Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 19, 2020

Let’s hope it meets the daily recommendation for sugar.

I’m not much into chocolate cereal (Cocoa Pebbles, Cocoa Puffs, Coca Krispies, I think not even Cookie Crisp).

Hummingbirds have a ridiculously high metabolism that requires a LOT of nectar and a LOT of sugar.

So if you think about it, a hummingbird is a perfect mascot for a sugary cereal.

Move over Lucky charms; THESE are magically delicious.

Have two more bowls and voila, buzzy the hummingbird kid!

And to think he’ll eat several bowls of that stuff in one sitting.

Just what Calvin needs, an imaginary friend that’s even more hyper than himself.

That’s the cause of his problems, right there!!!

100% of the daily allowance of caffene in those things? That will make Calvin more hyper than a ferret on Redbull! ;D

And Buzzy will be here in only six weeks,

And in just how much of your daily intake is this again? Most cereals list per 28-30 grams. Lol

Aw, I can’t have any. I’m allergic to chocolate. Oh well…

I see that Calvin’s disappointment over the Chocolate Sugar Bombs Propeller Beanie hasn’t put him off their products. The cardboard box that it was delivered in must have made up for it.

Back to my childhood! Thank God I survived…

Hey! My wife calls me Buzzy the Hummingbird – but it’s all nature, except for the coffee.

I love the ads for children’s cereals. “Part of this complete (or nutritious) breakfast” which also includes eggs, toast and juice. The breakfast would be more nutritious without the cereal. What kids (and their parents) hear is “This stuff is good for you.”

Back in the 50s, cereals actually used sugar content as a selling point. “Sugar Pops – they’re shot with sugar through and through.” “Sugar Crisp” “SUGAR Frosted Flakes” to name a few.

I’m with Hobbes on this one – ugh

Kellogg developed Frosted Flakes to limit the amount of sugar-he came up with the idea after watching his 10 year old son dump like 4 teaspoons of sugar on his corn flakes.

I’m certain if these existed, my wife’s daughter would eat them. Daughter is 28 yo.

In this case, ‘Nutritional Information’ turns out to be an oxymoron.

Not a “doll”, an “Action Figure”!

I don’t even know how they get away with calling the boxes of sugar, cereal. Grape Nuts is about the only one I’ve found that is edible.

Oh, I thought this was building up to the beanie cap arc.

It’s the amazing the Chocolate Sugar Bombs don’t explode when it touches the milk.

ah, the good ’ol days

An advertising slogan for this crap. “Sure, it has so much sugar your kid will be hyper, but, at least, he’ll eat it.”

By the time Calvin was running in newspapers, I think most cereals had already banned the word sugar from their names. It was tantamount to shutting the fox inside the henhouse, as it had little or nothing to do with reducing the sugar content in the cereal itself. But it scared fewer parents, conditioned to now viewing sugar as the great Satan of diets.

Cartoonists who write about kids (and i’m in the same boat) are often reflecting their own childhood rather than that of contemporary readers.

Might as well have Twinkies for breakfast.

That’s my kind of cereal.

i eat only dark chocolate. hope Calvin’s mom sends away for Buzzy the hummingbird doll.i wonder what it does?

Sugar low coming in 5, 4, 3, 2…

As as child, I would’ve LOVED this cereal! I still remember how Cocoa Puffs and Pebbles Cocoa Rice cereal would make the milk brown!

They should just fill the box with sugar and cocoa.

Since when has there been a recommended daily allowance for caffeine?

I like chocolate. Just not that cheap kind. Hummingbird, powered by the milk soaked in the cereal.

I wonder if Buzzy the Hummingbird and Sonny the Cuckoo Bird go to the same therapy sessions.

I imagine if you eat enough sugar and chocolate, you could get a “buzz”.

Makes you wonder why Mom buys it for Calvin in the first place. I suppose with Calvin, it’s easier to give in rather than hearing “Gimme, gimme, gimme! Buy me, buy me, buy me! Get, get, get!” every food shopping trip.