This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Nothing is more 2012 than a flash mob, which is probably why Nabisco included one as part of a surprise 100th birthday celebration for Oreo cookies Tuesday at The Grove.
Wait--flash mobs aren't cool anymore?
Hmmm. Well, then there goes any reason why a bunch of out-of-synch people wearing all black were spelling out O-R-E-O and hooting to a cheesy dance beat in the middle of an outdoor mall, accompanied by person dressed like a giant cookie.
As Huffington Post LA points out, the "creepy-looking" giant cookie person and his (or her) lackluster mob were on hand to salute the great Oreo's century-mark. ("[T]his was definitely the sorriest mob i ever saw," writes the video poster on YouTube.)
The corporate flash mob was ahead of a surprise performance by Lady Antebellum. Um, yay?
Nabisco held other flash mobs today in other cities, too.
We concur, and would prefer to celebrate the sandwich cookie by dunking a few in some coffee (or milk) and singing along to those old commercial jingles. We'll leave the faux-spontaneous dancing up to you.
