Editing Happy Fun Ball (section)

== Concept ==
Written by [[Jack Handey]] and voiced by [[Phil Hartman]],<ref>Podcast: Jack Handey, Author, TV Writer and Creator of "Deep Thoughts" Posted Fri, 05/30/2008 by Jesse Thorn
[http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2008/05/podcast-jack-handey-author-tv-writer.html Maximumfun.org]</ref> the ad featured three "kids" portrayed by [[Dana Carvey]], [[Jan Hooks]], and [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]]. The brief commercial declares Happy Fun Ball (produced by Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited), just $14.95, was "the toy sensation sweeping the nation!" However, this positive message about the innocuous-seeming toy was undercut by a lengthier number of bizarre [[disclaimer]]s and warnings, including "may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds" and "If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, seek [[Blast shelter|shelter]] and cover head." Ingredients include "an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from [[outer space]]"; said ingredients are not to be "touched, inhaled, or looked at" if exposed due to rupture. Viewers were also warned, "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball." The sketch ends with a slogan for Happy Fun Ball: "Accept no substitutes!"

The parody lampooned advertisers, pharmaceutical companies, [[toy]] manufacturers, chemical companies, absurdly long [[legal]] disclaimers, [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracies]], and mentions the 1991 [[Gulf War]] (stating Happy Fun Ball was dropped by U.S. warplanes on [[Iraq]]).

Happy Fun Ball was presented as one of the sponsors of the first "[[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]]" sketch (aired November 23, 1991), with the claim Happy Fun Ball was "Still legal in 16 states. It's happy. It's fun. It's Happy Fun Ball."