RICE KRISPIES VESTI

Mimi died of consumption. Madame Butterfly killed herself. But our hero—he's run out of Rice Krispies! In this opera satire (refreshingly highbrow for Madison Avenue), a father bemoans his lack of cereal in hilariously overwrought fashion. "My tears will not stop," he sings, "until I hear snap, crackle, and pop!" Someone does bring cereal—sadly, our hero's intrusive mother-in-law. So funny, you wish Krispies' cartoon pixies would die of consumption.