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Blue River Dog Food

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The setup

A dog-food testimonial turns into a marital crisis when one owner cannot forgive the old brand’s ingredients.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Cindy and Pat sit down with their pug to recommend a better dog food. Cindy becomes increasingly furious about the ingredients in their previous brand, while Pat keeps insisting that switching products has already solved the problem. Her outrage turns into a tearful argument about trust and support, and even Pat loses his patience. Their dog remains serenely uninterested as the commercial returns to its reassuring sales pitch.

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A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The fictional Blue River brand returned in a 2022 SNL commercial featuring Cecily Strong, John Mulaney and Heidi Gardner.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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