Skittles "Hour Glass"

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TBWA/Chiat/Day continues to cast Skittles in twisted tales of magic candy. Here’s a new spot about a teen who ages very quickly when his friend snacks on Skittles from his an oversized hourglass. “Look at me, man,” he says, taking off his baseball cap to reveal his now balding head. “You’re speeding up time.” He continues to age in reverse Benjamin Button style — in the funniest bit, he falls asleep mid-sentence. The spot ends with the signature rainbow sequence, here prompting viewers to “Warp the rainbow.

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