Snap, Crackle and Pop Snap, Crackle and Pop Snap, Crackle and Pop are the cartoon mascots of Kellogg's crisped-rice breakfast cereal Rice Krispies. The gnomic elves characters were originally designed by illustrator Vernon Grant in the early 1930s. The names are an onomatopoeia and were derived from a Rice Krispies radio ad: The first character appeared on the product's packaging in 1933, Grant added two more and named the trio Snap, Crackle and Pop. Snap is usually portrayed with a chef's toque on his head; Crackle often is shown wearing a red (or striped) tomte's tuque or "sleeping cap," and Pop often wears a
Rice Owls baseball visited the White House, where then-President George W. Bush recalled watching Rice games in his youth and commended the team for their accomplishments. Since their first meeting in 1948, Rice has played Houston 145 times. They have met for each of the past 37 seasons. The season-long series between these two teams has been known as the Silver Glove series since 1998, which Rice has lost only once. Overall, Rice leads the all-time series between their cross-town rivals by a record of 77-68. Rice first played Texas in 1915, the first year of the Southwest Conference. Rice went 0-4 that