@@time_skeleton7535 - They never existed. They were rebranded and released. Bugles (aka Flutes) still exist today. beachpackagingdesign.com/boxvox/general-mills-and-the-snack-product-trio
It's amazing and sad just how much more effective this 1 commercial is from the mid 60's than most advertisements do today. I want wheels flutes and crowns now!
Yeah! Especially the Wheel-Stealer! He might even be perfect for a children's educational show! Except, maybe he shouldn't eat a cheesy snack. Maybe he should eat something else, like.... 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
I certainly do! Some of my favorite snacks have weird shapes! The Wheels especially look tasty! I just have to stay away from Sesame Street. And The Muppet Theater. And the North Pole.
It's a good thing they made some adjustments to the Cookie Monster puppet because I'm not sure if most people would be comfortable with those sharp teeth. By the way, any chance that those snacks are sold today?
fun fact: the designs of the wheel stealer and the crown grabber were eventually used for the designs of cookie monster and beautiful day monster respectivally.
The poor, neurotic guy who has his snacks ganked repeatedly looks and sounds like an adult version of Sesame Street's Ernie...which is strange, considering Ernie IS an adult. If you briefly ignore that and think of Ernie as a mischievous child, the likeness is striking.
Those three snack-loving monsters would soon have greater roles in the Muppet media. The Crown-Grabber would soon be seen on the Ed Sullivan Show attempting to ruin a girl's beautiful day and was thusly named "Beautiful Day Monster". The Flute-Snatcher would make occasional appearances in Muppet media, such as The Great Santa Claus Switch and Muppets Take Manhattan. And then there was the Wheel-Stealer, who was destined for greater things.
This 1969 commercial was made for the Canadian market. Note the bilingual English/French labels on the boxes. In 1969, Canada became *officially* bilingual.
How many freakin' corn snacks HAS General Mills created over the years! Bugles! Wheels! Crowns! Flutes! Daisies! Buttons! Bows! Whistles! The list goes on and on and on and on........
Wheel Stealer: Cookie Monster (now he's eating cookies and other kinds of food, but remember, he's NOT the Veggie Monster!) Flute Snatcher: Modified into the Snake Frackle Crown Grabber: Beautiful Day Monster (formerly on Sesame Street, now a character in The Muppets)
Ok but the Stealer, Snatcher and Grabber's methods of eating the snacks is actually similar to a family member's method. Brothers will often just storm in and eat your food as quickly as they can, Dads are sneaky and quick about it but make a lot less mess and Mums will burst in and take because you "oue them" for all the stuff they've given you. At least in my experience.
Again, I wish this commercial was seen by others besides only Henson himself. He put a lot of effort into making it and yet the network never even bothered to show it. It just isn't fair, I wish someone knew why it wasn't broadcasted.
The Flute Snatcher would reappear a few times in Season 1 of Sesame Street. And had a cameo in The Muppets Take Manhattan as one of the attendees of Kermit and Miss Piggy's Wedding scene!
No fictional villain can ever hope to be as dastardly as the Flute Snatcher. They always escape before you notice what they’ve done, and their actions were so damaging to sales of Flutes that they had to cease producing them. Thanos may have snapped the universe’s population in two, but the Flute Snatcher brought the amount of Flutes in the world down to zero.
First they get you hooked on Wheels and when that isn't enough, they suggest you try Munchos, next thing you know you're dependent on Cookies and finally the worst thing happens. Diabetes.
I really think it’s actually his first time striking at a guy’s house. Unless he’s been somewhere else in the making of the advert and said “Strikes again”.
"These wheel-shaped cheese flavored snacks that taste so... cheese flavored"
The floor here is made out of floor
Wheels are a gateway snack to Cookies, apparently.
do these snacks still exist?
@@time_skeleton7535 - They never existed. They were rebranded and released. Bugles (aka Flutes) still exist today. beachpackagingdesign.com/boxvox/general-mills-and-the-snack-product-trio
Nope, but it did lead straight to Cookie Monster.
Yeah...he seemed to be so much more coherent before he hit the cookies. And still had teeth. :(
@@NodDisciple1 He also ate a computer.
So while Kermit’s dad was threatening to murder people over coffee Ernie’s was telling as about snack food theft.
Takeru Takaishi and Cookie Monster himself was eating wheels. He was originally a wheel stealer, and then ate cookies, which became his favorite food.
