Consumer Probe: Irwin Mainway

Consumer Probe: Irwin Mainway - SNL

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In a review of holiday gifts, toy company president Irwin Mainway (Dan Aykroyd) defends his company's products, Bag O' Glass and a teddy bear with a built-in chainsaw, then claims traditional toys are extremely dangerous. [Season 2, 1976]
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@realretrorelapse Жыл бұрын

I would much rather my child get his broken glass from a reputable company than picking up filthy glass bits from off the street where you don't know who's been playing with them!

@afrocoolio25 5 жыл бұрын

"Teaches em' about light refraction" such genius. I never caught that before.

@waynej2608 5 жыл бұрын

And prisms!

@LL-fd7xn Жыл бұрын

Dan Akroyd is the goat when it comes sleazy characters! Especially love the Blender Skit!

@hell5309 4 ай бұрын

He's not just the goat, he's the goat in the moat with a boat! Who's got the crack?

@domtillman630 5 жыл бұрын

We’re just packaging what the kids want ya know 😂

@ivi13 5 жыл бұрын

We put a label on every bag: Kid be careful Broken Glass!

@danboyle116 5 жыл бұрын

This is easily one of the best early SNL sketches. Those folks were brilliant.

@hotwax9376 2 жыл бұрын

It was actually funny back then.

@jntj3007 11 ай бұрын

HEAR, HEAR!

@sexobscura 8 ай бұрын

It's always been lacklustre, unfunny and sophmoric

@Valkonnen 6 ай бұрын

My favorite and I think the most clever sketch was when Ed Asner Played the head of a Nuclear plant, and before leaving for a long vacation , was telling the crew "remember, you can't put too much water in the Nuclear Reactor".

@donnix1192 4 ай бұрын

It’s the funniest SNL bit ever, to this day.

@Cara-39 2 жыл бұрын

Toys like these provided hours of fun for those of us growing up in the 70s and 80s. Kids of all ages love Bag O' Vipers!

@juneosborne421 2 жыл бұрын

I actually remember scandal about toy companies stuffing stuffed animals with dangerous things.

@jonSM99 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer Happy Fun Ball.

@MichaelVLang 2 жыл бұрын

We had so much fun playing with blasting caps, back then.

@pronkb000 Жыл бұрын

@@jonSM99 Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

@BixRibene Жыл бұрын

Getting the Sulphric Acid refills could be a bit frustrating, but it was always worth the effort.

@greg4055g 5 жыл бұрын

This one is such a classic

@goirish2816 5 жыл бұрын

Teddy Chainsaw Bear🐻

@christineschnitzka823 4 жыл бұрын

So barbie takes a knife every once in a while 🤣🤣🤣

@BigElectricCat 2 жыл бұрын

Ya know

@achterberghardwoodfloors1520 2 ай бұрын

Or Ken gets cut

@aliaslisabeth1031 5 жыл бұрын

This was one of the funniest holiday themed sketches. You should see the Halloween version. My favorite was the "Invisible Pedestrian" costume: A totally black outfit with a mask that restricts vision.

@13572danube 5 жыл бұрын

That was the same sketch as 'the human torch' which was lighter fluid and a bunch of rags.

@aliaslisabeth1031 5 жыл бұрын

@@13572danube Yikes!

@NJGuy1973 5 жыл бұрын

@@13572danube Flame on! Light up the night!

@joematerascz3725 2 жыл бұрын

"NOT FER BLIND KIDS"!

@chrismadden1935 Жыл бұрын

I can't find a link to the Holloween sketch on youtube. That was hilarious

@creoleDJ 2 жыл бұрын

Bag O’ Glass is what had me dying! Imagine nowadays…Bag O’ Syringes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Lumpy63 5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, the golden and best years of SNL, Dan Ackroyd one of the best still! Loved his E. Buzz Miller character too!!

@waynej2608 5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he the cable access host, interviewing strippers from the 'coach and pole'?A local club. OMG that stuff still has me roaring!!

@bradyguy7701 11 ай бұрын

According to Aykroyd - Irwin Mainway and E. Buzz Miller are actually cousins. AND Irwin Mainway is also a cousin to Todd O'Connor,a as played by Chris Farley in the SuperFans sketches. (Da....BEARS!). Whether Miller and O'Connor are cousins remains to be seen...depends on their parents and uncles and aunts and who's on which side...

