Safeway Aims 'Healthy' Products at Kids, Using Cartoon CharactersThe Concept is HealthiERFor parents who send their little ones off to school after a breakfast of Ho Hos and Dr Pepper, switching to a Bugs Bunny-themed fruit plate or a whole grain-ish cereal could be a revelation. Kroger launched a bunch...
This time the pundits have gone completely over the twist. Gartner (the world's largest high tech market research firm) recently issued a press release predicting that in the future, sales pros won't be selling to real people in the real world. Instead, we'll all be pretending...
The Green Giant unit of General Mills is launching a campaign to get children to eat their vegetables by using popular cartoon characters--a tactic that has drawn severe criticism when applied to unhealthy foods. SpongeBob SquarePants and other characters from the children's cable network Nickelodeon will appear on six varieties...
Business Times Malaysia 12-03-2002 LONDON Biscuits Bhd has secured the rights to use Disney cartoon characters to promote its new series of confectionery products from next March. The Johor Baru-based snackmaker has collaborated with Fun C Business...
SECURING LICENSES from Warner Bros. and The Walt Disney Co. Adams & Brook Inc., launched a line of non-chocolate candy featuring cartoon characters. SECURING LICENSES from Warner Bros. and The Walt Disney Co. Adams & Brook Inc., launched a line of non-chocolate candy featuring...
NEW YORK -- TerriSol Corp. has added cartoon character Scooby-Doo, one of Warner Bros.' classic properties, to its roster of licensed beach towels. Distribution is slated for the beginning of spring 1998. NEW YORK -- TerriSol Corp. has added cartoon character Scooby-Doo, one of Warner...
Cars and cartoon characters will cover every inch of ad space at New York's World Trade Center this week. Cars and cartoon characters will cover every inch of ad space at New York's World Trade Center this week.
Looks like SpongeBob SquarePants is the latest Nickelodeon cartoon character to get star treatment. SpongeBob -- featured in a "Got Chocolate Milk?" magazine ad earlier this year -- now will be joining Nick's Costumed Characters Tour, as Looks like SpongeBob SquarePants is the...
Aug. 3--Charles H Keating Jr.'s former thrift headquarters in Phoenix is getting a new life with a cast of cartoon characters. Aug. 3--Charles H Keating Jr.'s former thrift headquarters in Phoenix is getting a new life with a cast of cartoon characters.
SAM SPARRO ABC, Glasgow *** The great success of the Australian-American-English singer Sam Falson's music is that it warmly embraces some of the least fashionable forms of pop, yet it still works as the rather high camp product of a singular artist. That...
1 April Dancer was the main character in which spy spin-off series in the late 1960s? 2 Julie Stevens and Denise Coffey played two bored housewives trying to spice up their lives in which early 1970s sitcom? 3 What was the name of the 'Lady' in...
LAS VEGAS -- Bebida Beverage Company, currently operating as Renovo Holdings (Pink Sheets:RNVO), announced today that the company's newly announced Guppy Water bottled spring water has received a valued reception during presentations and discussions with distribution affiliates. The company recently unveiled Guppy Water which will be offered in...
Animator who worked on Disney classics and adaptations of the 'Peanuts' cartoons Animator, producer and director, Bill Melendez had a distinguished career in animation that spanned more than 60 years, from the early Disney classics through the vintage era of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to...
Luckiest Kid in the Galaxy Gets a Surprise World Television Premiere Event ATLANTA -- On Saturday, Sept. 27, in homes across the country, thousands of kids, along with their families and friends, will get a sneak peek at one of the most anticipated television series of the fall,...
Wii and Nintendo DS Fans Get Two Great New Games on the Same Day REDMOND, Wash. -- Today, two popular Nintendo characters launch their new video games on a rare dual-launch day. Conniving Wario([TM]) appears in Wario Land([TM]): Shake It! for the Wii([TM]) console, while "super tuff pink...
LAS VEGAS -- Bebida Beverage Company, currently operating as Renovo Holdings (Pink Sheets:RNVO), announced today that the company is launching a new bottled water under the name Guppy Water. Guppy Water will be offered in a youth friendly serving size of 8 fl oz. The bottle will feature...
THE BLACKTOP at Beach Elementary School was no longer black by Sunday afternoon. That's because hundreds of families drew peace signs, favorite cartoon and movie characters, and more as part of the Beach Dads' Pancake Breakfast and the seventh annual PAINTS (Promote Art in the Schools, Inc.)...
‘Burn After Reading’ is no ‘No Country.’ In fact, it’s downright giddy. Chilly, heartless, condescending: all the usual adjectives that the Coen brothers’ detractors habitually fling can be flung in spades at “Burn After Reading.” But after all these years of gleefully merciless Coen brothers movies—some superb, some...
1 What profession did the drama series Cutting It centre on? 2 Which comedian stars in the BBC1 sitcom All About Me? 3 In which decade was the BBC drama series The Long Firm set? 4 What's Mel's surname, as in Des and Mel?...
Yes that's right at the library. The local library might not be the first place people think of when it comes to improving their health, but thanks to an investment by Kirklees NHS Primary Care Trust, library and information centres across Kirklees are now fully stocked with over 15,000 brand...