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- Archive-name: tv/sat-night-live/commercials
- Last-modified: 1994/04/08
- Posting-Frequency: Monthly
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- Saturday Night Live FAQ: Commercial Parodies
- =============================================
- This is a transcription of various Saturday Night Live parody
- commercials.
-
- Included:
-
- 1) Happy Fun Ball
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-
-
- -- HAPPY FUN BALL --
-
- (kids)
- It's Happy!
- It's Fun!
- It's Happy Fun Ball!
-
- (announcer)
- Yes, it's Happy Fun Ball,
- the toy sensation
- that's sweeping the nation.
- Only 14.95 at participating stores!
-
- Get one Today
-
- (background voice)
- Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children 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
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- * Tingling in extremities
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- * Loss of balance or coordination
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- * Slurred speech
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- * Temporary blindness
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- * Profuse Sweating
-
- or
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- * Heart palpitations
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- 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 it's 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 Saudi Arabia and is
- also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.
-
- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
-
- Happy Fun Ball comes with a lifetime guarantee.
-
- (announcer)
- Happy Fun Ball! Accept no substitutes!
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- If this document is out of date, the latest version can be
- obtained from one of these sources:
-
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/tv/sat-night-live/commercials
- ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/tv/sat-night-live/commercials.Z
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/tv/sat-night-live/commercials/faq.html
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