Anybody else feel a little off this week? Like maybe Super Mario 64’s Wet-Dry World is leaking a little bit of its negative emotional aura into our own? Maybe I’ve just been reading too many creepypastas, but if I didn’t have an aversion to hearing my own voice, this is the kind of week that would leave me seeking out something calming. Something relaxing. Something as chill as the milk in your fridge.
Something like The Empty Bowl: a meditative podcast about cereal from me and Justin McElroy. If this is your first emptied bowl rodeo, welcome: rest assured, there will be no bucking broncos of worry and stress ahead: just some good old fashioned yolkin’ around and breakfast clownery. In this episode, Justin and I reluctantly accept a new Froot Loops Something Pop, get existential about South Korea’s Green Onion Chex, and ponder the future of Count Chocula’s oaten ore.
Still bored enough to watch Wet Worlds Dry? There’s plenty more fun to be had at our Anchor hub. You can also follow along on Twitter, or send in a listener question. We can’t discuss or respond to every email, but each one sets off a 1-Up noise in my prefrontal cortex.
Thank you Dan & Justin for asking General Mills to bring back the oat flour to the Monsters!! I’m the guy on Twitter constantly reminding them to restore the glory and bring back the oats because I do remember the cereal in its intended form. It was aromatic, sweet, and just a million times better than the current corn version. Interestingly, Boo Berry (1973-1992) used to say blueberry flavored cereal, now it’s just berry. A minor casualty of the recipe change but one I think is interesting as original Boo Berry was like a blueberry/vanilla sugar magical blend and now it’s not only void of blueberry but it shares the same pink marshmallows as Franken Berry. No doubt this whole cornification was financially motivated but just once before I die, I hope they give the original recipe Monsters another run. Offer both, take a vote, charge a premium, just please General Mills, restore the glory!!!!!