Video: The forbidden Mr. T “Snickers” ad
posted at 8:10 pm on July 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
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In Britain it drew exactly two complaints, with anecdotal evidence indicating that gays were laughing it off in good humor. In the U.S., where it hasn’t even aired? Outrageously outrageous outrage, prompting Mars to cut its losses and torpedo the campaign. Behold the newest frontier of homophobia — a washed-up 80s action hero belittling your masculinity by tossing candy bars and encouraging you to, er, “get some nuts.”
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its funny
Drunk Report on July 28, 2008 at 8:14 PM
That’s funny.
hillbillyjim on July 28, 2008 at 8:14 PM
That was awesome. Not as good as the flaming crossbow bolt to the gas tank commercial, whatever that was advertising.
Dr. Manhattan on July 28, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Haha, I love it — Mr. T may be washed up, but he has the masculinity thing down.
Richard Romano on July 28, 2008 at 8:14 PM
I heard this was pulled because it was anti-gay
What? Oh, never mind………..
Mars does make good candy bars, though
Janos Hunyadi on July 28, 2008 at 8:14 PM
So let me get this clear. Speed-walking is the exclusive domain of homosexuals?
Spirit of 1776 on July 28, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Mr T versus the metrosexual?
I love it?
MrScribbler on July 28, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Uhhh…sorry…was laughing too hard and hit ? instead of !
MrScribbler on July 28, 2008 at 8:16 PM
Wow. Two deep,nuanced, though-provoking posts at the same time.
Impressive, huh?
hillbillyjim on July 28, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Oh my effing gee. That’s like gold plated win with a nougatty sweet center of awesomeness.
spmat on July 28, 2008 at 8:17 PM
That’s great. I think I’ll grab a Snickers when I head out to buy some beer later.
FloatingRock on July 28, 2008 at 8:17 PM
I have GOT to get a gun like that!
Beto Ochoa on July 28, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Them gays are Christophobic.
Dude, I just googled “Mr T TBN” and found MC Hammers blog.
http://mchammer.blogspot.com/2006/06/my-brother-mr-t.html
“Don’t hide your light! Let it shine for all to see….”
ninjapirate on July 28, 2008 at 8:19 PM
funny
brak on July 28, 2008 at 8:19 PM
That was awesome.
hulbstar on July 28, 2008 at 8:19 PM
BWAHAHAHAHA!!
What has happened to this country? PC-ness has robbed us of our humor it seems. That was freacking funny!
dustoffmom on July 28, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Eh…I’m teh ghey, and I see nothing wrong with this…it’s a “speed walker”, not a gay dude. Had he been portrayed as a gay man, or as a gay couple, and Mr. T bolts out and fires at them telling them to be “real men”, that’s a different story.
“Get some nuts”…you’d never see that in the US…
JetBoy on July 28, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Banned!?!?
That Commercial was Superbowl-Worthy!
Jones Zemkophill on July 28, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Ditto that!
SouthernGent on July 28, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Remember THIS ONE …Snickers ad from the SuperBowl…
JetBoy on July 28, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Ha! That was great!
Southwest had one where a guy was jogging along and there was a car with mirror windows parked there, so he goes over to the car and starts flexing his muscles and admiring himself when suddenly the mirror window rolls down and two obviously gay guys go “HiiiiIIIIiiii!”
“Wanna get away? Now you can, on Southwest, for only %59.”
hahaha
Tony737 on July 28, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Well, I rather liked it.
morganfrost on July 28, 2008 at 8:26 PM
yep.
Of course, speed walkers (I always think of “Dr. Detroit”) might be offended…eh…
JetBoy on July 28, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Mr T, isn’t washed up! I see kids wearing Mr T. Starter kits all the time; only they call it bling bling.
DAT60A3 on July 28, 2008 at 8:28 PM
You have to be jumping through a couple of some one else’s connotative hoops to find the Teh Gai.
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a half ton explode out of a bungalow like that.
BL@KBIRD on July 28, 2008 at 8:28 PM
“You’re a disgrace to the man race!”
Haha love it!
Wait. Hey, that’s RAAAACIST! hehe
Hey Staff, how ’bout a Terminator 4 trailer thread? As BabyGirl737 would say “Peeezsh! Peeeeezsh!”
