Ad of the Day: Johnny Manziel Gyrates From Hunger in Latest Snickers Ad

Quarterback teaches aerobics

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Johnny Manziel isn't Johnny Football when he's hungry. He's Johnny JamBoogie.

In this new Snickers ad from BBDO New York, the Cleveland Browns quarterback stars as a Spandex-clad man leading an aerobics class full of women. That is, until he's rescued by a teammate bearing a candy bar.

It's a variation on a joke that by now is familiar. Last year, the late, great Robin Williams possessed a football coach in a commercial for the brand.

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