Mr. Shmallow (toon)
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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!
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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. The candies are in containers labeled Dandied Sugar, Sweet Brand Meats, Choco-Lumps and Delicious "Bag"}
Have you grown loath 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. {his forelock swings down and 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, sotto voce} 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. {suddenly louder, darting toward the camera} 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.
{Cut back to a closeup of the Fluffy Puffs Air Puffed Sugar Delights box; the cartoon ends.}
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
Trivia
- Near the end, when Mr. Shmallow moves off the screen, the sound he makes is the same sound Homsar makes when he moves.
- 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."
- The sound made by Sickly Sam when he disappears in a puff of smoke is the same one made by the sack of dry meal when it is dropped by The Homestar Runner in 20X6 vs. 1936.
Inside References
- 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.
Explanations
- A "Sugar Shack" is a structure where maple sap is converted into maple syrup.
