They're nuts: First Blago, now Rodman

September 17, 2013 (WLS) -- First, it was disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Now, former Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman is hocking ... nuts.

The irreverent Rodman appears in a new commercial pushing pistachios. Rodman appears to be trading on his relatively new friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. In the ad, Rodman is seen sitting next to a lookalike of the dictator. Rodman then declares "the secret to world peace is pistachios." The North Korean imitator then pushes a red button and appears to blow Rodman into oblivion.

Rodman has made two trips to the secretive communist nation as a guest of Kim Jong Un. Earlier this month, Rodman returned from North Korea and told a British newspaper he had held Kim's daughter and met his wife.

In 2010, ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich appeared in a similarly silly ad for pistachios. He wore a black suit and neon green tie while opening a briefcase filled with pistachios before looking into the camera and declaring: "The contents in the suitcase are like the accusations against me. They're nuts."

Link to Rodman ad

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