Tony737 on July 28, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Best Ad Evah!
TheBigOldDog on July 28, 2008 at 8:30 PM
yet more politically correct crap… soon the vision of the world in Pink Floyd the Wall will come true but it will be the same “beatnik commies” who prophesied it’s coming that will have brought it to our door.
Kaptain Amerika on July 28, 2008 at 8:35 PM
greatness!!
trailortrash on July 28, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Spirit of 1776 on July 28, 2008 at 8:15 PM
I guess someone thinks nuts are…?
catmman on July 28, 2008 at 8:37 PM
The only thing gay about this vid is that cannon Mr. T used wasn’t shooting the big Snickers bars.
Other than that, what up?
madmonkphotog on July 28, 2008 at 8:37 PM
I nominate this for #2 HA Celebratory Video (HumpBot is reserved in the #1 spot!)
RushBaby on July 28, 2008 at 8:39 PM
AGREED!!!!
I didn’t find that offensive, but then again, why would I? Speed-Walkers may be offended, but please, they have to be used to it by now…
ej_pez on July 28, 2008 at 8:41 PM
They should have had Richard Simmons as the speedwalker. He already has the shorts.
Cicero43 on July 28, 2008 at 8:42 PM
That was good. It would have been great if Mr T had gone after the guy in White & Nerdy, but on TV not many would even get the joke.
Dusty on July 28, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Seriously people are offended by this? It was funny.
PC needs a sense of humor.
And a freaking Snickers!
carbon_footprint on July 28, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Sheesh. People are too easily offended these days. Eat yo Snickers and laugh FOOL!!!
Yakko77 on July 28, 2008 at 8:47 PM
I’m being oppressed! I’m being oppressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!
TheUnrepentantGeek on July 28, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Someone got offended by this? LOL
WisCon on July 28, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Agreed. People do need to lighten up. But in the same respect, other people need to lighten up about things like those “North Carolina is so gay” posters and such…
JetBoy on July 28, 2008 at 8:51 PM
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
ackrite55 on July 28, 2008 at 8:51 PM
A. I loved it.
B. As someone smarter noted – why do queers think that they were suggesting the walker is homosexual? I didn’t. He looked … uh … effeminate, yes. So what?
I never appreciated Mr. T’s thespian pursuits very much, but gained a whole new understanding of the man when he lived in our fair metropolis.
Heh.
Jaibones on July 28, 2008 at 8:53 PM
anti-gay????
Does that mean Malcom in the Middle’s speed walking episode is now also in danger?
aikidoka on July 28, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Sorry, but there was nothing metrosexual about that speed-walking wuss. Gay? Yes. Metrosexual? No. And yes, there is a difference.
Seixon on July 28, 2008 at 8:56 PM
That was good,reminded me of one of the western movies,
and the hand crank,gattling guns!
canopfor on July 28, 2008 at 8:59 PM
The queer world is pretty diverse these days, and I suggest that the guardians of the image of queers might want to lighten up just a bit.
The last young man I met who was openly gay looked just like every other 23 year old guy I have seen in the last 5 years. Before that, the last gay guy that caught my eye (oops) was up in the Halsted area of the north side of Chicago.
I was coming out of a mortgage closing at Halsted and Armitage on a Friday afternoon, and he was strolling down the other side of the street. Skin tight jeans, no shirt, mohawk haircut, biker boots, cigarette, ripped, unshaved. If there is a cultural opposite to the walker in the yellow shorts, it was this guy.
They’re probably married.
Jaibones on July 28, 2008 at 9:00 PM
As others have pointed out, I don’t think speed walking is a tell tale sign of gay, rather it is “unmanly” which is the point of the commercial: unmanly man getting taught a lesson by Mr.T in a Tank. The commercial would have had the same affect if it showed a guy standing outside a store in the mall, holding a vast assortment of bags for his wife/girlfriend. Or a guy discussing fabric swatches with his wife/girlfriend in an upholstery shop. Shoot, the marketing team for Mars could just follow me around every day for more examples. Sigh.
Weight of Glory on July 28, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Was it really,”the get nuts” that killed the
campaign,or was it the sight of a weapon,gawd
forbid!
canopfor on July 28, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Love it!
