Cap'n Crunch - Man of the (Breakfast) Hour

May 1, 2007 6:19 PM

Cap'n Crunch may call up a few memories of mornings in front of the TV (or phone phreaking, for some of you). Now you can find out the rest of his story (or at least the first installment of it) - and, for the first time ever, his first name.
posted by ziz (20 comments total)

Oh! THAT Cap'n Crunch.

Good eatin' on one of those.
posted by Samizdata at 6:27 PM on May 1, 2007

Rumors and lies, all of it.
posted by Dave Faris at 6:32 PM on May 1, 2007

I like the crunchberries.
posted by Tube at 6:34 PM on May 1, 2007

Count Chocula's first name?
Sydney.
True story.
posted by Dizzy at 6:36 PM on May 1, 2007

Double. But perhaps it's time it was posted again, since now the first book is complete.
posted by oats at 6:41 PM on May 1, 2007

In Re: to the Megnut post: Horatio Nelson was a famous admiral.
posted by sciurus at 6:41 PM on May 1, 2007

Count Chocula's first name? Sydney.

I think you'll find it's Ernst.
posted by cillit bang at 6:43 PM on May 1, 2007 [1 favorite]

Count Chocula's first name? Sydney.

While we're on full names:

Willy "Gilligan"

"Skipper" Jonas Grumby

Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell

"Professor" Roy Hinkley

"Mary Ann" Summers.

posted by ericb at 6:52 PM on May 1, 2007

Thought you were talking about
This Captian Crunch, whose son I met in a bar once.
posted by kanemano at 6:55 PM on May 1, 2007

c-bang---
My mistake.
I was thinking of Quisp.
posted by Dizzy at 6:56 PM on May 1, 2007

His first name was Horatio? Hmmmm. That makes me think. They really should do a new line of commercials where Cap'n Crunch spouts one-liners about cereal and then takes his sunglasses off in a really dramatic fashion. That'd be cool.
posted by miss lynnster at 7:20 PM on May 1, 2007

"first time ever"? Hardly. This blog post (April, 2004) points to a source that is even older. I would imagine that it goes waaaay back to the character's creation and was never much of a secret.
posted by spock at 7:31 PM on May 1, 2007

Dang. Forgot the links:
4/04 blog post

http://www.toonopedia.com/crunch.htm
posted by spock at 7:33 PM on May 1, 2007

My google-fu is weak! Thanks for that, spock - I couldn't find it at all, though now that you've pointed it out, I can't imagine how I might have missed it.
posted by ziz at 7:38 PM on May 1, 2007

My Mom would alway come home with the one that didn't have crunchberries. WTF, Mom?
posted by planetkyoto at 7:57 PM on May 1, 2007

40% Bran Flakes' first name?
Sheldon.
True story.
posted by Dizzy at 11:28 PM on May 1, 2007

this is um...really pretty fun. i feel kinda dumb for enjoying this so much. thanks!

it's like Niel Gaiman's 6th grade creative writing project.
posted by es_de_bah at 7:59 AM on May 2, 2007

kanemano writes "Thought you were talking about
"This Captian Crunch, whose son I met in a bar once."

I thought you were talking about this Captain Crunch, whom I met at a trance party a few years back in the SF Bay ...
posted by krinklyfig at 3:47 PM on May 2, 2007

But, this doesn't answer anything. Why was Captain Crunch designed to shred the roof of your mouth? Where is the HMS Crunch's home port? Is Cap'n a pirate? A slave trader specializing in children? Is he related to Wilford Brimley? How can I grow a glorious mustache like that? Does the Captain have diabetes? Gout? Gonorrhea? Tell me!
posted by stavrogin at 8:51 PM on May 2, 2007

My question -- was he aware of Product 18 and what can he tell us about it?
posted by RubberHen at 5:55 AM on May 3, 2007