Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story/Trivia

== Trivia ==
* Seinfeld asserted in an interview with Jimmy Fallon that he did not seek permission from Kellogg for using their product names and characters but he would enjoy being sued. 
* Max Greenfield's character "Rick Ludwin" shares the name with real life Rick Ludwin, a long time NBC executive who backed Jerry Seinfeld during the creation of the sitcom "Seinfeld" and Ludwin was the one who kept on fighting for "Seinfeld" when other NBC executives didn't believe the show would fly with a greater audience.
* Bob Cabana (Jerry Seinfeld) is given apparently bad milk to sniff by milkman Mike Diamond (Christian Slater), asks "What's the expiration...?" and as he passes out Diamond says, "July Third." This is based on a joke Seinfeld did in his standup act, in which the cow that gives the milk tells the dairy its expiration date, and Seinfeld had the cow saying exactly that date, "July Third." 
* Directorial debut of Jerry Seinfeld. 
* When the mascots storm the Kellogg's building, Hugh Grant's character is costumed as a parody of Jacob Chansley, the Capitol rioter known as the "QAnon Shaman." 
* Jerry Seinfeld wanted Sir Daniel Day-Lewis to play El Sucre, as a parody of his role in There Will Be Blood (2007). Ultimately, Day-Lewis was not approached, and the role went to Felix Solis. 
* The film stars and is directed by Jerry Seinfeld. It derives from one of his standup bits about Pop Tarts, per Seinfeld from the podcast Smartless. 
* Bob Cabana (Jerry Seinfeld's character) is the name of a well know NASA shuttle astronaut. He made four flights on three different shuttles, and was later an associate administrator of NASA. 
* Elements in the opening diner scene matching Norman Rockwell's famous September 20, 1958 Saturday Evening Post cover illustration "Runaway" include the red hobo pack, the white-clad counter man, the white vertically ribbed wall, the Specials chalk board, the chrome bar stools with green cushions, the coffee maker on right, the pie case on left, and the wall mounted radio. Appropriately added for the film is a Kellogg's display. In the Rockwell painting, Seinfeld's place is taken by a police officer who suspiciously eyes the little runaway. 
* The character Cookie Rojas is named after the utility baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Phillies during the time period of the movie and, later, for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals. Seinfeld is a huge New York Mets fan, and Cookie Rojas went on to be their third base coach in the 1990s and 2000s. 
* The meeting of the "Five Breakfast Families" that Marjorie Post sets up is held at Barzini's grocery store. Barzini was one of the "Five Families" in Mario Puzo's The Godfather. 
* Despite a career spanning over four decades this is Jerry Seinfeld's first leading role in a live action film. 
* Among the items packed by the runaway is a Woody Woodpecker comic book. This is the November 1968 Gold Key issue #103, although the same image of Woody on the bike was previously used on Dell version issue #62 August September 1960. The 1968 year helps to date the bookend scenes.
* William Post, a key player in the development of Pop Arts, eventually worked for Kellogg for many years after having been initially tasked by them to create the product in just two weeks. William Post died, aged 96, on February 10, 2024, just three months prior to the release of Unfrosted. 
* The opening scene is an homage to a Norman Rockwell painting in the Saturday Evening Post. 
* Credited only as Ad Man 1 & 2, Jon Hamm and John Slattery are not credited by their MadMen names of Don Draper and Roger Sterling. Draper, however, does refer to his colleague as Roger. 
* The closing credits occur under a tune performed by Megan Trainor and host of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon (who are also credited, along with Seinfeld, as among the 8 co-writers of the tune). Seinfeld also appeared on The Tonight Show, hosted by Fallon on 28 March 2024 and Fallon mentioned his involvement including singing part of the tune, "Sweet Morning Heat". 
* Andy Daly plays Isaiah Lamb (The Quaker Oats guy) who is very similar to the Benjamin Franklin re-enactor he played on the Ben Franklin (2007) episode of The Office (2005). 
* In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Seinfeld described the movie's format as based on "The Right Stuff" (about the Mercury 7 astronauts leading to the Apollo moon landings). 
* Unfrosted Pop Tarts (like the originals) are the only ones not to contain beef gelatin. Other tarts include food colourings 5, 6 and 40 which are banned in many countries, preventing the full range from being globally available. 
* In 2013, Seinfeld told Howard Stern in an interview that the "bit" he couldn't stop hammering away on related to Pop Tarts. His premise was they "can't go stale because they were never fresh". He would keep working on a bit until it is funny. He also denied any interest in doing a movie. But then he says he had one idea for movie ... about the invention of Pop Tarts in 1963 in Battle Creek, Michigan. He also confirmed he doesn't even eat Pop Tarts. 
* The movie parodies extensively on the Moon landing, including a scene where a man in a space suit is blown up by the toaster oven, as well as comedic dialogue discrediting the moon landing (which would take place six years later). 
* This is Jerry Seinfield's filmmaking follow up to Bee Movie (2007) with Spike Ferestein, Barry Marder, Andy Robin, and Seinfeld contributing the screenplay for the film. 
