Jul 31 2008Mr T.'s awesome Snickers ad pulled for some gay reason

PITY THE FOOL WHO IS FIRST

God Americans are such prudes!

Haha, The UK gets the best adverts ever! I hate that people don't embrace this for the Mr T lovin' humour that it is. GO SNICKERS.

Another example of the U.S getting involved where no one asked them to.

Gay people are like so gay.

WTF? how unbelivably stupid, argh!america must be full of repressed gays that just try to stick it to someone in any other way, mind your own fucking business you arseholes,

You know who it seems was GAY? Marcia Brady!

That's something I can totally get down with:
http://grrlplanet.com/2008/07/31/rumor-marcia-brady-nookie-early-years/

LOL! This post is really effin funny!

Fuck off Americans, trying to shove your sugary crap down our throats.

You idiots its called a "Viral Add!" It's not actually band. duh!

This was banned because it was offensive to homosexuals? What? Because speed walking makes you look effeminate? It does. That's just a fact.

I have never commented here before, but that was totally hilarious. The ad, the controversy, but most of all your commentary. Keep up the good work, Perez!

Yo!!! EASY PEOPLE! Don't try to clump all of us Americans into one category! Each one of your countries has a bunch of uptight AZZHATS too! I think this commerical is hilarious and should be run on repeat during every major sporting event, awards ceremonies, and political campaign! haha It isn't Americans that don't like the Snickers ad...its self righteous jackazzes that always have to make something more than what it is! There is one of the those people in every content in the world!

what the fuck?
that shit's funny, I'm sick of all this stupid 'Politically Correct' bullshit...
and don't start bashing Americans over this, it was one small set of people that got their panties in a wad. The majority, like myself, would find the commercial Funny & Awesome.

Ha, that's fucking great! We have a guy who walks exactly like that up and down our block. Perhaps I should put in a call to the A Team?

Doesn't that speak more about the stereotypes of the ones who issued the complaint? THEY associate speed walking and effeminate gait with homosexuality. That's like complaining that depicting someone with a big nose is offensive to Jews. Because, clearly, only Jews can have big noses, just like only gay men or middle aged women can speed walk.

Loved the ad. I wish they'd played it here in the US too.

I find the term "homophobia" to be offensive.

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It's all the fucking Republican's.

Theyre afraid half their representatives would be too distracted by these ads to be able to suck guys off in bathroom stalls and fondle interns on a regular basis.

Just because the man is speed walking doesn't make him gay! And the fact that they assumed that just makes The Human Rights Campaign seem pretty reliant on stereotypes - which can't be good! Leave Mr T alone you bigots! He's just ridding the world of idiots in tight shorts, which we should all be doing!!!

Ok, I'm calm now....

You can thank the Liberals for all this crap. Don't do this, Can't say that......someone might be offended.

*Sigh*

Anyone who finds this video "offensive" should be branded with a triangle and shoved into an oven. Same goes for those carelessly throwing about half-baked concepts like "human rights" and "homophobia."

Sign me up to man the camp!

Okay-first, who in the United States complained? We need to find out who it was and slap them upside the head for speaking for the rest of us. What gives whoever it was the right to do that? They get rid of the best commercials using the old 'it might offend someone' . Commercials that are funny and cute. Like the mayo commercial. Like the Snickers commerical. I swear these people need to get a life and stop telling the rest of us who have one-what to watch, what to eat and how to live.

Why wasn't the hot chick on the right side in the commercial?

Didn't see anything offensive, but the commercial sucked anyway. Who cares.

More proof that this is becoming a country of faggots. My best friend is gay - but he isnt a faggot. Mr T deserves this - he is a good guy and an American icon, It would have been a smash for Snickers in the US. Mars is showing its faggotry for being punked into pulling it.

So, let me get this straight. Gays are upset because they think speed walking is typically gay?

To #16 that was a DAMN good point! I love it when people can type an intelligent comment AND get the spelling correct! Hurrah!

To #16 that was a DAMN good point! I love it when people can type an intelligent comment AND get the spelling correct! Hurrah!

the reason it went over better in europe is because there you can't tell the difference between a gay person and a german. german or gay? i never knew. so mr. t could have just been shooting candy bars at a german and telling him to get some nuts. there's just not enough ambiguity here in the us, so it seems homophobic.

new jersey, i think it's time for you to step up and show your true colors so that mr. t fans everywhere have a new reason to watch tv.

the reason it went over better in europe is because there you can't tell the difference between a gay person and a german. german or gay? i never knew. so mr. t could have just been shooting candy bars at a german and telling him to get some nuts. there's just not enough ambiguity here in the us, so it seems homophobic.

new jersey, i think it's time for you to step up and show your true colors so that mr. t fans everywhere have a new reason to watch tv.

