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General Mills is turning snack time into showtime. The food giant has launched "The Snacktime Sketch Show," a four-episode comedy series designed to make its brands as laughable as they are craveable. The social-first experiment aims to blend humor, culture, and digital reach into something both bingeable and bite-sized. Each episode riffs on a different corner of pop culture. The debut, " Snack Island," parodies " Love Island" with an absurd twist: instead of contestants, the housemates are General Mills snacks.