History Main / ParodyCommercial

* The show that started Nye's TV career, ''AlmostLive'', also loved making fake commercials advertising "new shows on NBC," fictitous "community events," and fake fly by night trade schools. they were also fond of spoofing {{KitchyLocalCommercial}}s awful enough to reach MemeticMutation.

* Relatively obscure ''VideoGame/MarioParty''-esque 3DO game ''Twisted!'' was done up like a game show and features (extremely short) fake commercials every few rounds. Some of the minigames have the same fake commercials appear on miniature [=TVs=]. Needless to say, most of the products being advertised are ridiculous beyond reason ("It's both a shoe polish ''and'' a toothpaste!")

* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'' has a few commercial messages. Most are simple variations on "Brought to you by MegaCorp," but there are some more humorous ones, like:
-->Ever have that "not-so-fresh" feeling? Try our new product -- SOAP! "It's clean!"

* ''TheWho Sell Out'' is a FakeRadioShowAlbum that includes fake commercials (for real products), most of them written by John Entwistle. (It also includes real jungles from BuccaneerBroadcaster Radio London.)

* ''TheWho Sell Out'' is a FakeRadioShowAlbum that includes fake commercials (for real products), most of them written by John Entwistle.

* Series/FatherTed had a spoof ad for a priests' chatline that was a dead-on spoof of a real-life ad for a gay chatline.

* BeautyQueens is full of parody commercials for products like Breast In Show, "Because, 'you're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic,'" and TV shows like Captains Bodacious IV: Badder and More Bodacious.

* TheRickMercerReport always has one or two an episode, often riffing on current political or business situations.

* Both ''MadTV'' and ''SaturdayNightLive'' have employed this concept for years, advertising bogus products in order to make fun of various AdvertisingTropes or make fun of a current event (such as the cold opening on the Jonah Hill episode from season 33 where disgraced governor Eliot Spitzer [Bill Hader] advertises a new law firm that deals with sexual court cases, such as injuries from faulty vibrators, U.S. customs seizing German porn, and slip and falls in gay bath houses). For SNL, "HappyFunBall" is probably the best-known; ''MadTV'', meanwhile, featured a plush toy called "Tickle Me Emo", an angsty, stereotypically emo version of Elmo from Sesame Street ("You don't understand what I'm going through!"). Other sketch shows, like ''Fridays'', ''InLivingColor'', ''WB's Hype'', and ''SCTV'' have done fake commercials, though it can be safe to say ''SNL'' and ''MadTV'' have the most memorable parodies.

* ''Bells Are Ringing'' opens with an ad for Susanswerphone, the answering service the heroine works for. This ends with a DescriptionCut to the Susanswerphone offices, which are considerably less glamorous than the ad.

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' had memorable parody commercials for such products as Whizzo Butter (now with 10% more less, and completely indistinguishable from a dead crab). Crelm Toothpaste (with the miracle ingredient Fraudulin) shows up in two different episodes, once as part of a CommercialSwitcheroo that starts with American Defense and moves on to Shrill Petrol, and the second time with SexForProduct testimonials from fire-breathing dragons.

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' had memorable parody commercials for such products as Whizzo Butter (now with 10% more less, and completely indistinguishable from a dead crab) and American Defense [[CommercialSwitcheroo or]] Crelm Toothpaste (with the miracle ingredient Fraudulin!)
** Not to mention "Shrill Petrol" which includes the revolutionary new additive: [[OverlyLongName GLC-942-4075-After-6PM-942-4007]] which pushes engine deposits off the face of the Earth!

* ''Radio/APrairieHomeCompanion'' does these regularly, for a range of products including Bee-Bop-A-Ree-Bop Rhubarb Pie and Powdermilk Biscuits.
** Though in this case it's Garrison Keillor's GenreThrowback to the old radio variety shows that had prominent sponsorships. To wit: the show's house band is even named after a ficticious brand of shoe.

* That last one was a parody of an actual petrol advert from the time, which showed a car breaking through paper banners every ten miles. MorecambeAndWise also spoofed this ad: in their version the car was shown travelling some outlandish distance in the tens of thousands of miles on a single gallon. When it finally stopped, presenter Ernie waxed lyrical about it, ignoring driver Eric's complaints that the engine of his car was completely worn out.

