Could anyone tell me the name of the actor in the SNL ads with the head of the investment banking firm who gave such weird advice?
--LHD
01/18 |
The YouTube video for #46, Xerox AssJet, is no longer available.
--KAR
11/30 |
Shirt in a Can dammit! Classic Tim Meadows!
"you have a job interview and are enjoying a hearty blueberry cobbler when... DAMMIT!"
"It burns! That's how you know it's a shirt."
--mbc
09/10 |
You forgot the many commercial parodies from "Kentucky Fried Movie". Inexcusable.
--ADS
07/23 |
"Pest control can be sadistic. What goes on inside those diabolical little black roach traps? Probably something similar to what happens in this commercial. Mixing the extreme violence of children's cartoons with people's total disregard for insects as a legitimate life form, "Bug-Off" shows us just how cruel we can be when Disney-grade imagination meets chemical science. — WD"
Are you f'in' kidding me? Can we please get the videos without the terribly UNFUNNY and uninsightful commentary next time you guys make these lists? You're killing us here...
--ACR
06/17 |
You guys should do a profile on what happened to the cast members of "In Living Color," a "Where Are They Now?" kind of piece. I'd be very curious...
Alex
--ACR
06/16 |
my all time fave is missing -- the commercial for the car with the smooth ride -- SNL -- such a smooth ride they can do a circumcision in it... and do.
--AB
06/13 |
This is a great idea but it seems someone from SNL or NBC thought so too, most of the clips have been removed from youtude and the others you can only watch in the USA, what a freakin bummer!!
--KY
06/09 |
I can't believe you left out one of the best ever: Gilda's Harvey's Bristol Cream parody on SNL, "Harley's Bristol Cream"!
--HR
06/09 |
Regarding #34 "Cookie Dough Sport," SNL, 1997:
That's not an SNL sketch. It's a fan-made remake of an SNL sketch, as you can see from the shoddy audio narration and the visible lack of any SNL actors in it.
--mp
06/09 |
The concept of a commercial parody list is commendable, but to do so without ONE Spishak commercial from MadTV is either blatantly biased or simply lazy.
From the "nuclear Christmas lights" to the "Excuses-Excuses-Excuses-Excuses call out from work generator" to the Easy Bake oven for kids using real gas, these are instant classics.
I'm sorry, but I can't see this list as complete or acceptable.
--cmc
05/25 |
Hey! Why weren't the Mike Myers' send ups of the Jonathan Pryce Infiniti Ads not included!!!!!!!
--GE
05/15 |
very good - a real find of treasure - am recommending to friends
--bj
05/15 |
Although the parodies you mention are funny. You're title should've read, "The 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies of All Time, from Saturday Night Live, and a few from some other TV shows". SCTV did so many brilliant commercial parodies, that you probably didn't know existed... especially the earlier years. Maybe my perspective is that of someone older and more rh['h9rhnrs etb55jy4a3qty05jji09setgdpyisgqwwOTUWFGU'PG
--PS
05/14 |
What happened to "Pussy Whip" from SNL? Is it cat food or a dessert topping? It's both!
--TM
05/14 |
How could you guys miss this one?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WqSESiUqUa8
(the "Viagro" ad from This Hour Has 22 Minutes)
--SES
05/14 |
How could you leave out the South Park spoof commercials for Alabama Man, Wild Wacky Action Bike, and Cherokee Hair Tampons?!?
--JC
05/13 |
No mention of Wilson Countersink Flanges and Dorry Flanges = autofail.
--SB
05/12 |
I can't believe you left out the budwiser parody with Robin Williams and Joe Piscapo. I still laugh when I think of it.
--tk
05/12 |
You forgot the SNL skit about the thong diapers--a great send-up of MILFs--the same type of character Amy Poehler plays so well in Mean Girls.
--RE
05/12 |
the real cookie dough commercial (#34) can be found at http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1240510647&channel=1214627974
--ACE
05/12 |
No John Madden's Popcorn Popper?!?
--RS
05/11 |
what happened to nigga please cereal?
--BA
05/11 |
No Spishak (MADTV) commercials? For shame.
--AGT
05/10 |
SNL's spoof of the credit card commercial where Rosanne played the "helpful" phone rep.
SNL's series of ads with the head of the investment banking firm giving advice on everything including secret santas.
Ren and Stimpy's Log. My 8 year old watches it until I make him stop.
