Archive:General Mills monster-themed breakfast cereals

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{{Infobox generic
| color = pink
| name = Count Chocula
|
| img1 = 2003 12 countchoc.jpg
| width1 = 128px
| cap1 = A box of Count Chocula breakfast cereal
|
| hdr1 = [[chocolate]]-flavored corn<br />cereal bits and [[marshmallows]]
| lbl1 = Mascot:
| row1 = Cartoon vampire;<br />The name is a [[pun]]<br />on the [[vampire]]<br />[[Count Dracula]]
| lbl2 = Introduced:
| row2 = 1971
| lbl3 = Discontinued:
| row3 = Still in production
| lbl4 = Tagline:
| row4 = I want to eat your cereal!<br />(1971–2008)
| lbl5 = Notes:
| row5 = <ref>[http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_chocula.htm Advertising Mascots - Count Chocula] from [http://www.tvacres.com/ TV Acres] - Internet guide to television program facts</ref>
}}
{{Infobox generic
| color = pink
| name = Franken Berry
|
| img1 = Frankenberry.jpg
| width1 = 128px
| cap1 = A box of Frankenberry breakfast cereal
|
| hdr1 = [[strawberry]]-flavoured corn<br />cereal bits and [[marshmallows]]
| lbl1 = Mascot:
| row1 = Cartoon variant of<br />[[Frankenstein's monster]]
| lbl2 = Introduced:
| row2 = 1971
| lbl3 = Discontinued:
| row3 = Still in production
| lbl4 = Tagline:
| row4 = -
| lbl5 = Notes:
| row5 = <ref>[http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_frankenberry.htm Advertising mascots - Frankenberry] from [http://www.tvacres.com TV acres] - Internet guide to television program facts</ref>
}}
{{Infobox generic
| color = pink
| name = Boo Berry
|
| img1 = Boo-marvel.jpg
| width1 = 128px
| cap1 = Boo Berry box, 1984
|
| hdr1 = [[blueberry]]-flavored corn<br />cereal bits and [[marshmallows]]
| lbl1 = Mascot:
| row1 = Blue cartoon [[ghost]];<br />voiced by a<br />[[Peter Lorre]] imitator, [[Paul Frees]]
| lbl2 = Introduced:
| row2 = 1973
| lbl3 = Discontinued:
| row3 = Still in production
| lbl4 = Tagline:
| row4 = -
| lbl5 = Notes:
| row5 = -
}}
{{Infobox generic
| color = pink
| name = Fruit Brute
|
| img1 =
| width1 = 150px
| cap1 = A box of Fruit Brute breakfast cereal
|
| hdr1 = Frosted fruit-flavored cereal<br />with [[Lime (fruit)|lime]] flavored [[marshmallow]]s
| lbl1 = Mascot:
| row1 = Cartoon Werewolf
| lbl2 = Introduced:
| row2 = 1974/75
| lbl3 = Discontinued:
| row3 = 1983
| lbl4 = Tagline:
| row4 = -
| lbl5 = Notes:
| row5 = <ref>[http://www.tvacres.com/horror_werewolves_fruit.htm Advertising mascots - Fruit Brute] from [http://www.tvacres.com/ TV Acres] - Internet guide to television program facts</ref>
}}
{{Infobox generic
| color = pink
| name = Fruity Yummy Mummy
|
| img1 = Yummy Mummy.jpeg
| width1 = 128px
| cap1 = A box of Fruity Yummy Mummy breakfast cereal
|
| hdr1 = Frosted [[fruit]]-flavored cereal<br />with [[vanilla]]-flavored<br />[[marshmallow]]s
| lbl1 = Mascot:
| row1 = Cartoon Mummy
| lbl2 = Introduced:
| row2 = 1987
| lbl3 = Discontinued:
| row3 = 1993
| lbl4 = Tagline:
| row4 = Fruity Yummy Mummy<br />makes your tummy<br />feel yummy!<br />Heh, heh, heh!<br />(1988–1990)
| lbl5 = Notes
| row5 = Sold in some countries as<br />Fruity Yummy Mummy
}}
'''[[General Mills]] monster-themed breakfast cereals''' is a series of five current and formerly distributed [[breakfast cereal]] brands for the North American market during the later half of the 20th century. The series includes the currently produced '''Count Chocula''', '''Franken Berry''', and '''Boo Berry''', and the currently unavailable '''Fruit Brute''' and '''Fruity Yummy Mummy'''
[[File:BooBerryBlackBowl.JPG|thumb|A bowl of Boo Berry.]]
==History==
In 1971, the first two cereals in the line were introduced, the still-available Count Chocula and (strawberry flavored) Franken Berry. Boo Berry was released two years later, in 1973, and Fruit Brute appeared a year after that, in 1974. Fruit Brute was discontinued by 1983 and replaced in 1987 by Fruity Yummy Mummy, which also had a short life and was discontinued in 1993. Boo Berry and Franken Berry are sometimes mistakenly thought to be discontinued as well. In reality, their distribution is just much lower and more sporadic than that of the flagship cereal Count Chocula. The best time of the year to find Boo Berry and Franken Berry is around [[Halloween]].

