Oh yeah, it’s confirmed, the long awaited permanent return of Banana Twinkies is here! Twinkies were originally released as banana cream filled, but due to banana shortages during World War II they were changed to their current vanilla-esque incarnation. The banana version was released periodically for special promotions but those days are gone. No more waiting around for some silly King Kong movie remake product tie in, the original Banana creme filled Twinkies are here to stay. Yum!
Read on:
Hostess has reintroduced the flavor during limited-time promotions in the past, but always took the treat off the shelves when the promotion ended.
The company was finally persuaded to make the flavor part of its lineup for good after Hostess offered it for four weeks last year for the release of the movie King Kong. Total Twinkie sales jumped 20 percent during the promotion.
The flavor got high marks from Amanda Reid, 29, who was taking a break Tuesday in Manhattan. After taking a bite, she pronounced it “banana-y.”
You read that right, banana-y. Now if only they would make chocolate covered Twinkies with banana filling, our work here would be done.
Like VH1 but totally not. We just came across this sweet little video where Mel Blanc discusses the origins of the voices for some of his legendary characters. This video illustrates that persistence pays off, and if it doesn’t, mortality sometimes lends a hand.
Good morning and welcome to the day! Here’s the thing, we have finals this week. So, in order to make the study time we invite you to take a trip down Memory Layercake. Here are a few posts you may have overlooked in the flurry of Lohan drunk drama and blank is the new blank posts.
Over the weekend, Australian researchers reported that Dads’ parenting styles have a major influence on childhood obesity.
The researchers found that fathers with permissive (no limits on their children) or disengaged parenting styles were more likely to have overweight or obese children, while fathers with a consistent (clear limits, following through with instructions, etc.) style were less likely to have children with a higher body mass index (BMI).
According to the study Moms are totally off the hook.
There was no association between the mothers’ parenting styles and children’s weight, said the study authors from the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
We declare these findings erroneous on all counts. And in no way should the fact our first tiny cupcake memory of sharing a meal with Papa Layercake involved mini chocolate cream pies be considered evedentiary support for this fuzzy science theory.
Just because those researchers have a bunch degrees with Ps and Hs and Ds doesn’t mean they are correct. Our equally qualified Layercake.net Super Scientiferific Department of smartypants researchers has debunked this Bad Dad theory. Our findings, based on decades of latchkey kid research prove that the real cause of childhood obesity is insufficient amounts of cartoon parenting.
We submit to you, the readers a gathering of some of the finest cartoon parenters ever assembled in one place.
Mr. C Monster, while not a cartoon, was still a nutrition crusader who found great success with his famous campaign for moderation. His program encouraged children the world over to participate in his 2veggies for every 1 cookie Nutrition Ratio System.
Mr. Time F. Timer PHD, of the world renowned Hanker for a Hunk of Cheese theories, spread his ground breaking research via self-narrated cheese advocacy videos.
Underground science team known as the Bod Squad were leaders in the “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” crusade.
The cartoon parenting movement struck a nerve with condiment manufacturers when “Don’t Drown Your Food” propaganda was distributed in the name of nutrition. Shortly after this clip was released its star mysteriously disappeared. It is rumored the last appointment on his calender was with a Mr. H. J. Heinz.
Tune in for our next segment of Why TV Parenting Rules when we’ll tackle grooming habits with our special guest, Mr. Yuck Mouth. Here’s a clip:
It’s Mrs. Beasely. Now available with a new and improved increased price tag. I’m quite sure that in the days of Buffy, Mr. French and Jody this cost about $79 dollars less than the new release. But can you really put a price on that kind of nostalgia? We think not. now if only we could find Kitty Carryall.
l’affaire de famille
Secretly we felt sorry for Mr. French. Hanging out with a bunch of wealthy, whiny, question-asky brats all day and he never even got to bring a “lady friend” back to the swanky 5th Ave apartment. He got jacked.
And now a dedication. Get crunk classic for our man Mr. French.
Viewing tip: While you listen to this song totally picture Mr. French getting his hyphe groove on.
