I don’t know what made me think of it, but I wanted my Maypo.
Those of you old enough will recall that Maypo was a breakfast cereal, an oatmeal mish-mash that had a hint of maple flavor. It was a treat in our household because we were fairly poor when I was a kid and that product was relatively expensive for its time.
So a couple of days ago, Maypo just popped into my head. I usually do my food shopping on Mondays when I get out of work, following a 4 a.m. – noon shift (Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my “weekend”). I was walking down the cereal aisle, not thinking it still existed. But there it was.
Baseball connection? When Mickey Mantle was a young star, he endorsed lots of stuff including…
Here are a couple more Mantle commercials. Good thing he didn’t give up his day job.
For a fun read on the overall topic, pick up a copy of Roberta Newman’s Here’s the Pitch: The Amazing, True, New, and Improved Story of Baseball and Advertising