Screaming! Yellow! Zonkers!

[beetiger]

A late night conversation with lediva has brought out some serious nostalia/cravings around Screaming Yellow Zonkers, the yellow popcorn in the black box for people who think nuts suck. It had a black box and alien mascots and was very yellow.

Here, have a commercial from 1972.

Sadly, the brand's not currently being produced, but ConAgra recently bought the Lincoln Snacks company, and maybe they'll bring it back. I'm tempted to start a petition or something.

Comments

[ex-whitepho.livejournal.com]

You never know...Coffee Crisp (Canadian chocolate bar - think of a coffee-creme Kit Kat, basically) exists in the States now, in part because of a petition. ;)

[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Zonkers are big nostalgia for me too! They had 'em at our local YMCA when I took summer gym sports, circa '80. And wow, if they discontinued 'em either it was fairly recently or... that was a really scary convenience store. c.c I remember Jessie and me giggling at a box of 'em in a truck stop somewhere on I-90!

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

You never know. After all, they brought back Quisp. And legions of Quentin Tarantino fanboys and girls keep writing General Mills to bring back Fruit Brute.

[allessindra.livejournal.com]

I always found those a bit scary, and never had any.

Who knows what I've been missing.

[atroposnomore.livejournal.com]

in high school, screaming yellow zonkers were a requisite part of getting stoned.

i totally forgot about those things!!