![]() ![]() That’s something a lot of be-weird-to-get-attention ads forget about, so for that Skittles is to be commended … just maybe don’t watch these right before bedtime. I mean, it’s usually never a good idea to imagine what the characters in commercials do once the commercials are over, but here, it’s almost impossible not to … and it’s all deeply disturbing.Īnd yet, these ads never let their embrace of strangeness distract them from the main throughline of saying how great Skittles are. Available in 15 flavors, eye-catching display & pre-filled 2 nic salt e-liquid. And the third ad does all of that with the added benefit(?) of being super-gross. Experience greatness with 3d Crystal Prime 7000. We get introduced to the guy whose touch turns everything and every one to Skittles, and to the Pinata Man who must live in a world that doesn’t understand them, and the ads actively invite you to imagine how horrific their existence must be. ![]() Less Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and more Being John Malkovich. Macaroons: Birthday cake, no sugar added coconut, coconut, hazelnut chocolate chip, red velvet, cookies & cream. ![]() I still laughed at them, still enjoyed their strangeness, but it was a different kind of laughing at their strangeness. Where that line is will of course vary from person to person, but for me, the three ads above are the ones that gave me the strongest sense of peering into a nightmare reality. (“Berries and cream! Berries and cream! I’m a little lad who loves berries, and creeeeeeeam!”)īut sometimes … sometimes they crossed the line from so bizarre they’re memorable to so bizarre they’re disturbing. Or the strange little man who starts singing about berries and cream. Or the giraffe who eats a rainbow and then milks out Skittles. Like the guy who comes down with a case of Skittle Pox. They made some brilliant ads that simultaneously made conventional boasts about the tastiness of Skittles, while also giving us such surreal, nonsensical, and straight up demented ideas and imagery, they couldn’t help but stick in people’s minds. For a long while there, Skittles was the uncontested master of truly bizarre TV commercials. ![]()
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