TheSitRep on July 28, 2008 at 9:02 PM
That was actually South Carolina. And why is that not controversial. . . would it be because ‘everybody is a little gay’? Although I’m sure the statement that ‘everybody is straight’ would offend you – funny double standard there.
I bet they pulled this ad for reference to people desiring the ‘Hershey highway’. Mars’ arch rival shouldn’t get TV time on their ad buys, eh?
ThackerAgency on July 28, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Remember this one….
JetBoy on July 28,2008 at 8:24PM.
JetBoy:Me thinks,maybe,its an agenda!
or,
There is a Mars chocolate conspirator,
trying to commit a Mars conspiracy,in a
conspiratorial grand conspiracy,me thinks!haha:)
canopfor on July 28, 2008 at 9:08 PM
The tagline made me lol.
SouthernDem on July 28, 2008 at 9:09 PM
The real question is…who was driving??? Hmmmm??? Methinks it was the Fall Guy.
robblefarian on July 28, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Ha! My 3 year old boy watched it with me and he said, “whoa, he a real man, why he mad at somebody?”
Alden Pyle on July 28, 2008 at 9:20 PM
Eh, it was ok, but certainly not “outrage worthy”.
Markvike on July 28, 2008 at 9:25 PM
I pity that suckah.
whitetop on July 28, 2008 at 9:29 PM
I guess some people equate effeminate to being gay.
One of the gay guys across the street is a queer as a 3 dollar bill; the other seems like any other straight guy. We both roll our eyes when his partner and my wife go through the paint swatches trying to find the right color of tan.
Oh, and the commercial rocked!
tlynch001 on July 28, 2008 at 9:32 PM
So all speed walkers are homosexual?
The things you learn from Mr. T!!!
Hening on July 28, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Loved it.
True on Superbowl worthy.
Still love Mr T. In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison for a crime they didn’t commit…
knob on July 28, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Sorry, South Carolina. But c’mon, Thacker…lighten up, remember? Now, I don’t think this ad here is offensive in any way. It’s funny.
That said, the only double standard is people who want no gay anything around, but tell gays to “get over it” when the shoe’s on the other foot.
It’s hypocritical.
JetBoy on July 28, 2008 at 9:40 PM
Looks like you can personalize it, too bad I don’t have an AP photo to make him the power-walker!
I like it better with the A-Team theme music and altered tag line. “Get some nuts, b!tch!”
Here is the clean version.
clghitis on July 28, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Can we get some kind of counter protest going where we tell the Mars folks we won’t buy any more Snickers bars until they DO run the ad in America, and run it often?
radjah shelduck on July 28, 2008 at 9:45 PM
I LOVE IT!
And for the record, after emailing it to my gay friend, he is laughing his @$$ off at it too.
So evidentally it is not controversial to every gay.
(FRIEND, not BF)
Yes, strait conservatives can have gay friends, even if he knows I am disgusted by that “lifestyle”.
El Guapo on July 28, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Awesome. Need to buy me some snickers.
And a Mr. T t-shirt.
Merovign on July 28, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Someone needs to make a Mr T conservative t-shirt.
El Guapo on July 28, 2008 at 9:56 PM
The hell you say, Allah. He could kick your ass and we all know it. We’d be pitying the fool.
MadisonConservative on July 28, 2008 at 9:56 PM
True. But face it, he wasn’t that good of an actor. He even (supposedly) negotiated for less lines later in the A-Team seasons.
El Guapo on July 28, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Awesome commercial. Truth is truth, some people simply need to get some nuts.
Grafted on July 28, 2008 at 10:05 PM
I had a roommate in college from Venezuela, who said he and his friends used to go out and “rough up” gays just out of boredom, roughing up being a euphemism for kick the living shite out of them. And what if that thing had just happened with that gay kid murdered in Wyoming… I can see some legit concern here.
silverfox on July 28, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Actually my favorite part was the truck blasting onto the street through the fence. I miss my schlocky 80’s tv. Great commercial though..snickers always comes up with the best ones. My favorite is still this one:
I wanna ride with batman.
austinnelly on July 28, 2008 at 10:17 PM
You know, I’ll never be able to see the handle El Guapo, without asking:
Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
austinnelly on July 28, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Whoever denied us this awesome ad campaign needs to be put in stocks and pelted with rotten produce.
doubleplusundead on July 28, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Uh, forgive me for asking, but…
Just what the hell was anti-gay about that commercial?
