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The Saturday Night Live commercial is usually a spoof of a real commercial found on television at that time, and is commonly shown after the host's opening monologue. The gag generally replaces the product for sale with something fantastical (or just plain destructive), or alters the characters involved to provide comedy. Fast food, Beer, feminine hygiene products, toys, and automobiles have been frequent targets. On November 5, 2005, there was a clip show of several of these commercials, hosted by Will Ferrell.

List of popular commercials:

A

• Action Cats - a parody of action figure toys featuring plastic armor/weapons for live cats
• Adobe - very unsafe car, with a sticker price of $179; made entirely of clay, it combines German engineering and Mexican know-how
• AM Ale - An alcoholic beverage for the morning because "you can't wait till afternoon"
• Amazin Lazer - A consumer grade laser gun for cleaning up yard waste or criminals
• Angora Bouquet - face cleaner that "washes your brain as well as your face"

B

• Bathroom Monkey - (performed by Janeane Garofalo), a simian slave that keeps your bathroom clean
• Bennifer Airways - parody of the long-defunct airline Braniff International Airways
• Bad Idea jeans - a commercial featuring scenes of people discussing what can be considered "bad ideas" (for example, "Now that I have kids, I feel much better having a gun in the house"). After each scene, white text on a black background reads "BAD IDEA". Each scene also zoomed in on each person wearing said jeans (in a parody of then-current ads for Levi's Dockers pants).
• Big Brawn Feminine Napkins - large, rough-looking mensturation pads, with a song sung by a 50 foot tall lumberjack Will Ferrell to a regualar sized Molly Shannon whose roof he has just torn off of her house to find her in the bathroom and in need.
• Big Red - a toy Viking figure that spins around, spraying red liquid from of the horns of a stereotypical viking helmet (absurdist parody of 'water sprinkler' type toys).
• Budd Light- a parody of the Bud Light "Bring Out Your Best" ad campaign, Robin Williams and Joe Piscopo are two ice hockey players at a faceoff. The pay off comes when Piscopo says, "He ain't so bad. I don't know why my wife ran off with him," the puck is dropped immediately, a fight breaks out, and the voice over begins. The ad ends with Williams and Piscopo sitting on the ice and sharing a beer with gap-toothed smiles.
• Buh-Weet Sings - (Eddie Murphy) All grown up, Buckwheat from Our Gang has recorded a compilation of songs sung in his own and very personal style, such as "Fee Tines a Mady", "Una Panoonah Banka", and "Barbah ob Dabil", dedicated to his friend Alfalfa.

C

• Canis - Cologne for Dogs (parody of a Calvin Klein fragrance ad)
• The Chameleon XLE - a luxury car on the inside, a dilapidated wreck on the outside, with such features as simulated transmission fluid leak, mismatched hubcaps, coat hanger antenna and a supple, leather and wood interior, to deter the high risk of theft that accompanies luxury cars
• Chess for Girls - a chess set in which all the pieces have Barbie doll-style bodies and chess piece heads; comes with accompanying dollhouse, minivan, bubble blower, and so on.
• Chia Head - parody of Chia Pet/Minoxidil ("Not for use in salads!")
• Clerasil (or Clärasil, pronounced with strong german accent), appeared in the SNL Sprockets parody of german pop culture. In this feature, a Young woman uses Clerasil to get her pimples away to get a new boyfriend. The word "pimples" in english is however confused in the sketch with the german word "pimplen" which is a strong german slang word with the same meaning as the english "fuck". In the end of the commercial the speaker says in half-english/half-german that Clärasil will take the pimples/pimplen away - that is it will destroy your sex life.
• Cloven Hind Jeans - parody of the infamous Calvin Klein commercial that featured Brooke Shields
• Cluckin' Chicken - (Phil Hartman and Adam Sandler) A fast-food restaurant's animated mascot, when asked why he tastes so good, gleefully describes his death, decapitation, disembowelment, flame-broiling, and eventual consumption and defication by humans.
• Colon Blow (Phil Hartman) - parody of high fiber cereals (notably Total), a man is told he'd need 30,000 bowls of his usual cereal to get the fiber of a single bowl of Colon Blow. Also available is Super Colon Blow, fiber content equal to that of 2.5 million bowls of the man's regular cereal. Each time a number is quoted, a pyramid of the same number of bowls appears under the man, rocketing him into the sky.
• Compulsion - a "Calvin Kleen" disinfectant, mocking "Obsession" and featuring an obsessive compulsive spokesmodel.
• Cookie Dough Sport - parody of Gatorade
• Corn Chip Nail Tips - (Tracy Morgan and Maya Rudolph) Parody of "hip" potato chip commercials, featuring corn chips that can be used as fake finger nails.
• Cracklin' Oat Flakes (Now With Ecstasy) - Will Ferrell wakes up to find that he has ran out of his normal cereal, Cracklin' Oat Flakes. His wife then offers Cracklin' Oat Flakes, now with ecstasy. The commercial continues with a montage of electronic music (apparently about the cereal) featuring Ferrell enjoying his "trip".
• Crystal Gravy - parody of the clear cola craze, specifically Crystal Pepsi

