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  • Hamm's "SNL" - style faux-mercial about replacement limbs for amputees (using limbs harvested from executed prisoners) had that same weird whiff of racism that sometimes mars an "SNL" sketch.

    TV review: NBC's live '30 Rock' episode lives up to its billing Hank Stuever 2010

  • That POS is little more than an info-mercial for Gunwerks rifles, whatever those funky scopes are, and freaky Berger VLD bullets.

    Bad Hunting Shows 2009

  • That POS is little more than an info-mercial for Gunwerks rifles, whatever those funky scopes are, and freaky Berger VLD bullets.

    Bad Hunting Shows 2009

  • His SNL appearance excelled beyond all expectations, joining the ranks of a classic Hanks, Baldwin, or Walken set with the United Way faux-mercial by far one of my favorite all-time sketches.

    The Peyton Puzzle: Redskins Week 6 preview Box Seats blogger 2010

  • Marc Champion/The Wall Street Journal 'We call it the Central Bank,' says Mustafa Kokos, who heads one of the main com mercial fishing co-operatives on the Bosphorus, referring to the narrow throat of the 20-mile strait.

    Upstream Battle in the Bosphorus 2011

  • If we do not pass this bill right now-ABC will have to run another "Prime Time" government info-mercial.

    Obama makes 11th hour push for energy bill 2009

  • From The Midnight Show comes this hilarious faux-mercial advertising the one thing we all want but only the lucky few will receive.

    Tired Of Working And Still Being Broke? Then Try Rich Parents! 2010

  • The new film, Waiting for 'Superman', is effectively a feature-length info-mercial for charter schools.

    Brian Jones: A Teacher Speaks to the Anti-War Movement Brian Jones 2010

  • As has been often said here Obama claims to want to change America but provides no blueprint no fresh ideas, his rediculous half hour info-mercial left any thinking person with many questions and few answers.

    If McCain Loses ... Dave Hurteau 2008

  • The Dallas region believed com mercial real estate woes were nearing bottom.

    U.S. Factory Activity Expands 2010

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