@VazzVegas 3 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favourite sketches. Dan Aykroyd plays such a good scumbag.

@michaelivy9170 3 жыл бұрын

tears running down my face. always love this

@danielobrien1 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the greatest snl skits in its history. I had to come back and watch this gem 😂

@michaelgonzalez4269 4 жыл бұрын

Hey kid be careful, broken glass.

@magusxxx 5 жыл бұрын

They did a companion sketch where the same company put out Halloween costumes. "Johnny Human Torch...it's a bag of greasy rags and a lighter."

@pcarebear1 5 жыл бұрын

The "invisible pedestrian" halloween costume for kids is still my fave! I saw that years ago and I still remember it when I drive at night and I see a jogger or pedestrian dressed all in black 😂

@SNOflake8 5 жыл бұрын

I love the Halloween skit! Dan did such a good job with all his characters on SNL though.

@GroonDaRuiner 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny spaceman was a plastic bag and rubber band

@christopherkotsopoulos701 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's actually got 5 other appearances on the show as well snlarchives.net/Characters/?22

@marielthegreat 5 жыл бұрын

@@pcarebear1 One Halloween I dressed as Invisible Pedestrian. My brother was at that party, and when he saw me coming up the drive he yelled "INVISIBLE PEDESTRIAN! NOT FOR BLIND KIDS!!" He was the only person that got it.

@Rayoscope 5 жыл бұрын

Irwin Mainway, maker of Happy Fun Ball, still legal in sixteen states.

@lauramalek3128 2 жыл бұрын

"Bag 'o Glass". One of my mother's favorite references to early SNL days. "Kid...Be careful...BROKEN GLASS". Yeah that warning label oughta help. 😉

@kristinbilicki1658 5 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite SNL Christmas skit

@rudyg.7359 5 жыл бұрын

He definitely predicted the toy phone choking hazard.Score one for Irwin Mainway.

@waynej2608 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, he's got the consumer at heart, ya know.

@waynej2608 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk! ...'ya know, so Barbie takes a knife, once in awhile. Ken gets cut.' I love the early SNL, I always go on about John Belushi and Gilda Radner. They were great, but if I'm really honest, my favorite was Dan Akroyd. His takes on sleazy pitch/ad men, cable access hosts, Tom Snyder, etc, always had me howling with laughter, the most. Ty for the vid! 😎👍👏👏👏👏👏

@moncorp1 3 жыл бұрын

I've always thought Belushi was overrated. Outside of his eyebrows he really had nothing. Ackroyd, Chase and Murray we're the true geniuses.

@DWilliam1 3 жыл бұрын

Saw this when it came out. Simply the best. “Doggie Dentist and Johnnie Switchblade”

@macbethpkyiv 2 жыл бұрын

"The full name is Johnny Switchblade Adventure PUNK" 😆

@richmotroni 2 жыл бұрын

I have been a proud investor of Mainway Toys for many years. I am currently doing 5 to 10 years for fraud. All thanks to Mainway Toys.

@codyeveryday5432 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so early Dan Aykroyd still has a full head of hair

@michaelgandara5319 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny Switch Blade Adventure Punk is a modified Fonzie Doll.

@jaxsquier 3 жыл бұрын

No, The Hell You Say.

@kshinokevin 3 жыл бұрын

(H)Eyyy (or "Ay") ! if the kids get hurt by the blade, there won't be some Happy Days, when they find themselves, either at a hospital or at a school's nurse office... featuring Candice Bergen (the "Murphy Brown" sitcom); the daughter of Edgar Bergen (a ventriloquist for characters, like Charlie McCarthy)...

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 3 жыл бұрын

Did you sit, on it?

@wnerko7484 3 жыл бұрын

ayyyyy

@bradyguy7701 11 ай бұрын

@@kshinokevin Lots of extraneous info there that we all know.....why??? LOL

@SrChalice Жыл бұрын

What the hell am I going to do with a bag of broken glass? 😂😭🤣 I've always loved this sketch.

@strongbad8315 5 жыл бұрын

I definitely played with Dangerous Toys. I still survived with all 10 fingers and 9 toes. 😉

@meatballwanger 5 жыл бұрын

And Ten Boots!

@edwardkaulakis9579 5 жыл бұрын

I was interested in exothermic prompt chemistry .... kaBOOM!!!