We are overdue for an asswhoopin. We keep rollin over for the weak little sissy bitch minority. America is no longer Great and we will deserve what happens to us because some pussies here give a shit about the feelings of fags and other stupid fucking people. I dont have a political correctness bone in my body. Come to my little town and march and ill shoot more than snickers you. And for a footnote.....At least we aint swamped with Sharia law bullshit. The UK needs to" get some nuts" and kick those ragheads out before they become France.

so, i'm sure this has been stated, but if the fucking ad hasn't been shown in the u.s. then how in the hell did someone who hadn't seen it complain about it?

Greatest commerical EVER!

That was funny! Ah I'll just save the picture and put it on my gay (not that kinda gay) Myspace.

LOL that was the best damn commercial I've see in years it actually made me laugh... Mars Corp should have told the complainers, "LISTEN FOOL GET SOME NUTS!" Y'know its literally to the point in America that if a straight guy just looks at an attractive women and says, "NICE" he's treated like a potential date rapist, but a gay guy explains in detail how and what he would like to do to the fellow watching the women everyone just shrugs and smiles-NOT that theirs anything wrong with it...yadda, yadda, yadda!

Only homos speedwalk?

I'm sworn to the Adkins Plan for Weight Loss but I'm stocking up on Snickers!!! Too damn funny!

Thank you Superficial guy for posting this, my rock hard member was already quivering in anticipation with the treasure trove of socio and politico knowledge hiding in this comment section.

Thanks Deacon Jones for explaining that "It's all the fucking Republican's."

And thank you PimpmommaM for letting me know that I can "thank the Liberals for all this crap."

And bless you subjects of the United Kingdom for letting us in on the secret problems of our government. Sometimes all it takes is for a kind soul to scream out the obvious again and again and again and again before we take notice, so bless your patience with our weak minds, we're trying.

This is stupid. The ad is awesome!
I think it's because Mr. T tells the man to run "like a real man" and shoots him. It's not that the ad was homophobic, but Mr. T looked like one and that it was fine for him to be.

Dunno what's awesomer - the hightop mohawk or the bandoliers filled with Snickers.

Dunno what's awesomer - the hightop mohawk or the bandoliers filled with Snickers.

I'm offended that gays claim speedwalking as their activity

I'm outraged! How dare gays in America get my favorite TV ads banned. It's not offensive to homosexuals. But this is, fuck you fags.! I hope Mr.T shoots Snickers bars up your arse and you enjoy it!

I'm offended as a straight man who speed walks

I'm an American, and I'm disappointed that we screwed ourselves out of another good commercial. Idiots! I'm still bitter that the gay people stole rainbows from me. Every time I wear one, I get hit on by a lesbian.

As funny as this ad is, it does make the point that a dude walking in an effeminate way deserves to be attacked and that doing so is HILARIOUS. Assholes, homophobes and general douche bags everywhere are going to see this and view it as an affirmation of their "fags are gay and should have their asses kicked for not man-ing up!" mentality. Personally, what I find funny about this video is the hysterically excessive way that Mr. T deals with the plague of speed-walking AND the the hilarious tagline, but it does make the world a bit a less safe for effeminate men. This isn't about political correctness, it's about being socially responsible.

That's hilarious. And hey, stop ripping on America. It wasn't "Americans" as a people that banned the ad. It was some uptight morons who did it. Don't tell me you don't have any in your countries...

As a homosexual speed-walker, I'd have to say, it's always been a fantasy of mine to have Mr. T shoot me from behind with a snickers. Pew Pew!

I almost spit my drink out Fish!!!!!!! (sick fuck)

#46, Justin: this add makes the world a bit let safe for effeminate men??? WTF? You afraid you're gonna be hit with a snickers?

The REAL stereotype here is that pansies are even afraid of a flying snickers bar.

#38, besides your rock-hard member, can you add anything to the conversation yourself besides acting like your above it all? Sure the politico bullshit is just that, but comon. I think Mars needs to take the cue from Mr. T and their own commercial and grow a pair - they had a great, short commercial that was amusing and did just what a commercial is supposed to do - make an imprint in your mind to make a snickers gattling cannon and pummel random speed-walkers. Sorry, gotta go send in my patents before they beat me to it.

Here is the ad. And it is awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUxi_Eo6fU

No, it's more like I'm afraid that one of my good friends, who happens who be a gay man with an effete style of walking is going to get his ass kicked for not 'walking like a 'man' by idiots who share the same violently homophobic attitude. This add re-enforces the idea that those men should be penalized for not exhibiting the right amount of 'masculinity'. That they should 'get some nuts.'

