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Kaboom (breakfast Cereal)
Kaboom was the name of a vitamin-fortified, circus-themed breakfast cereal produced by General Mills, which contained oat cereal bits shaped like smiling clown faces and marshmallow bears, lions, elephants, and stars. Its mascot was a smiling circus clown. It originated in 1969. Known primarily as a breakfast cereal of the 1970s and 1980s, Kaboom remained available for sale until 2010 when it was discontinued by General Mills. Appearances * Kaboom cereal was referenced in the first chapter of Don DeLillo's 1985 novel White Noise. * Quentin Tarantino's 2003 movie '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' included a scene in which character Vernita Green uses a gun hidden in a box of Kaboom cereal in an attempt to kill The Bride. * A box of Kaboom also appears as a focal point in the Butthole Surfers' video for their song "Cherub". * Kaboom cereal was referenced in the " Game of Tones" episode of ''Futurama''. * Kaboom was the subject of a humorous essay at Ace of Spades HQ on September 4, 2013. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaboom
Kaboom is an onomatopoeic term representing the sound of an explosion. It may also refer to: Film and television * ''Kaboom'' (film), a 2010 film directed by Gregg Araki * "Kaboom" (''Parks and Recreation''), an episode of ''Parks and Recreation'' Music * ''Kaboom!'' (album), a 2011 album by I Fight Dragons * KFOG KaBoom, a yearly concert in San Francisco sponsored by KFOG * "Kaboom", an unreleased 2008 duet with Lady Gaga and Kalenna Harper Video games * ''Kaboom!'' (video game), an Atari 2600 video game * '' Kaboom: The Suicide Bombing Game'' (also known as ''Kaboom!''), a flash game Organisations *KaBOOM! (non-profit organization), a U.S. non-profit organization that helps communities build local play-spaces for children *KaBOOM! (publisher), a U.S. comics publisher * Kaboom Studios Other uses * ''Kaboom'' (book), a 2010 Iraq War memoir by Matt Gallagher * Kaboom (breakfast cereal), produced by General Mills * KaBoom (candy), the original name of the candy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrix Kiddo
Beatrix "the Bride" Kiddo (codename: Black Mamba) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the two-part film ''Kill Bill'' directed by Quentin Tarantino. She is portrayed by Uma Thurman. Kiddo was ranked by ''Empire'' magazine as 23rd of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters" of all time, and ''Entertainment Weekly'' named her as one of "The 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years". Creation According to Uma Thurman, she and Tarantino created the character collaboratively during the filming of ''Pulp Fiction'', with Thurman providing the character's first name and Tarantino her last name. After the release of '' Kill Bill: Volume 2'', Tarantino commented that he "love the Bride" and that he "killed imelf to put her in a good place" for the ending. Most of the Bride's attributes come from Tarantino's development of Shosanna Dreyfus for his film ''Inglourious Basterds'' which he started to work on before ''Kill Bill''. Originally Dreyfus was a badass assassin who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Mills Cereals
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO rank scal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Products Introduced In 1969
Product may refer to: Business * Product (business), an item that serves as a solution to a specific consumer problem. * Product (project management), a deliverable or set of deliverables that contribute to a business solution Mathematics * Product (mathematics) Algebra * Direct product Set theory * Cartesian product of sets Group theory * Direct product of groups * Semidirect product * Product of group subsets * Wreath product * Free product * Zappa–Szép product (or knit product), a generalization of the direct and semidirect products Ring theory * Product of rings * Ideal operations, for product of ideals Linear algebra * Scalar multiplication * Matrix multiplication * Inner product, on an inner product space * Exterior product or wedge product * Multiplication of vectors: ** Dot product ** Cross product ** Seven-dimensional cross product ** Triple product, in vector calculus * Tensor product Topology * Product topology Algebraic topology * Cap product * Cup produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Breakfast Cereals
This is a list of breakfast cereals. Many cereals are trademarked brands of large companies, such as Kellogg's, General Mills, Malt-O-Meal Company, Malt-O-Meal, Nestlé, Quaker Oats Company, Quaker Oats and Post Foods, but similar equivalent products are often sold by other manufacturers and as store brands. A *All-Bran – Kellogg's (1916–present) *Almond Delight – Ralcorp, Ralston *Alpen (food), Alpen – Weetabix Limited * Alpen No Sugar – Weetabix Limited *Alpha-Bits – Post Cereals (1958–2021) *Apple Jacks – Kellogg's (1965–present) **Apple DJ Crashers – Kellogg's (2007) **Apple Jacks Apple Clones – Kellogg's (2010–present) **Caramel Apple Jacks – Kellogg's (2020) **Cinnamon Jacks – Kellogg's (2013) **CinnaScary Apple Jacks – Kellogg's (2005) **Apple Jacks Double Vision – Kellogg's (2006) **Apple Jacks with Blue Carrots – Kellogg's (2003) **Apple Jacks Gliders – Kellogg's (2009) **Apple Jacks with Marshmallows – Kellogg's *Apple Raisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Defunct Consumer Brands
