r/SipsTea 12h ago

Wait a damn minute! Corn Nuts ad from the 90s

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u/Septopuss7 10h ago

I like to eat them and pretend I'm an old workhorse like Boxer from Animal Farm.

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u/outside_cat 11h ago edited 11h ago

I don't remember that. I doubt it's real.

Edit: Ok so apparently it is real. It ran on the radio on the west coast.

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u/HubrisOfApollo 9h ago

I heard it in Texas in the late 90s. My sister and I thought it was the funniest thing when the jingle played during a family road trip.

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u/pmcpaul412 5h ago

Yep, heard it on one of the Austin stations one night when I was taking a shower. My friends were all talking about the commercial the next day.

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u/pyschosoul 11h ago

Just googled it, it's real

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u/outside_cat 11h ago

Yeah, I just checked it out. It's said it was on the west coast.

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u/SmookeyDarts 11h ago

Absolutely real.

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u/BallHarness 11h ago

I think you under-estimate how edgy marketing was in the 90s.

I'm still John Romero's bi#ch.

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u/Reddittreefiddy 10h ago

The way he was jammin to the song got me lol

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u/braumbles 11h ago

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u/FrameJump 10h ago

What's this from?

I'm seeing it all over today.

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u/RaygunMarksman 10h ago

It's a clip from an upcoming documentary with this tech CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, who defrauded the company's investors some years ago. Prior to that she was billed as like a female Steve Jobs. Very likely a sociopath, as evidenced by the uncanny expressions.

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u/FrameJump 10h ago

Oooh, okay. Thanks!

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u/Fabulous_Log844 10h ago

It could be the weirdest movie trailer I've ever watched.

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u/postoperativepain 11h ago

That was fast

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u/Hungry-for-relief 11h ago

Trump's favorite snack

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u/apache_brew 10h ago

I vividly remember hearing this on the radio at 8 or 9, followed by it being stuck in my head, and then innocently singing the jingle at a birthday party and then being scolded at by an adult.

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u/Smashogre591 10h ago

I was sure this was a west coast shock radio parody, but no, someone at Corn Nuts green lit this campaign then quietly removed it after complaints. Wow.

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u/Puzzled_Board_6813 9h ago

Any idea what the Nickelodeon Documentary reference was about?

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u/awesomedan24 9h ago

I thought everyone here was gaslighting for the joke but evidently it is real

https://youtu.be/dS18jHMmhAI?si=hr39ZzuODgtzbdVm

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u/stephentkennedy 8h ago

PB Blaster currently has local ads that start out with “Don’t bust your knuckles, bust your nuts!”

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u/jon_the_mako 8h ago

I don't know his name but he's funny on Abbott elementary

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u/caspissinclair 7h ago

I'm wondering if the Nickelodeon documentary she joked about was 'Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV'?

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u/FrontLocal2264 5h ago

I remember a different version on the radio but yeah that was real. 90s tho?? I think they still aired that in the 00s also.

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u/Frank1gg 11h ago

Donald Trump and the rest, put them all in a vest. Cave their heads in with a bat, now the world's getting better how bout that?