Well, if there was anything that could get me back onto YouTube, it was this:

Monster Mash cereal is HERE! After a several year stretch where the Monster Cereals were just kinda “there,” this is a big return to form for General Mills. To celebrate the Count and Frank’s 50th anniversary, this special cereal blends elements from ALL FIVE MONSTER CEREALS — and yes, that includes Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy!

Learn more about it in this quick-and-dirty video review:

(I’m rusty, but it felt good to dip my toes back into the YouTube waters!)

Monster Mash joins the regular trio of Monster Cereals in swank retro boxes, as well as Monster Mash fruit snacks. Yeah, they’re really overserving us this year, thank God.

If you haven’t been able to find it yet, don’t worry, you will!

As I say in the video, it’s tough to imagine that anything coming out of the 2021 Halloween season will top this. I suppose if Halloween Kills ends up being amazing, that’s a contender, but on the food front, good luck to everyone else because this is just obscenely great.

Thanks for watching the vid. More are coming! It’s almost Countdown time. I’ll be announcing the start date soon, but for now, get out there and hunt for some weird cereal. ‘Tis the season!

Posted by Matt on 08/04/21
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This is a big year for the General Mills Monster Cereals, so we’re joining the celebration with a full episode dedicated to Count Chocula, Franken Berry and all of their pals. Hey, if GM can start the Halloween stuff in July, so can The Purple Stuff Podcast!

Yep, it’s the Purple Stuff’s one-hour tribute to the Monster Cereals, and of course, we’re doing it our way. Me and Jay from Sludge Central dive deep into Monster Cereal history to talk about everything from old TV commercials to discontinued marshmallows, and maybe even that time the Count and Frank turned up on a random direct-to-video magic tricks tape.

Click here to listen to this week’s show!

As a reminder, The Purple Stuff Podcast is also on Patreon, where you can grab an extra bonus show every month. For July’s show, we smell-tested some of Yankee Candle’s new fall scents, and obviously, we’ll be doing more spooky bonus shows in August, September and October!

Below are some supplemental links with more information on the topics we’ll be discussing. Don’t read the following if you hate spoilers!

1. Discontinued Monster Cereal marshmallows!
2. Halloween-themed TV commercial from 1982!
3. 7-Eleven’s unofficial Boo Berry coffee!
4. Wicked cool fan-made claymation spot!
5. The Magic Secrets VHS tape!
6. The Monster Cereals Monster Mansion!
7. The Rhythm & Boos Promo CD!
8. Mickey, the forgotten Monster Cereals character!

Oh, and for the record, we recorded this one before the new Monster Mash cereal made its surprisingly-early debut in stores. But yeah, it’s starting to creep out there! I’ll have more to say about that soon enough, but for now, enjoy our romp through Monster Cereal history!

Thanks as always for your ears and your reviews, and for sharing the show around!

Posted by Matt on 07/31/21
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I can hardly believe it, but this month marks the Funpacks’ seventh anniversary! Freakin’ WILD, guys. When I started doing this back in 2014, my initial plan was to only stick with it for a few months. Under no circumstances would I have ever believed that I’d still be at it seven years later!

Thanks to all subscribers, old and new, for keeping the fire burning!

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The July 2021 Funpack is a summertime smash of retro collectibles, sweet candy and nifty art, snugly packed into a long white box!

Unfortunately, subscriptions are closed for this month, though I will almost definitely have spares to sell on an individual basis once I complete my counts. If you’re not a current subscriber, scroll to the bottom for info on how to get on the waitlist. Otherwise, keep reading to learn about everything in this month’s box! Read More…

Posted by Matt on 07/17/21
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