The Blues

"The Blues" is a commercial from 1996, promoting the then-new blue M&M's.

Commercial First Aired: March 15, 1996

Commercial Last Aired: May 20, 1998

Voice of Yellow: John Goodman

Voice of BB King: himself

Voice of Director:

Voice of Red: Jon Lovitz

Transcript

Blue M&M's: (singing) Yes it's true, we're totally blue, yeah!

Yellow: I wanna be in this commercial.

Red: You ain't gettin' this job because you're not blue!

Yellow: Great. Well look at that.

Red: Wow, they've even got B. B. King singing the blues.

Yellow: I wanna be blue.

Red: Wait! [Whispers]

[Both Laughing]

B. B. King: (singing) I got the blues, man.

Red: Take me home, B. B.

Yellow: Hurt me, get funky!

Director: Cut, cut! They're not blue.

Yellow: Uh-oh.

[Both Muffled Shouting]

Yellow: The blue M&M's?

Red: Mr. King ate them. One bite, saw it with my own eyes.