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Cheech and Chong pitching "magic brownies" for General Mills
St. Paul Pioneer Press ^
| September 22, 2011
| Tom Webb
Posted on 09/23/2011 10:23:53 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Cheech and Chong are back, and they're pitching "magic brownies" - for General Mills.
The stars of 1980s stoner comedies are featured in a funny promotion for Fiber One brownies, a new high-fiber snack targeted at aging baby boomers.
The online-only commercial resembles a movie trailer, and the twist comes at the end: the "magic" ingredient turns out to be fiber, not marijuana.
"Fiber - because now that you're getting older, you need a new kind of magic from your brownies," the announcer says.
Chong's response: "This is the weirdest movie ever, man."
The ad campaign began when the General Mills marketing team was brainstorming about the June launch of Fiber One brownies. When a New York ad agency, Modem, floated the magic brownie concept, "We loved the idea and that's kind of where we started," said Jim Wilson, a General Mills marketing manager.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: brownies; cheechandchong; generalmills; hippies
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"Flaming Pole" sounds like hate speech.
To: ConservativeStatement
Not another post about Perry's supporters?
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posted on
09/23/2011 10:30:39 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(so Perry's purchase price starts at $5001.00: and $29,000 , was a sell.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Not another post about Perry's supporters?
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posted on
09/23/2011 10:30:48 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(so Perry's purchase price starts at $5001.00: and $29,000 , was a sell.)
To: ConservativeStatement
That’s very clever marketing.
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posted on
09/23/2011 10:33:26 PM PDT
by
freeagle
To: ConservativeStatement
Not another post about Perry's supporters?
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posted on
09/23/2011 10:35:04 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(so Perry's purchase price starts at $5001.00: and $29,000 , was a sell.)
To: ConservativeStatement
“Taste like dog s—t?”
“Yeah, taste like dog s—t.”
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09/23/2011 10:37:19 PM PDT
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posted on
09/23/2011 10:40:46 PM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: dfwgator
Pedro: Hey how am I driving, man?
Man Stoner: [looks around] : I think we’re parked.
To: ConservativeStatement
To: ConservativeStatement
Sounds like some kinda VD!
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posted on
09/23/2011 10:46:28 PM PDT
by
REDWOOD99
("Earth first! We can log the other planets later")
To: ConservativeStatement
They could also try:
Eat your brownies - or we’ll kick you in the face.
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posted on
09/23/2011 10:47:51 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
To: dfwgator
"Taste like dog st?This is good s--t, man, where'd you get it?
Hey man, it's Labrador.
What's Labrador?
My dog ate my stash. Had to follow him around with a Baggie for 3 days to get it back.
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posted on
09/23/2011 11:00:11 PM PDT
by
BuckyKat
(Green = the new red)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
09/23/2011 11:12:11 PM PDT
by
svcw
(It is who I am, it is what I do.)
To: BuckyKat
"....dave's not here, man.
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posted on
09/23/2011 11:16:05 PM PDT
by
de.rm
('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
To: de.rm
Basketball jones I got a basketball jones.....
To: tsowellfan
That’s pretty darned funny!
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
09/24/2011 12:57:53 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: tsowellfan
Magic Brownies.
Get rid of your frownies.
Turn em upside downies.
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posted on
09/24/2011 1:33:15 AM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
To: ConservativeStatement
Cheech and Chong and fiber brownies-hilarious!
To: ConservativeStatement
Brilliant marketing on the part of the ad agency, Modem. Kudos to their maniacal creativity.
Got a good laugh.
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posted on
09/24/2011 2:02:36 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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