# Straight Dope gets a shout out in popculture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039 "2020-05-18T14:41:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/1 "2020-05-18T14:41:49Z")
This one: [[Froot Loops Changed Toucan Sam, and Cereal Lovers Are Not Pleased](https://popculture.com/trending/news/froot-loops-changed-toucan-sam-cereal-lovers-not-pleased/)]([Are the different colors of Froot Loops different flavors? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1683/are-the-different-colors-of-froot-loops-different-flavors/) [URL="[Froot Loops Changed Toucan Sam, and Cereal Lovers Are Not Pleased](https://popculture.com/trending/news/froot-loops-changed-toucan-sam-cereal-lovers-not-pleased/)) It’s hard to remember we once lived in a time when breakfast cereal was such A Big Deal. 😃 Jenny your humble TubaDiva The REAL Breakfast of Champions! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/2 "2020-05-18T15:14:37Z")
I think that you meant to post a different link. > **[Froot Loops Changed Toucan Sam, and Cereal Lovers Are Not Pleased](https://popculture.com/trending/news/froot-loops-changed-toucan-sam-cereal-lovers-not-pleased/)** > > Kellogg's shared a new design for Froot Loops mascot Toucan Sam earlier this month and fans of the \[...\] ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/3 "2020-05-18T15:17:13Z")
[Try this one.](https://popculture.com/trending/news/froot-loops-changed-toucan-sam-cereal-lovers-not-pleased/) [And this.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1683/are-the-different-colors-of-froot-loops-different-flavors/) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/4 "2020-05-18T16:33:12Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > [Try this one.](https://popculture.com/trending/news/froot-loops-changed-toucan-sam-cereal-lovers-not-pleased/) > > [And this.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1683/are-the-different-colors-of-froot-loops-different-flavors/) Has Cecil taken on [smarties](https://smartiesstore.com/collections/smarties-original)? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/5 "2020-05-18T18:41:23Z")
I was gonna come fix this and you all fixed it for me, thanks. That’s a British thing, right, smarties? I don’t see where Cecil has spoken to this confectionery delight. Though I do have it on good authority that Ed Zotti is a Red Vines kind of guy, for what that’s worth. And of course, there’s that classic that Cecil has commented on: > **[Does anybody actually like Circus Peanuts?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1159/does-anybody-actually-like-circus-peanuts/)** 😃 Jenny your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/6 "2020-05-18T19:19:01Z")
I just love Cecil Adams. ❤❤❤❤ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/7 "2020-05-18T20:01:58Z")
That Slug is pretty cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/8 "2020-05-18T23:17:07Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I just love Cecil Adams. ❤❤❤❤ You suck up better than Mike Pence! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/9 "2020-05-18T23:33:18Z")
It’s a gift. _::::;batting eyelashes:::::::_ ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/10 "2020-05-19T19:31:28Z")
My mind is picturing some teenage cartoon toucan in Toontown, sobbing into his pillow as what he thought would be his dream acting job turned into a new shade of hell as the internet tears him apart. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039/11 "2020-07-10T21:51:04Z")
That artwork deserves to be torn apart.