King Vitaman (1970) 

I have no memory of this cereal but apparently I ate it. I'm here because I just found an old reel to reel recording from 1970 of me (at the age of 8) doing my own King Vitaman cereal commercial. I was pronouncing it "King Vitamin".

Just had some today. I love this stuff.

I remember this stuff really tore up the roof of my mouth. A harder version of Captain Crunch.

King Vitaman and Kaboom sold well during the time I work for the supermarket. Of course, those 2 cereals were on the list for the WIC program.

Long live the King of Cereals, King Vitaman.

That ice cream cones cereal was AWESOME!! I remember King Vitaman used to have a cut out mask on the back back in the day 👍🏽

Jay Ward did the BEST commercials! These and the original Cap'n Crunch cereal commercials are classics...still enjoyable today!

My grandma actually brought me a giant bag of this cereal when I was young. I loved it. Then it disappeared only to reappear as dora the Explorer cereal.

Loved this cereal!

I remember once during the mid to late 1970s (shop rite supermarket Rockland County NY) my mother made a mistake (we didn't really eat sugar cereals ) and bought this cereal. I loved it and craved it but she never picked it up again during those years. Anyway it disappeared. I saw it years later & I noticed that it came back but instead it was in a bag instead of a cereal box.

Another Quaker Oats cereal I would love to try. As it can be told, I am a huge fan of Quaker cereal. Awesome video Gabe!

King Vitamin used to be pre-sweetened back in the 70s. In the 90s, I was re-introduced to the cereal but it was no longer sweetened and the pieces were bigger. I think the 80s Donkey Kong cereal tasted just like it too.

Was my favorite as a kid I actually thought it was discontinued as it's been gone from our shelves since around 1974.

This was my total fav in the 70s

I had no idea those were supposed to crowns. To me, it got pretty soggy but I still liked this cereal a lot and am sad it is no longer produced.

Love your videos man, been watching for about a year now. Your one of my Favorite RU-vidrs! Can't wait to see what other cereals there all.

My favorite cereal....I need some NOW

I was a little late coming along to see this one; my introduction of the KV existing was Pinky singing the jingle while bringing Brain cereal.

Need to bring this cereal back

My box of King Vitaman just arrived!!! I can't wait to try it later!!!

I was born and raised in North Carolina and moved to Colorado almost 30 years ago (BIG MISTAKE!!!!) and yes they had that cereal and several others in North Carolina which I can’t find out here….it seems that some cereal brands became more harder to find these days.

and now I'm here when they cancelled it for good :( I used to eat this as a kid, and I'd choose this OVER captain crunch and any of those other sugary cereals in the late 90s/early 2000s. It was awesome.

Hey, that's a super awesome bowl! Love it!

The makers of Cap'n Crunch cereal. I had some of those when I was a kid. Now, I can not drink milk like I used to but I love to eat it as snacks, right from the box.

Actually, if you analyze it a bit more, you'll find it's not as sweet as Cap'n Crunch. It also doesn't tear the roof of your mouth up as much as Cap'n Crunch does. This cereal is also rebranded in many Dollar General locations as "Cap'n Crunch Treasures".

I grew up eating this stuff - I preferred it to Cap'n Crunch because due to the crown shape, it didn't get as mushy in milk as quickly as the Cap'n Crunch did. But I couldn't eat those sickeningly sweet cereals now.

I would've thought you had an old box of King Vitaman in the collection

Wow!! I Remember Seeing This In The Super Market!! When I Was A Child.

I remember King Vitamin tasting much better than Capt'N Crunch. I remember not finding it for a while, but when I came back it didn't taste the same. The original taste and crunch was gone. Would be nice to taste the original formula again

You're right, it's gone now.

I miss this Ceral I herd that it was Discounted

1:13 never be so dang literal

Was discontinued in 2019

My fav cereal of all Time!!!!! With sugar!

Rip king

That was my nickname from high school

This was my fav

Sounds good! King vitamin reminds me of the Death Metal band King Diamond! Love the video gabe!

wish they still made this cereal where i stay .

Has a more honey 🍯 flavor in it than Captain Crunch. My fam n I love this cereal. 😀

I Remember This Cereal.

Imagine telling people you have a web series where you talk about cereal. Also why did I watch like 20 of these?

I wonder why Quaker always use Jay Ward animation for its commercials back then? Maybe the Quaker company are fans of Jay Ward.

I swear it taste different than captain crunch

this was our substitute for the more expensive capn crunch in the 70's. the shape of the cereal would actually tear the skin off the roof of your mouth so you had to let it sit in the milk for awile before eating it

king vitamin yo dat was my childhood👍👍

Amazon is charging $20 for a box of King Vitaman! The price is outrageous, but I guess you are paying for its rarity. I really loved Quisp by the way. The box was cool in the small compact retro design too.

I felt sad for the live action King Vitaman. :-(

BEST CEREAL EVER

Do you know where you got it in north carolina I go there once a year

You should try Oat Bran Squares by Quaker Oats! It looks like Cap'n Crunch, tastes like Cap'n Crunch, and it's great for your health!

Quaker had to dump the original cartoon king due to the passing of Joe Flynn

They sell this at Food City grocery stores (you know like the NASCAR Food City 500 in Bristol TN). So yeah this is more or less a regional thing now.

King Vietnam

I wish Quaker didn't discontinue this cereal. IMO it was a better alternative to Cap'N Crunch which has gotten too damn sweet.

Joe Flynn. "What is it? What? What? What?" "I could just scream!" 😂

I remember the cereal and commercial 😊. If it tastes like Cap'n Crunch, I'm surprised it's still around - possible infringement?

Never heard/seen this cereal in Texas. Looks good though.

Where did you get that box?

I just bought an unopened box of King Vitamin cereal from a resale shop. They only had one. The box says and is spelled, "Vitamin." Does that mean anything ?

Never seen it, never heard of it

Why are the books on the shelves here displayed spine-in? Things like that make me curious.

Can’t find it online anywhere 🥺

Some cereal news: Lucky Charms all marshmallows contest, limited to 10 boxes. The promo video features Biz Markie. Tried to paste the link here, but it isn't working. You can look it up through the General Mills website. Okay, off to see if the Monster Cereals are lurking about.

Didn't they change the recipe on this?

IGA had it in Illinois

It's strange Quaker kept King Vitaman on the shelves for years while they let Quisp fade away to almost obscurity. :( I tried it a couple of times years ago but I didn't think it was all that good.

Hi my name is Kay Halls

I love this cereal but it cuts the roof of my mouth

They had to change from the cartoon to live action because Joe Flynn died.

Is that based on a cartoon?

1:12 not me you nincompoop. That funny

child hood memories.#Mess up yoUr gums

1 i don't know the name and 2 he died in 1988 not 1977 like gabe

I remember eating King Vitaman cereal when I was a young lad in the 1990's, it was so good. It's a shame you can't find it at a local Walmart in Wisconsin no more. The only place to get it is online.

But that live-action commercial would seem creepy in 2019.

Hmm. It does taste like Cap'n Crunch , but way less sweeter than its counterparts (Cap'n Crunch & Quisp). I like it. You'd think that the texture of crown-shaped pieces would shred the roof of your mouth but it doesn't. I don't think it compares to Cap'n Crunch by any means. It is good though.

Why? Is it bad?

I'm In Russia Laughing Up

Hey, do you remember the grocery store you bought your King Vitaman from in North Carolina?

Cho no entendéis el inglich

Ewwww...King Vitamin ....have nightmares about this shit

The nastiest cereal I've ever tasted

this cereal was a insult to humanity