Mr. Shmallow (toon)

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Mr. Shmallow makes good

A 1936 marshmallow commercial for Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights. Gives The Homestar Runner nightmares.

Cast (in order of appearance) Mr. Shmallow, The Two Kids, The Bossman, The Moon, The Homestar Runner, Sickly Sam (Easter Egg), The Sneak (Easter Egg)

Page Title: Mr. Shmallow makes good!

Transcript

{The screen displays the words "A Filmed Commercial Advertisement". Then Mr. Shmallow appears on the screen.}

MR. SHMALLOW: Greetings, fallows. I'm Mr. Shmallow. {his name appears on the screen}

{cuts to a bunch of candies on a table}

Have you grown loathe of ordinary confections?

{cuts to a shack labeled "Sugah Shak"}

Has the sugar shack left you out in the cold?

{the shack collapses, crushing The Two Kids}

{we see two people with jetpacks and the words "Look Lively"}

Look lively at today's go-get-em lifestyle with Fluffy Puffs Air Puffed Sugar Delights!

{The Fluffy Puff box is displayed, then cuts to a pile of sugar being "puffed"}

Each delight is hand puffed using only the finest airs.

{A cartoon cloud is shown blowing air into the sugar, then a turkey and a piece of broccoli are "puffed"}

Air puffing is surely the future of eating delicious foodstuffs.

{cut to a fat, rich-looking man at a desk smiling}

Mr. Bossman wouldn't settle for much less!

{cut to marshmallow roasting over a fire}

Add open flames to create a flavor taste that will send you to the moon!

{Mr. Shmallow flies up to the moon, which eats him}

THE MOON: Air-puffed sugar delights.

MR. SHMALLOW: {sweating} That's right, the moon. {cleans off his glasses, which have fogged up} Enjoy Fluffy Puffs Air-Puffed Sugar Delights. Hand-puffed at the factory in Neuconsin.

ANNOUNCER: {singing} Fluffy Puffs air-puffed sugar delights, hand-puffed at the factory in Neuconsin! {stops singing} {quickly} Fluffy Puffs Air-Puffed Sugar Delights. Hand-puffed at the factory in Neuconsin.

{The camera pulls back to reveal The Homestar Runner watching the commercial.}

MR. SHMALLOW: Look lively. {louder} Look lively! {The Homestar Runner jumps and Mr.Shmallow moves off the screen to the left}

THE HOMESTAR RUNNER: That monster's going to give me nightmares.

Easter Eggs

• At the end, click on "Air-Puffed Sugar Delights" to see a short video.

{Sickly Sam is standing next to a bag of Delicious "Bag".}

SICKLY SAM: This empty bag of Delicious "Bag" will make a fine sock for the colder of my two feet.

{Sickly Sam shakes his left foot. The Sneak runs up, tears up the bag, and runs away}

SICKLY SAM: Well folks, you know what that means. {disappears in a puff of smoke}

Fun Facts

• Near the end, when Mr. Shmallow moves off the screen, the sound he makes is the same sound Homsar makes when he moves.

• This Cartoon is roughly equivalent to Meet Marshie where Marshie talks about how Fluffy Puff Marshmallows are made and what you can do with them. It even includes a comment from the Homestar Runner at the end, echoing Homestar's appearance at the end of Meet Marshie.

• Mr. Bossman's bowler hat and cigar debuted in Meet Marshie, where they were used to decorate a plate of Fluffy Puff Marshmallows being served for "Pinner."

• In inbox and outbox on Mr. Bossman's desk read "Fired" and "To Be Fired."

External Links

• watch "Mr. Shmallow"
• view the flash file for "Mr. Shmallow"