As kids, we all heard the story of King Midas, the greedy king who wished everything he touched turned to gold. It’s a great fantasy until you find the reality of it all. As a Candy Addict, have you ever had the same dream as King Midas, except with candy?
Well, Skittles has the answer for you. It’s a new twist on King Midas’ tale, except that Tim seems less than pleased with his “Skittles Touch.” The commercial itself is quite dark and you can’t help but feel sorry for the poor guy. I guess there’s really more to life than candy for some people. At least he won’t starve to death, right? Right?
I could barely stay on the couch when I first saw the Skittles rabbit commercial on TV, and now I can play it over and over again on YouTube. I have two rabbits—Cletus and Abner—but neither of them sing, unlike the Skittles rabbit, who makes an oddly pleasant, incessant, howl-like opera sound. I liked the clucking Cadbury bunny, but the Skittles critter is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time.
Add this to the list of other weird Skittles commercials and you have some seriously entertaining (but seriously odd) candy commercials.
I ran across a Skittles commercial on the web today that I haven’t seen on TV yet. This one is dubbed “Skittles Leak”. It’s weird and funny at the same time. You can view it by clocking on the image above.
By now, surely everyone has seen the Skittles “Long Beard” commercial. Just in case you haven’t, you can view it by clicking the image below.
Whatever ad agency is doing these commercials needs a raise. I hope there is more in this series.
Just for comparison – here are two OLD Skittles commercials:
