Ménage Á Pop is a three times a week intimate discussion between two people and a piece of pop culture.
Bob Canning has a sweet tooth for a single letter of the alphabet. Twice. But what started as a candy crush in grade school sugared into an actual affliction by college. Much of this indulgence was imparted by his dealer at the time, a plastic, desk-mounted dispenser in the shape of the Yellow M&M mascot. And somehow, this cheap tchotchke that should have been forgotten by Sophomore year, wound up being THE defining decor visitors to his dorm room remember. So let’s side step brushing just a little longer and hear exactly what Bob has to say about this.
You can follow today’s guest BOB CANNING on TWITTER @rhcanning. You can also listen to him cohost the podcast 20TH CENTURY POP! at www.nahpods.com/20popcast.
POP NOTES
The Yellow M&M mascot is a Peanut M&Ms, which debuted as tan only candies in 1954 before offering the varietal colors of yellow, red and green in 1960.
In 1991 The tan M&M was eliminated and replaced by the still in production blue M&M.
The somewhat dimwitted personality of the Yellow M&M first debuted in a Will Vinton produced CGI commercial from1994. Prior to that, most anthropomorphized M&Ms were depicted in hand-drawn animation with less distinct, joyous personalities.
The Yellow M&M was voiced by actor John Goodman (KING RALPH) for his first year of ads in 1995. From 1996 on, the character was voiced by Oscar winner J.K. SIMMONS (CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE).
As stated in a 2016 Business Insider article, each color M&M is given a defining character trait for advertising which includes Red being “sarcastic”, Blue being “cool” and Green being “sexy” (?)
Tune back this Friday when Bob and Tim make it to 3RD BASS …and their album THE CACTUS CAS/ETTE … with no treble.
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“Three Ways To Do That” (opening theme) composed and performed Madeline Prior.” All rights reserved with Not A Holograms podcasts.
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