He Also Munched An Entire Coffee Machine Whole Not A Bit Of it Left I Checked
Cookie monster had also ate munchos
And Cookie Monster's dad/grandfather/uncle/cousin/whatever was eating Ernie's dad's wheels.
And what about Bert’s dad? Bert is evil!
Imagine eating a snack only to witness a monster breaking through your Television to raid your fridge.
sounds like a bad horror movie
With that as the commercial, it makes me NOT wanna buy them.
I would drop that monster's ass to the floor if he did that
@@TheAnchorArmsChad Oh would you? Why not put your money where your mouth is?
"I'm a Wheel-Stealer. Ha ha. Ha ha."
-Cookie Monster as the Wheel-Stealer in "Wheels, Crowns and Flutes" (1965-66)
wheel stealers, flute snachers, crown grabbers.
The flute snatcher strikes again!
*flutetrousel starts playing*
CROWNS!
So that’s it friends.
muppetsandpvzfan 102801 CROWNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's amazing and sad just how much more effective this 1 commercial is from the mid 60's than most advertisements do today. I want wheels flutes and crowns now!
that guy could actually be considered Ernie's father.
Fanfic fuel!
MatPat needs to get on this theory immediately!
He sounds like Jim Henson
He also looks like Dick Van Dyke.
He could be.
Wilkens: Drink my product or die.
Ernie Sr: Please stop stealing my product.
Why is “THE FLUTE SNATCHER STRIKES AGAIN!” legitimately hilarious. 😂
What would be funny is if the humans all had the same voice as their stealer counterpart.
The kid eating wheels be like: IM A WHEEL STEALER! HAHAHA!
THE FLUTE SNATCHER STRIKES AGAIN!
CROWNS!
“I’m a Wheel Stealer! Heh heh heh heh”
Good lord it’s like if you combined the laughter of Bevis and Butt-Head and Seth Rogan. *A TRIFECTA FROM HELL!*
That’s supposed to be Cookie Monster
@@fakenamegraham8713 or what would become cookie monster
@@King_Kitsune Good thinking
Hey, Beavis & Butthead are at least watchable, unlike Seth Rogan.
We know him today as Cookie Monster
so we got Cookie Monster, Snack Frackle and Beautiful Day Monster
bpabustan and Ernie's late father
S N A C K F R A C K L E
*"Cookie Monster with teeth doesn't exist. He can't hurt you."*
This Old Commercial: 👄
Top 10 super heroes with depressing backstories
“I’m a Wheel Stealer, and YOU’RE stuck in the middle with ME!”
Kermit's dad here was waging war and muering people over coffee while Ernie here is ratting out Cookie Monster's dad over some cheese wheels.
W is for Wheels
that's good enough for me.
F is for flutes
Good enough for me
@@elijahharristablet5618 C is for crowns
that's good enough for me
Oh, Wheels, Flutes, and Crowns start with W, F and C!
M is for munchos that’s good enough for me.
C is for coffee machine, that’s good enough for me
Those guys deserve their own show
Yeah! Especially the Wheel-Stealer! He might even be perfect for a children's educational show! Except, maybe he shouldn't eat a cheesy snack. Maybe he should eat something else, like....
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Kyle Morello it already existed how could you predict a future lol
@@kylemorello4787 watch out for reddit
The wheel Steeler specifically has a lot of potential, maybe in the future he can lose his teeth and instead eat cookies instead of cheese wheels.
@@kylemorello4787 COOOOOOOOOOOKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Cookie Monster
Those snacks look so appetizing. I wish they were still around.
The Flute Snatcher strikes again!
Humbledingify so then I bought crowns
You know he is death right
@@darkbonnie87fan I'm sorry what?
@@giornogiovanna7316 its 2020 and the fruit snacher is death only cookie monster aka weel steeler survive
@@darkbonnie87fan what
0:30 corn-flavored crowns. The official royal snack of the Mewman royal family.
Feat. The original "Beautiful Day" Monster.
Bless Jim Henson
Who else wants to see these back on the shelves.
Brice Brown I do
Me!
I certainly do! Some of my favorite snacks have weird shapes! The Wheels especially look tasty!
I just have to stay away from Sesame Street.
And The Muppet Theater.
And the North Pole.
Me
Heck ye
0:28 My favorite quote in this commercial.
THE FLUTE SNATCHER STRIKES AGAIN!
0:15 I AM A WHEEL STEELER, HAHA, HAHA
If wheels, flutes, and crowns still existed, I’d get the wheels
0:15 cookie monster looks scary with that shark teeths
I'd sure would like to have some of these snacks!
