Better Than Nursing? Skittles Got Epically Weird for Mother's Day

Candy Brand 'Preserves' Unique Bond Between Mom and Child

Published On
May 09, 2017

Editor's Pick

While brands have tended toward the touchy-feely when honoring moms for Mother's Day, Skittles delivers its special brand of skewed sentiment ahead of the holiday. A new ad that debuted on the candy brand's YouTube channel shows the special bond between a mother and her adult son. As she chows down on the candy, he's able to miraculously taste the flavor of the piece she's chewing on -- because post-birth, it seems, the cord was never cut.

The spot hits a weirdness scale to rival some of the candy's classics, including this one starring another unusual body part, and this, featuring a pissed-off pinata man.

Credits

Date
May 09, 2017
Brand :
Skittles
Client :
Skittles
Agency :
DDB
Chief Creative Officer :
Ari Weiss
Chief Creative Officer :
John Maxham
Chief Creative Officer :
Darren Spiller
Executive Vice President, Executive Creative Director :
Mark Gross
Senior Vice President/Group Creative Director :
Myra Nussbaum
Creative Director/ Copywriter :
Chad Broude
Creative Director, Art Director :
Brian Boord
Senior Writer :
Ant Hatton
Art Director :
Johnross Post
Copywriter :
Matt Everts
Senior Writer :
Andrew Fisher
Chief Production Officer :
Diane Jackson
Executive Producer :
Debora den Iseger
Senior Vice President, Integrated Brand Leader :
Kate Christiansen
Senior Vice President, Group Strategy Director :
David Chriswick
Global Brand Director :
Richard Guest
Global Segment Lead :
Eli Velez
Group Director, Strategy :
Josh Drueck
Account Director :
Erin Leahy
Production :
Central Film North
Director :
Rodrigo Garcia Saiz
Executive Producer :
John Barreiro
Editorial :
The Whitehouse Post
Editor :
Carlos Lowenstein
Visual Effects :
Jamm Visual
Visual Effects Executive Producer :
Asher Edwards
Visual Effects Supervisor :
Jake Montgomery
Color :
Company 3
Colorist :
Tom Poole
Sound Director :
The Studio
Sound Engineer :
Nicholas Papaleo

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