D

• Dallas: The Home Game - Dallas-derived costumes help to turn the fighting of a dysfunctional family into entertainment.
• Dillon/Edwards Investments - a conservative financial company advertises in a deadpan tone that they are finally on the internet, with the only web address left by the time they got around to it: "clownpenis.fart".
• Donald Trump's House of Wings - Donald Trump's own wing restaurant, featuring Darrell Hammond as Trump, and a few cast members as singing employees in chicken costumes.
• Dr. Porkenheimer's Boner Juice - parody of erectile dysfunction treatments. Incidentally, the commercial seems to be re-edited each time it is rerun; the originally aired version was more graphic, ending on a shot of Rob Riggle with an enormous erection.
• Dyson Toilet - Parody of Dyson vaccum cleaner ads

E

• Ed McMahon's School of Laughing - a school that trains people who want to make money by performing on laugh tracks.
• Eych! - "Eych! It's the only hairball remover that cats ask for, by name." A spoof of meow mix, but instead the cats cough in an exceedingly funny way.

F

• First Citiwide Change Bank - bank which specializes in making change. Profits based on volume. A parody of late 1980s "talking head" bank advertisements

G

• Gaystrogen - a parody of Estrogen about a drug for men over 45 suffering from 'queer loss'.
• Grayson Moorhead Securities - lampoons brokerage companies projecting a competent, trustworthy, ethical image, although the company representative being interviewed is anything but.

H

• Handi-Off - A topical treatment used for removal of excess fingers. ("Also try new 'Toe-Riffic' for toes!")
• Happy Fun Ball - a seemingly simplistic children's toy with numerous disclaimers for absurdly dangerous health hazards. "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."
• Hedley and Wyche: The British Toothpaste - spoofs the popular belief that the British have bad teeth, by showing them using a toothpaste sweetened with sugar. Mike Myers starred in this commercial and later recycled the joke in Austin Powers.
• Hey, You - the perfume for one-night stands
• Hell - parody of 1980s Michelob commercials where Anthony Michael Hall and others are heading to the bar after a long week of screwing people over, they are all later seen burning in Hell. A sample of the theme music: ''"Where you're going, you've always known it/Where you're going, you're on your way/Where you're going, you're gonna pay!"
• HiberNol - parody of NyQuil ads featuring a cold medicine designed to knock a person out for the entire cold and flu season
• Home Security Decoy - mannequins posing as criminals already breaking into a house to trick real thieves into thinking its already being robbed.
• Homocil - a special drug that helps reduce the stress of parents with homosexual children.
• Huggies Thong - useless diapers, parodying parents who are concerned with the fashions their toddlers wear.

I

• Infiniti Toilets - Mike Myers doing 2 toilet ads (same style as the Infiniti J-30 commercials). The toilets advertised have such features as a slide-in cupholder and a non-stick coating.

J

• Jewess Jeans - brand of jeans Gilda Radner models; no one has to be Jewish to wear them, "but it couldn't hurt." Parodies Jordache Jeans commercials.
• Jiffy Express - when it had to be there yesterday, they'll back-date packages and simulate shipping delays.
• Jiffy Pop Air Bag - eat popcorn while you're waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

K

• KCF Shredders - Lampoons fast food industry's marketing to kids, in this case with cole slaw.

