OMG guys. E.T. is still so fantastic. I laughed. I cried. I spotted a young C. Thomas Howell and Erika Eleniak. #randombuttrue
Couldn't find a gif of my favorite scene where E.T. is dressed as a ghost and says "Thank you," so this will have to do:
Also, did you know that M&Ms turned down the offer, paving the way for Reese's Pieces? Idiots. Especially considering they didn't have to pay to play:
Hershey did not pay to have Reese’s Pieces used in E.T., but it did agree to do a tie-in between the movie and the candy after the film was released. A deal was inked wherein Hershey Foods agreed to promote E.T. with
Within two weeks of the movie’s premiere, Reese’s Pieces sales went through the roof. (Disagreement exists as to how far through the roof they went: Sales were variously described as having tripled, experienced an 85% jump, or increased by 65%). Whatever the numbers, though, Reese’s Pieces — up until then an underdog confection only faintly known by the U.S. candy-consuming public — were suddenly being consumed in great handfuls. And all thanks to a shy little alien lured from the bushes and into America’s hearts by a trail of peanut-butter-in-a-candy-coated-shell confections.
#randombuttrue
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