is all I can say
Note that they said “indefinite”, which means they’re trolling the right-wing outrage machine and/or waiting for them to find another target for their outrage.
The speculation I’ve seen is that this is a set up for some big Super Bowl ad.
I would say picking Maya Rudolph, a half-Jewish, half Black woman and calling her “a spokesperson America can agree on” is 100% trolling the right-wing outrage machine.
Probably. Similar to when Mr. Peanut was “killed off” a couple weeks before the Super Bowl.
I love the Ms…
When did M&Ms first introduce those “beloved spokescandies,” anyway? I know they’ve been around for a bit, but I sure don’t remember them from my childhood, so I don’t feel much emotional attachment to them.
The anthropomorphized junk food that I have a soft spot for are Hostess’s: Twinkie the Kid, Fruit Pie the Magician, and King Ding Dong.
it’s funny even though I haven’t willingly ordered an McD’s happy meal for myself since 1989 I miss the goofy character commercials they had for them
Oh yeah? Here comes Kool Aid man!
This line from the OP’s link makes me feel you are almost certainly right:
we will share more on the spokescandies new pursuits over the next few weeks.
Funny Face Drink mix. If you don’t remember them, check it out. Talk about offensive.
According to Wikipedia, while they had cartoon depictions of M&M’s going back to the 1950s, the “modern” CGI spokescandies were introduced in 1994/95.
I remember them.
It’s ironic because they’re actually trolling the left because people think they’re trolling the right. This is all just a media stunt, same with the initial thing where they claimed they had to redo them for “the modern age”, they got clicks with that and now they’re doubling down with more clicks. If you just don’t look none of this would have happened in the first place.
I loved those as a kid. Wonder how many flavors/characters I can name?
• Chinese Cherry (pronounced Chelly, of course)
• Injun Orange (“Me have heap big flavor”)
• Goofy Grape (made fun of mental illness)
But some weren’t so bad:
• Freckle-Faced Strawberry (unless you’ve been picked on for having freckles)
• Loudmouth Lime
eta: Okay, I googled and they were redesigned after I drank them. Injun Orange was changed to Jolly Olly Orange, and oh, look, it’s suddenly Choo Choo Cherry. And a bunch of inoffensive additions.
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100%. And it’s working. Every major media outlet covered it. I got alerts from several about the story. Whatever ad guy came up with it deserves a raise.
How is this "the far right gets revenge"?