L

• Lemon Glow - an ex-biker chick tells the audience about her drugs-and-sex days while cleaning her middle class house
• The Lung Brush - used every night by heavy smoker Chris Farley to remove quarts of tar from his lungs before going to bed with wife Victoria Jackson. "Did you forget to brush?"
• Lux - The car for crazy people. Parody of car commercials that featured Will Ferrell playing a crazy man. The car was designed by such people as Abraham Lincoln and featured enough trunk space to hold copious vials of one's own urine.
• Little Chocolate Donuts ("The Donuts of Champions") - endorsed by "decathlon champion John Belushi" - a parody of Wheaties' Bruce Jenner ads.
• LooseBear - a sleeping pill that makes you dream you're being chased by a hungry bear, thus ensuring you won't be groggy the next morning.
• The Love Toilet - Victoria Jackson & Kevin Nealon share the most intimate moment of them all... "Because when you're in love, even five minutes apart can seem like an eternity."

M

• McIntosh Jr. The Power to crush the other kids - an elementary school cafeteria parody of the early Macintosh ads.
• McIntosh Post-It Notes (sic) - parody of the Apple Newton MessagePad.
• Meat Wagon Action Set - A model racing set with crash-and-burn action, and an ambulance; a product of Mainway.
• MeHarmony.com - a 2000s parody of eHarmony; a matchmaking website for people who are only interested in themselves. Testimonies given by various SNL cast members in normal appearance and in drag.
• Mel's Char Palace - a steakhouse in Paramus, New Jersey where you cut your own meat.
• Mercury Mistress - A car so sexy, you'll just want to have sex with it.
• Metrocard - A credit card commercial starring Roseanne Barr as a sassy customer service representative and Phil Hartman as a distraught business traveler. "Yeah, like I've got nothing better to do than to sit around and listen to him bitch!"
• Michael Jordan Feminine Hygiene Products, Michael Jordan X-Rated Video Library
• MMMPH! - A trivia board game, where the only clue allowed is muffled shouting.
• Mohawk Master
• Mom Jeans - They fit Mom just the way she likes it! ("She'll love the 9-inch zipper and casual front pleats!") Fictitiously sold at JCPenney.

N

• Nerf Crotchbats - parody of Nerf seemingly running out of ideas for new products. Also advertised is "Nerf Nerf", a formless plasmatic blob of Nerf foam material.
• New Shimmer - Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd play a couple having an argument over whether New Shimmer is a floor wax or a dessert topping, then Chevy Chase (as a product demonstrator) steps in and states that "New Shimmer is a floor wax AND a dessert topping!"
• Nicotrel - a parody of "quit smoking" products featuring The Rock as Nick Cotrell. His system helps people to stop smoking by beating customers within an inch of their lives if they even think about smoking.
• Nikey Turkey - featuring Chris Rock, this parody offers a good Thanksgiving solution to a small turkey for a large party: pump it up.

O

• Old Glory Insurance - a parody of shameless insurance companies. Sam Waterston, in a deadpan performance, touts the advantages of the only life insurance company to provide full coverage against the leading killer of the elderly: robot attacks.
• Oops I Crapped My Pants - a brand of adult diaper, a parody of Depends, and a play on the use of statements as product names (e.g. "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter").

P

• The Paradox - two automotive design teams produced two completely opposite cars (e.g., one was the most expensive car ever, the other the cheapest; one was the safest, the other designed to throw flaming victims hundreds of feet in a crash). In the end the two were combined to create The Paradox.
• Pennzoil - endorsed by poet Maya Angelou (impersonated by David Alan Grier).
• Petchow Rat Poison - parody of misleading labels, Hank Petchow's brand of rat poison looks like dog food, is packaged in a 25 lb. bag with "PETCHOW" in large print, has a large photo of Petchow's dog, and the words "rat poison" in very fine print.
• The Platinum Mach 14 - A razor with 14 blades. A parody of the increased number of blades on razors, when the Gillette Mach3 was released. Since then, Schick has released a 4 bladed razor (The "Quattro"), and Gillette has released a 5-bladed razor (The "Fusion"). Neither of these has had the retail success of the Mach3 to date.
• Pre-Chewed Charlie's - a steakhouse for people with dentures, where the waiters come to your table, and pre-chew your food for you. This parody satirized a small chain of restaurants near Times Square in New York City called Beefsteak Charlie's, which was noted for selling disgusting ("pre-chewed") food to customers who were mostly unaware out-of-towners and tourists.
• Pussy Whip - the first dessert topping for cats (This was a sponsor of Weekend Update rather than an actual commercial.)

