Saturday Night Live Commercial Parodies
for the SNL Fiilm Unit

 

For a number of years JV III provided design and support services toward the visual realization of scripts from writers Bonnie & Terry Turner, Al Franken, Christine Zander, Dave Mandel, Norm Hiscock and others.

Titles included: Compulsion, Thirtysomething Cereal, Century 21 Marriage Counseling, Nikey Turkey, Earthies, That's Not Yogurt, Jiffy Express, Philadelphia Action Figures, MMMPH?, Crystal Gravy, Eych!, Martha Stewart's Topless Christmas Special, Death Row Bloopers.


Century 21 Marriage Counseling
James Signorelli, director
Adam Kimmel, DP

Jon Lovitz, Nora Dunn - Century 21 Marriage Counselors Kevin Nealon - Century 21 Marriage Counselors

Enter a rat's maze of low-walled 3-person cubicles.

 

Nikey Turkey
James Signorelli, director
Adam Kimmel, DP
Chris Rock - Nikey TurkeyFly Girls - Nikey Turkey Fly Girls - Nikey TurkeyNikey Turkey Nikey Turkey

Chris Rock promotes an inflatable turkey ala Fresh Prince: "The bird's too small to feed us all so Pump It. Pump It Up."

 

Thats Not Yogurt
James Signorelli, director
?, DP
Kitchen Set - Thats Not Yogurt Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney - That's Not Yogurt

It's not yogurt, but what IS it?

 

MMMPH?
James Signorelli, director
Adam Kimmel, DP
Tim Meadows, Melanie Hutsell, Chris Farley, Ellen Cleghorne, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney

 

Earthies
James Signorelli, director
?, DP
Earthies Yard

Victoria Jackson - EarthiesKevin Nealon, Phil Hartman, Jim Signorelli - Earthies Jim Jenkins - Earthies

Politically correct disposable diapers (with seeds inside) meant an instant corn field overnight in a Connecticut suburb.

 

Jiffy Express
James Signorelli, director
?, DP

Mailing late? Let the express company take the heat.

(no pictures as of yet, but there is a transcript)

 

Eych!
James Signorelli, director
Manfred Reiff, DP
Ellen Cleghorne - Eych!

Hairball expectorate. Enough said.

 

Philadelphia Action Figures
James Signorelli, director
?, DP
Bedroom Set - Philadelphia Action Figures Kids playing - Philadelphia Action Figures

Action toys based on the characters of the Tom Hanks film: Philadelphia.


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