Any moron who was going to kick a gay man's ass for not being "tough enough" would have done so before this commercial.

Puh-lease. I don't think Mr. T going after a speedwalker with a snickers bar is going to incite violence. It's obviously meant to be funny....if you've seen the soccer commercial, it's along the same lines.

Besides, who in the hell said that speedwalking = GAY. I don't get that from this ad.

You are all IDIOTS! Its called a "Viral Add!" It's not actually band. duh!

and this ISN'T offensive to homosexuals?

Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that this is going to CAUSE violence. I'm saying that it affirms the idea that it's okay to enact violence because a person isn't acting manly enough. It's not that speedwalking = gay, it's the implication that that guy isn't acting 'manly' enough. If you remember, at some point during the ad, Mr. T says

'You're a disgrace to the man race. It's time to run like a real man.'

Now, that alone is not so bad, but this is a reaction to the shot of the guy's ass and hips waggling back and forth is obviously supposed to conotate femininity. It's the Mr. T character and the ad's contention that this is improper, and as a result Mr. T attacks him, in an absurd way, yeah, but he attacks him none-the-less. The less of this sort of thing that there is in the public consciousness, the less the public will think that it's okay to victimize men for being feminine or homosexual. Yes, there will still be morons out there who want to attack men or women for being gay, but at least those ideas won't be praised and confirmed by the establishment and public consciousness.

If you take out the shot of the swinging hips, and the "Walk like a man." line, this is still a hilarious ad. It doesn't have to be as offensive as it is to be funny.

That commercial was AWESOME!!!
"GET SOME NUTS!!!"

As for the gay part.... Well.....
GET SOME NUTS!!!!!
lol

Naturally, I get excited even when the letters M,R, and T are in a sentence. So this particular post just made me shit my pants.

Recently, quite a few celebrities and pro athletes were said to appear on the millionaire luxury club "W e a l t h y L o v e s. c o m" to hook up with hot girls, ladies, models... OMG!!! Are these famous guys fond of internet dating for now?? Maybe they are indeed so rich that they feel boring sometimes to need new things? It was reported on MSN Charlie Sheen has found his girl there last May

Justin: kudos to you, sir, for having an honorable, kindly discussion. I see more posters reduced to calling anyone who disagrees with them a "douchebag." We could actually use more posters like you.

And you kinda brought me around to your way of thinking as well....I agree it would be just as funny w/out those two lines.

@57 problem with that whole theory is this: the ad was called "homophobic" meaning someone up there decided that any feminine behavior equates homosexuality.
Not to mention that i'm gay myself and am more offended by the whiny p.c. fags who can't take a damn joke and want the whole effing world to be puppies and sunshine because nobody should ever be offended or feel bad or be in any way dragged from their prozak stupor and face reality. When will the world just grow a pair and laugh already.
And Mr. T is right. Speed walking is a crime against testicles.

@38 -- amen. I hardly ever read the comment section anymore because of all the retarded political rants. Anyone remember when the comments here used to be funny? PapaHotNuts, we miss you.

To the people that got the ad pulled......What's wrong with you? It has got to be the funniest ad I seen in a long while. Don't you have any sense of humor or does everything have to be against you. I feel sorry for you if you can't see the funny..LIGHTEN UP.

Why don't they just change it to "Get some nuts in your mouth!" Gays shouldn't object to that.
To those who are bashing America. This isn't the opinion of Americans. This is the opinion of a powerful lobbying group for a minority. We're as sick of this crap as you guys are.

#55. actuallly, you're not allowed to call out everyone as idiots if you can't spell. it's "ad", if you're trying to abbreviate "advertising".

...oops, BUSTED!!

#48, LMFAO!!

and sorry for my #29 and #30, that makes no sense.

Okay, is it just me or did the Human Rights Campaign just call the speedwalker gay when no one else in the ad did? I mean, since when is telling a guy he's being weak automatically considered an accusation of being gay? Only if you are homophobic to begin with and associate it that way. (Plus having lived in the UK for a long time, a lot more guys look/act like that speedwalker than you might think). It's like saying that Mr. T was being racist because he shot snickers at a white guy whom he proceeded to tell to get a ball sack. Loads of men need to get some balls and I'm not afraid to say it - gay, metrosexual or otherwise.

I'm jus' sayin'.

That was fucking awesome!!! LMFAO

Hey everyone! Snickers on me!

I mean really on me. I've got like three hundred snicker bars with me in the tub. Mmmm, all that nougat and milk chocolate!

