# Creepy Snickers Commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059 "2010-10-23T01:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/21 "2010-10-23T08:27:32Z")
elfs and dwarfs, Are the Progerian children the basis for elves? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/22 "2010-10-23T14:58:52Z")
There is no choice for “Not creepy in the slightest.” That’s hilarious. It’s about as creepy as a toy jack o’lantern (and it was obvious as soon as they showed the mask that it was a couple of kids). I can’t imagine anyone getting creeped out by it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/23 "2010-10-23T15:15:45Z")
I didn’t think it was all that creepy. Maybe if it happened in real life but not watching it in a commercial. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/24 "2010-10-23T15:44:22Z")
The only creepy thing about it to me is that I don’t think there’s any chance that costume hides two short people. I believe it hides one very tall person with a short person standing between [presumably] his legs for the one necessary shot. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/25 "2010-10-23T15:45:33Z")
Maybe a little creepy, but mostly hilarious. Actually, I think it’s so hilarious **because** it’s kinda creepy. The shopper lady really sold how sureal and disturbing it would be if this actually happened. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/26 "2010-10-23T16:23:56Z")
I like it. It’s really weird, but enjoyable. It seems like they bottled the magic from [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAi9CWSQDAM)commercial and used it here, though. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/27 "2010-10-23T17:41:11Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I didn’t find it that creepy because it was obviously two kids in an oversized coat and mask. I agree. And I don’t think it would be that creepy in real life. Possibly less creepy, even. It’s just silly. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/28 "2010-10-23T17:42:48Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > It’s creepy when they reach out and caress her face. My GF hates that part. I think it’s funny. Innocuous at worst. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/29 "2010-10-23T21:42:02Z")
That commercial is hilarious. If I saw that in the grocery store, though, I’d run like hell. > [@TruCelt](#): > > That mask creeps me right the hell out. Someone pointed out that it looks like Jocelyn Wildenstein, and I think that’s my problem. [http://www.thelmagazine.com/images/blogimages/2009/12/14/1260804583-jocelyn\_wildenstein\_2\_.jpg](http://www.thelmagazine.com/images/blogimages/2009/12/14/1260804583-jocelyn_wildenstein_2_.jpg) If I saw this in a grocery store, I’d run like hell. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/30 "2010-10-23T21:53:06Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > That commercial is hilarious. If I saw that in the grocery store, though, I’d run like hell. Well, I doubt the kids would be all that effective in real life…you’d probably see a lot of giggling and falling and less uncanny valley. ---
**Author:** ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/31 "2010-10-23T23:52:56Z")
Funny and creepy at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/32 "2010-10-24T02:58:24Z")
The first time I saw it, I had the TV on mute but happened to be looking to see if my show had come back. I was creeped the hell out! Now, it just seems odd, but still creepy. Mostly because of the face. But I hate the voice as well. Kids like this deserve a beat down. If not for creeping adults out, then for making a lazy costume or getting caught in a candy-scam. Now, I’d give them points if they actually \*really \*did something weird. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/33 "2010-10-24T03:47:23Z")
Supervillains like Snickers too. Right after [burning someone’s face off](http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9564/irr18legioncps014.jpg). Ha! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/34 "2010-10-24T04:35:49Z")
YEAH! That commercial is BIZZARE! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/35 "2010-10-24T07:45:56Z")
The part that really gets me is the arm as it reaches for the shopping cart “I’m only helping.” It looks like a baboon arm. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/36 "2010-10-24T08:52:33Z")
Not nearly as creepy as that berries and cream Starburst Prince Valiant dude and his jig dance. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/37 "2010-10-24T12:11:46Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > Isn’t there a series of children’s books with a character that looks like that? I can’t remember if it was a substitute teacher or a babysitter or nanny. I just remember a children’s book illustration that was very similar. The “Miss Nelson” books! My boys love those, and I dig this commercial. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/38 "2010-10-24T14:28:46Z")
Didn’t weird me out as much as this one: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjuXbYW6KmE) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/39 "2010-10-24T14:59:48Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Was that a Julia Child mask? Could be. As a kid, she scared me more than Clowns. “He-llllloooooo!!!” “Arrrrgh! _Ruuuun!!!_” I thought it was a SAW7 mask though. I mean, it would explain all those freakishly small super-mini bits… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059/40 "2010-10-24T15:59:52Z")
Once I knew it was two kids in disguise the creep factor went away completely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-snickers-commercial/558059.md?page=3)