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.
These projects were always a gauntlet of tight budgets and insanely short preps.
A Real Audio Clip for Crystal Gravy has been discovered at another site. I would like to locate more....especially Jiffy Express.
A Real Audio Clip of That's Not Yogurt can be found at a Comedy Central site (middle of the page).
Century 21
Marriage Counseling
James Signorelli, director
Adam Kimmel, DP
Enter a rat's maze of low-walled 3-person cubicles.
Nikey Turkey
James Signorelli, director
Adam Kimmel, DP
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
It's not yogurt, but what IS it?
MMMPH?
James Signorelli, director
Adam Kimmel, DP
Earthies
James Signorelli, director
?, DP
Politically correct disposable diapers (with seeds inside) meant an instant corn field overnight in a Connecticut suburb.
Tassled corn stalks were pulled up by the roots, packed, and shipped overnight from Florida to NYC.
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
Hairball expectorate. Enough said.
Philadelphia
Action Figures
James Signorelli, director
?, DP
Action toys based on the characters of the Tom Hanks film: Philadelphia.
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Revision: 5-14-02