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* '''[[BJ Smith]]'s "Fit for Football" Program''' - Mentioned during his interview on [[KCHAT]]. | * '''[[BJ Smith]]'s "Fit for Football" Program''' - Mentioned during his interview on [[KCHAT]]. | ||
* '''The "[[Pastor Richards]] Salvation Statue"''' (Two commercials) - A parody of numerous religious donation commercials and shows. Mentioned by Pastor Richards during his interview on [[VCPR]]. (1-866-9-SAVEME) | * '''The "[[Pastor Richards]] Salvation Statue"''' (Two commercials) - A parody of numerous religious donation commercials and shows. Mentioned by Pastor Richards during his interview on [[VCPR]]. (1-866-9-SAVEME) | ||
* '''"Knife after Dark"''' (Chris Ferrante, Gerald Cosgrove & Jeff Berlin) - A send-up of the early 80's style slasher film. On [[VCPR|Pressing Issues]], Jan Brown mentions that she won't let her kids watch the movie. Vice City Stories has a movie very similar to this one, Twilight Knife. It could also of been a parody of | * '''"Knife after Dark"''' (Chris Ferrante, Gerald Cosgrove & Jeff Berlin) - A send-up of the early 80's style slasher film. On [[VCPR|Pressing Issues]], Jan Brown mentions that she won't let her kids watch the movie. Vice City Stories has a movie very similar to this one, Twilight Knife. It could also of been a parody of The Shining; 'Well, hello there Danny' (Danny was a main character in the horror movie The Shining), and a parody of Friday the 13th, 'I didn't know it was hockey season' (Jason the killer in the Friday the 13th franchise often wears a hockey mask). | ||
* '''D'Leo and Thurax''' - A high priced and less-than-moral law firm (1-866-9SHADEE). The firm funds the show "Legal Review", one of the unheard shows on [[VCPR]]. | * '''D'Leo and Thurax''' - A high priced and less-than-moral law firm (1-866-9SHADEE). The firm funds the show "Legal Review", one of the unheard shows on [[VCPR]]. | ||
* '''Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts''' - Sexually suggestive donut retailer. Toni on [[Flash FM]] dedicates a song to them. | * '''Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts''' - Sexually suggestive donut retailer. Toni on [[Flash FM]] dedicates a song to them. | ||
* '''Giggle Cream''' - A lethal dessert that killed 23 people, and the topic of one of the questions asked to [[Alex Shrub]], the congressman who allowed the sale of it. Shrub responded that most of the victims probably deserved to die anyway ([[VCPR]]). | * '''Giggle Cream''' - Referencing whipped cream spray canisters, which contain nitrous oxide (Laughing gas) as a propellant. A lethal dessert that killed 23 people, and the topic of one of the questions asked to [[Alex Shrub]], the congressman who allowed the sale of it. Shrub responded that most of the victims probably deserved to die anyway ([[VCPR]]). | ||
* '''"Just the Five of Us"''' (Kevin Straley, John Mauceri, Josh Clark, Jene Hillgreen, Shelley Miller) - A parody of such 80's miss-matched family sitcoms like Diff'rent Strokes. Classically trained actor Claude Maginot is slumming as the father of the family, and is one of the guests on [[K-CHAT]], host Amy Sheckenhausen a fan of the series. | * '''"Just the Five of Us"''' (Kevin Straley, John Mauceri, Josh Clark, Jene Hillgreen, Shelley Miller) - A parody of such 80's miss-matched family sitcoms like Diff'rent Strokes. Classically trained actor Claude Maginot is slumming as the father of the family, and is one of the guests on [[K-CHAT]], host Amy Sheckenhausen a fan of the series. Jimmy, the child-star of the show who claims to be 42, is a strong reference to the star of Diff'rent Strokes, Gary Coleman, who remained child-like due to a side effect of his congenital autoimmune kidney disease treatnment. Coleman's catchphrase "What'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" is also parodied with Jimmy's catchprase "But I'm fourty-two!" A drunken Jimmy is interviewed by [[WCTR]] in [[GTA San Andreas]], the show "My Five Uncles" having replacing "Just the Five of Us". The show airs Friday Nights on VBS. | ||
* '''"In the Future, There Will be Robots"''' - An interpretive dance performance at the Vice City Art Center featuring two men dancing for a robot's love, futuristic lasers and a dehydrating manatee. It is produced by and stars Claude Maginot, who unsuccessfully tries to direct his interview towards instead of TV work. | * '''"In the Future, There Will be Robots"''' - An interpretive dance performance at the Vice City Art Center featuring two men dancing for a robot's love, futuristic lasers and a dehydrating manatee. It is produced by and stars Claude Maginot, who unsuccessfully tries to direct his interview towards instead of TV work. | ||
* '''Thor's self-help tapes''' (Frank Fava, Ben Krech & Kate Dukish) - A series of self-help tapes promoting Norse wisdom as the answer. Thor is interviewed on [[K-CHAT]] (1-866-PILLAGE). | * '''Thor's self-help tapes''' (Frank Fava, Ben Krech & Kate Dukish) - A series of self-help tapes promoting Norse wisdom as the answer. Thor is interviewed on [[K-CHAT]] (1-866-PILLAGE). | ||