Q

• Quarry - breakfast cereal made from rocks; "Better tastin', 'cause it's mined."

R

• RAD 3000 - a smoke detector that plays songs of the 80's
• ReaganCo. - Charles Rocket shows how you can show your patriotism by way of Ronald Reagan wallpaper and bathroom tiles.
• Royal Deluxe II - 1970s Car commercial parody that showed the smoothness of the car's ride by having a rabbi perform a circumcision in the backseat while driving forty miles per hour on a bumpy road.
• Rubik's Grenade (1982) - rubik's cube parody; "Maybe the last puzzle you'll never solve."

S

The "Schmitt's Gay" commercial spoofed macho-themed ads used by beer companies.

• Schmitt's Gay - (Chris Farley & Adam Sandler) Spoofs beer companies targeting specific demographics. Two gay guys are housesitting and are discouraged at the dirty condition of the house's pool. When the water is turned on, however, it magically transforms into a clean pool filled with attractive, and apparently gay, men.
• Shimmer - See New Shimmer
• Steve Martin's All-Natural Penis Beauty Cream - a parody of the celebrity infomercial boom.
• Stop-A-Nut - Protect yourself from muggers by wearing an enormous (yet supposedly comfortable) metal suit.
• Sub Shack - a parody of the Subway Jared Fogle ad-campaign, with customers to the fast food restaurant gaining weight rather than losing it.
• Super Bass-O-Matic '76 and Super Bat-O-Matic '77 - parody of Ronco ads featuring Dan Aykroyd pureeing fish in a blender.
• Swiffer Sleepers - parody of Swiffer ads with children's blanket sleepers designed to pick up dust and dirt as they crawl
• Swill - (Bill Murray) putrid mineral water "dredged from the bottom of Lake Erie".

T

• Taco Town - a restaurant that is a parody of Taco Bell, advertising a new taco with layer after layer of outer crust, finished with a Chicago-style pizza and blueberry pancake and "deep fried to perfection." Andy Samberg says of the product, "Pizza? Now that's what I call a taco!" In the original broadcast, a glitch caused the Wilson Bros. Funeral Home bumper graphic to appear during the sketch.
• "That's Not Yogurt" - (Victoria Jackson and Kevin Nealon) Spoof of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter". After eating, couple becomes very concerned about what the mysterious product actually IS, but coy announcer won't tell them. From the makers of "Those Aren't Olives".
• Three-Legged Jeans - Similar to Levi's. And hey, no dumber than acid-washed. Features the catchphrase, "Finally! We're Three!"
• Tortumatic - The ultimate way to show others that you can take pain. Charles Rocket demonstrates it, getting punched repeatedly by a number of boxing gloves, and slamming his hand with a mallet.
• Triple Track razor - the closing line, delivered long before any such product actually existed, was "because you'll believe anything"
• Turlington's Lower Back Tattoo Remover - A product that, "when applied once, every hour, for 72 straight hours," slowly burns away unwanted lower back tattoos. "That tingling means it's working!" Tagline: "Because it won't be cool forever..."

U

Uncle Jemima with his Pure Mash Liquor

• Uncle Jemima's Pure Mash Liquor - (Tracy Morgan & Tim Meadows) A subtle barb at products that perpetuate racial stereotypes, specifically Aunt Jemima.

W

• Wilson Trap Doors
• Woomba - a self-operating electronic feminine hygiene product that knows when women should use it, whether they want to or not, a parody of the Roomba automatic vacuum system.

Y

• Yard-a-Pult - A product to launch unwanted trash/deceased pets/etc over your fence rather than disposing of them.

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