[[Target Corporation|Target]] and [[Wal-Mart]] are among the stores that have been known to carry these more scarce cereals during October in time for [[Halloween]]. They can be found year-round in the Midwest at [[Wal-Mart]] Supercenters and on Amazon.com, and in the Southeast in many stores. In addition, they have been spotted year-round in some Wal-Mart Supercenters in the East.

Somewhat unusual for retired advertising characters, Fruity Yummy Mummy and Fruit Brute continue to be seen on the occasional piece of official merchandise: in recent years, both a resin model kit, and a [[bobblehead doll]] have been sold in their images.

==Health concerns==
Franken Berry was very popular when first introduced, even though the initial batches of the cereal used a dye that didn't break down in the body, causing many children's feces to be bright pink{{Fact|date=September 2008}}, a symptom sometimes referred to as "Frankenberry Stool."

==Appearances in popular media==
{{In popular culture|date=January 2009}}

===Television and Film===
* On the TV series ''[[Futurama]]'', Count Chocula has been promoted to [[Archduke]] Chocula.
*''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode ''[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]'' features a parody named "Count Fudgeula". In [[Treehouse of Horror IV]] the credits list Matt “Count Chocula” Groening. In the episode [[The Old Man and the Lisa]], when [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] shops for cereal he sees [[Krusty the Clown|Krusty]] with a box of [[List of products in The Simpsons#Krusty-brand cereal|Krusty-O’s]] and asks, “Can you tell me where they put the Burns-O’s?” When Krusty replies, “They don't put nobodies on cereal boxes!” Burns notices a Count Chocula cereal box and says, “Hmm. I suppose this one looks a bit like me.”
*An episode of ''[[Invader Zim]]'' contains a parody character named ''Count Cocofang'', a mascot for ''Coco Splodies'' cereal.
*In "[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]", On the episode "[[Health Care (The Office episode)|Health Care]]" Someone lists "Count Choculitis" as an illness when Dwight forces the staff to disclose their diseases in order to reduce health benefit costs. Dwight asks "Did you write that because you know I love 'Count Chocula'?"
*On an episode of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', all three primary monsters were featured as judges in an ''[[American Idol]]'' spoof called ''Zombie Idol''. Count Chocula substituted for the role of [[Simon Cowell]], Boo Berry for [[Paula Abdul]], and Franken Berry for [[Randy Jackson]].
*A cut-away in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Wasted Talent]]" shows Cap'n Crunch wanting [[The Godfather]] to [[assassination|assassinate]] Chocula because "that son of a bitch has been spreading lies! My cereal does ''not'' cut the roof of your mouth! With all respect." [http://www.planet-familyguy.com/pfg/subtitles/30/]
* In the ''[[21 Jump Street]]'' episode ''Old Haunts in the New Age'', Doug Penhall ([[Peter DeLuise]]) dresses up as Count Chocula for Halloween.
* In the HBO Original Series ''[[The Sopranos]]'', mobster [[Johnny Sack]] is jokingly referred to as Count Chocula.
* In the ''[[Psych]]'' episode ''[[American Duos]]'', Emilina Saffron refers to Detective Carlton Lassiter as Count Chocula due to the detective's likeness to the mascot.
*In the [[Imaginationland]] episode of [[South Park]], Count Chocula appears among the imaginary characters in the titular land.
*Franken Berry has appeared in ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[robot chicken]]'', ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' (as "Frankenfruity"), and ''[[Drawn Together]]''.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/drawn-together/breakfast-food-killer/episode/944336/summary.html?tag=ep_list;ep_title;9 Breakfast Food Killer] - TV.com</ref> He is also mentioned as looking like a Russian who conned Randy in ''[[My Name is Earl]]''.
* In the [[Metalocalypse]] episode "Dethdad", when the band visits Norway, Murderface points out a child who looks like Boo Berry.
* During the 2005 Super Bowl, Count Chocula was seen in a MasterCard commercial alongside many other famous icons. Frankenberry is mentioned by an unknown voice.
* In episode 19 of Fringe Walter asks for Franken Berry but none can be found.

