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Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 02:47 PM Jul 2012

Do you have a favorite SNL commercial?

Mine has little video, just words running up the screen:

Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.

Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.

Happy Fun Ball Contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.

Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.

Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:
Itching
Vertigo
Dizziness
Tingling in extremities
Loss of balance or coordination
Slurred speech
Temporary blindness
Profuse sweating
Heart palpitations

If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.

Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration...

Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.

Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Afghanistan and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

Happy Fun Ball comes with a lifetime guarantee.

Happy Fun Ball

ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!

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Do you have a favorite SNL commercial? (Original Post) Bertha Venation Jul 2012 OP
Here you go! LynneSin Jul 2012 #1
Woo hoo! Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #3
Super Bass-o-Matic LynneSin Jul 2012 #2
Colon Blow Cereal hibbing Jul 2012 #4
Mine too. El Supremo Jul 2012 #17
Peyton Manning United Way PSA Go Vols Jul 2012 #5
and "little brother," Eli's pokerfan Jul 2012 #7
Cialis for three-ways. RiffRandell Jul 2012 #6
Schmitt's Gay RedSpartan Jul 2012 #8
Good to to see it again with the original music pokerfan Jul 2012 #9
Puppy Uppers! cyberswede Jul 2012 #10
Oh my Gawd.... AngryOldDem Jul 2012 #18
It's a dessert topping. No it's a floor wax. Graybeard Jul 2012 #11
That would be mine, too. surrealAmerican Jul 2012 #14
First Citiwide Change Bank beac Jul 2012 #12
One of the funnier more recent ones - Amazon.com commercial LynneSin Jul 2012 #13
Quarry Breakfast Cereal BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #15
So hard to pick just one. Denninmi Jul 2012 #16
Old Glory Robot Insurance AmyDeLune Jul 2012 #19
Can't find a link, but: "Ass Don't Smell" butt deoderant. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2012 #20
OMG - classic! cyberswede Jul 2012 #25
'Triopenin' Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #21
That was the first one I thought of... BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #24
Excellent. Thanks for the links! Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #26
you're welcome. BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #27
Little Chocolate Donuts bluedigger Jul 2012 #22
I liked "Oops, I crapped my pants" bigwillq Jul 2012 #23
Everytime I clean the litter box, I think of this one,,,,,, benld74 Jul 2012 #28
I couldn't find it.... MountainMama Jul 2012 #29
"A little club soda will get that out." "Liar!" Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #30
Here it is ... I miss Phil Hartman so much. Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #32
Hard to pick just one, but I love "Mom Jeans" Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #31

hibbing

(10,109 posts)
4. Colon Blow Cereal
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 03:28 PM
Jul 2012

Hi,
That's my favorite off the top of my head, funny stuff. Oh, and of course the mini donuts or whatever it was with John Belushi as an athlete, big gut and smoking.

Peace

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
7. and "little brother," Eli's
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 03:58 PM
Jul 2012

In his best skit of the night, Manning makes fun of big brother Peyton in a fake ad for the "Little Brothers" program (a dig at the "United Way" skit Petyon did when he hosted SNL). In the skit, Eli helps some boys "straighten out" their older siblings...

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
9. Good to to see it again with the original music
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:41 PM
Jul 2012

The original music (Van Halen's Beautiful Girls) was changed to something generic musak-sounding for syndication/video.

Chris Farley - RIP

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
18. Oh my Gawd....
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 08:50 PM
Jul 2012

To this day I remember watching that, and I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at anything, ever.

Graybeard

(6,996 posts)
11. It's a dessert topping. No it's a floor wax.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 05:02 PM
Jul 2012

It's a floor wax? No. It's a dessert topping!

***WAIT!!!***

It's a dessert topping AND a floor wax.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
16. So hard to pick just one.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 06:48 PM
Jul 2012

There have been some brilliant ones over the years. Many great ones are already posted.

One of my favorites from the past decade is 'Tressant Supreme', the hair coloring that contains "just a little bit of crack cocaine."

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ms5s_saturday-night-live-tressant-suprem_fun

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
25. OMG - classic!
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 12:04 PM
Jul 2012

We always tell our cats they need that when they get their rear ends a little too close to our faces for polite company. LOL

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ETA: I found the transcript & a couple still shots:

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92eass.phtml

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
21. 'Triopenin'
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 01:12 AM
Jul 2012

Commercial about a pain reliever with a REALLY hard to open child-proof cap. Can't find a link but found out it aired on SNL 10/11/75.

BrendaBrick

(1,296 posts)
24. That was the first one I thought of...
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 12:00 PM
Jul 2012

pronounced "try openin'"

Triopenin

Written by: Tom Schiller
Announcer ...
Hands ... Chevy Chase

Close-up of spotlit hands on a black background.

Announcer V/O: Arthritis in the adult is painful, lonely, and sometimes difficult to manage.
The sore, aching hands massage one another's joints.
Arthritis is particularly annoying when coupled with neuralgia and severe muscular tension. Abrupt weather changes can add discomfort.
Flashing red lights indicate soreness and pain in the hands.
Inflamed tissues can cause local swelling, calling for special relief.
A medicine bottle magically appears between the hands.
Triopenin, [pronounced: TRY OPENIN'] a compound of powerful anti-arthritic spantials and antihistamines, speeds soothing relief where needed.
The hands try unsuccessfully to unscrew the bottle's top.
Triopenin is gentle, non-habit-forming, aids in soothing muscles and liberating stiff, painful joints.
The hands pound on the bottle top and then try to pry it off, to no avail.
Soon, you're handling life again, feeling better, and getting a firm grasp on the situation.
Dissolve to a graphic that reads TRIOPENIN with a photo of two bottles -- one of them shattered, the pink pills spilled across a blue background.


Triopenin -- get your hands working again. Now with the new childproof safety cap.

fade

Source: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75atriopenin.phtml

I think that one was from the very first episode. Funny!!!

Also, here's a link from wiki listing all the SNL commercial parodies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_commercial_parodies

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
26. Excellent. Thanks for the links!
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 12:32 PM
Jul 2012

Didn't know it was the very first episode. I was 13 years old and watching TV with my grandparents, who were visiting at the time. When we saw those spoof commercials, we at first thought they were the real things. We were laughing like goons.

BrendaBrick

(1,296 posts)
27. you're welcome.
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 01:00 PM
Jul 2012

Yeah, I was in high school when I saw the first episode. I was with a bunch of friends and we cracked up the whole time!

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
23. I liked "Oops, I crapped my pants"
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 01:40 AM
Jul 2012

But can't seem to find the video. OOOH, I found it. Bad quality, though.

MountainMama

(237 posts)
29. I couldn't find it....
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:06 PM
Jul 2012

but I think the absolute best one they did was the "Compulsion" ad in the '80s.

Ah, Phil.....we still miss you.

"Between cleaniness and godliness lies compulsion..."

It was a takeoff of the Obsession ads. It was pitch perfect.

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