--sr
05/10 |
Thanks for this compilation, but you missed a really notable one out (I kept going forward, thinking it'd be in the Top 10): the Cracklin' Oat Flakes one starring Will Ferrell:
http://video.aol.com/partner/hulu/saturday-night-live-cracklin-oat-flakes/l0liG_x_30oRm0p2cheHzdPOqNWUWFXL
Well-edited, doesn't drag on, and packs such a wallow with extra meaning if you ever did raving. :)
--TW
05/10 |
I have no idea why you stacked this with SNL and almost completely ignored the brilliant commercial parodies from SCTV. How could you have ignored "Poochare all meat dog food"? Shame.
--TaB
05/10 |
Loved it, but I really hoped to see "Litter Critters," the SNL sketch where kids make toy figures out of used clumping cat litter. I also thought SNL's "Huggies Thong" diapers (so babies could lose that bulky diaper look) was really satirical.
--JB
05/10 |
The "Homocil" ad should have been on here for sure, but the big on eyou missed was SNL's "Bathroom Monkey." No matter how often I see it, the monkey writing "Monkey Hate Clean" with the lipstick gets to me. The all time best, e3ven better than "Oops I Crapped My Pants."
--GNHH
05/09 |
You're missing a sleeper... The Cool Essence Spring Mist Shampoo commercial from "Mad TV" is not only hilarious but utterly brilliant if not a little weird. Alex Borstein uses the shampoo at work and has an orgasmic experience. But Debra Wilson and other coworkers are not impressed. They're scared for her. Alex starts feeling guilty for using the shampoo. Then the shampoo becomes abusive towards her and the whole commercial turns into a bad abused wife TV movie from Lifetime or something. Please check it out.
--LS
05/09 |
you forgot the mad tv NInja home security systems its one of the best ones
--
05/09 |
I'd propose SNL's Sleepy Boy Auto Alarm Eradicator, as well as The Web--stops criminals before they leave their own house!
--RY
05/07 |
Criminal ommission: the SNL spoof of courier services..."When it absolutely, positively, had to be there two weeks ago". One of my all time faves.
--RAR
05/07 |
Excellent list, but where are Quarry ("Better tasting, cause it's mined") and Shimmer ("It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping!")??? Those are still two of the best ever IMHO.
I am impressed at how well you guys did your homework. There's a lot great stuff covering 40 years. Well done!
Peace!
GB!
--MM
05/07 |
How could you have missed the SNL ad for "Homocil", where Will Ferrell and Tracey Morgan are conflicted Dads dealing with less than manly male children?
--RDF
05/07 |
Thank you so much for putting this together!
I will send to all my friends (which, admittedly, aren't many)
--SG
05/07 |
Not a bad list, but a little too much SNL, and you missed a couple lesser-known ones ... the short-lived Ben Stiller show had some particularly brilliant commercial parodies such as What Is Sexy?, Tony Bobbins, and the sublimely ridiculous Tito Gallegos: The Pig-Latin Lover, and South Park's Wild Wacky Action Bike is the perfect spoof of idiotic kids' toys.
You also completely missed out on some of the on-point parodies created by Mr. Show, including the McHutchence-Greely bit (a great send-up of US political advertising campaigns), Coupon: The Movie, Mustardayonnaise, Van Hammersly, The Cock-Ring Warehouse, The House of the Future, and the Underground Tape Railroad..
--KS
05/07 |
Where's the Cluckin' Chicken?
--HCK
05/07 |
This countdown has clearly never heard of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job, an alternative sketch show that excels at parodying quirky television cliches. In just two seasons, the show has developed several fake commercials deserving of a top 20 spot on this countdown. With sketches like "Candy Tails" (pony tails dipped in candy sauce), it is impossible for Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job to be left off future countdowns of this sort.
--JAK
05/07 |
Re #21, "Tracy Morgan re-appropriating racial stereotypes while cross-dressing and swatting at cartoon Disney-esque songbirds": Tracy doesn't cross-dress in this bit--that's castmate Tim Meadows as Aunt Jemima.
--ahm
05/07 |
Where is BIG RED?
That's certainly one of the top 50.
--SG
05/07 |
What about Jamitin the ED remedy from the Simpsons.
The best line "Sorry Jimmy. Your Grandma and I are going to have old people sex."
--EWN
05/07 |
i saw something on a SNL special that showed why Belushi broke down in the H & L Brock ad...Chevy Chase is crawling on the floor towards him messing with his feet.
--ns
05/07 |
So what I'm getting from this is that you guys watch a lot of SNL.
Please - it's a good show, but 40 of the 50 best ad parodies of ALL TIME?
No Mr.Show? Kids in the Hall? Monty Python????
I thought your "50 best sketches" list was pretty SNL heavy, but this is just ridiculous. Just call it the "top 50 SNL ad parodies" next time, okay?
