wrote:
> Actually it is from a TV commercial in the late 60s for a hot cereal
> called "Malt-O-Meal".

Hey, do you suppose that link I provided in the post you responded to
tells all about that?

> If I recall correctly, a father and son are at the breakfast table.
> The father looks up from his paper and asks his son (Maynard) what
> happened to his bowl of Malt-O-Meal. The boy replies that a bear ate
> it. The father goes back to his paper while telling him about all the
> vitamins and minerals and such and concludes with "Good stuff,
> Maynard". There is then a knock on the door. The boy opens the door
> and there is a bear holding a cereal bowl who says "More Malt-O-Meal
> please."
>
> In the midwest "Good stuff, Maynard" became a very popular catch
> phrase as a result of the ad.
>
> Please don't ask why I remember the commercial after nearly 40 years!
>
>>Someone in here today used the catchphrase, "Good stuff, Maynard." My
>>buddy has used that, too, and I never thought to ask him about its
>>origin, but since he's too young to remember the old Dobie Gillis sitcom
>>from something like 1959 and the beatnik character Maynard G. Krebs
>>(played by Bob Denver), I figured that wasn't the source. For anyone
>>else who doesn't know, here's the story on the catchphrase (somewhat
>>embellished):
>>
>>http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1516244


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