Well, at least unlike the proto-Kermit he doesn't try to terrify people into eating his product with guns and such.
Robert Miles kermit came before wilkins actually, kermit first apeared in sam and friends 2 years before wilkins coffee commercials first started
Robert Miles www.toughpigs.com/reminder-kermit-is-not-a-homicidal-coffee-salesman/
My gawd, I remember Wheels! I used to LOVE those! When Mom told she couldn't get them anymore I was sad ... thanks for posting this!
How did they achieve their cheese flavor? Was it powder like Cheetos, or was it baked into them like Goldfish crackers?
I'm glad Ernie and Cookie Monster are on good terms despite their families past relations.
Are they? ruclips.net/video/yPBNx6eB18w/видео.html
I would love to see a TV marathon of all these commercials.
Such great quality! Looks like it was made last week!
Thank you, Henson Company!
Wow in 2022, and the ps 1 is better than quality
This better then most commercials we have today.
True
These old commercials are strangely relaxing.
Sid was weird before he got hooked on cookies.
What people don't know is the Wheel Stealer was actually green, it's not the same puppet used for Cookie Monster it's just similar.
this is actually a pretty funny commercial.
and its also cool to see where the cookie monster originated from.
0:15 Wheel Stealer
0:28 Flute Snatcher
0:43 Crown Grabber
I really want to eat those snacks for some odd reason.
Skepolo TV Same here
The power of advertising.
Why so you can get those guys to steal, snantch, and grab them from you?
Wheel-Stealer (Cookie Monster)
Flute-Snatcher (no name)
Crown-Grabber (Beautiful Day Monster)
The wheels stealer looks like Cookie Monster
It is Cookie Monster!
It is cookie monster a old verson cookie monster
It’s Proto-Cookie Monster
It's a good thing they made some adjustments to the Cookie Monster puppet because I'm not sure if most people would be comfortable with those sharp teeth.
By the way, any chance that those snacks are sold today?
Yes look at the first commentary answers
So, these three species evolved just to steal these specific snacks?
Isn't nature interesting.
Although, the wheel stealer continued to evolve, lost his teeth and went after cookies in general
@@XxDeadEndHawkxX their cheese wheels
fun fact: the designs of the wheel stealer and the crown grabber were eventually used for the designs of cookie monster and beautiful day monster respectivally.
The poor, neurotic guy who has his snacks ganked repeatedly looks and sounds like an adult version of Sesame Street's Ernie...which is strange, considering Ernie IS an adult. If you briefly ignore that and think of Ernie as a mischievous child, the likeness is striking.
It's his dad
@@lordofthelocust124 that doesn't look like his dad
@@amandastill5124 Ernie probably takes more after his mom
Just took small place
In one episode he referred to himself as a city kid.
All that junk food no wonder Cookie monster doesn't have any teeth. Poor hygiene poor hygeine
@D P shhhhh snap you're right...
Those three snack-loving monsters would soon have greater roles in the Muppet media.
The Crown-Grabber would soon be seen on the Ed Sullivan Show attempting to ruin a girl's beautiful day and was thusly named "Beautiful Day Monster".
The Flute-Snatcher would make occasional appearances in Muppet media, such as The Great Santa Claus Switch and Muppets Take Manhattan.
And then there was the Wheel-Stealer, who was destined for greater things.
It's like a handsome version of Ernie.
0:15 "oh no! how can my car move now?!?"
DoctorWhoRoblox1935 DONT worry these wheels are made of cheese
Alec Zhor1 hahaha
@@wilkinsandwonkinsandmore1308
Hy
Latonyia Blissett I can fix it
Cookie Monster: ME WHEEL STEALER!!! OM-NOM-NOM-NOM-NOM!
Wheel-Stealer is a prototype version of Cookie Monster. Crown-Grabber is an earlier version of Beautiful Day Monster.
That puppet seems like a nice guy, I wouldn't mind being friends with him.
It's incredible how i can never avoid getting hungry by watching Muppets eating...
The cookie monster has a really interesting family! Hide yo snacks!
I really want the crown grabber coming out of the tv to become a meme.
This 1969 commercial was made for the Canadian market. Note the bilingual English/French labels on the boxes. In 1969, Canada became *officially* bilingual.
I like these monsters
0:58
Im laughing so hard when the wheelstealer laughed "HAHA, HAHA!"
0:43 Sounds Like He's Saying REALMS
Hey. Isn’t that a steam game?
