• The Planters Peanut Man Gets a Make-Over
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[URL]http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/totally-nuts-mr-peanut-gets-a-makeover--1722[/URL] [IMG]http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/tv/blog6/buzz_mrpeanut_110810.jpg[/IMG] [quote] It's official: The [URL="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Planters+Peanut&cs=bz&fr=buzz"]Planters Peanut[/URL] guy is [URL="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=139095"]getting a voice[/URL]. And a gray flannel suit. And a sidekick. The suavest of actors, [URL="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Robert+Downey+Jr&cs=bz&fr=buzz"]Robert Downey Jr[/URL]., will speak for the until-now, not-talking nut. Mr. P has come a long way since his yellow animated self showed up in 1916. The [URL="http://www.popcrunch.com/planters-peanut-makeover/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorkBoxers+%28PopCrunch%29"]new and improved[/URL] Mr. Peanut will be introduced on his Facebook page at midnight on Nov. 9. Yes, the lanky legume has a [URL="http://www.facebook.com/mrpeanut"]Facebook page[/URL]. The campaign will launch from there, and then head to your television, movie previews, and [URL="http://blogs.pitch.com/fatcity/2010/11/mr_peanut_speaks_after_74_year.php"]everywhere else[/URL] peanut ads could be. Kraft Foods is spending a reported [URL="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/11/robert_downey_jr_to_voice_mode.html"]$30–35 million[/URL] on the revamped mascot. So Mr. Peanut, this better be good. For all you traditionalists, fear not: Even with the new toasty brown, more peanutty look, the salty spokesnut will keep his old-school top hat, his monocle, and his cane. After all, he's one natty nut. Still, expect some pushback from those who preferred the old character just as he was. As one ad guru [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/business/media/08adco.html?_r=2"]put it[/URL], "He is who he is, and people respect his genuineness."[/quote] I hate peanuts but this is awesome.
I love Robert Downey Jr. and he may be the new Peanut Man but I still hate peanuts.
I love peanuts. I wish all my peanuts had top hats and monocles.
At least it doesn't look idiotic.
Cool. They didn't screw up the look at all. I love it. It's really classy.
[QUOTE=freighter014;25950138]Cool. They didn't screw up the look at all. I love it. It's really classy.[/QUOTE] Not much has changed lmao [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t9pl9Dh5gGQ/SzqzqeE6LPI/AAAAAAAAOQU/ZZWA3AeBbOQ/s400/MrPeanutLogos.jpg[/img]
his legs got shorter and he got fatter.
boy did it look creepy in 1923
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[QUOTE=Lambeth;25950275]boy did it look creepy in 1923[/QUOTE] And 1949
[QUOTE=Craptasket;25950206]Not much has changed lmao [img_thumb]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t9pl9Dh5gGQ/SzqzqeE6LPI/AAAAAAAAOQU/ZZWA3AeBbOQ/s400/MrPeanutLogos.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] 1923: Come here big boy I got some nuts for ya 1949: Buy it I don't give a fuck 2001: 52 years, and I'm still not giving a fuck
I came in here ready to be pissed off that they're destroying another recognizable trademark character but it actually looks awesome, nice and modern yet still classy
a giant peanut with womanly legs that is supposed to look like a classy man is fucking terrifying by concept, not much you can do about that just saying [QUOTE=Kalibos;25950818]I came in here ready to be pissed off that they're destroying another recognizable trademark character but it actually looks awesome, nice and modern yet still classy[/QUOTE] i feel exactly the same way :tinfoil:
that's nuts
[QUOTE=Makol V2;25950271]his legs got shorter and he got fatter.[/QUOTE] Just like America. :downs:
Must resist the urge to drive to Walmart at 2am to buy a jar of peanuts...
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