Pringles unveils full-body mascot after challenge from Last Week Tonight host John Oliver with $20k going to charity
As the host of This Week Tonight, John Oliver is not one to mince words or give up on a pet peeve lightly.
So when he took Pringles to task over the brand’s mascot, it’s perhaps no surprise that the potato chip purveyor took notice.
Oliver had joked on his HBO show about the mustachioed face that adorns tubes of Pringles products and wondered aloud what the rest of the mascot looked like.
‘People need to know!’ John Oliver had joked on his HBO show about the mustachioed face that adorns tubes of Pringles products and challenged the brand to reveal the rest of Mr. P while pledging $10,000 to the nonprofit Feeding America
On Monday, the British-born comedian tweeted on the official Last Week Tonight Twitter account: ‘We will donate $10k to @FeedingAmerica if @Pringles finally tells us what the Pringles guy’s body looks like. The people need to know!.
He didn’t have long to wait.
On Tuesday, Pringles tweeted a video clip showing Mr. P in his entirety.
The company also pledged to match Oliver’s $10,000 donation to the charity that seeks to provide support to families facing hunger via food banks, soup kitchens and other community-based initiatives.
Big reveal: The potato chip purveyor quickly responded and posted a video to its own Twitter on Tuesday
He’s at home: Mr. P opened his garlanded front door to the world
For a good cause: The company also pledged to match Oliver’s $10,000 donation to the charity that seeks to provide support to families facing hunger via food banks, soup kitchens and other community-based initiatives
Pringles tweeted: The moment @IamJohnOliver and @LastWeekTonight have been waiting for.
‘In honor of every second John has thought of Mr. P’s body, we are donating $1 to @feedingamerica, which happens to be $10K.’
Oliver, 43, started out as a stand-up comic in his native Britain and found fame in the U.S. as a correspondent for The Daily Show With John Stewart.
He appeared on the satirical show and also wrote for it from 2006 to 2013.
After a six-week guest hosting stint in 2013, he was offered his own show by HBO which premiered in 2014.
Funnyman: Oliver, 43, pictured last year, started out as a stand-up comic in his native Britain before finding fame in the U.S. as a correspondent for The Daily Show With John Stewart. He’s hosted his own HBO show Last Week Tonight since 2014