For years on Saturday Night Live, Will Forte has played a character named "MacGruber."

The bit is a take-off on the TV series MacGyver.

It wasn't unusual to see the typical intro to the "MacGruber" skit.

For the first time, Richard Dean Anderson, the original MacGyver, made an appearance.



It took a little while for me to realize that this wasn't one of the SNL bits. It was a Pepsi commercial.



I think three Pepsi/"MacGruber" commercials aired during the first half hour of the show.

This takes product placement to a whole new level.
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The Pepsi commercials are posted on the SNL site along with the other clips from the show.

Watch the COMMERCIALS.

MacGruber: Pepsi 1

MacGruber: Pepsi 2

MacGruber: Pepsi 3

The scary part is that the MacGruber/Pepsi RDA spots are so far the funniest parts of the show. Maybe Seth can help when news comes up, but Steve Martin's appearances are usually much funnier than we have seen so far tonight.

Yeah, so far UNFUNNY.

How much you think Will Forte is getting paid for the Mc Gruber pepsi commercial?