<P> Toucan Sam is the cartoon toucan mascot for Froot Loops breakfast cereal . The character has been featured in advertising since the 1960s . He exhibits the ability to smell Froot Loops from great distances and invariably locates a concealed bowl of the cereal while intoning, "Follow your nose! It always knows!", sometimes followed by "The flavor of fruit! Wherever it grows!" Another version of this phrase in a string of commercials in the late - 2000s presents the character at the end of the commercials saying "Just follow your nose!", followed by a group of children retorting, "For the fruity taste that shows!" </P> <P> Toucan Sam became the mascot for Froot Loops cereal in 1963 . The cartoon character was created by Manuel R. Vega and originally voiced by Mel Blanc, using an ordinary American accent . Blanc's original commercials were noted for their use of Pig Latin (referring to the cereal as OOT - fray OOPS - lay). The ad agency later decided to switch to the English accent more commonly associated with the character . They then employed Paul Frees to do what is, in effect, an imitation of Ronald Colman . In the most recent cartoon advertisements for Froot Loops, Toucan Sam's voice is now performed by voice actor Maurice LaMarche after Paul Frees's death . Toucan Sam had a cousin named Arty Artin that was featured in a few commercials . Animation of the commercials were created by several animation companies including Thumbnail Spots; this impacted the character growth among the years . </P>

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