Golden Grahams

Golden Grahams

Golden Grahams is a brand of breakfast cereal owned by General Mills. It consists of small toasted square shaped cereal pieces made of whole wheat and corn. The taste is a mix of honey and brown sugar.

There are some indications that the cereal may have been discontinued in the UK. However, it is still widely available in North America.

Taglines

*You're not just good, you're golden.
*Crammed with Graham
*How do they cram all that graham?
*With Ridges that Rock!

References In Popular Culture

* For the cereal's introduction in the 1970s, American television commercials featured jingles reworked from the musical standard "O Dem Golden Slippers". A variety of new lyrics were written around the phrase "Oh, those Golden Grahams".

*In the Deep Space Homer episode of The Simpsons, the character Homer Simpson sings the original Golden Grahams (Golden Slippers) theme while the shuttle he is occupying hurtles toward Earth at an unimaginable speed. At the same time, the other occupants of the shuttle (real astronaut Buzz Aldrin, voiced by the second man on the moon himself, and fake astronaut Race Banyon, voiced by cast member Hank Azaria) hum "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". (This is itself a reference to the movie version of Tom Wolfe's book "The Right Stuff", and its John Glenn reentry sequence.)

* In the late 1980s, Golden Graham commercials used extensive reworkings of the 1967 hit song "Happy Together" by The Turtles.

* This Morning With Richard Not Judy (TMWRNJ) repeatedly mocked Golden Grahams as a regular feature of the show, with emphasis put on how badly they tasted. One particular episode stated that despite the current advertising slogan of "Golden Grahams deserve respect" that actually "Golden Grahams deserve to be flushed, uneaten, down a toilet". They also claimed that Golden Grahams contained acid, with Richard Herring placing one on his tongue, and stating "Wow, there are peas coming out of my face" after a supposed Grahams induced LSD trip.

* In the British comedy series Little Britain, one of the characters presents a board of managers with a round perposterous ideas for cereal brands, one of which is "Golden Graemes," which consists of, "Real bits of Dr. Graeme Garden, covered in delicious gold!"

* In the British comedy series "The Mighty Boosh" in episode 1 series 3: Eels, Tony Harrison refers to his breakfast by saying "Liquid Breakfast! I 'ad champagne on me Golden Grahams!"

* In the song Everything You Know Is Wrong by "Weird Al" Yankovic he mentions going to the kitchen for some Golden Grahams in the second verse.

Nutrition facts

Per 100 g (3½ oz)
*Food energy: 108.75 cal (455 kJ)
*Food energy from fat: 9.57 cal (40 kJ)
*Fat 1.06 g
*Cholesterol 0.00 mg
*Saturated fat 0.80 g
*Sodium 194.3 mg
*Carbohydrate 24.17 g
*Sugar 10.63 g
*Dietary fiber 0.87 g
*Protein 1.45 g
*Key vitamins and minerals
**Vitamin A 480.9 IU
**Vitamin C 0.00 mg
**Folate 16.97 µg
**Calcium 106.3 mg
**Iron 3.92 mg
**Potassium 51.23 mg

References

* [http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/brands/product_image.aspx?catID=50&itemID=742 Image of cereal box art, ingredients and nutritional information at General Mills website]

*Trivia - Lee & Herring's TMWRNJ Scripts [http://www.leeandherring.com/ Available Here] specifically Season 2 Episode 2.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0H_hqN54Gs YouTube video of 1970s-era "Golden Slippers" commercial, as recorded from broadcast TV.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n70kWe6L_6o YouTube video of 1980s-era "Happy Together" commercial, as recorded from broadcast TV.]


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