David Schwimmer is unrecognizable in his appearance for new ‘Skittles’ Superbowl ad

Throughout the brief but excellent history of TV, some shows stand out as being true cornerstones of modern entertainment. Game of Thrones, The Wire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Breaking Bad, The Office - the list goes on - all of them brought something unique to our screens, and we remember them because of that. However, as well as having a fondness for the shows, we also have strong connections with some of the characters - sometimes to the extent that it's difficult to imagine them in any other role. Kit Harrington will always be Jon Snow, for instance, and Sarah Michelle Gellar has been known as Buffy (whether she likes it or not) for the best part of a quarter century. And, if there's one show that has typecast its actors more than any others, it has to be Friends. The hit sitcom, which aired for 10 years between 1994 and 2004, featured six main characters - and I bet almost all of you reading this could name every single one, but might struggle a bit with the names of one or two of the actors. For this reason, whenever we see Courtney Cox or Matthew Perry in anything else, we tend to say "oh, it's Monica/Chandler from Friends." However, in a recent Superbowl ad campaign for Skittles, David Schwimmer ("Ross from Friends") doesn't look anything like he used to in the comedy series. In fact, he doesn't look like himself at all. In four separate mini commercials, Schwimmer appears in different guises in order to promote the Skittles Superbowl ad. First, he looks like a strange version of Nicolas Cage from the 1980s, and appears to be floating in some sort of 3D space vector thing. Then, he is a mustachioed office-worker with a talking sandwich (no seriously) and a short temper. After that, he's the lank-haired, jumper-wearing, traumatized guy you saw higher up in this article, before finally transitioning into a weird Village of the Damned creep with lights beaming out of his face. Perhaps the most bizarre thing about all of this, though, is that only one person - “a teenager from Canoga Park” named Marcos Menendez - will actually find out which of these four commercials will be aired during the Superbowl. Fortunately, all the previews are available, and you can see them here: [[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSiWkVE2_zc&feature=youtu.be]] Speaking about the campaign, Skittles said: "The highly exclusive ad will not be leaked to the public, and no, this is not a joke. The ad will be revealed to Marcos on Super Bowl Sunday on Skittles’ Facebook page. Menendez’s reaction is the only thing the public will be able to view on Facebook and no one else besides him will ever see the ad, not even Schwimmer." "[This is] the most exclusive Super Bowl ad ever," added Matt Montei, a vice-president at Mars, Skittles’ parent company. "It’s on par with everything we’ve done in the Super Bowl over the last three years. It’s just that we’re only showing it to Marcos this year." Given the wackiness of Schwimmer's performance in the four clips, I'm sort of sad that we don't get to see the full thing. Hopefully, Menendez's reaction will be just as good.