We'll go right out and say it: We should've listened to Dane Cook. The comedian warned the world, back in 2007, that inviting Kool-Aid Man over only brings trouble. After all, he is a giant bowl of punch known for shouting "oh yeaaah" while literally crashing through your walls.
"The little kids [in those commercials] were all excited. 'Yes! Yes!' and then they would drink out of him, after debris fell out of his open, dumb head," Cook explained. "If that was me, I'd be like, 'no, no, no. You fix that wall before my dad comes home from work.'"
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A valid point. But still, we ignored him, like so many of you will do. Kool-Aid recently launched a contest, giving people until Nov. 11 to tweet at them using #KrashHere and #Contest, explaining why they deserve to have His Punchiness invade their homes — or wherever they'd like (the mall? Spin class? Date night at Olive Garden?!). When the opportunity arose to have Kool-Aid Man join the Delish team for the day, we readily agreed. And then we learned that maybe a man in a costume so large it can barely fit on the elevator shouldn't be an official employee. At least not if you want precision in your recipe videos.
Suddenly, our vanilla cake became a bubbling pink sludge, after half a canister of Kool-Aid was dumped into it. Oh yeah? Oh no, sir, oh no.
His enthusiasm was infectious. Like a questionable flu you WebMD late at night in a blind panic. As charming as it is to hear "OH YEAAAAH" in commercials and at parties, at work, every five seconds, during your conference call? Not so much.
Though we do have to give him props for swapping out the water-and-sawdust-tasting java in our coffee machine for cherry Kool-Aid. That was a significant upgrade, especially for a bunch of people who live off of Totsagna and pickle-brined everything.
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