The manufacturers of kids cereal have known the name of the game for some time. Not only do they wisely put their colorful boxes of sugary breakfast candy right at a child's eye level in the supermarket, they make sure and put some kind of prize in there, in case the lure of cartoon characters and fruity rings aren't enough to get the job done. Of course, for every Froot Loops, there is the generic equivalent. In order to have a fighting chance, they have had to rise to the level of their giant sized competition. Well, maybe not quite to that level.
02 June 2010
Prizes Found in Generic Cereal
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09 April 2009
Things Found In Our Easter Eggs
Easter is just around the corner, peering at us lasciviously when it thinks we aren't looking. So it goes with a holiday that is great for kids and those with kids, is great for those who are religious in nature, and means almost nothing for adults who don't go to church. Still, since the majority of the Shark Tank's readership is under the age of 11 (we promote heavily in area elementary schools), I decided it wouldn't be right to ignore the whole deal. So without further ado, the culmination of almost a half hour's worth of research:
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19 February 2009
Things Found in Joaquin Phoenix's Beard
We at the Shark Tank have been following the Joaquin Phoenix actor-turned-rapper story with great interest. But there is one aspect of the situation that the mainstream media has failed to address. We are happy to pick up the slack.

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