--RN
05/06 |
Jay Mohr as Christopher Walken for Skittles?? Or the Quaddafi Look??
--KL
05/06 |
Good, but missing my all time favorite, QUARRY
--TMP
05/06 |
No "Action Cats"? This list sucks without "Action Cats."
--TPJ
05/06 |
What? No Stevie Wonder? Everytime I see Stevie Wonder playing tennis and taking pictures of everything but the tennis player, I laugh. "It's so simple, even Stevie Wonder can use it." I know, I know, laughing at a blind man is not very politically correct. (But it was funny.)
--ds
05/06 |
I remember thinking that "AM Ale" was really funny, so I was bummed when I didn't see it on here. I Haven't seen it in a while though.
--MAB
05/06 |
#51 - Rocks - A spot for rocks supposedly for Palestinian children, showing excited kids interspersed with stock news footage of Palestinians throwing rocks at Israeli police. The ad aired during Robert Smigel's brilliant "Saddam and Osama" action cartoon spoof.
--JDW
05/06 |
Hey there.
I'm a huge, long-time fan of Nerve and your recent video lists are really fun.
But as a Canadian it is incredibly irritating to be barred from viewing so many of the videos because you've linked to crappy video services like hulu or else to sites like NBC who will not stream outside of the U.S. Please seek out better sources to link to so I don't have to go searching on my own.
--DC
05/06 |
"Brown" from MadTV. I can't even look at a UPS ad anymore.
--jd
05/06 |
I guess you were only including live-action parodies; I'd definitely have to submit Ren & Stimpy's "Log", and Jib Jab's "Progenitorivox".
--jh
05/06 |
MADtv had some MUCH better than at least 10 of those SNL ones. "Thanks Spishak!" The Wonder Rake 5000. Antonia Perfume. And many others, even just from the first season!! And LOG is a good one too!!
--BDP
05/06 |
AM Ale? Would be number 1.
--JC
05/06 |
You forgot the SNL parody where they have scary looking mannequins holding a knife or chainsaw in the air, posed like it's about to attack someone. The idea is you put it next to your bed at night so when a REAL robber comes in, or looks in the window and sees it, they run away because someone is already there.
--JC
05/06 |
Three words, from South Park: Cherokee Hair Tampons [http://youtube.com/watch?v=1jfuPang3RM]
--FBR
05/05 |
What about the Mr.Show Mayosturd and Mustardayonaise commercials? They went back and forth the whole episode.
--EU
05/05 |
Um - No Bathroom Monkey? But it keeps your bathroom monkey-clean AND monkey-fresh?
--BEP
05/05 |
I'm sure this list would be great if more than 1/2 the clips could be watched outside of the US.
--BAH!
05/05 |
Good list! But one I would've added is the "MeHarmony Dating Service" on SNL a few years ago -- a parody of that stupid eHarmony with the '29 scientific categories of compatibility' or whatever. The SNL version had all the clients' "true loves" being just opposite-gender clones of themselves.
--MS
05/05 |
Great List with only one missing.
'Log' from Ren & Stimpy.
--KM
05/05 |
Big thumbs down for completely leaving out the "Prescott Pharmaceuticals" segments from "The Colbert Report".
--ms
05/05 |
How amazing that no other nation on Earth has managed to produce one ad parody worthy of inclusion in the top fifty of all time. You Americans are truly magnificent! Congratulations!
--SH
05/05 |
One SCTV spot, and about 40 SNL? Boo, your article sucks. What about the Judds "Smoky Oaky Barbecue"-scented douche? Boo, your research sucks.
--BM
05/05 |
That cookie dough sport is definitely not the SNL original...
--NF
05/05 |
Wu-Tang FINANCIAL???
--PF
05/05 |
No Mr. Show?
Bag Hutch
"Promise 1, I am not a lawyer"
"Cockrings, cockrings, cockrings"
--tb
05/05 |
A.M. Ale
--VM
05/05 |
Spatula City! Spatula City! http://youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY
--BB
05/05 |
Missed the SNL parody about the bank that had to settle for www.Clownpenis.fart because they thought the Internet wouldn't be big.
--HBD
05/05 |
you forgot SNL's Adobe, the car made of clay bit. The funniest ever.
--yf
05/05 |
How could you have forgotten one of the best commercial parodies of all time which beats out at least half of the ones on your list?! Check out THE CLUCKIN CHICKEN which aired on Saturday Night Live....
http://www.all4humor.com/videos/funny-commercials/cluckin-chicken.html
--RJB
05/05 |
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