List of All Funny Face Flavors

Original packages for the two Funny Face flavors deemed offensive and presently replaced. "Injun" was a slang amending of "Indian" (in reference to Native Americans), extant from the 17th into the 20th centuries, and now considered racist.^[1] "Chinese Ruddy" displays the exaggerated epicanthic fold and buck teeth typical of stereotypes of Eastward Asians in the United States, extant in the 20th and into the 21st centuries,^[2] particularly seen in American World War Two anti-Japanese propaganda,^{[3] [iv]} and at present considered racist as well.^[2]

Funny Face was a brand of powdered beverage mix originally made and publicly sold past the Pillsbury Visitor^[A] from 1964 to 1994,^[v] and in limited productions (mainly in the Midwestern and New England regions of the United states of americaA.) from 1994 to 2001. The brand was introduced as contest^[6] to the similar (and more familiar and improve-selling)^[5] Kool-Aid fabricated by Kraft Foods. The product came in assorted flavors sweetened with artificial sweetener,^[B] and was mixed with water to brand a beverage.

The production name "Funny Face up" was based on the packaging and ad created by Hal Silverman of the Campbell Mithun advertising agency.^{[7] [8]} Each season was designated by a cartoon character with a presumably amusing face. The original flavors, and their names, were Goofy Grape, Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry, Freckle-Confront Strawberry, Injun Orange, and Chinese Blood-red. These last two, beingness ethnic stereotypes considered offensive past that time, were soon renamed to Jolly-Olly Orangish and Choo Choo Ruby-red.^{[5] [half-dozen]} Additional flavors were added later, including Captain Black Carmine, Dank Cherry Cola, Lefty Lemonade (and Lefty Lemon-Lime), Loud Oral fissure Lime (and Loud Mouth Punch), Pistol Pinkish Lemonade, Rah-Rah Root Beer, Rudi Tutti-Frutti, Tart Lil' Imitation Lemonade, Tart 'Due north' Tangy Lemon, With-It Watermelon,^[5] Meridian Banana,^[9] and Chug-a-Lug-a Chocolate,^[ten] the final intended to exist mixed with milk rather than water.^[11]

The mix was sweetened with calcium cyclamate. Cyclamates and their salts (including calcium cyclamate and sodium cyclamate) were banned in the United States in 1970;^[12] Calcium cyclamate was briefly replaced by saccharin, which proved unpopular, subsequently which the production was offered unsweetened.^[xi]

Various promotional tchotchkes were offered as premiums in support of the brand, such as mugs and pitchers bearing the likeness of the various cartoon faces associated with each season.^{[xi] [9] [xiii] [10]} A series of children's books such equally "How Freckle Confront Strawberry Got His Name" and similar titles were published.

The brand's tagline was "Funny Face is Fun To Beverage!"^{[14] [15]}

The Funny Face brand was purchased by Brady Enterprises in 1980, and continued to sell nationwide until 1994.^[16] A limited product relaunch (albeit with some modifications) was briefly sold in selected areas from 1994 to 2001. On November 28, 2012, Decas Cranberry Products of Carver, Massachusetts resurrected the names and personas of 4 of the original characters – Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry, Freckle Face Strawberry, Choo Choo Cherry, and Goofy Grape – for a line of flavored dried cranberry and fruit snacks.^[17]

Notes [edit]

1. ^

   During the period covered by this article, the Pillsbury Company was an contained nutrient visitor. Information technology was purchased by Grand Metropolitan in 1989 and so by General Mills in 2001, by which time it was just a brand name used by General Mills (and by The J.One thousand. Smucker Company, for some products).

2. ^

   Later in its existence the Funny Face line was sold unsweetened.

References [edit]

1. ^ "Injun [definition]". Merriam-Webster Dictionary . Retrieved September 4, 2018.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Snapchat'southward buck-toothed, slant-eyed Asian photo filter is blasted as 'yellowish confront' racism". Southward Red china Morning Post. August 11, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
3. ^ Jen Quraishi Phillips. "Why the 'Tokio Kid' Wore Spectacles, and Other Adventures in Anti-Japanese WW2 Propaganda". Medium . Retrieved September iv, 2018.
4. ^ jeepersfreepers (June 1, 2016). "WWII American anti-Japanese Posters". imgur. Retrieved September four, 2018.
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Todd Frye. "Funny Face drink mix". Todd Frye'due south Pop-Cult.com . Retrieved July 29, 2018.
6. ^ ^{a b} Karlee Weinmann and Kim Bhasin (September 8, 2011). "12 Uncomfortably Racist Vintage Brand Mascots". Concern Insider . Retrieved September iv, 2018.
7. ^ Mayukh Sen. "Maybe These Pillsbury Drink Mix Mascots Are Best Left in 1965". Food52 . Retrieved September four, 2018.
8. ^ Dotz, Warren; Morton, Jim (1996). What a Character! 20th Century American Advertizing Icons. Chronicle Books. p. 28. ISBN0-8118-0936-six.
9. ^ ^{a b} Mary Jane Lamphier (July 31, 2017). "Funny Face Drinks are more fun!". Collector'due south Journal . Retrieved September 4, 2018.
10. ^ ^{a b} "Chug-a-Lug-a Chocolate". Advertising Icon Museum. Retrieved September iv, 2018.
11. ^ ^{a b c} Doug Smith (October 17, 2011). "Drink mix stirs up some sour stories". Quad-City Times ]Quad Cities] . Retrieved September 4, 2018.
12. ^ Carlos Vincent Domingues, Alex Leybelman, and Julie Chiliad. Fagan (2014). "FDA's Persistent Ban on the Bogus Sweetener Cyclamate". Semantic Scholar. doi:x.7282/T3Z321J5. S2CID 10259279. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
13. ^ "Funny Face up Cups (individual)". Pillsbury Funny Face up [website] . Retrieved September iv, 2018.
14. ^ Funny Face idiot box advertizement on YouTube
15. ^ Funny Confront tv advertisement, showing soon-discontinued Injun Orange and Chinese Cerise on YouTube
16. ^ Brett Lang (August eight, 2009). "Funny Face gets animated". [Quincy, Massachusetts] Patriot Ledger . Retrieved July 29, 2018.
17. ^ "Decas Cranberry Launches Funny Face up Stale Cranberries in Unmarried-Serve Packages [printing release]". Marketwired. Retrieved September 4, 2018.

Farther reading [edit]

• Silverman, Hal (1966). How the Funny Face Characters Got Their Names. Pillsbury Corporation. (Children's book)

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