This is a list of defunct consumer brands which are no longer made and usually no longer mass-marketed to consumers. Brands in this list may still be made, but are only made in modest quantities and/or limited runs as a nostalgic or retro style item. Automobiles Airlines Banking * Bank One Corporation * Fleet Bank * Lincoln Savings and Loan Association * National City Corp. * Valley National Bank of Arizona * Washington Mutual * Lehman Brothers Energy * Clark Brands * Enron * Gulf Oil * Standard Oil of Ohio Food and beverages Processing, distributing and retail companies * Beatrice Foods * Bill Knapp's * Blue Valley Creamery Company * Borden, Inc. * Burger Chef * Freezer Queen * Pet, Inc. * Revco * Sexton Foods * ShowBiz Pizza Place * White Tower Hamburgers Dairy * Golden Guernsey * Louis Trauth Dairy * Swerve Pet food * Ken-L Ration * Ralston Purina Food items * Arch Deluxe * Gerber Singles Alcoholic beverages Breakfast cereals * C3PO's Cereal * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Of Spades HQ
Ace of Spades HQ, Ace of Spades, or AoS is a conservative and humor-driven U.S.-based political blog covering current events, legal issues, military hardware, and salacious topics in popular culture. The blog was first launched in . It has been quoted, mentioned, referenced or linked by ''The Wall Street Journal'', Fox News, CNN, ''National Review'', ''The Weekly Standard'', and many notable online magazines/blogs, as well as on the floor of the US House of Representatives. The site's leading blogger, the pseudonymous "Ace of Spades," has also appeared as a guest expert on Fox News, although it is quite rare for him to make media appearances. Public recognition When Ace himself was honored as the "Blogger of the Year" at the Conservative Political Union's Conservative Political Action Conference in March 2008, Brian Faughnan of ''The Weekly Standard'' wrote that "Ace has a gift for cutting through political BS, for dissecting the fatal flaws behind liberal arguments, and for doin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at an interplanetary delivery company, working alongside the one-eyed Leela and robot Bender. The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on ''The Simpsons''; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox. Following its initial cancelation by Fox, ''Futurama'' began airing reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which lasted from 2003 to 2007. It was revived in 2007 as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, half-hour episodes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Of Tones
"Game of Tones" is the twenty third episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series ''Futurama'', and the 137th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central on August 14, 2013. The episode was written by Michael Rowe and directed by Edmund Fong. The Planet Express crew enter Fry's dreams and find themselves back in the year 1999 in search of a mysterious alien song. The title is a spoof of ''Game of Thrones'', while the episode as a whole makes many references to ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' and ''Inception'', and the plot contains many similarities to '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''. Plot Earth is slowly approached by a mysterious alien ship that repeatedly broadcasts four loud musical tones, which can be heard by everyone on the planet. At first, the music is merely an annoyance, but as the ship draws nearer, the booming tones begin to cause structural damage and threaten to tear the planet apart. No one has any idea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers are an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas, by singer Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second drummer from 1983 to 1985, 1986 to 1989, and 2009. The band has also employed a variety of bass players, most notably Jeff Pinkus.Lieck, "Reissuing the Butthole Surfers: Tongue-in-Cheek Terror", Austin Chronicle vol. 18 No. 52. Emerging from the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Butthole Surfers quickly became known for their chaotic live shows, black comedy, and a sound that incorporated elements of psychedelia, noise rock, and punk as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing.Young, "Butthole Surfers biography", RollingStone.com. Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fanbase, Butthole Surfers had little commercial success until 1996's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
