My family and I just returned from a long trip to Baltimore on Sunday. To keep my five year old and three year old daughters entertained and nourished while on the road, we took with us the following: two dozen DVDs, about a dozen books, two packs of crayons, coloring books, three or four stuffed animals, a six pack of juice boxes (apple in you need to know), a 12-pack of Gatorade (classic orange flavor - the BEST!), a bag of Goldfish, a bag of apples, a bunch of grapes, a six-pack of Mandarin oranges, and a six-pack of apples sauce.

But, one of our favorite snack items was a pack of those miniature cereal boxes, all of them sugary cereals that were a mainstay of Saturday mornings while I was growing up. There was Cocoa Krispies, Apple Jacks, Froot Loops, Honey Smacks (weren't these called Sugar Smacks years ago), Corn Pops, and Frosted Flakes. If I hadn't been doing most of the driving, I probably would have fought off both of my daughters for the Frosted Flakes. My opinion FF is the best breakfast cereal ever, followed closely by Froot Loops.

The images of Tony the Tiger, Tucan Sam and that frog from the Honey Smacks commercials - or was it Sugar Smacks - with the pack-a-day voice, reminded me of a great bit from the criminally overlooked and underappreciated MTV series, Siffl and Olly. One of MTV's greatest shows, Siffl and Olly focused on a pair of sock puppets that looked like they were made by a fifth grade art class 10 minutes before filming began. It was fantastic, which meant, of course, MTV cancelled it in favor of more reruns of Real World-Road Rules Challenge.

In the video, Siffl and Olly interview a collection of mascots for breakfast cereals that never quite made it on to the supermarket shelves or in Disney Channel commercials. Absolutely hilarious. Click on it and enjoy!