Quisp 885937 219353596 2008-06-14T20:47:31Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Quisp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|box of Quisp cereal|{{deletable image-caption|1=Sunday, 24 February 2008}}]] --> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:quispquake.jpg|right|thumb|150px|TV commercial with Quisp and Quake]] --> :'''''Quisp''' (Quick Server Pages) is also the name of a [[World wide web|web]] application framework with its own embedded [[SQL]] [[database]] [http://quisp.sourceforge.net]'' :'''''[[Kwisp]]''' is the name of an unusual [[psychedelic]] [[music]] group including members of the legendary [[Fifty Foot Hose]] [http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kwisp]'' :'''''[[Qwsp]]''' is the name of a DC Comics impish character '''Quisp''' and '''Quake''' were two sugar-sweetened [[breakfast cereal]]s originally released in 1965 in the [[U.S.]] by [[The Quaker Oats Company]] and generally advertised together (during the same commercial) as products competing against each other. The very successful ads were [[cartoon]]s created by [[Jay Ward]] of ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' fame, and used some of the same voices, including [[Daws Butler]] as the voice of Quisp (an [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]]) and [[William Conrad]] as the voice of Quake (a miner). In 1970, a contest was held by Quaker Oats to see whose cereal was the more popular of the two. In 1972, Quisp won, and Quake retreated underground. Quake, the cartoon character, reappeared in a new cereal called Quangaroos where he obtained an orange kangaroo as well as putting his mining helmet down in favor of an Aussie motif. In the late-1970s, Quisp was removed from grocery stores due to low sales. It re-emerged in the mid-1980s, and finally was re-introduced in the 1990s as the "first Internet cereal" and is still in limited distribution. Starting in early March 2008, many [[Dollar General]] Stores (especially in, but not limited to, OH, PA, WV, and much of the Northeast US) will begin selling Quisp (as well as other classics such as [[King Vitamin]], Crunchy Corn Bran, and Honey Graham Oh's). ==The internet cartoon== A [[Macromedia Flash]] [[internet]] [[cartoon]] was produced by [[John Kricfalusi]] and [[Sp&uuml;mc&oslash;]], featuring Quisp and his sidekick Quunchy (voiced by [[Corey Burton]] and [[Matt Danner]], respectively). ==What it is like== Quisp is a saucer-shaped, baked paste of corn meal and syrup, identical in overall taste to its sister brand [[Cap'n Crunch]] but with softer texture. Quake cereal was produced by the same process and ingredients, but shaped like [[gears]]. Quaker also offers a saucer-shaped cereal of identical ingredients in their Bagged Cereals line under the name Sweet Crunch. This cereal line is also in limited distribution. ==External links== * [http://www.quisp.com/ Quisp.com] * [http://www.cereal.com/Breakfast-Cereals/quisp.htm Cereal.com Quisp page] [[Category:1966 introductions]] [[Category:Breakfast cereals]] [[Category:Quaker Oats brands]] [[Category:Cereal advertising characters]]