6. Andre The Giant - Honeycomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GslqnRkJTE0 Andre the Giant just had to have been the most lovable guy in Hollywood, endearing himself to audiences beyond the world of professional wrestling when he played the Fezzik in the hit movie The Princess Bride. And of course, the mainstream fame that he achieved with that role led to his appearance in this commercial for Honeycomb cereal. This commercial is so 80s that it hurts: theres a bunch of kids playing in a treehouse with a random robot, then Andre shows up and tries to swoop a mouthful through the window that he can barely fit his head through. After a kid slides down a pole that is apparently connected to nothing, everybody jumps up and down and sings about how much they love Honeycomb. And naturally, the original conflict of Andre trying to steal the cereal from the children is resolved through the power of the advertising jingle: Honeycombs big! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Its not small! No, no, no!
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