# Cite Your Favourite Saturday Night Live "Commercial" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658 "2005-11-05T15:24:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/1 "2005-11-05T15:24:53Z")
What was the best phony commercial ever in the history of SNL? Name your THREE favourites, in order. Mine: 1. “Colon Blow” 2. “Old Glory Robot Insurance” 3. “Happy Fun Ball” ---
**Author:** ![TJVM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@TJVM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJVM)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/2 "2005-11-05T15:28:25Z")
Only one comes immediately to mind: [First Citywide Change Bank](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/88/88achangebank1.phtml) ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/3 "2005-11-05T15:29:29Z")
1. Little Chocolate Donuts 2. Oops! I Crapped My Pants 3. Big Red ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/4 "2005-11-05T15:37:10Z")
Puppy Uppers and Doggie Downers – Funny every time. The ad for the car that gave such a smooth ride, the moyel could do his work in the back seat. “Poifeckt!” ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/5 "2005-11-05T15:39:15Z")
1. Big Red 2. Old Glory Robot Insurance 3. General Dynamics ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/6 "2005-11-05T15:55:20Z")
Puppy Uppers/Doggie Downers Dammitol ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/7 "2005-11-05T15:56:21Z")
Old school SNL- SLUDGE Bass-O-Matic Puppy Uppers & Doggie Downers More recently- Bug-Off (the roach trap) Big Red “Philadelphia” Action Figures Battle Cats Big Brawn Feminine Napkins (which I found the name of by googling “like a big friendly lumberjack between your knees”) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/8 "2005-11-05T15:57:07Z")
Happy Fun Ball Elvis’ Coat Bad Idea Jeans ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/9 "2005-11-05T15:58:43Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > Puppy Uppers and Doggie Downers – Funny every time." Slightly less funny when I missed that you said it only two posts above me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/10 "2005-11-05T16:02:34Z")
Until someone mentions “Shirt in a Can” this thread is incomplete. So “Shirt in a Can” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/11 "2005-11-05T16:02:43Z")
Off the top of my head, and subject to change at any moment: 1. Nerf Crotch Bats 2. Three-legged Jeans 3. The phone company (NCI?) commercial with David Spade, back before he started doing real commercials ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/12 "2005-11-05T16:11:42Z")
Most of my favorites have been mentioned, except the Will Ferrell one with the Roach motels… And “Bathroom Monkey” with Janeane Garofalo… Oh, and “PetChow” brand ratpoison. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/13 "2005-11-05T16:14:18Z")
The double toilet with Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/14 "2005-11-05T16:18:14Z")
Old SNL: “Quarry”–the cereal made from stone. The Quaalude soap–can’t recall the brand name. “Speed”–the paper bags always cracked me up! Later SNL: “Old Glory Robot Insurance”–nothing in the later years has even come close! The Citibank parody (where the bank keeps calling the customer to harass him) was pretty funny. And, just a bit of a hijack: The best commercial parody of all time, IMHO, was MadTV’s “Come to Canada”–the mother and daughter one. Talk about an unexpected punchline–this one takes the prize! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/15 "2005-11-05T16:22:56Z")
I really loved Battle Cats. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/16 "2005-11-05T16:29:37Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I really loved Battle Cats. Made even funnier by their use of real cats. I don’t remember the name, but the gay beer commercial with Sandler and Farley. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/17 "2005-11-05T16:33:23Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > Made even funnier by their use of real cats. > > I don’t remember the name, but the gay beer commercial with Sandler and Farley. “Schmitt’s GAY”–almost forgot that one! Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/18 "2005-11-05T16:38:57Z")
Already mentioned , but Puppy Uppers/Doggie Downers was my all time favorites, I still threaten my dogs with one or the other depending on their actions. Schmitt Gay beer always cracks me up. And one that hasn’t been mentioned, the new Woomba, to clean your coochie , I think it’s hilarious ! ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/19 "2005-11-05T16:41:16Z")
In case you missed it, [Old Glory Robot Insurance](http://www.robotcombat.com/video_oldglory_hi.html) ---
**Author:** ![caligynephobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@caligynephobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligynephobia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658/20 "2005-11-05T16:43:09Z")
[McIntosh Post-It Notes](http://www.flamingmailbox.com/maccomedy/movies/postitnote.html) (link has quicktime clip). A play on the early Newton PDA. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-your-favourite-saturday-night-live-commercial/329658.md?page=2)