PETER SAGAL, HOST:
Right now, panel, time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Paula, breakfast is about to get a lot more boring. Cereal maker General Mills announced this week they're going to do what?
PAULA POUNDSTONE: I think it's a mistake. They're going to take the color out of Trix.
SAGAL: They are.
POUNDSTONE: Yeah.
SAGAL: They're going to remove all of their artificial colors from cereal.
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POUNDSTONE: Yeah. I don't think that's right, you know.
SAGAL: You don't?
POUNDSTONE: No, I don't. You know, I mean, if you're going to have Trix, let's just call a spade a spade, you know what I mean? Just go for it. Have the - have all the colors - and their Reese's, right? They have a Reese's cereal.
SAGAL: They do. They have a Reese's Peanut Butter Crunch cereal.
POUNDSTONE: Yeah, they're going to change the color of that too to pretend that it was somehow healthy.
SAGAL: Yeah.
POUNDSTONE: I think once you're calling it Reese's Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal, you know, you've already put yourself in a particular category. And there's really no point.
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ALONZO BODDEN: With Paula's point, I mean, it's true if you're that kind of parent that you're worried about that and you're going to some natural foods store...
SAGAL: Right.
BODDEN: ...Are you suddenly going to say, oh, Trix?
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BODDEN: Well, I didn't know. I mean, I just don't see that, you know, the Whole Foods crowd suddenly rushing to the General Mills...
SAGAL: Yeah.
BODDEN: ...Aisle.
SAGAL: Saying, well, now that these are a dull and unattractive color, I shall feed them to my children.
MAZ JOBRANI: They're organic Trix.
POUNDSTONE: Yeah. I'm actually trying to eat a little bit healthier. And so now I'm not buying Cap'n Crunch. I just go by the aisle and thank him for his service.
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