Mentos are one of the most disgusting substances ever created by mankind. I'd rather eat raw squid that pop a Mento into my mouth. They also have some of the most bizarre commercials I've ever seen in my life. (Maybe they're done by Chiat/Day - they don't make any sense and seem to have been written by hydrocephalic crackheads.) I actually got this idea from a conversation about these horrible commercials on ZUG.
The basic plot for all the commercials is that some situation happens to the protagonist of the commercial that needs some resolution, (some examples: interviewee discovers he should have worn a pinstripe suite, person's car gets blocked into parking space by other parked cars when they have to leave, guy gets cut off by limo while crossing street with friends) protagonist pops out his/her roll of Mentos, comes up with brilliant MacGuyveresque solution (examples: interviewee rolls around on freshly painted park bench to put paint stripes all over suit, car driver gets some furniture movers to pick her car up and drop it in the street, guy opens side door of limo and walks through car) turns to the camera and gives the "Mentos thumbs up" which apparently prevents the antagonist from punching protagonist in face and instead smiles and gives the "Mentos oh-well-I-guess-I-deserved-that" shrug.
If you haven't seen one, you don't know what depths commercial television is capable of reaching.
Scene: Interior of prison. Execution chamber. Prisoner being strapped into electric chair. Prison officials, press and family members standing/sitting around looking pensive.
Camera: Close-up on executioner's hand as he throws the switch to the electric chair. Pull out to show whole room with prisoner spasming in chair. Sparks, smoke, a loud POP and it all stops.
Prisoner is screaming (his skin is smoking), officials are looking disturbed, family members are crying. Executioner realizes the cord to the back of the chair has frayed itself into not working.
Thinking quickly, execution pulls out his roll of Mentos, peels the foil from around the wrapper (shoving the entire contents into his mouth), and uses the foil wrapper to quickly fix the cord on the chair. (Prisoner screaming and family crying hysterically in the background.) Executioner stands up, pulls the switch again (mouth full of Mentos, chewing frantically) - prisoner fries.
Execution turns towards family and officials, Mento juice drooling down his chin, whips out new Mentos roll and gives the "Mentos thumbs up." Family and officials smile back.