Skittles Advert - 1990

[RuthMaxey]

i love skittles

[Panino4life]

if i didn't know what skittles were i would have thought they were a street name for ecstasy

[sethinator8]

poop

[myez]

I would like to formally apologize for Yoshi5020 on behalf of USA. We are not all as naive and disrespectful as he is. Thank you.

[EIiteTactics]

LOL. Get that on the Street... When you gettin lose and you want flavors to choose. lol. Didn't know skittles could be endorsing such activities... theres even graffedi in the commercial...haha xD

[hig9521]

thres no puple skittels wtf

[djthegrateone]

the guys that thought of this ad where no doubt on drugs...

[gemziluvin08]

i dont think i would buy them they look S***

[zancoy39]

the f*ck....  y no grape?!?!?!

[Yoshi5020]

I would have gone insane if I had been this age in that year. The 80s/early 90s were hell. No wonder they thought it was the end of the world.

[OffTheHeezy2]

Just wondering, what age are you? Most of my family got did alright during the late 80's/early 90's, I wasn't born until 1992, so I wouldn't know first-hand, but I just get the feeling that it had this tacky, post-Reagan kind of thing going on. Although I have to admit, a lot of great sitcoms started then: Seinfeld, Roseanne, The Simpsons, Coach, Fresh Prince, Home Improvement, Married with Children, Murphy Brown and Frasier.

[Yoshi5020]

I'm 24. Hm, 5 months ago I must've been a lot more bitter- this commercial isn't as horrible as I made it out to be. But compare it with the Skittles commercials of today to see how far we've come. IMO the 80s had a dismal viewpoint, blatantly giving in to materialism and capitalism and treating people as if they were idiots. Of course, as a child I didn't detect this at all. And I agree, those sitcoms all remain great, even if they now take place in a strange alternate reality!

[TVGems]

Hmmm.... varied opinions on this one..

I for one think it's a cool ad - you would NOT have a jingle like it nowadays.

[southlondonpimp]

@Yoshi5020 hell...then how do u explain the fact that music, movies and tv were a hell of a lot better then than the crap we get now?

[Yoshi5020]

Okay, here's my opinion:

Music- better now. culture in general has gotten smarter

Movies- awful now, better all through 90s

TV- mainly what is miles better now are commercials. at least they're funny, instead of trying to stick a jingle in your head, or even portray their product in a good way.

Also, I hadn't realized that this commercial is most likely from the UK, and so are you, so... I think British culture is still kind of soulless.

[jmspllkn]

@Yoshi5020 You're forming your opinion on British culture based on a Skittles commercial?

[MH5tube]

@Yoshi5020 Music SUCKS now!

[sethinator8]

@Yoshi5020 mostly agreed

but new music sucks and british arent soulless

[dalekcaan1963reborn]

mmmm... drugs...

good to see some old ads, thanks!