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Daniel Frankel

Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball -- Free Smart TV Telly Arrives With Some Strict TOS Rules

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Remember Happy Fun Ball, the classic 1991 Saturday Night Live commercial-parody skit, written by Jack Handey, voiced by the late Phil Hartman, and starring Dana Carvey, Jan Hooks and Mike Myers?

Manufactured by "Wacky Products Incorporated," and its parent company, "Global Chemical Unlimited," and cored by some exotic element that fell to Earth from outer space, the $14.95 "toy that's sweeping the nation" included a long list of "do nots" that would make even an Eli Lilly ad man blush, culminating with a final stern admonition: "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball!" 

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