We already know that creepy ads must sell more burgers, but can they sell candy, too? Skittles newest ad features a man with what appears to be a magical beard. The several foot long beard moves of its own accord, picking up Skittles and popping them into the mouth of the hirsute beard-owner. As disturbing as that image is, the worst it yet to come. The whole scene takes place during a job interview and when the man doesn't get the job, his beard feeds the woman interviewing him a Skittle and then strokes her face. The image of a mangy, hairy mass feeding Skittles to a woman is, quite unfortunately, now imprinted onto my brain. Good job, Skittles. This ad beats out the creepy king ad.
The entire video of the commercial is after the jump.
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4-04-2006 @ 1:47PM
Jessica said...
I love the creepy Burger King ads, but this Skittles one seriously disturbs me. I actually didn't even realize that the ad was for Skittles until reading this post- I was too freaked out to even notice.
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