No, seriously, what?
It was freaking AWESOME.
Mars, I just lost some respect for you. You should’ve stuck by your guns. Time you took your own advice, and got some nuts.
ChePibe on July 28, 2008 at 10:31 PM
I don’t care what the thought cops think, that was funny.
byteshredder on July 28, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I wonder if the reason that only attracted two complaints in the UK is because it hardly ran? I live in the UK, I watch a lot of TV, and I’ve never seen that before.
jic on July 28, 2008 at 10:54 PM
I liked the one where Mr. T goes after the soccer player who took a dive.
KeithRK on July 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM
LMAO! Get some nuts!
Jesse Jackson saw that and was trying o get him some, however he had a different idea..
Chakra Hammer on July 28, 2008 at 11:08 PM
The only way that could’ve been better is if he was in the A-Team van. But then again, he always drove, so it wouldn’t be authentic.
James on July 28, 2008 at 11:10 PM
A disgrace to the man race!(Speed walka’!) LMAO
Chakra Hammer on July 28, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Check out the other ones.
- The Cat
MirCat on July 28, 2008 at 11:36 PM
I am with Jones, that commercial would have dominated the super-bowl.
C-Low on July 28, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Yep! Actually i thought that the gays would laugh it off, and the message.. “Get some Nuts!” I thought that they would have though was funny too(they of course would have put a sexual twist on it.. LOL)
BTW, I have a gay brother i need to send this video to him see what he thinks about it..
Chakra Hammer on July 28, 2008 at 11:52 PM
i love it when a plan comes together.
Shy Guy on July 28, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Mr. T is cool when he was a big star he used to visit disabled kids in hospitals all the time, in elementary school I knew a kid that a cerebral palsy that got to meet him and got his autograph. :)
Chakra Hammer on July 28, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Here’s another Mr T Snickers ad.
Just as funny!
jgapinoy on July 29, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Here’s another Mr T Snickers ad.
jgapinoy on July 29, 2008 at 12:52 AM
This happens about once a month. I write a comment, hit “submit”, & it disappears. I refresh, refresh again, still gone. I rewrite it, hit submit, & then I have two identical comments.
Technology.
jgapinoy on July 29, 2008 at 12:54 AM
While I make a single comment and use one word that is obviously crucial to the punchline but it is not allowed by some HA filter.
(So you will have to re-spell it yourself.)
“I hope Mr. T never does a ‘Vyagra’ ad.”
profitsbeard on July 29, 2008 at 1:36 AM
“T is the greatest! Evahboddy ‘fraid o’ T…cept Murdock….
…Murdock a crazy foo.”
Black Adam on July 29, 2008 at 2:23 AM
You mean when NBC was trying to expose the gas tank explosion issue with GM pickups back in the 80s?
/
bikermailman on July 29, 2008 at 2:39 AM
Quit that!
Kidding :-)
hillbillyjim on July 29, 2008 at 3:48 AM
That is possibly the greatest commercial of the 21st century.
Cylor on July 29, 2008 at 5:46 AM
I’m buying a couple Snickers bars today.
tgillian on July 29, 2008 at 7:07 AM
These commercials are awesome.
They could have avoided all the stupid complaints by simply tweaking the script.
The way it is now, the cyrbabies can make a (weak) case that it’s homophobic.
Dave Rywall on July 29, 2008 at 7:08 AM
Dude, I so want a Snickers bar now.
PolitiNOOB on July 29, 2008 at 7:11 AM
Speedwalkers might be offended but I didn’t hear anything about homosexuals.
peacenprosperity on July 29, 2008 at 7:20 AM
“a washed up 80s action hero” ???
Hey! Go easy on Mr.T! The man’s an icon.
Aylios on July 29, 2008 at 8:51 AM
Yup, Snickers are definitely back on my shopping list too.
Aylios on July 29, 2008 at 8:52 AM
Too funny…
Reminds me, I need a Snickers fix…
uncivilized on July 29, 2008 at 9:46 AM
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