M&M Ad is Thinly Veiled Soft Porn

umm do u watch tv??? is there anything on that isn't related to sex?
maybe people in america should try reading a book and do away with
trash that is broadcast. we're just making everyone in hollywood rich
by doing so.

I'm more disturbed by the cannibalistic tones of some food/candy
commercials, such as m&ms had a few years ago. Ick.

I don't usually comment on letters unless I feel very compelled to.
With so much going on in the world, and so many truly valid complaints
on this site, I think you're reading far too much into this.

I have seen the series of commercials that are like the one you
describe, and while they are full of innuendo, I would hardly call
them "porn". If you think these look like "porn", than you can't have
viewed actual adult films. LoL.

But I digress. The M&M's being advertised in these spots are for
candy flavors that are more adult in nature than traditional M&M's;
they are flavors that the average child would not normally gravitate
to and enjoy. Therefore, the company is trying to differentiate that
by making the advertising more adult in nature, as well. Relax, and
take them on face value. Candy can't have sex.

I never thought that an M&M's commercial would make someone
blush...lol!

I feel VERY sorry for you.

Oh come on it's all in fun. Back in the 70's someone made up a rumor
and it got passed around for fun. It was supersticious to eat green
m&m's for it but it was all in fun. Now they banked on it and it just
brings back good memories. And profit of course haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7058Y_VIFA

Is this the ad?
Because I think that in that clip, there are some sexual overtones and
it contains a bit of innuendo. But not porn...

is that like when you suck the candy shell off?

dang it... im hungry now :(

What exactly are you worried that kids will "emulate"? It's a piece of
candy... my kid would rather play with his Wii than imitate an M&M.

No support from me either. All candy, video games, and cartoon are not
meant for children and Hershey likely wants to try something a little
different to draw in some more customers.

So what is there that is sexual in nature that kids will emulate?
Laying in a patch of grass? Putting their hands into a fountain?
Eating candy? Wearing high heels? People do these things in public
every day, and just because a piece of candy does them for a few
seconds doesn't make said things sexual.

You could always just not let your kids watch television; that will
keep them safe from any evil candy porno.

Your kids will learn what YOU teach them. If you tell them that this
behaviour is okay then that is what they will believe.
Watch the ad with your kids. Explain to them that the behavviour is
only appropriate if you are a big green M&M. And since your children
aren't then it is not acceptable.

I personally like the ad. It's about time M&M's appeal to the adults
that consume the candy, not just the kids.

I would be more worries about kids emulating the Castrol synthetic oil
ad "Thinking with your dipstick." That is the one with the Irish guy
going around hitting people with a dipstick and telling them they
aren't thinking with their dipstick. I wouldn't want to be wacked by a
kid and a dipstick. Or how about the ad for Pam cooking spray where
the woman is trying to pry the food off of the pan and it goes flying
through the kitchen window and through the window of a parked car. I
wouldn't want kids throwing food at my cars or windows.

THINKIN' WITH YOUR DIPSTICK, JIMMY!!!

That one cracks me up.

The female M&M closes the mouth of the male M&M with her hand. The
only skin showing is arms and legs.

I saw no other interaction or innuendo. Perhaps you are suggesing a
masturbation theme while the female M&M rolls around on the floor
alone?

I think that if a child wants to emulate a piece of candy, they have
bigger problems that a "scandalous" ad.

People see what they want to see.

I was wondering why I was craving green M&Ms these days...

So does this mean Rule 34 has crept into our televisions now?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6NFQSJCjQ

I find absolutely nothing objectionable to any reasonable person.

Actually the candy that is being advertised in these "scadalous" ads
is not the regular old M&Ms. They are advertising the M&Ms Premium
line. These are more complex flavors and they are a good bit more
expensive as well. They are advertising these toward ADULTS. There
are things out there that are not just for kids, live with it.

Actually it makes sense ~ after all, everyone knows that the green
ones make you more amorous.

(This is not to be confused with the blue ones that make men more
capabale. Oh wait... those blue ones aren't M&Ms. Nevermind.)

http://www.snopes.com/risque/aphrodisiacs/mandms.asp

Oh no!!! Pretty soon we'll have another one of those yappy
evangelists accuse one of the M&Ms of being gay!! Then,
PlanetFeedback will be inundated with letters of proclamations of
boycotting all Mars products because they promote the "gay agenda".

From there, your kids, if they eat the "pink" M&Ms, might actually
emulate the homosexual agenda!

Oh God, the world's coming to an end.

Try to catch the M&M commercial where the yellow one is running on the
grocery belt trying not to get rung up and then at the end there he is
sitting in a bag and another one has a piece of paper and says.."Hey
we are on the guest list!" and the yellow one says.."no, thats the
menu!"

I may not have the wording exactly right but I found it quite amusing!

I somewhat agree with you, maybe not to same intensity that you feel.
Tv commericals have become really trashy, but unfortanately that is a
sign of the times.

People do not care about that now, because they raise their children
to do what feels good. This slow progression has been happening for
many many years. People become so use to it, they dont even see it, or
recognize it.

Im glad you took the time and effort to voice your opinion, too many
just complain and do nothing.


Good Day

that you are insisting they pull this commercial! I personally find
it hilariously funny!

Does that mean that since I don't agree with you, that I get to insist
you change your ways or I can ban you from public forever because you
offend me?

Of course not, so don't be ridiculous!

You think kids will emulate an m&ms commercial? Really?

I'm drawing the line at cocoa beans. They better not even think of
sullying the reputation of the cocoa bean.

Good clean cocoa beans - that's where it's at.

AS Long as the Candy maker does not make M&M conjoined I am fine with
it! :)

If my kids ever try to "emulate" a green M&M, maybe I'll worry then!

I have to agree with the others...its a commercial and that's it.
You can take all the green m&m's out of the packs and then your
children will not related these particular ones with that commercial.
(kidding of course).
And unless the child(ren) have actually asked you what the green m&m
is doing I doubt they pay much attention to it.

This may not change your feelings about the ad, but M&M's are no
longer marketed at children. This may be,
in part, why they've taken on intentionally "adult" ads. It seems
that those M&M characters were criticized as being appealing to kids,
which suggested that they were trying to get kids to eat candy (duh!)
and this was creating childhood obesity issues.

By recasting these characters as being decidedly adult in nature, they
can better say that they are not going after kids.

Whether this is really working or if it's a cleaver ploy to get kids
to like candy and sex... After all, this is tobacco companies do.

One of many articles on the topic:
http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/05/news/companies/masterfoods/index.htm

I like the commercial. I get a laugh every time I see it which is
more than I can say for a lot of other ads out there.

Um..it's candy. You're reading WAYYY too much into it.