Friday, January 13, 2023

Toonfomercial: M & M's introduces a purple peanut M & M. Of course, there's a backlash

 It's a slow news day at Fox No News, so on one of their deranged yack-fests, they started whining about Mars Wrigley adding a 3rd female mascot to their M & M's roster.

So now, meet Purple, voiced by comedian-talk show host Amber Ruffin:


The peabrains at Fox No News were more upset about current wrappers having just the three female mascots, Purple, Brown, & Green, and leaving Yellow Peanut, Red, et al, off the wrapper. I guess what they want to do is bully Mars Wrigley into clearing it with them before more advertising airs. Sorry, but that ain't happening.

It's both amusing and annoying reading & hearing about these dimwits whining about things beyond their control. Annoying because they've nothing else to talk about, and amusing because it makes the rest of us laugh.

9 comments:

Steven Dolce said...

If only they would do an Indigo M&M. So far, they now have six out of seven colors of the rainbow.

hobbyfan said...

Indigo is a shade of Blue, and they already have a basic blue, so I doubt that will happen.

Silverstar said...

Indigo's my favorite color, but color theorists can't agree on whether Indigo's its' own color or merely a shade between blue and purple, which is probably why you don't see it a lot. There's not even an indigo character in the Rainbow High doll line.

Getting back to these spots, I didn't realize that was Amber Ruffin voicing Purple; she can really sing.

Goldstar said...

Dude is attempting to fat shame a piece of candy? That's so very, very sad. The Purple M&M isn't fat. She's shaped like a peanut because she's a peanut M&M! Same deal with the yellow M&M, but I don't hear Fox News calling him "obese".

I think it's pretty obvious at this point that Sucker Carlson wants to make love to a piece of candy.

Also, purple is my favorite color.

hobbyfan said...

Purple makes up 1/2 of my school colors when I graduated (w/gold), and, of course, a certain Wonder Twin holds a place in my heart. Found out it was Amber Ruffin as Purple via Google search. Tabloid Carlson and friends needed something to whine about to inflame their viewer base of dimbulbs.

Silverstar said...

"Tabloid Carlson and friends needed something to whine about to inflame their viewer base of dimbulbs."

Today I read a social media post from a self-proclaimed 'Alpha Male' regarding this, where he instructs his fellow mouth-breathers to purchase the largest bag of "woke" M&Ms they can find, crush them to bits and then send a photo of the crushed candies to M&M/Mars. That'll show 'em!

-Um, a tiny flaw in your cunning plan: you're still giving M&M/Mars their money. Didn't really think this through, did ya, Buford?

hobbyfan said...

It's OK, Silverstar. I get the point, and the rest of the readership does, too.

Remember how on Captain Kangaroo, the Captain would get a shower of ping pong balls every so often in a skit with Mr. Moose? I'd like to see a shower of M & M's fall on Carlson......

Mike Doran said...

Fun Fact:

The voice of the Yellow M&M belongs to Academy Award Winner J.K. Simmons - something he's rather proud of (mentions it a lot on talk shows).
I wonder if Tucker Carlson knows this (should anyone have been foolish enough to tell him ...).
... And if he does know, does this affect where he gets his insurance ...

Bum-ba-dum-ba-bum-bum-bum!

hobbyfan said...

JK has had both the Farmers Insurance & M&M's gigs for quite a while now (I've known he was Yellow for a long time). Gives him something to do between movies.