REALMS
I Am A Wheel Stealer! (Laughing)
The Flute Snatcher strikes again!
CROWNS!
Those are funny.
How many freakin' corn snacks HAS General Mills created over the years! Bugles! Wheels! Crowns! Flutes! Daisies! Buttons! Bows! Whistles! The list goes on and on and on and on........
The wheel stealer is cookie monster. In the first time
Wheel Stealer: Cookie Monster (now he's eating cookies and other kinds of food, but remember, he's NOT the Veggie Monster!)
Flute Snatcher: Modified into the Snake Frackle
Crown Grabber: Beautiful Day Monster (formerly on Sesame Street, now a character in The Muppets)
He sounds like Ernie and the wheel grabber is Cookie Monster
wheel stealer not grabber that goes to crowns
Man and Wheel-Stealer, Flute-Snatcher, and Crown-Grabber
0:18: "And this Cookie Monster, before me found cookies! Me had to deal with tough times back then, but me eventually pulled through!"
With an ad like that......I'd by it everyday!!!!
Flute-Snatcher: The Flute-Snatcher strikes again!
Therapist: calm down mr. Jim Henson, when did this all start?
Jim Henson: it all started when I discovered wheels…
OMG The Wheel Snatcher looks like Cookie Monster BUT WITH TEETH!!!!!
Early version of cookie that's why he looks like the final version of the actual cookie monster puppet
I'd like to try some of those "wheels." Too bad a) they don't make them anymore, and b) I don't live in Canada.
They look yummy to me too! I tend to be attracted to snacks with fancy shapes.
Man, Wheel-Stealer, Flute-Snatcher, and Crown-Grabber
Great now I want some Wheels
Cookie Monster: I'm a Wheel-Stealer! Ha-ha, ha-ha!
Flute-Snatcher: The Flute-Snatcher strikes again!
Beautiful Day Monster: Crowns!
These treats look so delicious and I wish I could go and get them.
Pretty sure I'm not the only one who would want these snacks... right?
Ok but the Stealer, Snatcher and Grabber's methods of eating the snacks is actually similar to a family member's method. Brothers will often just storm in and eat your food as quickly as they can, Dads are sneaky and quick about it but make a lot less mess and Mums will burst in and take because you "oue them" for all the stuff they've given you.
At least in my experience.
Again, I wish this commercial was seen by others besides only Henson himself. He put a lot of effort into making it and yet the network never even bothered to show it. It just isn't fair, I wish someone knew why it wasn't broadcasted.
From what I can tell, General Foods Canada - whose snacks it was an ad for - didn't go for it.
Fun Fact - The "wheel stealer" is the original Cookie Monster.
Dude looks like Ernie’s dad, and all the monsters look like cookie monsters extended family
The Flute Snatcher would reappear a few times in Season 1 of Sesame Street. And had a cameo in The Muppets Take Manhattan as one of the attendees of Kermit and Miss Piggy's Wedding scene!
Best comercial ever
0:15 pure terror.
Those wheels sure look tasty! So that's why Cookie Monster came
After this commercial, a very popular cartoon character was born
No fictional villain can ever hope to be as dastardly as the Flute Snatcher. They always escape before you notice what they’ve done, and their actions were so damaging to sales of Flutes that they had to cease producing them. Thanos may have snapped the universe’s population in two, but the Flute Snatcher brought the amount of Flutes in the world down to zero.
These sound like the best snacks ever
Cookie Monster: Thank you Mr. Henson. Those sharp teeth were too scary.
These cheese flavored snacks are so…
…
…
CHEESE FLAVORED!
I hope they bring back this commercial
I A M A W H E E L S T E A L E R
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Cookie Monster has sharp TEETH!!! HAHA :)
He lost all his teeth when he started eating all those sweet cookies without brushing.
This company needs to make advertisements again.
The Flute Snachter looks like the Muppet who says “Something Peculiar” in Comedy Tonight
Wow... I think this Jim Henson guy is on to something here!
First they get you hooked on Wheels and when that isn't enough, they suggest you try Munchos, next thing you know you're dependent on Cookies and finally the worst thing happens.
Diabetes.
I made a post on the Henson channel asking if they would post this. Thank you very much Henson.
0:28: The Flute-Snatcher strikes again!
I really think it’s actually his first time striking at a guy’s house. Unless he’s been somewhere else in the making of the advert and said “Strikes again”.
0:28 Tai Coleman strikes again!!!!!