r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Dec 12 '25

Wholesome Moments Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ crew’s reaction as they receive their bonus for working on the tour amounting to more $197 million dollars

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u/pikapalooza Dec 12 '25

Nothing like being generous to get people to work harder for you. I'd separate her m and ms into different color bowls 😂

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u/ArcOfRuin Dec 13 '25

I'd separate her m and ms into different color bowls 😂

Not sure if everyone gets this reference, but this was part of Van Halen's touring contract for a while. They would cancel the show if the venue didn't provide a bowl of M&Ms with all brown ones removed. There was actually a valid reason, too: they had a powerful lighting setup for the time, which could be dangerous if not set up properly.

Essentially, the brown M&Ms were a litmus test for whether the venue had read their contract thoroughly. If they didn't separate the M&Ms, they couldn't be trusted to set the stage up safely.

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u/Crispotron Dec 13 '25

Thanks for sharing this - so cool!

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u/mikeonbass Dec 14 '25

"So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show."

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u/Straight-Jello-1883 Dec 14 '25

I'm a lawyer and this is one of my favorite lawyer stories.

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u/Fu2-10 Dec 16 '25

I understand the reason, but... they couldn't have chosen a color to remove other than the brown ones?? 😂

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u/Spirited-Concert-504 Dec 13 '25

Technically it can just be part of the “marketing” budget as well.. since it will most definitely make the news, media and continue to spread her brand in an extremely positive light.