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Halloween Countdown: Twix, Snickers and Kit Kat Bars!

The Halloween Countdown rages on with a look at three top drawer treats, Twix, Snickers and Kit Kat bars. They've all been blessed with spooky gimmicks to tie in with the holiday, and while arguably the least interesting thing I'll put on the Countdown this year, it just didn't feel right to exclude Twix.

Anyway, I'm exhausted -- work has really picked up lately, so that matched with all the other bullshit I'm trying to keep going and the fact that Pressy Bush is in town only to make traffic four times worse, I'm just about ready to squeeze myself into a glass bottle and pretend I'm an inanimate fireplace decoration for a week. I've helped out on a few things that have been on air, but wanted to hold off on telling you until I had one that was more or less all mine. So, if interested, stay tuned to Nickelodeon on September 27th to see boy who likes commercials write his first ad. Dunno if I can tell you what it's about yet, so I won't, but I'll post all the info on the delivery date. It's a real short spot, but pretty special to me because the only other thing I've done with my life is a pictorial essay featuring Skeletor drinking Pepsi Blue.

Posted by Matt on 09/22/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 55 comments

I don’t know how I feel about Orange chocolate. Why do I feel like it will taste like pumpkin or something? Is that just me? Am I the only one that deems flavorless things flavorfull, simply because their color reminds me of some other infamous candy? Swiss Army Knives taste like Strawberry? I, as well, need another Shrek item, like I need a shotgun blast to the face. Ah well. Have a nice rest. Website has been kicking arse recently. I’m off to bed, as I have to wake up and teach children how to act. I am babbling. I will stop.

Chestnuts roasted by MartinezWallace @ 09/22/2004 11:26 PM


*sings to the tune of Mr. Bojangles* Whoooo the fuck caaareees whoooo posted when. The immmmpooooortant thing should beeeee. *bum badda bum bum* adding impooooortant comments and opiiiiinnnnniiiooooonnnnnsss. (Like saying how you feel and what you think to the tune of Mr. Bojangles.)

Chestnuts roasted by MartinezWallace @ 09/22/2004 11:33 PM


I wish I could edit,I posted in the wrong spot. And someone has to be the jackass and say something stupid, might as well be me. I did comment on the subject, nothing meaningful, true, but I’m not here to be enlighening.

Chestnuts roasted by Lindsey @ 09/22/2004 11:43 PM


Not a big fan of candy, regardless of the color. Good article, this time of year is the best.

Chestnuts roasted by Caylor @ 09/23/2004 12:05 PM


mmm orange kit kat, I think halloween outdoes any holiday as far as far as candy products got

Chestnuts roasted by Byrd man @ 09/23/2004 12:11 PM


Ingesting glow in the dark kind of scares me.

Chestnuts roasted by Lauren @ 09/23/2004 12:11 PM


Let’s be thankful that the wrappers glow in the dark, and not the candy itself.

*That* would be scary…

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/23/2004 12:39 PM


Oh, and Yay for Matt! :)

Umm, I’ll watch Nick – don’t have to twist my arm for that, but I dunno if I could watch for 24 hours. Any possible time frame?

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/23/2004 12:44 PM


Congratulations, Matt! Can’t wait to see the commercial.

Chestnuts roasted by annalalala @ 09/23/2004 12:48 PM


Coloring chocolate just ruins it. I never had any interest in white chocolate. We psychologically associate brown with the chocolate flavor(among other less appetizing things). To be sure, if chocolate had ALWAYS been orange, we’d be grossed out by a brown one. But chocolate has always been brown, so there. *folds arms*

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 09/23/2004 12:52 PM


CONGRATULATIONS on your ad; I’m so excited to see it. But cut it out with the false modesty, would ya? You’re a published journalist in Delaware, for goodness’ sake.
Promise you’ll post all the details in plenty of time so those of us who don’t have cable in the house can make arrangements!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/23/2004 1:07 AM


My dad is going to think those orange kit kat bars are oranged flavored like he did with the orange cream oreo. And he might do a candy lineup too.

Chestnuts roasted by pikachulover @ 09/23/2004 1:09 AM


A candy lineup like George Costanza did? That’s a great idea.

Hmm… orange flavored chocolate…

Chestnuts roasted by marioshoku @ 09/23/2004 1:33 AM


hey man congrats about the commercial. i have to say u and this spifferific web site have actually made me interested in halloween again. can’t wait for the rest of the countdown!

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 09/23/2004 1:48 AM


when i first saw the Glow in the Dark gimmick, i was so hoping for glowing green nougat.

Chestnuts roasted by EdipisReks @ 09/23/2004 4:33 AM


glow in the dark knickers?

Chestnuts roasted by gaz @ 09/23/2004 5:04 AM


I’ve already seen the glow-in-the-dark Snickers wrappers. Last year, it was Dexter providing some "Silly Sicence Facts." And it was just the same three or four over and over again.

Chestnuts roasted by TB Tabby @ 09/23/2004 5:17 AM


Notice that "wrappers" is in small print so that people would buy them expecting the candies to glow in the dark. Which is totally evil, of course.

Click my name for Lego Trogdor and stuff about human sacrifice.

Chestnuts roasted by Yama @ 09/23/2004 8:11 AM


I LOVE white chocolate. White Chocolate Kit-Kat and White Chocolate Kit-Kat Chunky are my two favorite indulgenses right now. That, and white chocolate Reece cups. I like regular chocolate too, there’s just something irresistable about the white stuff I find.

I’ll never see your ads, Matt, as I live in Nick-free Canada. :( Cheer me up with a Mac and Me review, pleeeeeeease?

Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 09/23/2004 9:16 AM


Congratulations on the Ad spot!! Perhaps for those of us who might be at work or something during the running of it, you could post it on the site?

(don’t know if that violates any copyright or anything when you’re dealing with current commercials, as opposed to ones that are no longer on air…)

How exciting!

Chestnuts roasted by B-Dawg @ 09/23/2004 9:22 AM


Hah hah! Jurisprudence! I feel like such an old salt, picking up on the references from way back in the day. Makes me want to go find someone who’s only been reading the site for three days and taunt them mercilessly. "Jurisprudence? You don’t know who that is? Hmm. Must be because you SUCK."
Yeah, I’m going back to bed now. Sorry about that.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 09/23/2004 9:28 AM


Is it possible that there is even MORE SHREK CRAP?!?! Apparently it is impossible to run out.
Congrats on the commercial. It’s always cool when you put something you created out there. But then again, you know that.

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 09/23/2004 10:08 AM


Nice work, Matt! I do have a complaint, though. I noticed that you’re missing the Wooly Bully cover song from Freddy’s Greatest Hits. Was this due to time constraints?

Chestnuts roasted by Bob @ 09/23/2004 10:39 AM


Congrats on the commercial! My TV broke in the process of moving a month ago, so no Nick :( perhaps I can find someone else with cable.

Bob-Wooly Bully is the last song on there. I’m listening to it right now. I can’t quite explain why, because it just reminds me of having to play it in band (doesn’t sound so good on the clarinet, trust me), but I am.

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 09/23/2004 10:57 AM


Man, is it just me or do those Kit-Kats look even MORE delicious in orange? I LOVE it when companies do stuff like this for holidays.

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 09/23/2004 11:06 AM


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