Yellow’s quote: Inside everyone there’s a little nut. I guess this makes sense if he’s a peanut M&M. But it’s also demonstrably untrue. Weird thing to see, in my opinion. Meet Orange At the Academy Awards last Sunday, J.K. Simmons took home the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in Whiplash, making him the first M&M to win an Oscar. Simmons has provided the voice for the bumbling Yellow M&M character for nearly 20 years—but he’s not the only celebrity to speak for the candy. Here’s his story—and six others. 1. J.K. Simmons // Yellow MRI Breakthroughs". Mriresearch.org. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 2, 2008 . Retrieved January 15, 2010. One of the newest members of the spokescandy family, Vanessa Williams stepped into the role of Brown with a Super Bowl ad in 2012. “Ms. Brown is definitely the brains behind it all,” Williams said shortly after her debut. 7. Eric Kirchberger // Orange

His age is… UNKNOWN?! Why is it unknown? Why introduce this element of mystery. What kind of mysterious savant space baby are we dealing with here? Red’s quote: Everything’s under control. The way this is worded gives me the absolute creeps. So sterile, so clinical. Like a serial killer who knows your every move in advance even as you think you’ve escaped. Meet Yellow Yellow is one of the original two M&Ms spokescandy, along with his best friend Red. He has appeared in almost every M&M's commercial ever. As he contains a crunchy peanut core, he represents the Peanut M&M's flavors. He is a little clueless and gullible, but has a heart of gold and gets along with nearly everyone. SciTech Tuesday: WWII and the Invention of M&Ms. – The National WWII Museum Blog". Nww2m.com. March 2016. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018 . Retrieved July 19, 2018. In early 1995, Mars ran a promotion in which consumers were invited to vote on which of blue, pink, or purple would replace the tan M&M's. Blue was the winner with 54% of the votes. [72] It replaced tan in late 1995. Consumers could vote by calling 1-800-FUN-COLOR. Ads for the new blue colors featured a plain and an almond blue M&M character as Red and Yellow take notice of trying to do takes in the commercial by painting themselves blue where they appear on stage with B.B. King singing the blues, but the filmmakers had to cut the scene as they were not the real blue M&M's; another featured Red and Yellow holding their breath to look like the new blue M&M's, where Steven Weber sees the three M&M's, Red, Yellow, and Blue; and one more featuring Weber talking to the blue M&M if he had dived into the chocolate pool, but did not.

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Dan found one scene particularly objectionable. In one of the kidnappings that pepper the story the dastardly Yellow M causes a horrific collision between two trains. Ok first up let’s discuss how weird it is that these things have ages and genders. I guess it’s natural to project gender-roles onto any anthropomorphised figure. Still, you don’t actually need to spell it out here. I also DO NOT LIKE this M&M being 30 years old. He should be ageless. M&M's Chocolate Candies go green just in time for Valentine's Day". PR Newswire. January 16, 2008. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008 . Retrieved August 14, 2008. Orange’s quote: I’m a dead man. Jesus Christ, this is bleak. Not even an exclamation mark to make it somewhat jovial. Just a frank awareness of his own mortality. Bone-chilling. Meet Green Jean Van Hamme, a writer who has written additional "Blake and Mortimer" adventures, tells of how movie producer Irene Silberman, wife of Serge Silberman, actually filmed a scene for a potential movie which lasted three minutes. Jacobs was present at the screening of this trial and Van Hamme, who was also there, tells of his enthusiasm for the project. However the film never got off the ground and Silberman lost the movie rights to the story. [1]

So there you have it. The M&Ms characters. They didn’t need to exist, and Orange in particular seems to be really upset that they do. I don’t know if having these characters helps to sell more M&Ms – they don’t even use most of them in their advertising. Custom Printed MY M&M's". mms.com. Mars, Incorporated. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012 . Retrieved February 6, 2012. The original colors of M&M's candies were red, yellow, violet, green and brown. [68] Violet was discontinued and replaced with tan in the late 1940s.Between 1982 and 1987, its slogan was "All the World Loves M&M's", accompanied by a TV jingle of the same name. Actor Joel Higgins, then co-starring in the NBC-TV sitcom Silver Spoons, co-wrote the song. [38] Is the new M&Ms colour really about "inclusivity" or empty solidarity?". September 30, 2022. [ permanent dead link] Part of Yellow M, the former advertising agency of the Conservative Party, has gone into receivership. Other mascots that were introduced, but no longer used, are Almond, the original green guy; Orange, a female peanut character; Chocolate Bar (voiced by Phil Hartman), [56] the first non-M&M character that always gets foiled or outdone by Red and Yellow by being melted, as M&M's do not melt; and the Swarmees for M&M's Minis candies, which are portrayed as destructive yet crafty troublemakers whom Red and Yellow are always trying unsuccessfully to contain after they accidentally released them in the product's initial commercial.

Brown’s quote: The fact is, it doesn’t get any better than the original(TM). Lol that she would use an actual trademark in her quote. Brown is the ultimate corporate shill. Or should that be… SHELL?! Meet Blue Brown wears glasses, implying that M&Ms can suffer from distance-related sight issues or forms of astigmatism. And because she’s female, they’ve also made her “sexy sophisticated”. COME ON YOU CAN JUST BE SOPHISTICATED. Forrest Mars Sr., son of the Mars Company founder, Frank C. Mars, copied the idea for the candy in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War when he saw soldiers eating British-made Smarties, chocolate pellets with a colored shell of what confectioners call hard panning (essentially hardened sugar syrup) surrounding the outside, preventing the sweets (candies) from melting. Mars received a patent for his own process on March 3, 1941. [7] Production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey. When the company was founded it was M&M Limited. [8] The two 'M's represent the names of Forrest E. Mars Sr., the founder of Newark Company, and Bruce Murrie, son of Hershey Chocolate's president William F. R. Murrie, who had a 20 percent share in the product. [9] The arrangement allowed the candies to be made with Hershey chocolate, as Hershey had control of the rationed chocolate at the time. [7] M&M's - Bare All web footage (2010, Australia)" (Video). Archived from the original on December 12, 2021 – via YouTube.Warnke, Kyle (August 12, 2016). "M&M's and Twix are Made in Tennessee". Knoxville, Tennessee: WVLT-TV. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018 . Retrieved June 29, 2018.