The Weekly Marshmallow

All 6 beginning flavors. This is the first post on this blog since November. Not that much people read this anyway. Anyways, I decided that I wanted to post on this blog more, so here I am today! Since today is Thursday, I wanted to make a post on something old. And I found Funny Face, a drink mix by Pillsbury (apparently this is what they did before the baking business) that was popular in the '60s, tried to overthrow Kool-Aid, and stirred up some controversy along with the juice. So let's have a look at this innocent but slightly racist drink. 1964: Introduction This commercial. WARNING: Slightly offensive. The drink was introduced in 1964, along with the commercial above. It tried to be an alternate to Soft Drinks and carbonated sodas, instead being a fruit juice. It was made to compete with Kool-Aid, which has been around since the 1930's, so it was pretty clear who was the market leader here. Anyways, the drink was unique as each flavor had a character to r