A giant Snickers is cure for the world's ills in candy bar’s Super Bowl spot
Brand suggests it can fill humanity's dark hole of despair in humorous ad from BBDO N.Y. and AMV BBDO
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After a decade of a “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry” messages, Snickers has decided it's not mere individuals who need the candy bar. It's the entire world.
That’s the premise of Snickers’ latest Super Bowl spot. In the commercial, the brand highlights some troubling issues in today’s world, from grown men riding scooters to parents naming children after produce to, yes, politics. These things, Snickers resolves, might be fixed by burying a giant Snickers bar in the ground.
The longer version of the spot, released Wednesday, features people singing about today’s troubles and culminates in a growing group of participants watching as a helicopter lowers a massive Snickers bar into a giant hole in the ground. In case you missed it, a giant hole was being dug in trailers for the Super Bowl spot.
“It’s a dumb thing to do, but if it works, we all win,” the group declares. (This is no Coca-Cola “Hilltop,” but there is a group of people gathering and singing on a grassy patch of land. Interpret it as you wish.)
A 30-second version of the commercial will run during the third commercial break in the first quarter of the Super Bowl. It comes from BBDO New York and AMV BBDO.
There is at least one way the world wins with the hole: A pair of would-be social media influencers find themselves put in their place, as actor Luis Guzmán notes toward the end of the spot. Miranda Cosgrove, Charlotte Flair and Bill Walton also appear in the longer version.
Credits
- Date
- Jan 29, 2020
- Client :
- Snickers
- Agency :
- BBDO-New York
- Agency :
- AMV BBDO
- VP of Marketing :
- Tanya Berman
- Brand Director :
- Josh Olken
- Sr. Brand Manager :
- Martin Terwilliger
- Head of Social Media & Digital Content at the Hive :
- Michael Italia
- Head of Social Creative at the Hive :
- Seth Dager
- Social Media Strategist at the Hive :
- Betsy Magilnick
- Global VP :
- Rankin Carroll
- Global Brand Director :
- Dale Green
- Chief Creative Officer :
- David Lubars
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Greg Hahn
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Alex Grieve
- Creative Director/Writer :
- Scott Mahoney
- Creative Director/Art Director :
- Dan Oliva
- Art Director :
- Alan Wilson
- Writer :
- Diccon Driver
- Creative Director :
- Charlotte Adorjan
- Creative Director :
- Matt Swinburne
- Executive Creative Director :
- Gianfranco Arena
- Executive Creative Director :
- Peter Kain
- Copywriter :
- Larissa Magera
- Art Director :
- Morgan Hoff
- EVP Director of Integrated Production :
- David Rolfe
- EVP Group Executive Producer :
- Amy Wertheimer
- Associate Producer :
- Sarah Knowlton
- Music Producer :
- Julia Millison
- Music Producer :
- Melissa Chester
- Business Manager :
- Paul Cisco
- CEO & President :
- Kirsten Flanik
- EVP Global Business Leader :
- Susannah Keller
- Vice President Global Business Lead :
- Julien Lemoine
- EVP Senior Account Director :
- Lisa Piliguian
- VP Account Director :
- Tani Corbacho
- Account Manager :
- Elizabeth O'Connor
- Account Executive :
- Jacob Plastina
- Client Partner :
- Richard Moloney
- Senior Account Director :
- Luke Slater
- Board Account Director :
- Philippa Field
- Chief Marketing Officer :
- Crystal Rix
- SVP Group Director Behavioral Planning :
- Annemarie Norris
- Group Planning Director :
- Christina Stoddard
- Comms Planning Director :
- Brian Brydon
- Strategy Director AMV :
- Nicola Willison
- Talent Agency :
- The Marketing Arm
- Celebrity Talent Acquisitions :
- Brad Sheehan
- Production Company :
- MJZ
- Director :
- Tom Kuntz
- President :
- David Zander
- Senior Executive Producer :
- Eriks Krumins
- Producer :
- Emily Skinner
- Director of Photography :
- Linus Sandgren
- Production Designer :
- Brock Houghton
- Editorial :
- Mackenzie Cutler
- Editor :
- Gavin Cutler
- Editor :
- Pamela Petruski
- Assistant Editor :
- Megan Heard
- Executive Producer :
- Gina Pagano
- Mix :
- Heard City
- Mixer :
- Keith Reynaud
- Color :
- Company 3
- Colorist :
- Tim Masick
- VFX :
- The Mill
- Creative Director :
- Phil Crowe
- Executive Producer :
- Anastasia Von Rahl
- Producer :
- Melanie Roy
- Coordinator :
- Bret Aros
- 3D Lead :
- Dan Warom
- 2D Lead :
- Tim Crabtree
- Assistant :
- Kai Tsai
- Assistant :
- Remedy Huynh
- Music :
- We Are Walker
- Senior Executive Producer :
- Sara Matarazzo
- Executive Producer :
- Abbey Hendrix
- Hispanic Agency :
- Third Ear
- Executive Creative Director :
- Serge Flores
- Senior Copywriter :
- Rene Gardner
- Senior Copywriter :
- Javier Peraza
- Group Account Director :
- Rina Tiffer
- Senior Account Executive :
- Meredith McBroom
- Senior Producer :
- Michael McLaughlin
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