When did Peanut Butter and Tuna become one?
July 11, 2006 1:35 AM Subscribe
"You got peanut butter in my tuna!" Or maybe "You got tuna in my peanut butter!" Where does this phrase come from?
I know it's a take of the old Reeses Peanut Butter cup commerical, but it has been used with peanut butter and tuna with strange frequency this past 2 weeks or so. Where is it from? I know I just saw it on a childrens' show where their picnic was ruined. I think it might have been Rugrat-like characters, though doubt it was Rugrats since my son doesn't care for them.
I thankfully have not seen the variation "I've got your peanut butter in my tuna."
Please help. This truly is driving me insane.
I know it's a take of the old Reeses Peanut Butter cup commerical, but it has been used with peanut butter and tuna with strange frequency this past 2 weeks or so. Where is it from? I know I just saw it on a childrens' show where their picnic was ruined. I think it might have been Rugrat-like characters, though doubt it was Rugrats since my son doesn't care for them.
I thankfully have not seen the variation "I've got your peanut butter in my tuna."
Please help. This truly is driving me insane.
It comes from an old campaign for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, described here.
posted by rob511 at 2:47 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by rob511 at 2:47 AM on July 11, 2006
rob511: She already mentioned that she knows it's from the Reese's commercials.
Personally, I think it's just a strange coincidence that you've noticed it a couple times in the last 2 weeks or so. But hey, maybe it's just a meme that I haven't picked up on yet? :)
posted by antifuse at 3:03 AM on July 11, 2006
Personally, I think it's just a strange coincidence that you've noticed it a couple times in the last 2 weeks or so. But hey, maybe it's just a meme that I haven't picked up on yet? :)
posted by antifuse at 3:03 AM on July 11, 2006
Response by poster: Definately seems to be a meme, because I'm seeing it commented on this site, but without remembering the exact phrasing I haven't been too successful with googling. The timing is such that I have to wonder - did everyone think that line in a kid's show was funny and start using it?
My brain came through - it was on Stanley, I believe - a kid's show on at 1pm ET where the picnic got all smooshed up, but they studied the ants instead. That takes care of THAT..........but why is everyone saying it? Last I checked, I didn't feel very cool and trendsetting when I watch Playschool Disney with my son. It's looking like I might be a lot hipper than I thought.
posted by Iamtherealme at 4:00 AM on July 11, 2006
My brain came through - it was on Stanley, I believe - a kid's show on at 1pm ET where the picnic got all smooshed up, but they studied the ants instead. That takes care of THAT..........but why is everyone saying it? Last I checked, I didn't feel very cool and trendsetting when I watch Playschool Disney with my son. It's looking like I might be a lot hipper than I thought.
posted by Iamtherealme at 4:00 AM on July 11, 2006
Perhaps it's just the newest of the new snowclones?
posted by youarenothere at 5:00 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by youarenothere at 5:00 AM on July 11, 2006
As a double entendre, based on the Reese's ads, it could've cropped up in a variety of places, such as a bathroom wall, a comedy club, or general locker room humor.
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:07 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:07 AM on July 11, 2006
Oddly enough, I recall saying it at some point in the semi-recent past. Maybe it's just some kind of fad in the collective unconcious.
posted by jefeweiss at 6:21 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by jefeweiss at 6:21 AM on July 11, 2006
Maybe it has something to do with the flavoured tunas they are selling now. My co-worker brought some Spicy Peanut Satay Tuna for lunch the other day, and she couldn't eat it because it looked too much like cat food.
posted by teg at 6:56 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by teg at 6:56 AM on July 11, 2006
I think I saw another product's commercial doing the 2 flavors in one schtick of the old Reeses Peanut Butter Cups ads.
posted by stavx at 7:45 AM on July 11, 2006
posted by stavx at 7:45 AM on July 11, 2006
i rocked this meme in a recent comment... what with mash-ups being all the rage.
check it out: you got your jellied otter loaf in my brussel sprout casserole
posted by Hat Maui at 9:10 AM on July 11, 2006
check it out: you got your jellied otter loaf in my brussel sprout casserole
posted by Hat Maui at 9:10 AM on July 11, 2006
Have you actually had tuna with peanut butter? Strangely, I have. Many years ago, I helped a friend pack up her apartment, and this combination was the only thing even resembling food in her already sparse kitchen.
I would describe it as "surprisingly less disgusting than I expected". I have never been tempted to try it again.
posted by Caviar at 10:24 PM on July 13, 2006
I would describe it as "surprisingly less disgusting than I expected". I have never been tempted to try it again.
posted by Caviar at 10:24 PM on July 13, 2006
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posted by Nothing at 1:41 AM on July 11, 2006