{"id":7199,"date":"2017-02-06T18:45:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T18:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=2404601&amp;preview_id=2404601"},"modified":"2017-02-06T18:45:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T18:45:56","slug":"snoop-dogg-martha-stewart-dish-out-weed-puns-aplenty-in-super-bowl-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/snoop-dogg-martha-stewart-dish-out-weed-puns-aplenty-in-super-bowl-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg, Martha Stewart dish out weed puns aplenty in Super Bowl ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/snoop-dogg-martha-stewart-dish-out-weed-puns-aplenty-in-super-bowl-ad\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"sticky-outer\">\n<div class=\"large-11 small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-date\">Published: Feb 6, 2017, 11:13 am \u2022 Updated: Feb 6, 2017, 11:24 am<span class=\"single-comments-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/02\/06\/snoop-dogg-martha-stewart-super-bowl-ads\/73106\/#disqus_thread\" class=\"commentsNameLink\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"author\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/author\/awallace\/\" rel=\"author\">Alicia Wallace<\/a><\/span><em>, The Cannabist Staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart partner for a Super Bowl commercial: Drop a weed pun like it\u2019s hot.<\/p>\n<p>A different kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HtBZvl7dIu4\" target=\"_blank\">bud<\/a> got some big-game airtime on Sunday night when the crack-a-lackin\u2019 duo touted T-Mobile and the phone carrier\u2019s promotion of a plan that included taxes and fees in its pricing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s everything,\u201d says Stewart, the home living products and media mogul, in a convo with her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vh1.com\/shows\/martha-snoops-potluck-dinner-party\" target=\"_blank\">VH1 cooking show partner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Snoop Dogg, the rapper and gangjapreneur, responds: \u201cYou might even say it\u2019s all that and a bag of \u2026\u201d pausing to check his jacket pockets.<\/p>\n<p>As Snoop searches, Stewart tries to finish his sentence by offering \u201cpurple, cushy throw pillows\u201d or \u201cherb-roasted lamb chops.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nah, Snoop was thinking\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreenery?\u201d Stewart says, surrounded by bushes trimmed to resemble cooking utensils. \u201cFor your topiary garden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nuh-uh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPot?\u201d (The cooking kind.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan-of-bisque?\u201d (Smooth, Martha.)<\/p>\n<p>Though the mind was on the punny and the punny on the mind, the commercial was another example of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2016\/12\/13\/bong-appetit-reality-tv-show-review\/69196\/\">further mainstreaming<\/a> of the cannabis industry, which continues to sit in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2016\/08\/11\/dea-reschedule-marijuana-rules-federal-register\/60777\/\">illicit-licit limbo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been a trend of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2016\/11\/08\/election-2016-marijuana-results-states-recreational-medical\/66994\/\">more states adopting medical- or recreational-based measures<\/a>; other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/01\/27\/wyoming-marijuana-laws-norml-frank-latta\/72273\/\">states<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2016\/08\/23\/puerto-rico-medical-marijuana-economic-impact\/61408\/\">territories<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2016\/12\/13\/canada-marijuana-task-force-releases-recommendations-legal-cannabis\/69279\/\">countries<\/a> weighing regulations to address public health, safety, crime and economic concerns; the NFL players association is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/02\/03\/nfl-marijuana-policy-alternative-to-opiods\/73040\/\">pushing for changes<\/a> to the league\u2019s marijuana policy; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2016\/10\/12\/marijuana-legalization-pew-research-survey-2016\/65141\/\">public opinion polls<\/a> are showing more people are favoring legalization. And the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/tag\/celebrities\/\">celebrity cannabis connections<\/a> continue to grow like well-tended ivy. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For shizzle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarthaStewart\">@marthastewart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMobile\">@tmobile<\/a>! Come find me, I got brownies! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BagOfUnlimited?src=hash\">#BagOfUnlimited<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rCyNykrfrI\">pic.twitter.com\/rCyNykrfrI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnoopDogg\/status\/828388570456952835\">February 5, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s no party like an SB party with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnoopDogg\">@SnoopDogg<\/a>, I always say! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BagOfUnlimited?src=hash\">#BagOfUnlimited<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martha Stewart (@MarthaStewart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarthaStewart\/status\/828406439802761216\">February 6, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"entry-meta-author\">\n<div class=\"authorimage\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/author\/awallace\/\" rel=\"author\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/snoop-dogg-martha-stewart-dish-out-weed-puns-aplenty-in-super-bowl-ad.jpg\" class=\"authormug\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"author-desc\">Alicia Wallace joined The Cannabist in July 2016, covering national marijuana policy and business. She contributes to the Denver Post&#8217;s beer industry coverage. In her 13 years as a business news reporter, her coverage has spanned the economy, Sports&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Bowl ads: A different kind of bud got some big-game airtime on Sunday night thanks to Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg when the crack-a-lackin&#8217; duo touted T-Mobile&#8217;s new mobile plan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6957,77,6958,9,5921,1,3,6959,5271,61,1736],"tags":[6960,2655,6961,5936,6962,5277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}