Abe Lincoln Look-Alike Sweats Skittles in Latest Oddball Spot

Doomed run on a treadmill

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Skittles's fascination with poorly functioning anatomy continues in this latest commercial from DDB Chicago, in which a man—who looks quite a bit like Abraham Lincoln—sweats Skittles as he runs on a treadmill. Meanwhile, a younger guy all but drives the guy to exhaustion, so he can collect the free candy. DDB, which took over the Skittles account from TBWA last year, has focused a lot on weird body stuff like this—one kid had Skittle pox, while another had the candies shooting out of his ears.

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