Throughout its 40 years on the air, SNL has given us hundreds of great commercial parodies, from “Bass-o-matic” to “Colon Blow.” For this particular grouping though we’re looking at just the commercials from the last 10 years. To be clear, the timeline covers the 2004-05 season to the 2013-14 season, so if you’re looking for Cialis Turnt, it was ineligible, although it was quite funny. Now then, onto the list!
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Annuale
You only get one period a year – but it’s gonna be a monster. A hilarious and brutally honest parody that showcased Tina Fey’s humor at its absolute best.
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Peyton Manning for the United Way
Some athlete hosts are dull, and afraid to show their sense of humor — if they even have one. Thankfully, Peyton Manning was not like that. He was quite possibly the funniest athlete host in SNL history (although Charles Barkley is tough competition), and he gave us this brilliant sketch that reminds you to spend time with your children… so Peyton Manning doesn’t.
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Taco Town
If you’ve ever been to Taco Bell, or even seen one of their commercials, you know that they have an unfortunate tendency to make tacos far complicated than they need to be. This is a pitch-perfect parody of than ongoing epidemic. A blueberry pancake wrapped in a taco? Yeah, sure, why the hell not?
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Tylenol BM
A Tylenol so strong it’ll cause you to sleep right through your bowel movements! Who could ask for more? The premise here is already solid, but Alec Baldwin really makes this one work. When his wife asks him “did you sh*t the bed?” he responds with a far-too-satisfied “you tell me!”
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Baby Spanx
I would’ve loved to have included the immortal Huggies Thongs sketch on this list, but sadly, it aired in 2003, making it just barely ineligible for the proceedings. Luckily, this sketch makes a fine substitute, providing another hilarious commentary on how the sexualization of children starts younger and younger these days. It’s a sad topic, but SNL manages to make it funny. Jason Sudeikis’s dead-pan delivery of “do you have a fat baby?” might be the best thing here.
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Excedrin For Racial Tension Headaches
Queen Latifah is one of SNL‘s most underrated hosts, appearing on the show in both 2003 and 2004, and killing it both times. Yet again, this commercial parody takes an uncomfortable topic — racial tension in the workplace — and makes it funny, particularly when Latifah complains of having tell her white interns that “yes, black people where shampoo” and “no, I don’t know where to buy weed.”
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Morgan Stanley – Busted With Pot
In which Will Forte plays a high-strung insurance salesman who might care about his clients a little too much. Amy Poehler plays the poor teenager who receives the brunt of his insults — “You’re dressed like a total whore by the way!” The kicker is when we find out he’s not actually her father, and that her actual dad (Fred Armisen) is being strong-armed by him as well (“You kids wanna go for ice cream?” “Dammit Frank, grow a pair!”).
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Carter ‘N Sons BBQ: Swine Fever
Back in 2009, we were all really worried about Swine Flu, and this sketch posed an interesting hypothetical: what if a barbecue joint had created an ad campaign called “swine fever” long before the outbreak, and was now dealing with consequences? One can only assume Carter ‘N Sons went out of business fairly quickly.
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The Undecided Voters
Have you ever heard about undecided voters a few weeks before a presidential election and wondered how the hell those people still haven’t made up their mind? Then, this is the sketch for you. Focusing on low-information voters who ask questions like “when is the election?” and “who are the two people running for president?,” this sketch has no respect whatsoever for the voters who still haven’t made up their mind. And let’s be honest, it makes a pretty good point.
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Pepto-Bismol Ice
Not gonna lie – I want this to be a real product. Also, love this exchange between Nasim Pedrad and Andy Samberg:
“It kills the bacteria that causes diarrhea!”
“Nice!”
Nice indeed.
