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Eddie Munster had no doubt his dad could do anything — even if Herman’s help usually caused more trouble than he meant to. This Cheerios commercial is a fun little Father’s Day-style reminder that to a kid, Dad is still the biggest hero in the house.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, granddads, stepdads, and father figures who may not be perfect, but are loved just the same.
Before cereal commercials got too complicated, Cheerios gave us the Cheerios Kid, Sue, and the promise of “go-power.”
The idea was simple: eat Cheerios and suddenly you had the energy to take on whatever trouble showed up next. The late-1960s ads had that catchy “Get Yourself Go” jingle, the kind of line that stuck in your head long after Saturday morning cartoons were over.
A fun bit of trivia: the jingle is credited to Neil Diamond, before most of us knew him as the Neil Diamond.
Looking back, it was pure cereal-commercial magic: a bowl of oats, a quick cartoon adventure, and one more earworm we never quite forgot.
