Why Van Halen's contract calls for the removal of all brown M&Ms
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HN comment orderUsing the brown M&M's as a test to check if the contract was read thoroughly counts as a clever hack in my book.
It reminds me of the orange juice test. You organize an annual convention for hundreds of people. You tell the banquet manager of the hotel you are considering that the morning breakfast must include a large glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for everyone of the attendees. It must be squeezed no more than two hours before the breakfast. It is not possible to do so. Squeezing that much orange in much a short amount of time would be prohibitively…
NOTE: to those who're reading the comments here instead of RTFA [because you're like I am...], you should RTFA. I first heard this story about 3 months ago and was blown away [because everyone knew that Van Halen were prima donas, right?!]. That Van Halen plays IROC-Z rock doesn't mean they aren't big time business people. There are certainly outliers, but big time business people are big time business people without regard to the business and that's a lesson most…
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
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| 2009-08-05 | Why Van Halen's contract calls for the removal of all brown M&MsFirst breakout · Best thread | chaostheory | 364 | 79 |
| 2011-08-03 | Why Van Halen had brown M&Ms contractually removed | pitdesi | 184 | 55 |
| 2014-05-16 | Why Van Halen's tour contract had a "no brown M&M's" clauseLatest 20+ point return | magsafe | 246 | 158 |
| 2017-01-07 | Do you use an equivalent of the Brown M&M's contract condition? | ColinWright | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-07-06 | Van Halen's Concert Contract Required No Brown M&MsHall induction | elmar | 1 | 0 |