Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tarts Movie Made A Mistake By Changing 1 Huge Detail From Amy Schumer's Real Character

Summary Unfrosted presents a comedic take on Pop-Tarts' origin story with creative liberties.

The film reimagines Marjorie Post's age, missing an opportunity for funnier moments.

Keeping Post's real age in Unfrosted could have added to the comedy and threat to Kellogg's.

Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted tells the origin story of Pop-Tarts, with plenty of creative liberties to tell a mostly untrue story, but there was one huge detail about Amy Schumer’s character that, had it not been changed, would have made her better. Following a recent and ongoing trend in movies of exploring the origin stories of inanimate objects and food, Seinfeld brought the comedy film Unfrosted. The project tells the story of how the famous Pop-Tarts were created, but it can’t be taken as a biographical story as it made too many changes to the real story and characters.

Unfrosted follows Bob Cabana (Seinfeld), an employee at Kellogg’s who tells a kid the story of how Pop-Tarts were made. Unfrosted takes viewers to 1963 Battle Creek, Michigan, where the cereal world was dominated by two companies in constant rivalry: Kellogg’s and Post. Representing Kellogg’s along with Cabana was Edsel Kellogg III (Jim Gaffigan), head of the company, and on Post’s side was its leader, Marjorie Post (Amy Schumer). Unlike Cabana and Edsel, Marjorie Post was a real person, but Unfrosted made one huge change to her that, hadn’t it been made, would have made her story a lot funnier.

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Amy Schumer's Marjorie Post Is Way Younger Than She Was In Real-Life During Unfrosted's Timeline

Marjorie Post Was Born In 1887 & Passed Away In 1973

Marjorie Post was the daughter of C.W. Post, the founder of what’s now known as Post Consumer Brands. Because of this, Marjorie Post was known as the wealthiest woman in the United States throughout much of her life, and in 1914, she became the owner of Postum Cereal Company following her father’s death. Marjorie Post was the head of the company by the time of the events of Unfrosted, but unlike Schumer’s character, the real Marjorie Post was a lot older when Kellogg’s rushed to develop the Pop-Tart.

In comparison, Schumer is 42 years old, making Unfrosted’s Marjorie Post equal (or, at least, close) to Edsel Kellogg III.

Post’s Country Squares (now known as Toest’em Pop Ups) were announced in 1964, and they came to be as a result of Post’s way of partially dehydrating foods to prevent them from spoiling by using foil wrappers. At the time, Marjorie Post was 77, meaning that, in Unfrosted’s timeline, Schumer’s character should have been 76 years old. In comparison, Schumer is 42 years old, making Unfrosted’s Marjorie Post equal (or, at least, close) to Edsel Kellogg III not just in terms of their respective positions in their companies, but also in age.

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Marjorie Post's Real Age Would Have Made The Pop-Tarts Feud Even Better

Unfrosted Missed A Big Opportunity By Changing Marjorie Post’s Age

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An older Marjorie Post would have been seen as a bigger threat to Kellogg’s given her experience with the company.

While Amy Schumer’s Marjorie Post had her fun moments in Unfrosted, it would have been even better had her real age not been changed. Seeing a 76-year-old woman fighting about a breakfast pastry aimed at children, and even more as Unfrosted’s Marjorie confronted the dumpster kids about it, would have brought more comedic moments to the movie. An older Marjorie Post would have also been seen as a bigger threat to Kellogg’s given her experience with the company, instead of being on par with them, who were relatively new to the game at the time.

Something as simple as not changing Marjorie Post’s age in Unfrosted would have had a big impact on the movie, her story, and the comedy associated with the character. Surely, Unfrosted never aimed for historical accuracy, but certain details would have been greatly beneficial in terms of comedy.