@ericspero996 3 жыл бұрын

Lawn Darts and BB guns alone would likely kill thousands of today's youth if they could get their hands on them.

@howardreed5399 2 жыл бұрын

I killed my twin with a yard dart

@mrsbluesky8415 Жыл бұрын

To this day I’ll call things “bag o glass.” Some ppl get it. 😂

@Evocati-Augusti 2 жыл бұрын

I'm grateful..no matter what my mom said, at 5 years old to 14, I stayed up with my dad to watch it every week, then I became the school's reenactment of all the skits, so I had to practice the voices, and remember the scripts(no lie my friend that works on Practical Jokers from grade 6-8th would dress in a suit with a briefcase to school and i would dress like Buckwheat)...which the theatre teacher when I hit 9th grade caught wind, I would spend 4 years living almost in the Auditorium, and my Theatre teacher soon drove me to school, and I had all the keys...they made a deal with him at the end of 10th grade, keep him inside you're walls and we will give him Cs on everything...this was the 80s..and everyone jocks/ preps, which we were a tiny rich school was all jock preps,new if they wanted to try something, they had a safe place to go, and someone who would keep their mouths shut...my dad wanted me in the USAF, and i did, I long time,but I sent in a lot of skits and one of the most conserversal was the one i did,and the way the showed it was my skit,was by putting my address on the prescription bottle..i think its banned...

@djungelskogsn7529 4 жыл бұрын

Dan Aykroyd is a comedic genius who channels his autism and tourettes into an amazing superpower

@bukowski20 4 жыл бұрын

I met Dan Aykroyd once and told him he was the greatest sketch comic in the history of television. He was somewhat embarrassed, but I meant it. Genius.

@MrCocksuckme 4 жыл бұрын

stfu

@dryjazz 3 жыл бұрын

This character certainly is an Americanization of a recurring character in Monty Python's Flying Circus. Hilarity always ensued whenever one of the Pythons would guest or cameo on SNL

@larryroyovitz7829 3 жыл бұрын

@@dryjazz Yet, he's Canadian.

@Guidotoons101 3 жыл бұрын

Anne Beatts wrote this.

@ericgarringer6911 Жыл бұрын

Comes with a plastic helmet & a real m1 rifle lmfao God this never gets old

@thomasdidymus1393 5 жыл бұрын

Teddy Chainsaw Bear🤣😂

@bobmarsh3446 2 жыл бұрын

A classic one is when he had the New Jersey school lunch contract “ ravioli stuffed with chalk”

@sdafasdfasdfsda 5 жыл бұрын

How bout this one..Lawn Darts. A gigantic steel dart little Johnny throws up in the air...teaches em how gravity and stuff works, uhhh know what I mean? ......Wait that was a real toy.

@afrocoolio25 5 жыл бұрын

"The 70s."

@Chemichael111 4 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah you can’t purchase the true lawn dart sets in many states now.

@tomitstube 4 жыл бұрын

yep, we had them as kids, then one day they were gone...

@eyeseer1 3 жыл бұрын

Childhood memories.

@deanguy66 2 жыл бұрын

They were called Jarts, and I sold a vintage set a few years back to a collector for quite a hefty sum.

@tomitstube 4 жыл бұрын

this is 43 years ago... feel old yet? the beautiful host is candice bergen. thought i'd mention that since she isn't even in the credits.

@benni1023fm 4 жыл бұрын

I want a do-over. Beginning 43 years ago.

@waynej2608 4 жыл бұрын

A fine actress, and gorgeous!

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 3 жыл бұрын

43 years, ago, people were polite/kind,respectful, enough, for to "Capitalize", someones Damn Name, therefore, yes; i do feel old, in that respect. (Edit) Also; thank you, for asking

@tomitstube 3 жыл бұрын

@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 okay boomer.

@scottpollack1007 3 жыл бұрын

tomitstube Yes, Candice..........the Radical, Liberal, Left-Wing Democrat who makes my blood boil! A really nice lady?

@princessmadison588 5 жыл бұрын

I just love Dan Aykroyd

@patrickjspoon 5 жыл бұрын

What kid wouldn't be delighted by their Bag O' Sulfuric Acid?

@NESherv 5 жыл бұрын

I still have fond memories of my Bag O'Asbestos.

