Mr. Peanut, Motivational Speaker, Wants You to Respect the Nuts

Planters has reinvented Mr. Peanut yet again, this time as a motivational speaker—voiced by Bill Hader, no less—who seems strangely obsessed with the magical power of his nuts. Each video spot in the campaign from ad agency Being mentions the product's protein and essential nutrients (I guess sodium is a nutrient now) while also shelling out Tony Robbins cultspeak and a fair share of innuendo. ("I'm going to show you how to put it inside you," Mr. Peanut promises in one clip, while in another, a young woman describes her dream man as "a guy who has a torque wrench in one hand and a bag of nuts in the other." A few more hip thrusts, and he'd be infringing on Tom Cruise's "Respect the Cock" shtick from Magnolia.) While the ads are hit or miss, their balance of practical product information and pseudo-enlightened gibberish is really impressive. And I'm most impressed that no actual motivational speaker had a trademark on “Successtimonials." More clips after the jump.


    

Planters Improves Product with SeaSalt

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Planters Nuts has been a familiar product brand in the market. And to keep that tradition of higher quality products, Planters has a new quality innovation on deck with a fresh twist on its famous beloved salted snacks–the addition of pure sea salt to its snack nut products, including Cocktail Peanuts and Dry Roasted Peanuts, Cashews Halves & Pieces, Deluxe Whole Cashews, Mixed Nuts and Deluxe Mixed Nuts.

With a strong commitment to delivering great taste and quality to consumers for more than 100 years, Planters has always sought innovative ways to lead the snack nut category. The move to sea salt was a natural evolution for the brand because of the popularity and desire for sea salt among consumers. It’s the Planters taste snackers love, combined with pure sea salt–a winning combination!

“As an iconic brand that has always been synonymous with quality and great tasting products, Planters change to pure sea salt will make the Planters nut offerings even more exciting and relevant to the millions of people who love the brand, and have for years,” said Florence. “From a chef’s perspective, pure sea salt really takes the products to a whole new level of quality.”

Brian Yalung is the editor for Beneath the Brand and Beyond Madison Avenue. He is also the owner of several other premium blog sites like Eco-Friendly Tips . Stick around for unique and sensible posts coming your way.

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