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Some Wheaties boxes with athletes or teams on the packaging, from the late 1990s. In 1934, the breakfast cereal Wheaties began the practice of including pictures of athletes on its packaging to coincide with its slogan, "The Breakfast of Champions." In its original form, athletes were depicted on the sides or back of the cereal box, though in ...
Wheaties maintained brand recognition through its definitive association with sports, and its distinctive orange boxes. It became so popular that in the 1939 All-star game, 46 of the 51 players endorsed the cereal. In the months following, Wheaties became one of the sponsors of the first televised sports broadcast to allow commercials.
Burger King and MTV selected Anthony DeSean Stokes out of 400 entries to star in a commercial. Part of his winning rap was "You can have it your way, there's nothin' to it / If you can dream it, you can do it!" The commercial ran for a short time, exclusively on MTV. NASCAR. Dale Earnhardt [79] Joe Nemechek's 87 Chevrolet in the mid-1990s
The commercial spoofed George Orwell's acclaimed dystopian novel 1984, showing a runner racing down an aisle amidst a sea of seated viewers, seemingly mesmerized by a Big Brother-like figure ...
Tennis champion Coco Gauff joins a long lineage of athletes to be featured on the coveted orange Wheaties box. Coco Gauff is the latest athlete to endorse the “Breakfast of Champions.”
Intending to promote breakfast cereal Wheaties, Gale developed the character of Jack Armstrong as a fictitious "everyboy" whom listeners would emulate: If Jack ate Wheaties, boys across the nation would, too. Early popularity led to commissioning of a radio serial broadcast. [2] The first sung commercial was for Wheaties in 1926.
After sitting out the 2021 and 2023 Super Bowls, the Budweiser Clydesdales are back for 2024 with a full 60-second spot. The full ad hasn't been publicly released but a 15-second teaser of the ad ...
Earnhardt made it to the caution-checkered flag before Bobby Labonte. Afterwards, there was a large show of respect for Earnhardt, in which every crew member of every team lined pit road to shake his hand as he made his way to victory lane. Earnhardt then drove his No. 3 into the infield grass, starting a trend of post-race celebrations.