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Captain Crunch (Picture 1). Captain Crunch cartoon pictures gallery. Captain Crunch cartoon images collection. Cap'n Crunch (who also works for Quaker Oats) was a result of market research indicating the one quality kids (who by the early 1960s were behind most cereal-buying decisions) most wanted in a cereal was crunch, resistance to sogginess when wet. So their chemists devised a reasonably non-toxic substance that would more-or-less live up to the slogan "Stays crunchy even in milk!", and still provide about as much nourishment as most other cereals. Then they pre-sweetened it, coated it with healthy, energy-packed sugar, and dreamed up the name. All that was lacking was the advertising campaign. Captain Crunch (Picture 1). Captain Crunch cartoon pictures gallery. Captain Crunch cartoon images collection. Possibly jealous of the success General Mills was having with TV commercials using the Jay Ward characters (to say nothing of Kellogg's with Hanna-Barbera), the Quaker people called on Jay Ward's animation studio during June, 1962, to discuss the matter. Ward was considerably less than enthusiastic about commercial work, because he didn't like the restrictions clients insisted on, but what the heck, he was out of town. They met with one of the studio's writers, Allan Burns, and worked out the outlines of the project. Later, Ward, who hit it off on a personal level with Quaker CEO Ken Mason, okayed it, but only as long as it remained fun. Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch was cast as an apparently-doddering old man (very old, but not really very doddering), not excessively bright, but with plenty of pep (no doubt from eating his own cereal). Daws Butler, his voice, used a style he'd originated for Fractured Fairy Tales. Cap's crew consisted of four children (Alfie, Brunhilde, Carlyle and Dave) and a dog (Seadog). He also had an arch-enemy, Jean LaFoot the Pirate (voiced by Bill Scott), who was constantly trying to steal the cereal. But LaFoot never succeeded, because Cap would find him by homing in on the sound of the pirate eating it. "You can't get away with the Crunch", Cap would sagely remark, "because the crunch always gives you away!" Captain Crunch (Picture 1). Captain Crunch cartoon pictures gallery. Captain Crunch cartoon images collection.