We’re not sure what bunnies and chocolate eggs have to do with this religious holiday but anytime cake is involved, Layercake.net has an obligation to participate.
In Way Back Machine by Heidi Nyburg on Friday, September 16, 2005
Update
Grover back at work.
For those readers out there who saw our earlier piece several weeks back detailing the current whereabouts of childhood favorite Grover, this is an update that quite frankly left me feeling relieved about the wellbeing of our beloved Sesame Street friend, Grover. Tear.
It seems that fans of Sesame Street character Grover can rest assured that his VH1’s Where Are They Now story will end on an up note. With his matted blue fur coat and twinking eyes Grover, who reached popularity in the late seventies portraying such memorable characters as Super Grover and Cafe Waiter, has landed a lucrative endorsement deal with Earth’s Best a subsidiary of Colorado based natural food distributor The Hain Celestial Group. Grover and other Sesame Street characters will endorse various cereal and cracker products targeted at the toddler market. Our sources tell us that the photoshoot became a war of egos as Elmo’s alleged diva demands caused tension on the set. We’re told that Elmo’s insistence on appearing solo on the largest box in the product line, the Organic On the Go Os box, caused a clash of egos not seen since Vanity Fair’s Desperate Housewives cover shoot. Dare we say it? Yes, the faux fur was flying.
A pic from the shoot :
Elmo’s rumored list of dressing room demands:
7 Lavender and jasmine scented candles by Tocca with beaded crystal holders
23 100% cotton yellow T-shirts by C&C California with the capital letter “E” embroidered on the chest
4 Bottles of Crystal; chilled
Don’t get me wrong, I understand the need to redesign product packaging and update brand mascots like our beloved Twinkie the Kid. Savvy marketeers work day and night to keep the brand representative fresh and hip for all of the three foot tall crème-filling mongers at play on shiny plastic-mold tanbark-free playgrounds. This noble work while tedious is critical to acquiring new addicts customers. Refreshing old brand mascots and their outdated fashions, fonts and color schemes also creates new sales opportunities for marketing the newly retro and oh so collectible character on everything salable from t-shirts to shot glasses. The part that I don’t find fluffy and sweet is when the made over mascot ends up looking like a cross between Clay Aiken and metrosexual rodeo star as is the case with the Twinkie the Kid make under. Granted Twinkie’s image has never been on par with oh say the Marlborough Man, but the latest incarnation has everyone at Layercake.net thoroughly disenchanted. For the love of golden sponge cake, Twinkie, what have they done to you?
Take a gander at the before and after makeover of Mr Koolaid:
Another makeover while not so recent was certainly a step in a somewhat fashionable direction. I’m referring to the clothing of the Koolaid Man. Like most brand mascots The Koolaid man is not in fact a man and in this case he is a pitcher of red Koolaid. And until the early 70’s he didn’t even have his Koolaid filled limbs. He does not prance around in the snow so you won’t find a pair of flat front chinos and a cable knit sweater on his Gap wish list. Nor is Mr Koolaid a high fashion pitcher model, you won’t see him sauntering down the catwalk in D&G any time soon. Even the aforementioned Twinkie the Kid only sports strictly work related accessories like a neckerchief, cowboy boots and a hat, no pants. So I never really considered the fact that apparently, my entire childhood was bombarded with nude images of an unclothed Koolaid Man. The horror. Now that he is clothed I am suddenly aware that while he does not have Koolaid filled “parts” if you will allow me to be so graphic, for all those years, he was naked. And somewhere along the crystallized sugar path of Mr Koolaid’s life he was shamed into putting on clothing. It started out slowly just a pair of white tennis shoes, naturally all of that running through paper walls could be tough on Koolaid filled feet. And then the arrival of the tropical print shirt brought images of a younger, redder Mr. Hawaiian Punch. And now Mr. Koolaid (perhaps I should refer to him heretofore as LL Koolaid), is completely hip-hopified. Next we will be told by the marketeers that all along, Mr Koolaid has in fact been sippin’ on gin and juice. Er, low carb juice of course.
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