@waynej2608 5 жыл бұрын

My Bag 'O muriatic acid, was never half the laughs.

@scratch5191 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Kid be careful it's a bag of glass. When we were kids, you didn't have anything but your imagination, the element of danger, peer pressure that stemmed from the possibility of being humiliated and coerced into something questionable to avoid public exposure and a lighter you found at the bus stop. Computers are more dangerous lol!

@Sejsc 4 жыл бұрын

Ha, ha, ha ha, hahahahaha!!! I'm going to get me some tissues now, hahahaha!!!

@00lilyvonshtupp 3 жыл бұрын

LOLOLOL

@nunayadamnbusiness 5 жыл бұрын

This is always a favorite of mine. i quote it all the time.

@ThunderPants13 5 ай бұрын

"KID--BE CAREFUL--BROKEN GLASS" I think he's made his point.

@jackbauer4186 Жыл бұрын

Knowing that Farley openly stole Aykroyd's cadence, vibe and accent from this and put it in 'Da Bears' sketch just takes it to another level.

@bradyguy7701 11 ай бұрын

Interesting observation! Did you know that Irwin Mainway and Todd O'Connor are ACTUALLY cousins??? See Aykroyd on the SuperFans sketch in 1998...

@hoibsh21 Жыл бұрын

OMG !! Classic! I remember when SNL was tasteless and great !!

@tuff47 3 жыл бұрын

I was in high school when this was on SNL. Still hilarious today!

@kurtkensson2059 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when even high school parties would kind of slow down a bit at 11:30 p.m. on Saturdays, right after the local T.V. news. Couldn't miss the opening of the show, and the "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" Then we'd talk about the show on Mondays. Good times, and a _much_ better SNL.

@gangfire5932 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh Bag of Glass, right up there with my Legos and Whirlybird. Those were the days . . .

@jaleesagreene6800 5 жыл бұрын

I have been looking for this video for months. That being said these toys sound awesome.

@ricksta121 5 жыл бұрын

NEED those sunglasses!

@Local_yokels_monsters_myths Жыл бұрын

This and Julia Changs bleeding are my favs off D.A!!

@cameronfox4393 5 ай бұрын

My dad who was born in 1954, claims that he once bought a baby alligator in the mail and his parents never found out about it because he kept it in the basement

@mkiwi980 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite Dan Aykroyd SNL skit of all time.

@jarretgrathwol4790 Жыл бұрын

"Kid look out broken glasssssss." LOL

@djay6651 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this one from when I was a little kid. Dan was always my favorite of the original cast. Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk was THE toy to have Christmas '76.

@anthonym.pacelli1960 9 ай бұрын

I've been trying to find "tele-psychic" another Dan Ackroyd classic !

@Gabster1990 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this.

@tusharrajput6192 5 жыл бұрын

Toys were us..😂

@LEGENDARYPartyonwayne 7 ай бұрын

One of the best skits ever done!

@emiliobello2538 7 ай бұрын

And ones ever not just the SNL Christmas ones

@THX-kw2jh 3 жыл бұрын

Candice Bergen was Incredibly Beautiful, Love Her. First SNL Generation Was My Favorite (1974-1980), NBC Almost Cancelled SNL in 1980. By That Year SNL Was on Syndication All Over the US.

@finddeniro 3 жыл бұрын

...and smart act too..

@THX-kw2jh 3 жыл бұрын

@@finddeniro Yes, Smart Beauty

@bradyguy7701 11 ай бұрын

Actually 75-79...Chase, Aykroyd, and Belushi were all gone before the 5th season. And SNL was NOT being syndicated as early as 1980. Edited RERUNS were being shown on NBC...NOT syndicated... The first syndicated episodes were likely NIck at Nite in the mid-to-late 80s...

@chrono1671 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best skits. True classic.

@toscodav Жыл бұрын

Back in the days when they didn't force the Studio audience to laugh like they have to now for live shows.

@aliaslisabeth1031 5 жыл бұрын

It is kind of like the Monty Python "Whizzo Candy Company" sketch, in that the manufacturer refuses to make products that are safe and conventional.

@dryjazz 3 жыл бұрын

I JUST mentioned how the Pythons inspired and influenced 1970s humor, leading to great guest host and cameo bits on SNL!

