My cereal habit started early on, and it never completely went away. I recall my grandpa coming to visit us in the Philippines. He introduced me to the idea of blending two cereals in the same bowl, but explained the rule of healthy cereal with healthy cereal. The sugary or “junk food” kind with their kind. Talk about heroic.
Pop-Tarts were a whole other matter. With two to a pack, and with my three sisters and parents - you can do the math. Someone getting two doses could create conflict within a day. Cereal was a constant presence, but a box of Pop-Tarts was always facing extinction. In such a full house, you were really riding high when you scored both of the Pop-Tarts in the sleeve. My mom would sometimes proclaim: “I’m not getting these anymore,” she meant because of how quickly they vanished.
When I heard Jerry Seinfeld was directing a movie all about Pop-Tarts, I was all ears. He mentioned it in October 2023 after his stand up performance at the Wang Theatre in Boston. Debuting not even a year later, it’s the number one movie on Netflix with more than seven million views. Because of Unfrosted, I decided to subscribe to Netflix, something I’ve drifted away from.
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