Wow, anyone got a glass of milk?

First they pull the Heinz mayo ad there, and now this bullhunk?

And I thought it was just us Amurk'ns who were knee-jerk PC stupid.

That speedwalker isn't even necessarily gay, right? He's just speedwalking.
It seems like the Human Rights people are stereotyping gays, and that's not cool on their part.

HAHAHA run like a MAN

"problem with that whole theory is this: the ad was called "homophobic" meaning someone up there decided that any feminine behavior equates homosexuality.
Not to mention that i'm gay myself and am more offended by the whiny p.c. fags who can't take a damn joke and want the whole effing world to be puppies and sunshine because nobody should ever be offended or feel bad or be in any way dragged from their prozak stupor and face reality. When will the world just grow a pair and laugh already.
And Mr. T is right. Speed walking is a crime against testicles."

Thanks so much for your mature, scholarly take on the topic. just because you're gay doesn't mean your pithy reduction of gay rights activism to a desire for sunshine and puppies has any more ballast than it would if a heterosexual were to have said it. Why do so many people not understand that racism or homophobia is not always as explicit as graffiti or murder? Part of what fuels homophobia is precisely that inverted misogyny that you so sarcastically dismissed as "the problem with that whole theory." A person who thinks all black people have rhythm and play great basketball may not think they're being racist when they are surprised that the black person before them can't dance or play hoops, but they are. They are subscribing to stereotypical profiles and using them as a way to view the world around them, which is a dangerous precedent to set. There are a multitude of social and psychological factors which perpetuate these cycles, and media plays a very large part here. Why is the ad offensive? Because it assumes as a mundane fact that if men don't act a certain way then they are not men, and depicts violence as a humorous male response to effeminate mannerisms in another male. Ask Matthew Shepherd's parents, or the parents of any young man killed for nothing more than what you saw in that commercial, what they think of it. Before you respond that I'm over-exaggerating, ask yourselves: what did Matthew Shepherd do besides "act gay" in a small town? What was the man in the commercial doing to warrant being attacked: speedwalking, (whose characteristics are exaggerated for cheap effect) which is viewed as a wuss version of running, in the same way that a gay man is viewed as a wuss version of a "real man", a connection that Mr. T actually makes for us when he uses the epigram against the guy in the commercial (a "disgrace to the man race" he adds). All of this is constructed around the potential double meaning of the tagline "Get Some Nuts," because he was lacking nuts before and Snickers and Mr. T have now replaced them and snuffed the effeminate out of him. It exploits the widespread valorization of traditional masculinity as the norm at the expense of those who don't fit that mold, and suggests that violent reprisal to any deviation is funny.

There are plenty of examples of people's behavior betraying their prejudicial attitudes, which are frequently excused, as this message board attests, because they're not violent. These attitudes don't stay in vogue without social conditioning. The constant imperceptible flow of media through our everyday lives affects how we perceive and react to things all the time, like the way you remember a brand jingle as you're shopping for the same product the jingle advertises. The repetition of images and ideas over time come to form a basis for prevailing attitudes of the day. Why do you think people ever freely tossed around words like "fag" and "nigger" as insults? Because the prevailing attitudes of the day told them it was okay to hate and to express it openly. The laws said it was okay, the people in your neighborhood said it was okay, books, magazines, movies, and TV all used the words and/or stereotypes to define others in harmful fashion, everything said it was okay. You would be surprised at just how much anti-Semitic, anti-Indian, and anti-black rhetoric is casually spewing from even the most seemingly innocent of American films from the 20's right up to the early 70's, in a way that we would never dream of doing today because we recognize it as offensive. (Homophobia was more coded, smuggled in covertly because any visual depiction of homosexuality was outlawed from American filmmaking.) What's just as shocking is that people today actually complain when a COMMERCIAL is banned because it is said to reinforce the physical abuses to an abused and ostracized minority. I'm sorry, were our lives all the richer until the banning of a Snicker's ad sapped us of our joy and mirth? I think one less ad for a company which makes money solely by selling us stepladders to diabetes and heart disease is something to celebrate, not bemoan. Especially if it's stupid and insensitive to boot.

This post might be over, but I just wanted to say:
#73 & 74 - You are absolutely right and you make an excellent point. Bravo.

PS. I like you.

This post might be over, but I just wanted to say:
#73 & 74 - You are absolutely right and you make an excellent point. Bravo.

PS. I like you.

PPS. Sorry for the double post.

Everybody should be proud to be homopervertophobic. Get rid of them all. Yea mr T.

Well that wasn't done that well. sorry to say. but hey..........am i wrong. i know u tried so i wont be mean. it could be better though dude.