SCTV, 5/22/81 - BRENDA VACCARRO FOR "BREN'S GENFEM PROTECTEZE PONS"

SCTV, 5/22/81 - Another hilarious commercial parody: this time Andrea Martin does Brenda Vaccarro for "Bren's Genfem Protecteze Pons". The sound man tries desperately to camoflage her breathing problems. (Rick Moranis' voice in background).

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• SCTV
• Andrea
• Martin
• Rick
• Moranis
• Brenda
• Vaccarro
• Vaccaro
• Bren's
• Genfem
• Protecteze
• Pons
• feminine
• product
• protection
• breathing
• seal
• heat
• moose
• sinus
• problem

[TypesALot]

How could she get through this without laughing? The director's comments are the best..."She sounds like a seal in heat!" LMAO. I couldn't believe it when I heard the actual commercial back in the 80's, either.

[NevadaBoss]

Andrea was, is and will always be the single funniest female ever on the small screen (with the possible exception of Margaret Meehan of St Joseph's)

I'll take f*cking brilliant comedic actors for 100 Alex.

[linusvanpelter]

Everyone took notice of Brenda's labored breathing in the original ads. That is why I fell out of bed while laughing and watching this brilliant parody.

[ftsjr]

SCTV was dead on in it's parody of Brenda Vaccaro's inhaling noise. 

[miaflaguy]

This is so wrong! Ha ha ha. I remember seeing Brenda's early Tampax commercials and hearing the breathing. This is a great parody!

[nxnw66]

check out her facial expression at 38 sec

[nxnw66]

I love this parody. 

[RichHartley19671]

Boy, do I remember this commercial! Who could forget it? The original commercial was run in autumn 1979, and it was for Playtex Deodorant Tampons & Brenda Vacarro was the spokesperson. I thought I was hearing things! She would take this huge breath of air after every line! She sounded as though she had emphysema! Later (early 1980) when they reran the commercial, I waited for the big breath of air, but they went back and edited out the fish-out-of-water gulps of air.

[peoplesilver]

@razorcruelty We get it genius. it's a 30yr old skit and hilarious btw. in 8 track ot HD.

[peoplesilver]

@razorcruelty . we get it genius. it's a 30 yr old clip. and hilarious. play it in HD or 8 track it holds up.

[nozcr]

@razorcruelty This is a spoof of a commercial where Brenda Vaccaro was inhaling deeply all the time while reading the copy for a tampon commercial. The original was hilarious and I was trying to find it when I found this one.

[chalomirof63]

@bootray Well, his comment could have been interpreted as there being absolutely NO sound on the video, as opposed to right/left channel differences. However, I do acknowledge the volume problems - which I explain on my profile - so beyond that, I don't know how to correct it. I'm not a tech maven, and so far, I haven't gotten much help on these technical aspects.