The Kid Who Watched Skittles' Super Bowl Ad Reveals What Happened in It

But you still won't get to see it

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In the chaos of watching last night’s real Super Bowl commercials on NBC, it was tough to break away for Skittles’ Super Bowl ambush—the Facebook Live stunt it orchestrated during the game in which a single person got to watch its “Super Bowl” ad, with the Facebook audience simply watching the kid watch it.

So here’s a recap of how that went down.

It turned out to be an 18-minute broadcast. And while, as promised, we didn’t get to see the actual ad—we only saw Marcos Menendez watching it—we did get some clues about the plot, as Menendez was allowed to describe it afterward.

See the full Facebook Live video here:

Menendez said the ad, created by DDB, featured David Schwimmer with glowing eyes, as seen in one of the teasers.

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