In Willy Wonka there is the Everlasting Gobstopper.
I recall that someone one on this very forum came up with “Velmeata” for lab-grown vat meat.
(BTW a recent story in the news was that several companies are about ready to use this stuff in fancy cat food.)
The "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator "!!
I forgot to mention Brown-25, from Uranus.
Also Chewlies gum, and the fast-food chain Mooby’s (their mascot is a golden calf).
In one or two episodes of That Girl, Ann was the spokesmodel for a new soft drink called Pop.
The jingle went “Stop and have a Pop with me!”
It was “the only drink that makes you say its name,” and it tasted like borscht.
And now, from a more innocent time I present Hercubush. Note the names of the other nations to be invaded or not: Ragheadia and Evilania. It’s a smidgen long for a joke, but worth every second.
More seriously, the DoD has always done a brisk business in fake country names for the bad guys to be invaded exercised against. Over the years the names have gotten a lot more bland. Immediately post WWII they all sounded suspiciously like the name of one or another of the USSR’s constituent republics or Warsaw Pact allies.
Here’s one for Dopers of a certain age:
VIP, from the Doris Day / Rock Hudson film Lover Come Back. Those familiar with it know that it’s a fake product name for a fake product name. Very meta.
6MTK was the first time Mrs. C and I ever heard of Martin Mull. Next for us was Fernwood 2 Night.
I like to think I coined the name “Particle Bird” for Chicken McNuggets. Ingredients or finished product.
We have always been at war with Atropia.
Calvin points out “they’re kinda bland until you scoop sugar on them”.
Back in the day, pre-TV roles, he billed himself as “America’s First Sit-Down Comedian”. He’d pull an over-stuffed armchair out onto the stage…
Notice in that clip that he’s playing “Licks Off Of Records” (one of my favorite songs, so clever) while seated in an armchair.
I remember now the Laugh-In revival must have been around the time of the Bicentennial, since both Martin and Robin were pretty much unknowns. Susan was already a hot property at the time.
I suppose I recognized both men a couple of years later, when Fernwood and Mork and Mindy came on.
Powdered alcohol is a real thing.
Crumbly Crunchies!
Crumbly Crunchies are the best
Look delicious on your vest!
Serve them to unwanted guests
Stuff the mattress with the rest!
Speaking of Beavis and Butt-head, the beverages on the drive-thru menu at the Burger World where they worked included Dr. Poop and Spit (presumably Dr. Pepper and Sprite).
Was this for real? Because it sounds suspiciously like the ad jungle for Kanine Krunchies, the made-up product dog food in the 1961 Disney cartoon 101 Dalmations
Here’s the ad:
From Haredevil Hare (1948):
Super Colon Blow from SNL