Polaner All Fruit Commercial

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Polaner All Fruit Commercial refers to a 1989 commercial of fruit spread product Polaner All Fruit. After a clip of Family Guy parody of the commercial went viral on iFunny in January 2021, GIF captions and other memes based on it gained popularity on the app in early March 2021.

Origin

In 1989, the American brand of fruit preserves and condiments Polaner launched its "Don't dare call it jelly" advertisement campaign in which several refined individuals refer to Polaner's product as Polaner All Fruit, after which another person refers to it as jelly much to everyone's shock and disgust (original commercial shown below).^[1]

- Please pass the All Fruit.
- Pass the Polaner All Fruit.
- Pass the Polaner All Fruit.
- Would you please pass the jelly?

On November 19th, 2017, episode seven "Petey IV" of season 16 of the animated series Family Guy premiered.^[2] In the episode, the 1989 Polaner All Fruit is parodied, with Peter Griffin then explaining the reference "for Family Guy fans under 40" (shown below). On January 13th, 2021, iFunny^[3] user Electivire posted the clip, with the post gaining over 66,400 smiles in two months and being featured on the app.

Spread

On January 31st, 2021, iFunny^[4] user WellPlayer posted the earliest found meme about the commercial, but the post did not spark a trend.

On March 4th, 2021, iFunny^[5] user Jubbles posted a Tuxedo Winnie the Pooh about the commercial that gained over 240 smiles in one week (shown below, left). On March 5th, iFunny^[6] user SnakeBreak posted a meme that gained over 1,200 smiles (shown below, right).

On March 5th and 6th, Jubbles^[7][8][9] posted three more memes based on the commercial that gained over 2,400, 520 and 500 smiles in one week, respectively (shown below).

Following the spread of the posts, more users on iFunny posted memes about the commercial, including GIF captions and snowclone memes. For example, on March 7th, iFunny^[10] user RacistFestiveSlothv2 posted a GIF caption that gained over 2,200 smiles in one week. On March 9th, iFunny^[11] user Leonardkimsocoph posted a meme that received over 450 smiles in four days.

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