* ''MassEffect2'' is chock full of these - ads for everything from a production of Hamlet with an all-elcor (heavyworlder aliens with a StarfishLanguage) cast to plastic surgery on [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]] head-tentacles ("Your scalp is so beautiful! Mine's so gangly and asymmetrical") to indentured servants ("Indenture Tech. You've been a slave to your employees for far too long. Shouldn't it be the other way around?") The creepiest ones are like Facebook ads taken to their logical stalker-ish extreme - face-recognition ads that call your character by name as s/he walks by and incorporate details of his/her life presumably drawn from databanks ("Commander Shepard! It has been (robot voice) two years (normal voice) since your last paycheck.") Many of them are [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]].

* Tivo used to run commercials promoting the ability for their product to allow you to skip commercials, which were presented in parody form. One example has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qs7QfqYXl0 NFL Hall of Famers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott]] discussing "masculine itching" while playing golf, going into great detail, and just as Joe is about to demonstrate how to apply the "patented oily balm" to Ronnie's "affected area," the commercial cuts away, saying "Get Tivo. Skip the stuff you don't wanna see."

* Tivo used to run commercials promoting the ability for their product to allow you to skip commercials, which were presented in parody form. One example has NFL Hall of Famers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott discussing "masculine itching" while playing golf, going into great detail, and just as Joe is about to demonstrate how to apply the "patented oily balm" to Ronnie's "affected area," the commercial cuts away, saying "Get Tivo. Skip the stuff you don't wanna see."

* Advertising/{{Orangina}} has recently made [[http://www.orangina.fr/category/publicites/ a series of commercials]] that parody various commercial types - for instance, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYAN5OlhBc Orangina body deodorant]].

* Each episode of ''TheAquabatsSuperShow'' has one of these, usually advertising something silly from [[AcmeProducts Gloopy]].

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** The episode "Towelie" featured a mock advert for ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' merchandise - the "Towelie" towel, featuring a button that can be pressed to hear the character's {{catchphrase}} "You wanna get high?" (Ironically, in a bit of {{Defictionalization}}, an actual [[http://shop.comedycentral.com/South-Park--Towelie-Towel-Towelie_stcVVproductId5989097VVcatId452080VVviewprod.htm Towelie towel]] was produced! -- it doesn't talk, though.)
*** ''Very'' ironic, in this case: The showrunners created Towlie for the sole purpose of [[CompletelyMissingThePoint having a character so stupid that it couldn't be conceivably turned into mindless merchandise]].
**** Abusing PoesLaw for fun and profit.
** The episode "Chinpokomon" featured two mock advertisements. The first was the "Wild Wacky Action Bike", a bicycle with both front and rear handlebars, advertised as "almost impossible to steer". The second product was the "Alabama Man", an action figure of a stereotypical redneck who spends his time drinking beer, bowling, chewing tobacco, and beating his wife ("When Wife asks him where he's been, just use the action button and Alabama Man busts her lip open!" 'Shut up, bitch!'"). After a focus group consisting of Cartman, Stan and Kyle dismiss both as "gay", the researcher says, "Oooh, dear. Well, let's keep trying. How about this?" Cut to real commercials.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'' featured several mock-adverts, amongst other between-toon-bumpers, between toons. The most famous 'product' advertised was Log, from Blammo - a solid chunk of wood which could be endlessly accessorised ("Action Log! Space Log! Anatomically Correct Log!") and was apparently great for a snack.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' has a commercial for The Reach's Reach sports drink. It's full of Stylistic Suck and is happy to the point of TastesLikeDiabetes. G. Gordon Godfrey, an in-universe newscaster, even has a cameo. The drink is intended [[spoiler:to make you lose all willpower and be fully addicted to the drink forever over prolonged consumption]]. Don't you want to [[{{Tagline}} Reach For A Reach]]?

* ''MassEffect2'' is chock full of these - ads for everything from a production of Hamlet with an all-elcor (heavyworlder aliens with a StarfishLanguage) cast to plastic surgery on [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]] head-tentacles ("Your scalp is so beautiful! Mine's so gangly and asymmetrical") to indentured servants ("IndentureTech. You've been a slave to your employees for far too long. Shouldn't it be the other way around?") The creepiest ones are like Facebook ads taken to their logical stalker-ish extreme - face-recognition ads that call your character by name as s/he walks by and incorporate details of his/her life presumably drawn from databanks ("Commander Shepard! It has been (robot voice) two years (normal voice) since your last paycheck.") Many of them are [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]].