{"id":1533,"date":"2010-04-21T19:45:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T19:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyfork.com\/6_edible_anthropomorphic_icons\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T19:39:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:39:04","slug":"6_edible_anthropomorphic_icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/6_edible_anthropomorphic_icons\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Edible Anthropomorphic Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Food, come alive! Do we eat them, or listen to what they have to say? You decide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Mayor McCheese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/e4JgvTOdhtQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/e4JgvTOdhtQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>A mayor with a delectable cheeseburger for a head, Mayor McCheese&#8217;s election was based solely on his cholesterol content. He now has his own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mayor-McCheese\/19727068917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page <\/a>, complete with over 2,000 &#8220;likes.&#8221; Tight polyester pants and Mayor McCheese &#8211; the two most influential things to emerge from the 70&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Nannerpuss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4kK6F7t-x6E&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4kK6F7t-x6E&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Is it a banana? Is it an octopus? Why is it sitting on a pile of pancakes? Why does it equally freak us out and make us hungry? Can we have one for a pet?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Frosted Mini Wheats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/I5MD73W8BII&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/I5MD73W8BII&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>These cute little buggers have eight layers and some kickin&#8217; quiz skills. If only we&#8217;d had some of our breakfast cereal come alive and help us study for tests in elementary school, we might not have repeated the 3rd grade, or ever eaten cereal again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) M&#038;M&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/I7Ue0AY8Beg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/I7Ue0AY8Beg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>At least these commercials poke fun out of the edible nature of their rotund spokescandies. These giant, mutated chocolate-shelled confections are constantly evading snack time as they wittily banter and charm their way out of dying a slow, painful death. Gives new meaning to the &#8220;death by chocolate&#8221; phrase, or more appropriately, &#8220;death as chocolate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)  Mr. Banana Grabber<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-1hl3GVYPpU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-1hl3GVYPpU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>For all you <i>Arrested Development<\/i> fans, this quote from Michael Bluth sums up the entire idea, or lack of idea behind the wreckless banana grabbing promotion to brand the famous Bluth Banana Stand. http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mr-Bananagrabber\/98821305919<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bluth: &#8220;I guess it would just be a guy who, you know, grabs bananas and runs. Or a banana that grabs things. I don&#8217;t know. Why would a banana grab another banana? I mean those are the kind of questions I don&#8217;t want to answer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6) Pizza the Hut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/33n-IS8a1S4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/33n-IS8a1S4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Jabba the Hutt was a disgusting blob that enslaved Princess Leah and kept Han Solo&#8217;s carbonite frozen body as a souvenir in the all time classic, <i>Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi<\/i>. How could that ever be improved upon? Make him pizza. Oh, Mel Brooks, you did indeed strike comic gold in <i>Spaceballs<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food, come alive! Do we eat them, or listen to what they have to say? You decide. 1) Mayor McCheese A mayor with a delectable cheeseburger for a head, Mayor McCheese&#8217;s election was based solely on his cholesterol content. 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