@n.twinkie6311 3 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite SNL skit

@danielshookjr3592 Жыл бұрын

Johnny switchblade lol 😂 Teddy Chainsaw bear 😂

@alanwakeish Жыл бұрын

I see absolutely nothing wrong with his products, the warnings are all clearly labeled. Also, I was a big fan of their build your own Nuke kit. Tons of fun and a half-life of 500 years.

@maxxsteele9396 5 жыл бұрын

I remember when my parents bought me the Mainway, "Bag O' Dicks"

@wnerko7484 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny switchblade adventure punk was my favorite happy days character

@SIRSANDMAN0 3 жыл бұрын

who wouldn't want a back of knifes for christmas?

@MattThompsonOnGoogle 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, we’re banning toys today that are “dangerous” for reasons Mr. Mainway has just demonstrated.

@NJGuy1973 5 жыл бұрын

And there's the one where Mainway defends the school lunches he provides.

@mrg7407 2 жыл бұрын

When I was in grade school. We would get Free books for RIF. We all wanted to get the books "Truly Tasteless Jokes"

@christineschnitzka823 4 жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't want a bag of broken glass??

@BigElectricCat 2 жыл бұрын

Ya know

@zezezosezadafrak8210 2 жыл бұрын

The bag-o line. 🤣

@powervaporsupply3817 5 жыл бұрын

"...or Ken gets cut."

@Sam-el2we 4 жыл бұрын

Ken definitely ran away as soon as he saw Johnny Switchblade

@angelmarte2992 2 жыл бұрын

Dan Akroyd a Genius

@ezg2000 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best skits ever!

@dennistorrence4778 2 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna ask Santa for a Teddy Chainsaw Bear this season

@anthonykhoury9292 2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@tommyhill199 5 жыл бұрын

Love his pinky ring.

@MiqelDotCom 3 жыл бұрын

43 years later - and this guy is the President!

@jsmcguireIII 5 жыл бұрын

I still use my Bass-o-matic. Gray fishy protein shakes YUM

@bertmustin Жыл бұрын

Still one of the funniest skits in SNL history.

@williamm374 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, I loved my Johnny Switchblade. Millennials are such wimps.

@markricks 2 жыл бұрын

Is it me or did Jason Sudeikis channel the Irwin Mainway character in this week's Annie skit? 🤣😂🤣

@randymillhouse791 Жыл бұрын

General Tranh's Secret Police Confession Kit. 🤣

@11UncleBooker22 8 ай бұрын

I love that Irwin has not just one but two pinky rings.

@joanncunningham7276 4 жыл бұрын

This is always a great skit

@reybarreto7979 3 жыл бұрын

Geez! Candice was stunningly beautiful! Aykroyd got all the funny lines in this skit but my eyes were glued to the beauty sitting next to him.

@mrspicolli 3 жыл бұрын

I want the consumer probe with Halloween costumes. That’s the best 1

@RudieObias 5 жыл бұрын

Irwin Mainway is wayyy before my time, but it's still sooo funny!

@twinpeaksfan929 2 жыл бұрын

Jason Sudeikis just did this character on last night's show.

@jameshallwachs6317 10 ай бұрын

SNL hasn't been this funny in a thousand, thousand generations... LEGENDARY.

@TheManOfManyNames373 3 жыл бұрын

Dan Aykroyd looks like Paul F. Tompkins.

@bradyguy7701 11 ай бұрын

Paul F. Tompkins...with talent??

@susanmurphy958 5 жыл бұрын

Comedy Gold.

@harveyd3175 3 жыл бұрын

love how he keeps going to his tie..... gotta be a nod to Rodney...

@JoyOfCreativeService 4 жыл бұрын

Randomly thought of this after about 8 years while watching YuB play Sister Location. Probably because of the phone guy, and the whole phone bit, and the fact that he says "Hello, hello," like Scott. Childhood classic.

@christineschnitzka823 3 жыл бұрын

I want the bag o'nails 🤣 Or come out with bag o'razerblades 🤣

@ThunderPants13 2 ай бұрын

I bet after kids play with Bag o' Sulfuric Acid, the Mr. Skin Grafter toy probably comes in handy. 😁

@ghanasoul 4 жыл бұрын

The ONLY reason this skit works is Danny. He created a shady type of guy. The look, the voice, the attitude. A VERY underrated performer on this show.

@BigElectricCat 2 жыл бұрын

Ya know