* Jerry Seinfeld said, "Chris Rock was going to be the emcee of the Bowl & Spoon Awards - and we shot that right after the Will Smith slap. I was going to have somebody come up on the stage and have Chris punch 'em out as they got there." However, according to Seinfeld, Rock "was a little shook from that event," and the role instead went to Cedric The Entertainer. 
* The scene where the mascots storm the Kellogg's building pulled direct quotes and scenes of the January 6th United States Capitol riot. 
* The runaway packs some baseball cards with Detroit Tigers third baseman "Dylan Lewis" on the top. While most of the people portrayed in this film were real people, there has never been a Major League Baseball player named Dylan Lewis. The card, however, is an accurate 1964 Topps, even down to the color variation used for the Tigers. In 1964 the Detroit third baseman was Don Wert. 
* Multiple SNL actors appear in the movie. 
* In 1963 Chef Boiardi was 66, Marjorie Post was 76 and Thurl Ravenscroft was 49. During filming Bobby Moynihan was 46, Amy Schumer was 42 and Hugh Grant was 62. 
* Hugh Grant is British while Thurl Ravenscroft was not. 
* Seinfeld (as Bob Cabana) appears on the Johnny Carson show in the movie. 
* In audience testing apparently the closing credits sequence and outtakes (intentional or otherwise) outperformed the movie itself with double the average score. 
* Don Draper's pitch of naming the famous pastry Jelle Jolie is a spoof on the classic Mad Men Belle Jolie lipstick episode 
* In the movie, Andy Warhol shoots Bob Cabana during his Tonight Show appearance. In real life, Pop-Tarts were initially dubbed Fruit Scones, but the product didn't perform well with the adult market, so it was re-branded with the kid-friendly title of Pop-Tarts - inspired by Andy Warhol's pop art. 
* JFK mentions he's in the doghouse because "you know who" sang happy birthday to him. This is a reference to Marilyn Monroe singing the famous song to the real JFK, and a rumor they had a relationship. 
== Goofs ==
=== Continuity ===
* When Post opens the Top Secret dingus case for the two kids to taste, there is a row of three. Two are burnt up in the toaster, leaving one. Then Miss Post removes two more to be tasted without being toasted.
* (at around 23 mins) Jerry's spoon keeps jumping from the left to right in his cereal bowl. Jerry Seinfeld is left-handed.
* During the Pop Tart testing the explosion is caused by the astronauts oxygen tube contacting with the red hot toaster, but the toaster had already been shut off.
=== Factual errors ===
* The Univac machine should have Powers cards (with round holes), not Hollerith cards (with rectangular holes).
* UNIVAC was NOT a computer built by IBM. It was a computer company (successively owned by Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, Remington Rand Corporation, Sperry Corporation, Sperry Rand Corporation, Unisys Corporation) that competed with IBM. There were many models of UNIVAC, none of which was called "UNIVAC": UNIVAC-I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer-I), UNIVAC 60, UNIVAC 120, etc, etc.
* Thurl Ravenscroft is portrayed as British, but he was American.
* The handsaw in the development lab has the cutting sound effect on the back stroke. That type of saw cuts on the fore stroke.
* The movie is set in 1963 but there's a quick cutaway at Bob Cabana's house which shows Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. This toy wasn't released until 1964.
=== Incorrectly regarded as goofs ===
* Jerry Seinfeld walks into the Oval Office in William Howard Taft's suit and pulls out a Baby Ruth bar from his pocket. Taft was President during 1909-1913, and the Baby Ruth was created in 1920. Taft lived until 1930 and became the Chief Justice in 1921, so it is possible for him to have had a Baby Ruth while wearing that suit, and that after he died the suit was sent back to the White House from the Supreme Court.
=== Revealing mistakes ===
* Steve Schwinn appears during the first Pop Tart test wearing a protective space suit complete with oxygen source. However, Steve's visor is up the entire time, rendering the suit pointless. One thing about movie space suits: the interior of the space helmet is lit up so you can see the actor's face. In reality, having a lit interior means the inside of the space helmet's visor will only reflect the actor's face back. So there's two reasons for having the visor up: 1) so you can see the actor's face and 2) so he can eat the Pop Tart, neither of which can be accomplished with the visor down.
=== Anachronisms ===
* There is a Mustang parked on the curb while John F. Kennedy was still President. This was not possible as the Mustang came out in 1964.
* When Marjorie Post was talking to the small children in her office in 1963, she referred to the little girl as Cabbage Patch. Cabbage Patch dolls were not introduced until 1978.
* The setting is 1963 but they show an Apollo lunar lander that wasn't created until 1966, and an Apollo moon buggy that wasn't created until 1971.
* Gus Grissom's death is mentioned but it did not occur until 1967.
* Donna asks if the name Pop Tart is too close to Andy Warhol's pop art. But the term "pop art" was first coined in 1954 and Warhol was barely a name in 1963.
* Much of the music featured is post-1963.
=== Character error ===
* The setting is 1963, but Marjorie Post says she likes The Addams Family (1964)which didn't air until September 18, 1964.
* Tom Carvel, who was Greek-American, is played by Hispanic Adrian Martinez.
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