===Other Media===
*In [[Thomas Pynchon]]’s novel ''[[Vineland]]'', the story begins with a note left next to an empty Count Chocula box. After reading the note, the protagonist simulates the taste of the cereal with [[Froot Loops]] and some [[Nesquik]].
*Count Chocula is briefly mentioned in the films ''[[Wedding Crashers]]'', ''[[Tank Girl (film)|Tank Girl]]'', and ''[[Sugar & Spice]]''; the cereal box itself appears in ''[[Multiplicity (film)|Multiplicity]]'' and ''[[Blade: Trinity]]''.
* In Pulp Fiction (1994) directed by Quentin Tarantino, a box of Fruit Brute appears on the table while Vance is watching tv.
*In 1999, the satirical newspaper ''[[The Onion]]'' ran a front-page story about Count Chocula; [[Franken Berry]] is also referenced in the article, though not named.<ref>[http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29263 Bloodthirsty, Undead Ghoul Advocates Chocolate-Cereal Consumption] - ''The Onion''</ref>
*The Halloween edition of the comedy website [[Something Awful]]'s "Tub Bites series" features "Chocolate Dracula" and "Strawberrystein."
*In the webcomic [[Something Positive]], the protagonist Davan McIntire uses a large supply of the monster cereals to create experimental desserts.
[[Image:Frankenberry Comic-Con2007.JPG|150px|thumb|right|Franken Berry display at [[Comic-Con International]] in [[San Diego]], [[California]]. [[2007]].]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.generalmills.com/ General Mills]
*[http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29263 Parody article on Count Chocula in ''The Onion'']
*[http://www.retroist.com/2008/10/29/monster-cereal-fun-facts-and-commercials/ Monster Cereal Facts and Commercials]

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Archive:Wireless Mesh Networks/Bibliography

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= Bibliography =




<ref>http://research.microsoft.com/mesh/papers/multiradio.pdf Richard Draves Jitendra Padhye Brian Zill "Routing in Multi-Radio, Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks" Microsoft Research, MobiCom 04, Sep 26-Oct 01, 2004 Philadelphia, PA</ref>
<ref>http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/01/03/030103hnrashid_1.html</ref>
Why all mesh products are not created equal.<ref>http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/4537/1/2/Performance Analysis of Mesh Architectures</ref>

<h1>Architectures</h1>

Review of three generation of mesh networking architectures<ref>http://wireless-straight-talk.blogspot.com/2006/11/talkin-bout-my-generation.html What is Third Generation Mesh?</ref>

Performance issues of First and Second Generation Mesh products <ref>http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:bMPl1QN_sI0J:www.dailywireless.org/2004/06/28/ugly-truth-about-mesh-networks Ugly Truths About Mesh Networks</ref>

<h1>Vendors</h1>

<h2>Locust World</h2>
An open source meshap offering for community networks as well as commercial offerings
<ref>http://www.locustworld.com LocustWorld</ref>

<h2>Roam AD</h2>
For a software based approach to open architecture mesh networks for communities or ISPs
<ref>http://www.roamad.com RoamAD</ref>

<h2>Mesh Networks (now Motorola)</h2>
<ref>http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/961951</ref>
<ref>http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3436581</ref>

<h1>Metro Wi-Fi Deployments</h1>

<h2>Cambridge</h2>
<ref>
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