Snack Fairy
- Hapless food
fairy who waves a magic wand in the shape of the Nabisco logo
for a series of commercials for Nabisco, a division of Kraft Foods. The Snack Fairy's
mission is to promote sensible snacking with healthy, low sugar snacks, namely, Nabisco
brands SnackWell's, 100 Calorie Packs, Fig Newtons, and KidSense
packs. In the first spot of the campaign, the ad opens with a
deep voiced narrator dramatically proclaiming "Every generation
needs a hero. Meet the
Snack Fairy." As the camera pulls back, we see a
rubbery-faced bald man in his 50s dressed in a pink tutu and
carrying a red shoulder bag filled with samples. As the hero
comes into full frame, an off screen kid's voice cries "Hey,
Mister!. Nice Dress."
In other spots,
the Snack Fairy is wandering through the hills at night
(approaching a new city) as wolves cry in
the distance; or visiting a hair dressing salon to offer a
female employee (snacking on a rice cake) a sample of 100 calorie
Oreo cookies. ("Hi! I'm the Snack Fairy. Here to bring back the
joy of snacking with a 100 calorie packs....You can eat the
whole bag...Snack Happy!). The Oreo's are so good, the woman
picks up a hair dryer, points it at approaching workers in a
threatening manner and greedily shouts "Back off, he's mine!"
Created by the
New York-based Foote, Cone and Belding Worldwide ad agency, the
campaign debuted during the Oscars on Sunday, February 27, 2005.
The print ads for the campaign (shot by portrait photographer
Michael Grecco) appeared in the early March issues of People
magazine.

Colin Mochrie
The Snack Fairy is played by Scottish-born Canadian
actor Colin Mochrie of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
Born in Kilmarnock, Scotland on November 30, 1957, Colin's
nickname is Captain Hair (a mocking reference to his balding
head). Colin is also an alumnus of the Toronto Second City
Company comedy troupe.