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- Just one lemon left.
- (man 2) Lemon Skittles are my favorite.
- (man 1) They're my favorite.
- (man 2) Let's settle it the usual way. - Oh boy.
- No, it's all sugar. Don't do it.
- (everyone) Settle it the usual way! - Oh!
- (chuckling)
- Look at those arms.
- Must be the whole town.
- (man 2) Woo! - (laughing)
- (laughs) Even the dog has arms.
(fierce grunting) - We'll gonna settle this with a pull.
(crowd cheering) - Ay-yai-yai.
- (announcer) Settle the rainbow!
- Skittles. Skittles. - (announcer) Taste the rainbow!
- I love Skittles.
They don't last very long though.
I mean... they just don't.
- (interviewer) Good.
- Ew!
- (interviewer) Good. - (chuckles)
- It's his hand.
- (snickering) It looks like an elephant and the trunk.
- (giggling) Beards don't work that way.
- (interviewer) We're looking for someone with more experience.
- (cracking up)
- Oh my, a sensuous beard.
(bearded man chuckles) - (chuckles)
- (bearded man) Funny.
- (announcer) Share the rainbow!
- No. - (announcer) Taste the rainbow!
- That was creepy.
- (words stifled by laugh)
I don't know why that was so funny.
- Hey, Tim?
Show Joel how everything you touch turns into Skittles.
- (gasps)
- Magic.
(Skittles rattle) (laughs)
- (Joel) That's awesome.
- (Tim) Is it awesome...
when you can't hold your newborn baby boy in your arms?
- (gasps)
- (Tim) I met a man on the bus today. - Oh no.
- (Tim) I shook his hand. - (gasps)
- (Tim) He'll never see his family again. - (laughs loudly)
- (laughs) He turned into Skittles!
(phone rings) - (Tim) Excuse me.
- (chuckles)
(Skittles clattering) - (gasps, laughs)
- (announcer) Touch the rainbow! Taste the rainbow!
- Whoa, these are a little dark.
- Those were fun commercials. That was pretty good.
- Why am I being shown commercials? I avoid them like the plague.
Am I gonna buy Skittles after that? No.
(movie reel clicks)
- (Finebros) What candy were all these commercials for?
- Skittles.
-Skittles.
- Mars bars. No, it's Skittles.
- (Finebros) And had you seen any of these commercials before?
- Never.
- No.
-No.
We-- you know... what do you do with the DVR?
You just go forward.
- (Finebros) All right, we're gonna break it down real quick.
The first one with the arm wrestling-- good ad or bad ad?
- That was good. That was good.
- Bad.
- It was bad.
- Eh... okay.
- That was a good ad.
- Oh, it was cute.
- Stupid. I guess bad.
- It was funny.
- It was okay.
There was actually, you know, a plot to it.
- Bad.
It didn't make sense to me.
- And the second one with the long beard...
- (laughing wheezily)
- (Finebros) Would-- would you say that was a good one?
- (still laughing) Yes, it was very good.
- Very good in a bad way.
I'm gonna have nightmares and dreams about that.
- Yeah, I liked it.
- It was kind of clever.
- I thought it was crazy, but I liked it.
- It was, uh, freaking good.
- I didn't like it.
- I didn't like it at all.
It makes you gross out when you think about it.
- It was funny. It catch your attention.
- That's a good one 'cause you would remember it.
- (Finebros) And did you think the one
with everything into Skittles was good or bad?
- I thought it was good too.
- Good.
They were all good.
- I thought it was clever.
- I liked that.
- I think it was a good one.
- It's a good commercial.
- Very good, 'cause it's so dark.
- It was bad.
- That was a little too much over the top.
I think that it just went too far.
- Holding a baby or some comment like that in your arms
and it turns to Skittles?
It just bothers me.
- (Finebros) Do you think that bizarre advertising works
and that these commercials would lead
to better sales for Skittles? - I think it would.
- Not really.
- I don't find them very effective.
But I won't forget Skittles, so maybe they are.
- It made me really feel good inside.
So I think next time when I go to the store,
I'm gonna see Skittles,
(cracking up) and I'm gonna have to buy 'em.
- Sometimes when a commercial's too good,
you remember the commercial but you don't remember the product.
- If I were an executive of Skittles,
I would have not used any of the three.
- (Finebros) Why do you think commercials have a tendency
to go very weird these days compared to the past?
- To get your attention, I guess.
- Because of the visual competition.
- Because they can now.
- The tolerance and the kinda things we like to watch
have changed so much.
The whole culture has gone weird.
- Everything in my day was bland.
It was America when everybody was happy and peaceful
and we all had white fences around our homes.
See, the younger people-- most of them, I don't say all--
do not have those comparisons
because they're born in a world today which is totally different.
And you either die in that world or you move ahead in this one.
And I chose to move ahead,
because I'm keeping up with everything that's going on.
- (Finebros) So back to Skittles and candy in general.
People tend to think that when you're older,
you don't eat as much candy anymore.
- It's not true. I eat candy.
- I think it's a bunch of myth of BS.
If you give me a bag, I can finish it for you right now.
- (Finebros) How often do you eat candy now?
- All the time.
Most they're for my grandkids, but I eat 'em.
I make sure the candy I buy is candy that I eat.
- You really want an answer on that, Doctor?
- I don't really like candy anymore.
- I don't eat a lot because it's high sugar.
But I still eat it. I still got Milky Ways in my refrigerator.
- I'm somewhat diabetic. I'm still in denial.
So I try to stay away from candy as much as possible.
- I haven't eaten candy in God knows how long.
I'm a dull person.
- (Finebros) What about when you were a kid?
Did you enjoy candy then?
- Oh, I used to have a lot of candies.
- Oh god. I loved it, especially chocolates.
- (laughing) As much as I could get.
- (Finebros) Well, what do you mean by that?
You've told us stories before
of you stealing things when you were a little kid.
- Well, I did that until I was caught with-- I don't know--
five or six candy bars.
So I walk out past the carnival like nothing happened.
"Hey, you!" (giggles aside)
"Uh, what?" "You just took some candy outta there."
That was the last time I ever took anything.
- (Finebros) So what changes when you're a kid and you love candy
and then you get older and you stop loving it as much?
- The teeth. (laughs)
- I have reached an age of maturity
that I really don't indulge in children's candy.
- To me, there's no difference or no changes.
But we understand our taste better, as you get older.
- You're a little more educated on health issues.
- I don't know what changes, whether it's society saying,
"Well, you're an adult now,
and you need to make healthier, better choices for yourself."
Sometimes you just-- you can't go without ice cream.
(clang!) - (Finebros) Truth!
So back to these commercials.
Do you think this is the type of commercials
people should keep making,
or do you think they should try other types of advertising?
- (laughs) I liked them all, so I'd say keep on going.
- Right now I think this is a good idea.
- I think they should try more subtle,
you know, smarter advertisement.
But then it would appeal to people like me,
and that's not who they're trying to appeal to.
- I think they should do both, you know?
Because sooner or later, people get tired of it.
You got to have a balance.
If you keep having the same thing and same trend,
people will anticipate it too fast.
- (Finebros) Finally, to end this episode, we want to see
how you would react if we gave you a bag of Skittles.
- (gasps) Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
- I want to eat it.
- It's a chewy M&M.
- I like the green the best.
- Mm. I love 'em and--
Ooh, do you guys want one?
- (mouth full) They're good. I like Skittles.
- Um... (coughs)
I'm not a fan of lemon.
- Mm. Hey.
I hate 'em.
- I have to read the label first.
Nope.
(bag rustles) Pbbt. Feh.
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