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In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Wes and Nick watch this rad ass commercial from the 90s with a Chocolate eating vampire!
Background:
In March 1971, the first two cereals in the line were introduced, the chocolate-flavored Count Chocula and the strawberry-flavored Franken Berry. Count Chocula is the name of an advertising character for an eponymous breakfast cereal made by General Mills. He is a vampire that ostensibly eats only the chocolate cereal he is named after. His voice and image are an homage to Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Count Dracula. Count Chocula is a benign character rather than a malicious monster.
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