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Robert Downey, Jr. Shows Off His Nuts

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (13)

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Aw, damn, RDJ. I can’t hate on you. Sure, Due Date wasn’t that great, and maybe it’d be nice to see you take a break from the franchise flicks (Sherlock Holmes, Iron Man) and do something more modest and low scale, something more akin to Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, especially since BBC/PBS — of all organizations — has reduced your Sherlock Holmes to trifling rubble. But you’re RDJ. You get all the slack in the world, at least until you do a sequel to The Shaggy Dog, and then I’m afraid we have to toss you into a pile of cocaine and make you snort your way out.

Until then, however, I can let the corporate shilling pass because, damnit, even when you’re a peanut — and here you’re the peanut, Mr. Peanut — you’re too goddamn charming to resist. Indeed, Downey, Jr. is the new voice of the old Planters mascot. This was, in fact, the inspiration for yesterday’s Seriously Random List, although after hearing Morgan Freeman’s Olympics commercial I got a little misty and failed to mention it.

Anyway, check out this new Planters’ spot. You’re going to want to resist it, but you won’t be able to.










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Comments

mmmmmmm. I'd open my mouth for his nuts any day.
Too obvious? Yeah, I thought so. But it had to be said.

Posted by: esme at November 10, 2010 11:30 AM

I just hope that's as far as the peanut analogy goes with you, esme, because otherwise the next Planters' spot is going to have a lot of screaming.

Posted by: Ian at November 10, 2010 11:41 AM

I'll take some salted RDJ nuts.

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Wait, we're talking about peanuts here? Screw you guys.

Posted by: stardust at November 10, 2010 12:08 PM

I never realized how much Tom Hanks and Robert Downey, Jr. sound alike. This kind of bothers me.

Posted by: tamatha at November 10, 2010 1:08 PM

Why does Mr. Peanut (who is a peanut himself) serve peanuts at his party? Isn't that kind of disturbing? Anybody wonder what has become of Mr. Peanut's family?

Posted by: jollies at November 10, 2010 2:08 PM

I wonder that all the time.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 10, 2010 2:37 PM

Now THAT was an extraordinary nut snack!

Posted by: BWeaves at November 10, 2010 3:25 PM

NO. This is WRONG. I don't care how charming RDJ is, Mr Peanut does not sound like IRON MAN. He has a MONOCLE, dammit! and a top hat and spats! And a cane! He should sound like someone named Mortimer Rappaport Van der Bilt III and like he's looking down on you because you don't know how to pronounce 'vichyssoise!'

ALL WRONG!

Posted by: figgy at November 10, 2010 5:40 PM

figgy,

Is it pronounced vishy swah?

Posted by: Paultera at November 10, 2010 5:55 PM

I was dressing up as Mr. Peanut well before Robert Downey, Jr. Does this make me a suave object of lust by millions the world over?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_little_brother/2419055929/in/set-72157604572534900/

Posted by: C. Robert Dimitri at November 10, 2010 6:41 PM

Did anyone get that the nutcracker's name is "Dick Nutcracker"? I know, he said "Richard" but we all know he goes by "Dick"...

Posted by: kzintis at November 10, 2010 6:46 PM

I have no idea. I'd probably have to be named Miffy to know.

Posted by: figgy at November 10, 2010 9:05 PM

I guess those Planters folk really liked Fantastic Mr. Fox? This is pretty directly inspired, right down to a charming cad for their leading man.

Posted by: Amanda at November 11, 2010 11:37 AM