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John Thomas Draper (born March 11, 1943), also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch, or Crunchman (after the Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal mascot and the free toy plastic Cap'n Crunch bo'sun whistle used to hack phone calls), is an American computer programmer and former phone phreak.
Cap'n Crunch is a corn and oat breakfast cereal manufactured since 1963 [1] by Quaker Oats Company, a subsidiary of PepsiCo since 2001. Since the original product introduction, marketed simply as Cap'n Crunch, Quaker Oats has since introduced numerous flavors and seasonal variations, some for a limited time—and currently offers a Cap'n Crunch product line.
John Michael Kolen (January 31, 1948 – April 3, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). [1]
Captain Crunch may refer to: Cap'n Crunch, a brand of breakfast cereal and its identically-named cartoon mascot; John Draper, a phone phreaker who used Captain Crunch as an alias; Chris Pronger, a hockey player with that nickname
At one point in the 1960s, packages of the Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal included a free gift: a small whistle that, by coincidence, generated a 2600 Hz tone when one of the whistle's two holes was covered. [7] The phreaker John Draper adopted his nickname "Captain Crunch" from this whistle. [8]
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King Vitaman Cereal boasted high vitamin and iron content, in addition to a more modest amount of sugar (6 grams per serving) than many more popular breakfast cereals, such as Cap'n Crunch and Lucky Charms (which contain 13 grams or more).
The Pillsbury Doughboy has a name -- and you've probably never even heard it before. The cheerful mascot made his debut in a television commercial that aired on November 7, 1965.