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Lil' General Fireworks
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
A father abandons badminton for fireworks, and a cheerful commercial promotes the resulting backyard chaos as family entertainment. He boasts about the explosives while his wife endorses their supposed safety. The children set off blasts around the patio and wading pool, and their mother brings out snacks as if nothing unusual is happening. Reassuring sales claims clash with the hazards on screen and a closing restriction on where the product is legal.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 2
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
And as a mother, I feel good about that.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The closing product card lists state restrictions and advertises a fictitious distributor phone number.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:02
Mother / spokesperson
Okay, kids, who wants to play badminton?
- 00:06
Speaker 1
Not badminton again.
- 00:09
Father / spokesperson
How about fireworks?
- 00:12
Speaker 1
Yeah!
- 00:14
Speaker 2
Charge!
- 00:15
Speaker 2
It's the Little General to the rescue.
- 00:18
Father / spokesperson
When it's time for fun, we make sure we have plenty of Little General fireworks on hand.
- 00:22
Mother / spokesperson
Because Little General makes the kind of firecrackers, cherry bombs, and M-80s that the whole family can enjoy.
- 00:29
Father / spokesperson
Fire one.
- 00:33
Father / spokesperson
Little General packs 30% more gunpowder for a big bang, and my kids like that.
- 00:42
Speaker 2
Versatile, dependable, and safe, Little General Fireworks turn any weekend into the 4th of July.
- 00:50
Mother / spokesperson
And with Little General, misfires, singed hair, and sulfur burns are a thing of the past.
- 00:55
Mother / spokesperson
And as a mother, I feel good about that.
- 01:00
You
- 01:01
Mother / spokesperson
You guys.
- 01:03
Speaker 2
Little General Fireworks, a big bang for the whole family.
- 01:07
Speaker 2
Fireworks may not be legal in your area. For the little general distributor in the state nearest you, call 1-800-KA-BOOM. Restrictions do not apply in Hawaii or Nevada.
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