By Jeff Glucker
Your idea of the glory days of Saturday Night Live will certainly vary from my own. But I think we can all agree that SNL has been cranking out some comedy gems for decades now. There’s a Twitter account called SNL Snippets, which has been posting tons of great examples. I went down a rabbit hole of tweets yesterday. Along the way, I found a handful of automotive-focused bits. Do you remember the Lexon Paradox? How about the Mexican-built Adobe car? See those and more below.
https://twitter.com/SNLSnippets/status/1119694729564884992
https://twitter.com/SNLSnippets/status/1117907044407767040
https://twitter.com/SNLSnippets/status/1119694107251740673
This next one is threaded, but I’m sharing it for David Alan Grier’s amazing bit. He portrays Maya Angelou shilling for Pennzoil, and it’s fantastic.
https://twitter.com/SNLSnippets/status/1120310173447467009
One of the keys to a few of those above is undoubtedly Phil Hartman. He was an ace pitchman whenever SNL asked him to jump into that role.
If you can remember any other excellent SNL bits featuring cars or trucks, sound off below.
Ross Ballot
Can’t find it online and don’t want to search too deep, afraid of what I might find, but I remember a Mercury Grand Marquis De Sade commercial.
Duck Duck Go is your friend.
Here is a trio of ads with Jim Carrey mocking the Matthew McConaughey Lincoln commercials.
Mercury Mistress:
Your link goes to an orange juice commercial.
Toonces, the Cat who could drive a car.
Can’t beat the ride of the Royal Deluxe II!
https://www.aish.com/j/jt/Jtube-Saturday-Night-Live-A-Bris-in-the-Royal-Deluxe-II.html?jwsource=cl
I was hoping to see The Adobe and The Chameleon