He's Alive! Kool-Aid Man's Tears Resurrect Mr. Peanut in Planters Super Bowl Spot

#RIPeanut no more—bring on #BabyNut

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Mr. Peanut is back.

In Planters’ final spot, which was under wraps until it aired during the second quarter of the Super Bowl, Mr. Peanut came back to life. The 30-second ad, titled “Tribute,” shows Mr. Peanut’s funeral, attended by Mr. Clean, the Kool-Aid Man and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, plus the two celebrities who owe him their lives, Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes.

As Snipes delivers a eulogy, the Kool-Aid man sheds a tear, which falls on the cemetery plot where Mr.

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