Jordan will be right there with us. He's the unofficial fourth member of the cast. So Jordan, thanks a lot for coming out and participating with us.
03:00:15
Speaker
loved it. I was glad to do it. And I love talking to you guys. And this was, this was a blast, man. I love a good tournament and serial is right up there for me. So it was a lot of fun.
03:00:27
Speaker
We'll reach out to General Mills. Um, maybe we can get it on the, you know, the box art here over the summer. Maybe that they were the choice of the Chick Foley show. Uh, yeah, like we talked about one of the chefs long gone. So they need something to help out with the marketing. So maybe they're looking for us. We need, we need a cinnamon toast crunch beer. Where is that at? You know, I'm sure it's out there, but we'll need to hit the Google machine after this. I'm sure it's out there with all the various craft beers. I'm sure somebody's tried to try to do it.
03:00:55
Speaker
In the episode the same way we do all of them. Marco, you got any closing thoughts for the listeners? I don't. Eat your cereal hard until it goes soft. How about that? Wow. Don't let anybody shit in your cereal. Wow. I'll end it on a classy note. There's actually a Cinnamon Toast Crunch Stout from Urban South Brewery. Where's that out of, Sheen?
03:01:24
Speaker
Urban it doesn't say it's this is one of your untapped. It says I don't know where urban. Oh, no Yeah, I don't know where urban south brewery is but uh, well, let's go and look it up real quick. You said urban south urban south Brewer sounds very regional It's in Oh Houston. It's in Texas. I think okay. So if you're in Texas look up. What was the name of a sheen? It is cinnamon curt cinnamon toast crunch stout. Oh
03:01:49
Speaker
Yep. All right. So look up the cinnamon toast crunched out. And if you try it, let us know how it is. This is Chick-fil-A Show asking you guys to chill till the next episode.