Don't squeeze the Starburst GummiBursts

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Mars is flogging its Starburst GummiBursts all over the place. The "Share something juicy" commercials riff on people who share sensitive information. Those clips are OK, but the Nite Fite animated faux talk show on NextNewNetworks is more strained than some of my AdFreak posts. Yeah, it’s that unfunny! The candies themselves apparently have a liquid “squirt” center—which is pretty disgusting. Check out the “Scientists in a Box” spot, which essentially portrays the Gummis as squirting carriers of some kind of contagion.

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