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* ''[[Tobuscus]]'' does a lot of parodies of various commercial and commercial themes, from coffee ("Eight O'Clock Coffee") to clothing ("You're Not a Bottle, Boot") to pistachios ("Trapped in a Pistachio Ad") to Axe body spray ("How To Get Women"). Many of these are [[Product Placement|sponsored by the companies themselves]].
* ''[[Frilly Shirt]]'' includes a number of parody vintage commercials, particularly for the author's own [[Snake Oil Salesman|Patented Leopard Oil]].
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le3XKdVM24k TechnicalVirgin.com]'' was a [[No Budget]] parody of the teaching of "sexual abstinence" as a substitute for proper sex education in schools, in which [[Dawson Casting|then 28-year-old]] [[wikipedia:Melanie Martinez (actress)|Melanie Martinez]] appeared as a [[Catholic School Girls Rule|school girl]] delivering [https://observer.com/2006/08/even-mister-rogers-had-a-past-2/ advice] like “One thing I’m not planning on is getting pregnant. That’s why I choose anal sex. I mean, sure it hurts a little, and I wind up walking funny for a day or two. But I think my future’s worth it.” The original was [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/05/arts/television/05pbs.html taken offline] in 2004, when "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2273573/ Melanie]" auditioned as host of ''The Good Night Show'' (2005) on [[PBS Kids|PBS Kids Sprout]].
** PBS Kids Sprout sacked Melanie Martinez in 2006, causing a huge viewer backlash against the main [[PBS]] network. Her career never fully recovered.
 
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